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Howards Zinn's "Marx in Soho" comes to Seomra Spraoi, Dublin
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday July 29, 2009 15:12 by Seomra Spraoi Autonomous Social Center   image 1 image
Seomra Spraoi is proud to present the Irish dates of Howard Zinn's "Marx in Soho". Having travelled much of Europe this is your chance to see Jerry Levy perform this timely, witty and reflective one person play.

I hope you get as excited as we are. read full story / add a comment
Abolish Greyhound Racing
national / animal rights / event notice Tuesday July 28, 2009 22:57 by ARAN   image 1 image   video 1 video file
ARAN has designated August 24-30th 2009 as our official week of action against the Irish greyhound racing industry. During this week in Ireland, we are staging peaceful events outside of every possible greyhound stadium there is in North and South of the country and holding information stands and events in towns that do not have stadiums, we need even more people who are reading this post to get involved. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday July 28, 2009 18:51 by Graham   text 9 comments (last - wednesday july 29, 2009 15:12)   image 1 image
Yesterday afternoon, Monday the 28th of July, Shell to Sea campaigners organised a demonstration at Glenamoy crossroads Co. Mayo. The crossroads is the access point to Rossport, where Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht affairs Eamon Ó, Cuív had purported to be arriving with the intention of ceremonially launching an already open community center. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday July 28, 2009 14:19 by Paula Geraghty   text 4 comments (last - monday august 03, 2009 17:58)   image 4 images
Communities unite on East link bridge in solidarity with Dublin Port strikers read full story / add a comment
Anti-Racism World Cup 2009
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Monday July 27, 2009 20:54 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin   text 1 comment (last - monday july 27, 2009 21:02)   image 2 images
For the third year running, the city of Belfast will have the honour to host the Anti-Racism soccer World Cup between July 31 and August 2.

Timed to coincide with the opening of west Belfast's Féile an Phobail, the Anti-Racism World Cup is intended as a show case of solidarity between people of all nationalities and a demonstration against discrimination and division.

The tournament and associated events will take place in Donegal Celtic Football Club, Suffolk Road, Belfast. read full story / add a comment
Fred Johnston
national / arts and media / press release Monday July 27, 2009 18:36 by Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlín Maude   text 9 comments (last - thursday october 15, 2009 16:47)   image 1 image
Writer, founder of the annual Cúirt literature festival and Director of The Western Writers' Centre (Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude) Fred Johnston has been writing and publishing his poems almost entirely in French for some time now; but it all began with translating short stories of Breton folklore and French poems. read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday July 27, 2009 17:50 by pat c   image 1 image
On Saturday August 1, Hands Off the People of Iran will be playing a fundraising cricket match against the Labour Representation Committee. The team captains, John McDonnell MP (LRC) and Attila the Stockbroker (HOPI), will be tossing a coin at 11 am, and the first ball will be bowled at noon. Even the weather should not be able to get in our way, as we will have numerous gazebos with a fully-stocked bar and food.

You dont have to be in London to support this event. Go to http://www.hopoi.org/index.html and click on the paypal donate button. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday July 27, 2009 14:20 by Laura   image 2 images
On Saturday, 1st August, from 12-5pm in Central Hotel, Exchequer St. (off Georges' St.), Dublin, Socialist Youth are hosting a day of debate and discussion. All are welcome to attend. read full story / add a comment
wicklow / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday July 26, 2009 11:34 by Abuse victim by member of the Catholic Church   text 16 comments (last - sunday november 08, 2009 16:27)   image 2 images
When one member of the Clergy in the Irish Roman Catholic Church can have another threatened for assisting a member of the laity what more does it take to prove there is still a very unhealthy link between An Garda Siochana and the Roman Catholic Church.

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Protestors Outside Topaz
kildare / miscellaneous / news report Saturday July 25, 2009 18:12 by Bazra B   text 17 comments (last - thursday september 10, 2009 01:20)   image 9 images
Shell to Sea protest outside Topaz in Newbridge, Co. Kildare read full story / add a comment
'Gabriel' by The Gin Club
galway / arts and media / event notice Saturday July 25, 2009 16:15 by Over The Edge   image 2 images
The next Poetry Smackdown takes place at Róisín Dubh in Galway on Wednesday, July 29th, 8-11pm. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / eu / feature Saturday July 25, 2009 12:11 by Raymond Deane   text 7 comments (last - sunday october 04, 2009 01:34)   image 6 images   video 2 video files
For the last three days, several activists from the recently formed campaigning group IFPAL (Irish Friends of Palestine Against Lisbon) manned a stall at the top of Dublin's Grafton St, conspicuously decorated with Palestinian flags billowing freely in the breezy, showery weather. read full story / add a comment
William Wall
national / arts and media / press release Saturday July 25, 2009 00:57 by Over The Edge   text 8 comments (last - monday august 24, 2009 00:53)   image 4 images
Galway's literary events organisation Over The Edge is looking for poems in opposition to Ireland's new blasphemy law. read full story / add a comment
Seahorses and fish will now be plastic.
dublin / animal rights / news report Saturday July 25, 2009 00:53 by Bernie Wright   image 1 image
Having been contacted by concerned individuals, many working in the airport. The wall mounted fish tanks on the ‘Street’ at Dublin Airport were again brought to our attention.

In 2006 AFAR did a demo at Dublin Airport and as a result had SEAHORSES removed from the ESTEE LAUDER Crème de la Mer tanks after hearing many Seahorses had died due to lack of feeding and regular care.
Now in 2009 the fish that had replaced the seahorses were suffering the same fate. read full story / add a comment
Deirdre Kearney
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday July 24, 2009 20:10 by Over The Edge   text 1 comment (last - friday july 31, 2009 01:53)   image 3 images
Galway Arts Centre Poetry Workshop Participants Mary Hanlon and Deirdre Kearney Launch First Collections at Charlie Byrne’s Literary Jamboree read full story / add a comment
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limerick / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday July 24, 2009 16:33 by Limerick Socialist Party   image 2 images
The announcement by Element Six that it is to close its manufacturing base in the Shannon Free Zone has been slammed as “a disgusting stab in the back” and the redundancy package was called "derisory", by the Limerick Socialist Party this morning. read full story / add a comment
The Royal Demense of Tara, according to Dr Edel Bhreatnach
national / history and heritage / feature Thursday July 23, 2009 16:07 by TaraWatch   text 3 comments (last - friday july 31, 2009 09:24)   image 1 image
The Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, is currently conducting two separate public consultations, allegedly to protect Tara. There is the proposed Tara Skryne Landscape Conservation Area and the proposed Tara UNESCO World Heritage Site. But the Minister has not produced one single map showing the proposed areas, and has refused to answer Parliamentary Questions on the issue. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Thursday July 23, 2009 13:04 by Against   text 7 comments (last - tuesday july 28, 2009 13:58)   image 3 images
An article about racism in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
Picture taken below the Black Mountain in West Belfast
antrim / miscellaneous / news report Thursday July 23, 2009 13:01 by Sean Matthews- personal capacity   text 4 comments (last - tuesday november 03, 2009 10:55)   image 1 image   audio 3 audio files
A conversation with WSM member Davy Carlin, from his early childhood growing up in the Ballymurphy housing estate in the midst of an ‘Irish War’ to community politics. Davy also reflects on his involvement in struggles to date from anti-racism, workplace organising and organisations from the Socialist Workers Party to Organise! Finally, we touch upon the politics of anarchism and his hope for the future. read full story / add a comment
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international / eu / news report Wednesday July 22, 2009 19:47 by Sheilanagig   text 12 comments (last - sunday august 30, 2009 23:24)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
This is an obsure but alarming article. I had to read it twice to figure what it was saying: that it is a crime to advocate boycotting Israeli products in France. A man has been fined €1000 for organising a boycott of Israeli products; and the French appeals court and Council of Europe's European Court of Human Rights upheld this. read full story / add a comment
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