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international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday January 26, 2012 13:48 by Yassamine Mather
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Make your voice heard against war and repression, urges Hands Off the People of Iran chair, Yassamine Mather The war drums against Iran are beating ever louder. The new embargo on Iranian oil, to come into force on July 1, is only the latest in a long list of measures imposed by US and EU imperialism. It bans all new oil contracts with Iran, and cuts off all existing deals. Also, all of the Iranian central bank’s European assets are to be frozen. We are told that the sanctions are designed to weaken the regime and “force Iran back to the negotiating table” over its nuclear programme. This is clearly nonsense: In reality, the ‘nuclear danger’ is used by imperialism as an excuse to deal with an increasingly unstable situation in the Middle East. Imperialism has recently lost a number of friendly regimes in the region (like Egypt) and needs to reassert control in this oil-rich area. War is also a useful distraction from economic misery and the current crisis of capitalism. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday January 25, 2012 02:12 by pat c
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Matt Lygate the Scottish Socialist Republican has died. Here is an obituary.Matt was a believer, not just in Socialism but also in Christianity. If there is an afterlife then he has gone to join John Maclean and James Connolly. Full text at link. Born on 26/12/1938 in Govan Glasgow. From early on,Matt became an accomplished artist, orator, and thinker. He always loved the great outdoors and would often dissapear for hours up hills and down gullies. As a teenager, he moved to Sunderland with his family and became one of the best renouned tailor’s cutters of his time. When ordered to join the British Army (conscription was still in place even after the war), Matt, like his father during WWI, refused stating he would never join an imperialist British Army. That same week, he was on a boat to New Zealand before the powers that be could abscond him. Matt had been an avid member of the CPGB as well as a devout Christian, believing that Christ himself was a revolutionary socialist. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 24, 2012 11:32 by Vincent Byrne
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Dublin is still reeling from its boom period and the cacophony of high-flown plans it threw up. Now that it's all over, how do the various projects stand up? read full story / add a comment 
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Sunday January 22, 2012 23:54 by ULA
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Public Meeting: Fight the Household and Water Tax Where: St John's GAA Club off Grange Rd, Ballinteer beside Marley Park. When: Weds 25th January 2012 at 7:30pm read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / press release Sunday January 22, 2012 23:24 by Belinda
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Note that Simpson & Marwick took instruction from the Scottish Government via of Levy & McRae, not Angiolini privately. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment / event notice Sunday January 22, 2012 22:20 by T
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Is it Good Bye to the Dalkey Dolphins ????????? A massive oil drilling has been planned a mere 6km off the coast of Dublin, directly off Dalkey Island for later in 2012. with the first platform to go directly out from white Rock Beach in line with where the Dolphins often choose to appear. Legal notice was given January 5th- 2012 with an objection window of only 21 working days, with a closing date for objections being February 2nd 2012. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday January 22, 2012 19:14 by Volunteer support
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INTERVIEW: Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle were both handed down the death penalty after being convicted of murders they did not commit. LORNA SIGGINS hears how they met the challenge and how the experience led them to each other WHEN SUNNY JACOBS was in solitary confinement in a US correctional institution, having had a death sentence converted to life imprisonment, she relied on her creativity to keep her sanity. In imagining many things – prison guards as her servants, for instance, and no bills to pay – she never once dreamed she would feature in the weddings section of the New York Times. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday January 22, 2012 18:10 by RNU PRO
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REPUBLICAN NETWORK FOR UNITY (RNU) Chairperson/Cathaoirleach, CARL REILLY has announced that Cogús Prisoners in Roe House, Maghaberry Gaol will begin a 24 Hour Fast at 8am January 23rd, 2012 in protest at the refusal by the North's Prison Service to allow fellow POW, Damien McKenna to attend his Father's funeral last week. read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday January 21, 2012 18:25 by Paul McAndrew
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Nick Griffin has been invited to speak at a "debate" at UCC on Feb 23rd. We need to get that event cancelled. Public event · By Cork Against Fascism Tuesday Where Room G19, Kane Building, UCC Speakers include: Joe Moore - Cork Anti-Racism Network Eileen Hogan - Applied Social Sciences Department Dr. Tracey Skillington - Department of Sociology And a speaker from Greece, active in the Cork Against Fascism campaign, will give an overview of the situation on the ground with the organised far-right in Greece TimeTuesday Tue 24th Jan, 19:00 until 22:00 read full story / add a comment
national / environment / opinion/analysis Friday January 20, 2012 11:36 by Red Squirrel
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Dwindling Red Squirrel population read full story / add a comment 
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday January 19, 2012 16:06 by Eric
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Every Tuesday from 7pm in Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street (across from Fionn Barra’s) read full story / add a comment 
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday January 19, 2012 15:45 by Eric
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Every Tuesday from 7pm in Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street (across from Fionn Barra’s) read full story / add a comment 
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday January 19, 2012 15:25 by E
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Every Tuesday from 7pm in Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street (across from Fionn Barra’s) read full story / add a comment 
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday January 19, 2012 15:20 by Eric
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Every Tuesday from 7pm in Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street (across from Fionn Barra’s) read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday January 19, 2012 13:50 by Maryam Namazie
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HOLD THIS DATE – 11 February 2012: A Day to Defend Free Expression One Law for All is calling for a rally in defence of free expression and the right to criticise religion on 11 February 2012 in central London from 2-4pm. We are also calling for simultaneous events and acts in defence of free expression on 11 February in countries world-wide. The call follows an increased number of attacks on free expression in the UK, including a 17 year old being forced to remove a Jesus and Mo cartoon or face expulsion from his Sixth Form College and demands by the UCL Union that the Atheist society remove a Jesus and Mo cartoon from its Facebook page. It also follows threats of violence, police being called, and the cancellation of a meeting at Queen Mary College where One Law for All spokesperson Anne Marie Waters was to deliver a speech on Sharia. Saying ‘Who gave these kuffar the right to speak?’, an Islamist website called for the disruption of the meeting. Two days later at the same college, though, the Islamic Society held a meeting on traditional Islam with a speaker who has called for the death of apostates, those who mock Islam, and secularist Muslims read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday January 19, 2012 11:57 by RNU PRO
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REPUBLICAN NETWORK FOR UNITY (RNU) Spokesperson, MARTIN ÓG MEEHAN calls for an Independent Public Enquiry into the 1981 Hunger Strike controversy. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday January 18, 2012 14:04 by Eileen Bennett
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You don't need to be a financial wizard to recognise that the global economy is struggling. For many businesses, this presents serious challenges to their very survival and sustainability. However, a Galway-based businessman Geoffrey Canacan has created a unique formula for dealing those challenges that, he claims, can dramatically change results by supporting the individuals within an organisation as they learn to think and act in a more positive and affirming way. read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / news report Tuesday January 17, 2012 23:55 by oneofthe99
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cork / arts and media / event notice Tuesday January 17, 2012 17:20 by Eric
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On Thursday January 26th, Solidarity Books will host a screening of Style Wars (1983) Start time is 8pm. Hope to see you there. There is no cover charge for the screenings but donations are, as ever, much appreciated. ( Beware, post-film discussion might be encouraged! ) read full story / add a comment 
cork / arts and media / event notice Tuesday January 17, 2012 17:13 by Eric
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Starting this Thursday, we will be resuming our weekly film screenings at the bookshop. A full programme for the month of February will be up soon. There is no cover charge for the screenings but donations are, as ever, much appreciated. ( Beware, post-film discussion might be encouraged! ) read full story / add a comment |
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