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cork / arts and media / event notice Tuesday May 04, 2010 13:45 by Eric   image 1 image
The struggle to achieve resident alien status, or gain full-blown citizenship in the United States, provides some thoughtprovoking material in this feature from director Wayne Kramer(THE COOLER). Crossing Over is an ensemble piece that contains many overlapping storylines, most of which revolve around Max Brogan (Harrison Ford), a law enforcement official who specializes in arresting people who break stringent immigration laws. read full story / add a comment
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cork / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday May 04, 2010 13:35 by Eric   image 1 image
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, also known as Chavez: Inside the Coup and La revolución no será transmitida (Spanish title), is a 2003 documentary focusing on events in Venezuela leading up to and during the April 2002 coup d'état attempt, which saw President Hugo Chávez removed from office for several days. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday May 03, 2010 21:09 by Desso   text 2 comments (last - tuesday may 04, 2010 11:00)   image 4 images   video 4 video files

Declan O’ Shea speaks with Tommy Donnelan, Irish Activist presently in the village of Bil’in, West Bank. read full story / add a comment
STONES TO REMEMBER
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Monday May 03, 2010 17:38 by THE DIGGER   image 1 image
Preview and lauch of video On Fri the 14th may The Friends of Charlie Donnelly are previewing and launching the dvd of the Charlie Monnelly memorial project. read full story / add a comment
Branko Marinkovic - Bolivian nazi, Dwyers money man, guilty of terrorism and on the run
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday May 03, 2010 16:37 by Opposed to Shell and their nazi friends   image 2 images
Just a year after Micheal Dwyer met his bloody end in Bolivia, we get a News update from Bolivia...

The news concerns our favourite LatAm fascist Branko Marinkovic, chickenshit multimillionaire and coupmonger who fled Bolivia after his racist plot failed... From inca kola news- Branko has left the building and is very unlikely to return (March 18 2010)
http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/2010/03/branko-has-lef....html

Ex-Aid Testifies that Marinkovic Financed Accused Terrorists

On March 17th, former Santa Cruz civic leader Branko Marinkovic’s longtime personal assistant and right-hand man for 14 years Juan Judelka confirmed that Marinkovic was financing a group called “La Torre” that is accused of terrorist conspiracy. Judelka declared under oath before prosec read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday May 03, 2010 13:29 by éirígí PRO   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 04, 2010 15:47)   image 1 image
éirígí is to mark the ninety-fourth anniversary of James Connolly’s execution with two public events in Dublin city over the weekend of May 15 and 16. read full story / add a comment
Association of Hunt Saboteurs Ireland (AOHS)
national / animal rights / press release Sunday May 02, 2010 17:15 by Bernie Wright   image 1 image   video 1 video file
PRESS RELEASE.

We, the Association of Hunt Saboteurs (AOHS) are calling on the Irish Coursing Club to retract their claims that our group was in any way responsible for the manipulation or staged set- up of the ‘dying hare’ video contents.
We now request a retraction and immediate apology to our group regarding their accusations in a press release dated 31-3-2010. See link below.
Their accusations were carried in the Irish Times articles on 2nd, 3rd and 9th April 2010. read full story / add a comment
Arthus Scargill addresses Dublin Mayday rally
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday May 02, 2010 16:38 by Andrew N Flood   text 1 comment (last - friday may 21, 2010 07:01)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
On a miserable wet day around 400 workers marched through Dublin in the annual Mayday march organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions. Speakers at the end included Arthur Scargill, president of the British National Union of Mine Workers during the bitter year long 1984 strike in which 10 people were killed. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday May 02, 2010 16:22 by Iyad Burnat   text 4 comments (last - tuesday may 04, 2010 11:31)   image 4 images   video 2 video files
April 30, 2010 Today’s demonstration began with speeches in honor of International Workers’ Day by the Union of Palestine Workers, after which the crowd processed to the Wall. After several minutes, soldiers fired the first rounds of tear gas into the crowd, and continued to launch tear gas deep into the protestors’ route. Soldiers aggressively entered the village in waves in an effort to make arrests. read full story / add a comment
Iyad Burnat with the ex Mayor of Geneva (Remy Pajani)
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday May 02, 2010 16:08 by Iyad Burnat   text 3 comments (last - saturday may 29, 2010 23:35)   image 2 images
Israel Bans Popular Struggle Leader From Traveling
Press Release - Bil’in Sunday May2nd 2010

Iyad Burnat, a leader in the popular struggle against the Israeli
wall, was banned by Israel’s military from crossing the West Bank
borders into Jordan on Saturday. Burnat is head of the local committee
against the wall and settlement in the central West Bank village of
Bil’in. The villagers of Bil’in have been organizing weekly anti wall
protest since five years. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Saturday May 01, 2010 18:35 by Seomra Spraoi   image 1 image
A great evening with Penny Rimbaud and Louise Elliot. Rimbaud is a writer, performer, and co-founder of punk band, Crass. He'll be reading some of his latest work, accompanied by Australian saxophonist, Louise Elliott.

There'll be a Q & A after, followed by punk disco.

Starts 8pm. BYOB, €10 waged, €5 unwaged suggested donation
Seomra Spraoi, 10 Belvedere Court, Dublin 1 read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday April 30, 2010 20:23 by pat c   text 6 comments (last - thursday may 13, 2010 09:23)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
For Immediate publication

This is a statement issued by Iranian workers on the occasion of May Day. HOPI is issuing it as a press release on their behalf. Futher information is available from Anne Mc Shane [email protected] 086 23 43 238

May 1st is the day of international solidarity of the working class and a day for laborers to protest global poverty and inequality. On this day millions of workers around the world stop working, to conquer the streets and show their anger and disgust with the announcement of the numerous disasters that capitalism has inflicted on humanity, and scream for liberation from oppression and exploitation. read full story / add a comment
CRH placards lead the demo
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday April 30, 2010 16:46 by Kev   text 10 comments (last - sunday may 02, 2010 23:52)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Irish activist and documentarian Tommy Donnelan, 63, was this afternoon wounded and detained for two hours by the Israeli Military in the West Bank. read full story / add a comment
We;re not blocking traffic,we are traffic!!
dublin / environment / event notice Thursday April 29, 2010 22:37 by Starstruck   image 1 image
Assemble 6pm Stephens Green Entrance read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday April 29, 2010 15:54 by LASC   text 5 comments (last - monday may 03, 2010 23:49)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Vigil in front of the Mexican Embassy*

Wednesday 5 may at 6pm

* 19 Raglan Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday April 29, 2010 15:47 by LASC   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 29, 2010 15:58)   image 1 image
Vigil in front of the Mexican embassy*

Friday 30th April at 1pm

* 19 Raglan rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday April 29, 2010 15:04 by LASC   text 3 comments (last - friday april 30, 2010 07:49)   image 1 image   video 1 video file   audio 1 audio file
The two individuals whose deaths have been confirmed are Beatríz Alberta Cariño, the director of CACTUS and member of the Southeast Mexican Indigenous Community Radios Network, and Jyri Jaakkola, an international solidarity observer from Finland.

Four people have been confirmed disappeared: David Venegas Reyes and Noe Bautista Jimenez, from VOCAL, and Érika Ramírez and David Cilia, reporters from Contralínea. read full story / add a comment
CRH helped to build this
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday April 29, 2010 11:54 by Fintan Lane   image 1 image
IRELAND-PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

PRESS RELEASE, 29/4/10 read full story / add a comment
sligo / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday April 28, 2010 22:35 by Union Member   text 30 comments (last - wednesday may 05, 2010 11:34)   image 5 images
Sligo Workers Alliance have organised a protest at Jimmy Devins Fianna Fail TD offices on John Street, Sligo at 12 noon on Saturday 1st May.

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