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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday September 02, 2011 21:31 by libertarian leninist
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Looking for balance? Andrew Flood gets out his scales and tries to find some balance in Libya. Did the Left come down too heavily on one side? The sudden end of the Gaddafi regime some 6 months after the start of the Libyan revolt leaves some difficult questions unanswered for the left. Gaddafi’s determination to physically crush the revolt quickly transformed it into a civil war, a civil war that saw considerable imperialist intervention on the rebel side, intervention that was essential to their eventual victory. This and Gaddafi’s historic record led to some on the left taking his side in the civil war while other organisations tried to balance support for the ‘Arab spring’s’ arrival in Libya with opposition to imperialism. This question of where the balance lies between international solidarity with pro-democracy movements and opposition to imperialism could well rapidly return to the top of the agenda in a very much bigger way as the regime in Syria continues its months long military suppression of the democracy movement there. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday September 02, 2011 16:43 by RNU PRO
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REPUBLICAN NETWORK FOR UNITY SPOKESPERSON, MARTIN Óg MEEHAN HAS ANGRILY DEPLORED ANOTHER POLITICAL POLICING OPERATION AGAINST RNU MEMBERS IN ARMAGH. On the 31st August 2011, two homes belonging to Republican Network for Unity Activists in Armagh City had their homes raided by the RUC/PSNI. One of who is currently a member of the RNU Ard Comhairle. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday September 02, 2011 12:34 by CW
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Catholic Workers Head to British GCHQ at Cheltenham on eve of 10th Anniversary of the Wars read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday August 31, 2011 22:28 by j debender
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On Wednesday 31st August at 8am 15 people entered Barrett’s quarry, just outside Bangor Erris in Co. Mayo and stopped work for the whole day, leaving at 5:30pm. Barrett’s is a subcontractor on the Corrib Gas Project, currently bringing truckloads of gravel and hardcore to Shell’s site in Aughoose. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday August 31, 2011 18:57 by Ciarán
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David Rovics Amhráin Streachailte Na Croisbhealaí, Fresh Claim Café, Sráid an Rí Dé Máirt 6ú Meán Fómhair, ó 7in Ceolchoirm & Greim - £10 (T.D.B.F) read full story / add a comment 
wexford / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday August 30, 2011 20:16 by pat c
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On Saturday 3rd of September at 6:00 p.m a memorial stone will be unveiled in memory of Socialist Republican Peter Daly in Monageer (Enniscorthy) Co. Wexford on Saturday the 3rd of September at 6.00 pm. Peter fought with the Irish contingent of the International Brigade in the war against fascism in Spain and died in September 1937. He had been reared and went to school in Tinnacross and later Monageer. His life was spent in the republican and working class movement in Ireland and England before volunteering to fight for the Spanish Republic. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday August 30, 2011 18:20 by Willi Munzenberg
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AFA Ireland & No Bother Present a night of punk, ska, reggae and northern soul from the DJs. At The Thomas House, 86 Thomas Street Dublin 8. 8 pm Friday 2 September. €5 . read full story / add a comment 
derry / gender and sexuality / press release Monday August 29, 2011 13:54 by PRO
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SIPTU activists were out on the streets of Derry on Saturday (27th August) supporting the second annual Foyle Pride parade. They joined with thousands of people including trade union and community activists, all united in celebrating diversity and demanding equality for the LGBT community. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / other press Monday August 29, 2011 11:58 by Richard Black
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Every cloud has a silver lining: melting Arctic ice opens up new shipping routes. But is the lining really silver? Environmental groups are worried about the exploitation of natural resources.
Two major Arctic shipping routes have opened as summer sea ice melts, European satellites have found. Data recorded by the European Space Agency's (Esa) Envisat shows both Canada's Northwest Passage and Russia's Northern Sea Route open simultaneously. This summer's melt could break the 2007 record for the smallest area of sea ice since the satellite era began in 1979. Shipping companies are already eyeing the benefits these routes may bring if they remain open regularly. The two lanes have been used by a number of small craft several times in recent years.
But the Northern Sea Route has been free enough of ice this month for a succession of tankers carrying natural gas condensate from the northern port of Murmansk to sail along the Siberian coast en route for Thailand.
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday August 29, 2011 04:09 by Seomra Spraoi
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Consisting of one tasty vegan main meal Served from 6 to 7.30pm Every Tuesday in Seomra Spraoi Suggested Donation €4 read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday August 28, 2011 19:15 by RNU PRO
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This afternoon, RNU held a march from the New Lodge/Antrim Road Junction to Clifton Street Cemetary in North Belfast. Where a commmemoration was held for United Irishmen; Henry-Joy McCracken & William Drennan both of who are interred in the Graveyard. A couple of hundred participants attended and listened to local Historian and Author; Joe Graham and RNU Chairperson; Carl Reilly. A number of wreaths were also laid from Political Prisoners in Maghaberry & Portlaoise and from RNU. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Friday August 26, 2011 20:12 by j debender
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Between lock-ons, mass trespasses, lorry climbing and a breach of security at Shell's refinery, this week brought a lot of people out protesting. Locals who haven't been out on the roads in years have come out this week, and momentum is building. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Friday August 26, 2011 18:54 by Frank
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From 6.00am to 9.30am Friday 26th August, three campaigners occupied Aghoos Road, as part of the ongoing protests against the controversial Shell refinery at Bellinaboy. They formed a triangle in the middle of the road using a set of especially made arm-tubes. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Friday August 26, 2011 11:06 by Rossport SC
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Local Shell to Sea campaigners and their supporters at Rossport Solidarity Camp are resting after another bizarre day of lows, highs and outright idiocy during their ongoing protest against Shell in co. Mayo. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday August 25, 2011 12:58 by Declan Cullen
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Once again the BBC has proven that it is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the British Government with its latest video proclaiming to be victory celebrations in Tripoli. read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Thursday August 25, 2011 09:55 by PRO
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As part of their ‘communities uniting’ campaign in the north, SIPTU are giving voice to community workers through an online series of interviews, ‘We are SIPTU.’ The series of interviews will be continually updated to YouTube, allowing people to easily access and get an insight into the everyday work of community activists, the services they provide, and the cuts facing projects. To access the interviews click on the following link; http://www.youtube.com/user/siptunorth#grid/user/169914...66C8E read full story / add a comment 
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national / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday August 25, 2011 09:46 by WH
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Protect your computer from spyware and hackers, protect sensitive files on your computer. Keep your internet communication private and secure. Ensure your email and instant messaging is secure. Remain anonymous and bypass censorship on the internet. Use mobile phones as securely as possible. read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage / event notice Wednesday August 24, 2011 09:14 by Liam Ó Culbáird
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N.G.A. hunger striker commemoration, Belfast, September 25th. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday August 24, 2011 08:04 by Frank
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Today 25 people from Rossport Solidarity Camp sustained a barrage of actions against the site Shell is preparing for its tunnel boring machine. Despite 80 security and three vans of gardaí they were unable to keeps the protesters out. In the chaos that ensued one person got through the lines to d-lock themselves to one of the diggers and remained up there stopping work for 4 hours. Elsewhere other diggers had to stop working as protestors approached. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Wednesday August 24, 2011 08:00 by T
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The situation in Libya is not what it seems as reported by the mainstream press -the same press that has promoted all the previous wars with some lame excuse or another. The MSM media likes to teach the public to think only in black in white. So if you oppose NATO, you love Gadaffi. Actually it possible to see both as bad. But the long and short of it all is that it really all just amounts to a modern form of the Class War. Notice how our liberties in the West are disappearing along with the social gains achieved over the last century of labor struggles. The Libya things is mainly an oil grab. It is also because Gadaffi was not an obedient dictator and it is also because it had the highest standard of living in Africa and very generous welfare and last but not least it was not adhering to the NeoLiberal agenda and the free market. The same ideology that has ruined all our economies and is being used as the excuse to take away all our gains and make us worker far longer and for less.
So the purpose of this feature is to present the alternative and to provide some background analysis to what is going on and happened so far read full story / add a comment |
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