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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday August 23, 2007 19:00 by Shell to Sea
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A scheme like the one that Shell are trying to force on the people of Erris would never be allowed to go ahead in Norway. Statoil pride themselves on working closely with communities, and as a state company, some of their profits are going to pay for pensions, schools, hospitals etc in Norway, so to some extent they are working for the public good. Of course none of this applies in Ireland- here the people will gain next to nothing from the Corrib scheme, and those who stand against it are beaten and imprisoned. So today, some Shell to Sea activists gave out info to people passing the Norwegian Embassy and the Passport Office in Molesworth Street Dublin, encouraging people to take out Norwegian citizenship. It's the only way that Irish people can profit from Corrib gas... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / other press Thursday August 23, 2007 18:57 by SP Online
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The August 2007 issue of The Socialist (#27) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / other press Thursday August 23, 2007 18:04 by Chris Murray
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Six named Feminist Activist Writers received custodial sentences in the last few months in Iran, since that time three web designers and activists have also received sentences. The original report was on the Manila based Isis women Site:- Iran:- Women's Rights Continue to Plunge- http://www.isiswomen.org The charges against the six included "Acting against National Security by participating in an illegal gathering" and "Collusion and assembly to endanger National Security". read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections / other press Thursday August 23, 2007 16:02 by Pobail
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Pobail The resignation of Pat Rabbitte should be welcomed by those on the left in Ireland, both inside and outside the Labour party. Rabbitte’s record has shown him to be a corrosive element on the Irish left, bitterly opposed to Sinn Féin, the largest political force on the left in Ireland, and all too willing to move the Labour Party to the centre-right and align with Fine Gael, adopting many of their policies wholesale. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday August 23, 2007 15:11 by Dublin Shell to Sea
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Dublin Shell to Sea bus leaves from outside Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square North on Thursday Evening, 13th September. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday August 23, 2007 12:52 by MichaelY
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In an interesting article, The Independent covered the latest disgrace by the British Government concerning the banning of and refusing entry to a Palestinian under 19s football team to the UK. The IPSC contacted UEFA re:this incident and we have received a non-committal reply saying that the Palestinians are not members of UEFA [while Israel is!!] and, anyway, this was a British Government decision and there is nothing they can do about it. All comments welcome. In the meantime we are awaiting breathlessly the Kevin Myers response to all of this. read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday August 23, 2007 11:35 by Ardeshir Mehrdad and Yassamine Mather
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In this article Ardeshir Mehrdad and Yassamine Mather examine the underpinnings of Political Islam, they show how it is fundamentally anti-democratic and how it is hostile to the Enlightenment and the interests of the Working Class. The full text is at the link. The last three decades have witnessed a relentless growth of Islamic movements, so that, today political Islam is an undeniable reality on the world scene. The events of September 11, 2001 and since have given it further prominence. From the Middle East to North Africa and South Asia, it has, in its various manifestations, become a major player that needs to be analysed both politically and theoretically. The contradictory nature of political Islam means that such analyses must deal with it not only in relation to the interests of capital, but also in relation to the challenge it poses to socialist ideas. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday August 23, 2007 10:38 by indyjourno
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A video has surfaced on YouTube indicating that the police used provocateurs at the summit in Montebello. Canadian Union of Public Employees or CUPE, has uploaded pictures of the altercation that show the arrested “protesters” have the same footwear as the police. The video and photos show that the protesters are moving into the police line as a union leader challenges their actions and tries to expose them as police officers. read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Thursday August 23, 2007 10:05 by Elizabeth
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Heritage Week begins August the 25th 2007. The web-address is included here:- http://www.heritageweek.ie/en/register-event-introducti....aspx This is the week , when well meaning groups such as the Heritage Council provide the Irish people with a brief reminder of the importance of heritage to us as a community and a nation. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / other press Wednesday August 22, 2007 19:13 by XIT
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It's almost unheard of for any mainstream media organisation to give positive or honest coverage of direct action, action camps etc, so on the rare occasion that it does happen, it's worth seeing. Below is a scan of the front page of last The Independent (UK) of last Saturday (18 August, 2007). The cover story is a special report on the Climate Camp at Heathrow. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday August 22, 2007 12:22 by pat c
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Heres an English translation of a story which got little attention in the mainstream media, what was published was sketchy and confusing. Kathlyn Stone provided the translations for the statements and wrote the main story. The full story is at the link. On the 4th of July, U.S. military and Iraqi national guards opened fire with bullets and grenades on the Baghdad home of Abdel-Hussein Saddam. The severely wounded Abdel-Hussein was taken away and his 18-year-old daughter was left alone, injured and bleeding on the floor. Abdel-Hussein’s beaten body turned up at the Yarmouk morgue on July 6. The murder of Abdel-Hussein was the most devastating of four attacks by the U.S. military on the Iraq Freedom Congress in the past 10 months. The IFC is comprised primarily of trade unionists, community leaders, women’s and children’s rights workers who are determined to look after their own. IFC’s goals are to salvage the lives of as many Iraqis as possible, and to end the occupation and sectarian fighting. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Tuesday August 21, 2007 23:56 by Over The Edge
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North Beach Poetry Nights presents Perciphone Petticoat Thursday 23rd August at 9pm BK's Winebar, Spanish Parade, Galway read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday August 21, 2007 22:02 by Shell to Sea
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D'iarr Shell chun Sáile orainn theacht ag Ambasáid an Ioruaidh, 34 Sráid Theach Laighin, BAC 2, ar an Déardaoin seo, 23 Lúnasa, ag 1 p.m. There will be a Shell to Sea Protest at the Norwegian Embassy, 34 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, on Thursday August 23rd at 1.00 PM read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday August 21, 2007 17:27 by Cormac Ryan
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éirígí has started the rollout of its campaign for British withdrawal with the first phase - distribution of a new information leaflet - already under way. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Tuesday August 21, 2007 16:39 by Over The Edge
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Kevin Higgins’s debut poetry collection ‘The Boy With No Face’ was Salmon Poetry’s bestselling book of 2005 and has recently been reprinted. To celebrate the rare enough event of a debut poetry collection going to a second printing an invited group of readers will read their favourite poems from ‘The Boy With No Face’ in Galway City Library on Wednesday, September 5th at 6.30pm. The MC for the evening will be John Walsh, organiser of North Beach Poetry Nights. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday August 21, 2007 14:13 by republican socialist
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The membership of Dublin IRSP has reacted angrily to the latest persecution by the special branch on a member of the party and his family. Yesterday evening twelve members of the special branch raided his family home and physically assaulted one of his sons who answered the door. Four of his children ranging from 20 years of age to a child of 10 were home at the time watching television when they were confronted by twelve special branch officers wielding machine guns and handguns, they were thrown to the ground and handcuffed, whilst firearms were held to there heads. The children were informed by an individual later identified as Detective Sergeant O’Driscoll (Harcourt Street) that they had a warrant to search the house for firearms. read full story / add a comment 
meath / history and heritage / news report Tuesday August 21, 2007 11:59 by TaraWatch
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An international archaeological expert has issued an independent report which contradicts many NRA findings and recommendations regarding the newly discovered national monument in Lismullin, and calls for full preservation of the "unique" national monument. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday August 21, 2007 10:18 by Niav
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Choice Ireland staged a protest outside the Women’s Resource Centre, a rogue pregnancy counselling agency on 50 Upper Dorset Street on Saturday, 18th August 2007. Choice Ireland is a diverse group of Pro-Choice activists campaigning for free, safe and legal abortion services in Ireland. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 21, 2007 10:13 by Angela
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Yet again the Government has shown itself limited by the market push of the EU and the FDA with regard to choice in health care and diet. The FDA and EU had worked on an operating system, which cost millons where the net result is the coloured bar on the end of your ceral box which tells you the RDA of your food. Its the 'buy it bulk and sell it back at profit' school of thought which brought the ban on St John's Wort and the envisaged ban on Tea Tree Oil. In translation it just means that in exchange for the profit of the Multi's we get treated like kids with regard to Choice! The letters are to be directed to: Commissioner Markos Kyrianou DG Sanco, The European Commission B-1049 Brussels. Belgium. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday August 21, 2007 06:13 by Susan Sheehan-Repasky
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