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national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday April 13, 2012 18:52 by lefty
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Profit takes precedence as drinks industry representative body tries to downplay damning report about alcohol and it's relationship with domestic violence and rape in Ireland. In light of this report, perhaps those in government who still have some semblance of a moral compass remaining could override their complete deference to money, economic considerations and profit as the most important things in our society, and might now consider removing sales of cheap alcohol from supermarkets. This is long overdue as the strains on our already underfunded health system from alcohol related cases and the social breakdown exacerbated by the availability of cheap alcohol, often cheaper than bottled water, are becoming more and more pronounced. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday April 12, 2012 18:36 by Republican Network for Unity
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On early Friday morning April 6th, activists took deliberate direct action against these cameras first by dislodging them from their foundations then opening them with Allen keys and burning their inner mechanisms using flammable liquid, rendering them beyond repair. read full story / add a comment 
leitrim / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Thursday April 12, 2012 17:04 by Orfhlaith Ni Chonaill
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The 8th Wise Woman Weekend will take place in Leitrim on 25th - 27th May 2012. It has a new website, web address and email contact, reflecting the decision of the organisers to register as a charity. This move will ensure the survival of the annual gathering, which is a friendly festival that offers a profound experience for women of all ages. The event is run purely on volunteer energy and offers twelve diverse workshops from poetry to Energy Healing. Included in the programme is the Friday night opening ceremony and bring-and-share meal, the Saturday night Vegetarian Dinner and Social and the Sunday afternoon Elder Talk and Closing Bealtaine Ritual. The cost of the weekend pass has been reduced to €125. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday April 11, 2012 15:26 by Gernika Bombing Commemoration Committee
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We will be comemorating the bombing of Gernika and other Basque towns by the German Condor Legion in support of the Spanish fascist forces fighting the elected Popular Front Government. It was the first urban civilian population bombing and all of the countries in the world,except the USSR,stood by and let it happen. Today Franco is dead but his spirit lives on in the repression of the Basques by the Spanish state. read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / press release Tuesday April 10, 2012 22:25 by Bernie Wright
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School children to be introduced to gambling and animal abuse. Who would have thought the school curriculum in Ireland would be introducing children to Gambling and animal abuse? The Irish Greyhound Board, the IGB, are now offering students and teachers tours of Greyhound stadia around the country. These same racing tracks allow children to bet their pocket money as no age limit applies to anyone placing bets. The IGB, synonymous with trying to export Greyhounds to China and with cruel treatment towards unwanted hounds are using school tours to indoctrinate children into gambling. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Tuesday April 10, 2012 10:36 by Nick Martian
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The idea of the worldwide Children's Revolution on May Day is for the women and children in the environmental movement to lead the marches all over the earth, and show that the World Revolution is peaceful and will save humanity from being driven to extinction by the burning of fossil fuels. The proposal for the worldwide Children's Revolution is for kids' marches to be at the front of all the protests during the global General Strike, and for everyone else to lend their support by displaying banners reading “CAN YOU SAVE THE HUMAN RACE?” to help ensure the survival of future generations. read full story / add a comment 
cork / arts and media / event notice Monday April 09, 2012 18:05 by Eric
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national / anti-capitalism / news report Monday April 09, 2012 14:49 by Gillen Hardesty
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(Somewhat belated sorry!) Report on successful actions on st Patrick's day by "Occupy Galway" and weeks events leading up to this. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday April 08, 2012 18:38 by Shelver
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This year's Good Friday walk in Kilcommon took place from Glengad to Aghoos along the L1202. This is the road beside Sruth Mhada Chonn estuary - where Shell intend to bore a tunnel to house 5km of the 8km planned onshore Corrib gas pipeline. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday April 08, 2012 07:50 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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Gunter Grass published a poem on Wednesday of this week in which he said that Israel's nuclear program and not Iran’s is a threat to world peace. The poem calls for Germany to stop supplying Israel with submarines, and warns against an Israeli strike on Iran. The following is a translation of it; read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday April 08, 2012 00:13 by Nico
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Here in Ireland there are many 1916 commemorations that are held annually by various groups and parties, but unfortunately, only a very divided fraction of those celebrate it from a revolutionary point of view. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday April 07, 2012 19:38 by @
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Amazing footage of an Antifascist attack with yogurts and eggs in Greece during a live TV interview. The TV presenter was attacked in this manner because a week before he hosted an interview with the representative of the greek Neo-Nazi party "Golden Dawn". read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday April 07, 2012 08:33 by LCW
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Photos http://tinyurl.com/cf5wk6w 27 people associated with the Catholic Worker communities based in Harringay, Rickmansworth and Oxford, undertoook a five hour contemporary Stations of the Cross procession through downtown Westminster/ London on Holy Thursday. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday April 07, 2012 06:27 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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Mounties were apparently well-bred Englishmen defending the ideals of the British empire according to English writers. However. that's not exactly how writers from the rest of the world see them, with their history of shootouts and extra-judiciary killing and kidnapping. The Mountie according to Brit writers could ride into a hostile native American camp and arrest a chief 's son without raising his weapon, because of a violent reputation of power. residing not in himself but in the history of the British Empire he symbolized. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / other press Saturday April 07, 2012 01:13 by lefty
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It's outrageous that John Kiriakou, a whistleblower, is the ONLY INDIVIDUAL TO BE PROSECUTED IN RELATION TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S TORTURE PROGRAM. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday April 06, 2012 18:50 by Patrick McCarthy
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An Appeal to the People of Ireland
Citizens, Immigrants, and Asylum Seekers: In the name of your homes, your livelihoods and your childrens future we beg you to set aside your differences and join together to restore Irelands sovereignty. read full story / add a comment 
cork / arts and media / event notice Friday April 06, 2012 15:13 by Eric
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Join us this Thursday April 12th in Solidarity Books for a screening of "Virtual Revolution" by Dr Aleks Krotoski. Film description below. read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 04, 2012 23:46 by Christopher O Riordan
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Last week a circus worker at a circus based in cork was seriously injured when a Indian Elephant accidently fell upon him. I look at how in the 21st century using wild animals for entertainment ishumane and should not be acceptable. read full story / add a comment 
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 04, 2012 18:51 by O.O´C.
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In a move clearly aimed at trying to upstage and divert attention from an extremely embarasing Sinn Féin private members’ motion on the ESM Treaty, the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, told the Dáil on 21 March that the Government is “now negotiating with the EU authorities, and principaly with the ECB, on the basis that the €3.06 bilion cash instalment due from the Minister to IBRC [Irish Bank Resolution Corporation] on 31 March 2012 under the terms of the IBRC promisory note could be settled by the delivery of a long-term Irish government bond. The details of the arrangement have still to be worked out.” read full story / add a comment 
international / housing / news report Wednesday April 04, 2012 12:46 by Italy Calling
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In September 2009, hundreds of Carabinieri stormed a school in the Magliana area of Rome and arrested dozens of people who were occupying it. The charges made against them were super harsh: organised crime, extortion, possession of weapons, theft, assaulting police officers, and more. read full story / add a comment |
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