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international / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday September 12, 2009 19:55 by susan Boyle
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In what could have seemed like a typical storm in a tea-cup about a fortnight ago & in my opinion didn't merit comment or reporting then, a village consultation in Catalonia has evinced EU parliament cross party condemnation of the Spanish state. The leaders of the EU conservatives, socialists, greens and liberals have expressed their concern at the continued operation of the Spanish Falange party. Manfred Weber leads the conservative block in the EU parliament he has said "this demonstration celebrates a brutal and inhuman totalitarian system in which thousands of European died and it must be stopped" or Bernhard Rapkay leader of the German socialists in the EU "we must punish any European who uses fascist symbols". What could have caused that? The story really is extraordinarily interesting, ironic, though provoking & of interest to Welsh, Scot or any referendum voter. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / eu / press release Saturday September 12, 2009 18:29 by Daithi Byrne
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Sinn Féin and Dublin Ógra Shinn Féin in Lucan and Clondalkin held a day of action against the re-run of the Lisbon Treaty. Pickets were held at the constituency offices of Green party TD Paul Gogarty and Fianna Fail TD John Curran. Two large banners were erected on both offices by Ógra activists, which invited large support from passers by. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 15:52 by IshtarCelt
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One of the original protagonists of the Cuban revolution, Juan Almeida Bosque, has died of heart failure at the age of 82, according to state media. Almeida was one of several vice-presidents in the Council of State under Raul Castro. He was the only black commander in the Cuban leadership. From a poor Havana neighbourhood, Almeida was in the group of guerrillas led by Fidel Castro which eventually seized power in Cuba in 1959. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 14:16 by David L
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As part of the international campaign of boycott against Israel, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign today launched an action against Dead Sea Products, an Israeli cosmetics firm which has a stall in Jervis Centre in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday September 12, 2009 12:20 by Gregor Kerr
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NAMA is nothing short of straight class robbery – robbery from ordinary workers in order to shore up the property developers and big bankers who got us into this mess in the first place. It can be described as unfair, it can be described as immoral but in reality it’s naked capitalism at work. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / news report Friday September 11, 2009 12:27 by Andrew
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Last night saw the launch of a new history of the Offical IRA and the Workers Party called ‘The Lost Revolution’ by Brian Hanley and Scott Miller. Over 250 people including many ex and current members of the Workers Party as well as members of just about every other left and republican group crammed into the hall for the launch. This is an audio recording of the introduction to the book given by Diarmaid Ferriter followed by each of the authors speaking about the book. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday September 11, 2009 01:25 by Over The Edge
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As part of Oughterard’s Culture Night event the poets of the Advanced Poetry Workshop at Galway Arts Centre will take to the stage in the Lake Hotel Oughterard at 8pm on the 25th September. read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / news report Thursday September 10, 2009 22:54 by ARAN
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Kicking off a visual demonstration outside Harold’s cross stadium and working our way with the help of local activists in Northern Ireland down through Cork city, campaigners and supporters of Animal Rights Action Network held peaceful protests and tabling events to highlight the cruel greyhound racing industry in Ireland. During a week of action from August 24 to 30 we worked hard to get the facts out to the general public about the cruelty and exploitation of greyhounds in the racing industry. Over the week and during the month of September ARAN will be working hard to raise awareness of the Irish campaign to abolish cruel greyhound racing and to educate people about the horrors of what gentle greyhounds endure before, during and after their racing lives. read full story / add a comment 
tipperary / animal rights / news report Thursday September 10, 2009 20:24 by Bernie Wright
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An allegation that the offices of the Sporting Press in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, which describes itself as the “official organ of the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), has been raided within the past few days by the Garda Fraud Squad has been leaked by Coursing supporters. This allegation is contained on an Internet chat forum called the “Greyhound Knowledge Forum”. In the course of an exchange of views and comments by forum members, mainly in relation to Minister John Gormley’s upcoming decision on whether to grant a hare-netting license to the ICC, a person calling himself “Vinny Grennan” refers specifically to the presence of the Fraud Squad in the Sporting Press offices in Clonmel. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment / event notice Thursday September 10, 2009 19:37 by campdublin
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Dublin Climate Camp meeting - all welcome read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday September 10, 2009 16:56 by Daithi Byrne
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Activists from Dublin Sinn Féin and Ógra Shinn Féin confronted Brian Cowen's entourage on Wednesday as the cabinet was due to sign off on the controversial National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) legislation. NAMA will make the taxpayer overpay for bad loans given by reckless banks to greedy developers. ÓSF members were protesting as part of a United Alliance Against Cuts demonstration. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday September 10, 2009 16:24 by Sean Matthews- personal capacity
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A few years ago a comrade from Leeds introduced me to the life and times of this colourful figure, Dr John Creaghe who helped spread the flames of anarchism across three continents. In the words of the famous Italian anarchist Bartolomeo Vanzetti this pamphlet is dedicated to the ‘nameless in the vast crowd of nameless ones.’ read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice / news report Thursday September 10, 2009 14:38 by Rudiger
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Yesterday in Belmullet District court, Maura Harrington was jailed for the fourth time this year over her opposition to Shell's plans in Mayo. Judge Mary Devins sentenced Ms Harrington to 3 months in jail for assaulting an employee of IRMS, and 3 months for trespassing in a farmyard close to the landfall site in Glengad on June 19 2008. Ms Harrington was also fined a total of €1000. This incident occurred shortly after Shell began drafting in security into the area and they had begun filming people in the locality (it hadn't been discovered these were working for IRMS at that stage). Yesterday, marked one year to the day that Maura Harrington began her hungerstrike which lasted 11 days until the Solitaire left Irish waters. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Thursday September 10, 2009 13:26 by one drop
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As part of the global mobilisation for climate justice at the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in December 2009, young activists prepare for four days of action and media skill-sharing in Dublin this October read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / event notice Thursday September 10, 2009 12:19 by one drop
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Are you aged between 18-30? Want to get action and media skills? Want to join other young people in mobilising for climate justice at the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in December 2009? read full story / add a comment ![The Sunday Independent reports major (though secret) editorial interference in the Irish Times - 26 Jan 2003 [CLICK TO READ]](cache/imagecache/local/attachments/sep2009/100_75_1_1_5_0_0_0_0_0_sunind26jan03.jpg "The Sunday Independent reports major (though secret) editorial interference in the Irish Times - 26 Jan 2003 [CLICK TO READ]")
national / arts and media / news report Thursday September 10, 2009 10:13 by Captain Green
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The Irish Times reports the death of former owner, Major McDowell, September 10, 2009: Major Thomas Bleakley McDowell Former Irish Times chairman dies, aged 86 Widely known as “The Major”, he kept clear of involvement in editorial content, insisting that that was the domain of the editor. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0910/1....html The Irish Times changed during the Major era, from a newspaper reflecting the protected but significant interests of a distinct Protestant business class to one that reflected the moderninsing interests of Irish capitalism. It was not as smooth a transition as the Irish Times usually reports. In 1969 Major McDowell was 'hot under the coller" about the Irish Times. So wrote Andrew Gilchrist, the British Ambassador in Dublin to Whitehall. He went on: read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday September 10, 2009 01:08 by Over The Edge
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As part of Culture Night, which is Friday 25th Sept, Artspace Studios are hosting a poetry reading which will take place in conjunction with their exhibition of visual art. The reading will commence at 8pm. All welcome. read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday September 09, 2009 23:55 by Paula Geraghty
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Positive story of communities organising and defending what they have. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Wednesday September 09, 2009 23:54 by Dublin IRSP
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The Irish Republican Socialist Party are actively campaigning against the Lisbon Treaty by calling for a No Vote in the forthcoming referendum. read full story / add a comment 
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 09, 2009 17:22 by ludopath
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On the 21st of March, 1953 a cartoon appeared inthe "New Yorker" by the Scottish cartoonist Ale Graham which showed one UFO, one horse in a field, two extra-terrestials with the caption take me to your leader . The rest is history. In the list of possibly apocryphal quotations of Henry Kissenger (history has been rewritten since he started out) is included the question who do I call for Europe It is quite mind numbingly appalling for me as an Irish migrant to Europe to read not bit of coverage of the Isbon Treaty which doesn't not include comment on who are the candidates to take the Big Job of Permanent President of the European Council read full story / add a comment |
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