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derry / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday December 10, 2010 12:20 by WSM
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The population of the south have just been subjected to the toughest austerity budget that western Europe has seen in 30 years. Yet the tax hikes that targeted the low paid and those on average income actually saw the richest 1% gain! Someone earning only 15,000 euro could be paying nearly 6% more tax but someone whose income is a million will be paying 6% less tax. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Friday December 10, 2010 00:37 by john throne
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The union and labor leaders should be leading the battle to defend the right of all of us to know what is in the cables of capitalism. But they are so much part of the system they will not. While continuing to point this out and to build opposition forces to these union leaders in the workplaces and unions we, the left and all activist and anti capitalist forces, have to act ourselves. We should join Anonymous which is coordinating the defense of wikileaks and its funding base. Boycott Mastercard, Visa, Amazon etc. At the same time we should seek to give more of a democratic structure to Anonymous so it can become a more effective and democratic and decision making body, with a leadership which is collective and has depth, and so is better able to replace itself when capitalism can arrest or otherwise remove more of its leaders. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / education / news report Friday December 10, 2010 00:34 by Róisín
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Approximately 1500-2000 people took the streets in Belfast today, marching from schools and universities to congregate at the City Hall, Belfast to protest the proposed increase in fees, which could see people being charged up to £9,000 a year for tuition. The protest was also against the cuts in EMA, a small fee paid to secondary school students from lower-income families to help pay for their final two years of higher education. read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-capitalism / news report Thursday December 09, 2010 23:33 by Ray
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600 Corkonians braved the cold weather on Wednesday night to participate in the anti-budget protest march and rally called by the Independent Workers Union. read full story / add a comment 
national / education / other press Thursday December 09, 2010 21:05 by LM
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Today, students from NUI Maynooth staged a picket at the office of Aine Brady T.D. The protest was organised by the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) campaign, who were also involved in the Castlebar secondary level walkouts. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday December 09, 2010 17:26 by PRO
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SIPTU activists mobilised at Belfast City Hall today (Thursday 9th December) joining with over 1000 students from across the city protesting against education cuts and the ending of EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) for Secondary School Students. The Student Demo lasted for over an hour at lunch time, with College students and Secondary School Students alike thronging the street to make a stand against ‘regressive and ultimately cruel cuts.’ read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday December 09, 2010 15:14 by PRO
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SIPTU organiser Teri Cregan has criticised Boots over their tax avoidance of £86 million annually. The Trade Union official lambasted the company for their, ‘huge tax avoidance when the public and community sector are being hit by all manner of cuts.’ Boots, who recorded over £1bn profit last year, were able to avoid the payment, due to a tax loop hole. SIPTU are organised in Boots across the north, and are campaigning for dignity and respect in the workplace, and for business to become more ethical in how they deal with their workers and society. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / press release Thursday December 09, 2010 01:31 by Fred Johnston
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Poet Máighréad Medbh will read for us at Cooke's Restaurant, Abbeygate Street, Galway on Thursday, January 27th 2011 at 8pm. €6 and €4. Music also. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:26 by PBPA
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Wednesday 15th December, 7.30pm, Unite Hall, Middle Abbey St, Dublin read full story / add a comment 
tyrone / animal rights / press release Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:18 by PRO
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Ireland's largest Trade Union SIPTU held a number of engagements with key Community activists in Omagh town on Monday 6th December. SIPTU Lead Organiser Martin O'Rourke led the meetings with the community organisers, to kick-start a process of engagement and building in the campaign against cuts to the community and voluntary sector. Among those met were Cllr Martin McColgan (Chairperson of Strathroy Community Association), Michael Kelly (Omagh Community Support Officer) Siobhan McDermott (MACCA Community Centre Development Officer, ODC), Seamus Reid (MACCA Secretary), Gerry McCusker (Omagh Neighbourhood Renewal Officer), and Conor Keys (FOCUS Development Officer). read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:07 by Ardoyne Republican
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Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective (GARC) spokesperson; Martin Óg Meehan has expressed amazement at the recent statement from Gerry Adams M.P. regarding the opening talks with the North/West Parades Forum concerning sectarian marches through the greater Ardoyne community. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 19:09 by TD
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It's cold comfort that yesterday's inhuman budget was the last sting of a vicious, dying government, chilling to realise it was allowed to flourish and pass by the broad mass of the Irish people standing idly by and not engaging in mass protest.? Yesterdays proceedings outside the Dáil were mild, ultra-mild and weak when compared to the mass protests in Greece and France and the fact that the EU/ECB/IMF attacks on our poor, vulnerable, working classes and middle classes, through their willing government catspaws, are far more severe here than the aforementioned countries.? read full story / add a comment 
galway / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday December 08, 2010 17:54 by The Pipe | The Film
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The Pipe is showing in Portumna, Galway on Saturday 11th (at 20:00) December and Sunday 12th December (at 17:00) in the Cinemobile in the town square. The Sunday showing will also have a questions and answers session with Richard O'Donnell. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 10:18 by Plowshares
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YOUTUBE (2min22sec) - Irish/Australian Plowshare/Catholic Worker Activist Ciaron O'Reilly does Solidarity Speaks Out Outside Westminster Court While Assange Denied Bail! - Solidarity with Assange and Manning! http://youtu.be/8Tw98tv0sso Hot Tips on organinsing solidarity around the imprisoned Julian Asasnge and Bradley Manning...... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday December 08, 2010 02:38 by Palestine Solidarity Project
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Join the Palestine Solidarity Project in Beit Ommar, Palestine, and become part of the growing international movement to support Palestinian non-violent resistance. We are in need of volunteers to join us this winter and spring as we struggle to end the Israeli occupation in all its forms and to promote justice and self-determination for the Palestinian people. We have a wide range of programs lined up for the next few months, and are in need of dedicated, enthusiastic volunteers to help make our goals a reality. read full story / add a comment 
national / education / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 00:37 by LM
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Changes to the qualifying criteria for the adjacent rate of the student maintenance grant, announced in the Budget for 2011, will lead to students facing up to the prospect of an almost 60% decrease in financial aid. read full story / add a comment ![Night's Candles are Burnt Out (1927-28) by Seán Keating [3]](cache/imagecache/local/attachments/dec2010/100_75_1_1_5_0_0_0_0_0_keating2.jpg "Night's Candles are Burnt Out (1927-28) by Seán Keating [3]")
international / arts and media / other press Tuesday December 07, 2010 21:33 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
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by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin As the global economic crisis deepens, one may ask how the artist can play any role in social, economic and political change? Visual artists have been commenting on society since William Hogarth, a pictorial satirist and social critic during the early 1700s, used art to comment on the politics and customs of his time. The same challenge still exists today - how can the visual artist make images that have a profound effect on people and their view of society and so hope to contribute to making a better society for all? read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday December 07, 2010 16:54 by WH
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Rossport Solidarity Camp and Shell to Sea campaigners were out in numbers on a media-thronged Kildare Street in Dublin this morning in advance of Brian Lenihan’s presentation of the Budget for 2011. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday December 06, 2010 23:17 by seedot
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As the snow comes down and temperatures stay below freezing, Sinn Fein activists prepare to camp outside the Dail. Tomorrow they'll be joined by various other protests and passed by well paid TDs on their way to do the IMFs bidding. read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-capitalism / news report Monday December 06, 2010 10:28 by Peter Sullivan
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A range of political organisations have come together in Cork under the umbrella of the Independent Workers Union to organise a mobilisation and march against the Budget this coming Wednesday. read full story / add a comment |
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