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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday November 15, 2011 21:51 by Republican Network for Unity - Dublin
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The Republican Network for Unity will be holding a protest on the 19th of November, outside the GPO in Dublin, to highlight the ongoing internment of republican prisoners and the POWs situation in Magheberry Gaol. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday November 14, 2011 13:51 by The Catholic Worker Farm
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Britain passes its ten year mark in the war on Afghanistan, a war that has never had any popular support and presently has no end in sight. This year's Armistice Day 11/11/11 was hyped by the media into a compulsory red poppy wearing day as a form of loyalty oath to the war without end. Compulsory for all those in public life. The wearing of the red poppy may have begun as a "Never Again" sentiment, the government has attempted to hijack it as a recruiting tool in these long years of war. Footballers had the red poppy sewn into their jersies, the international friendly against Spain was tarnsformed into an electronic Nuremberg Rally by the televison conglomerates. All those appearing on Sky and BBC had to wear a red poppy. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday November 14, 2011 06:33 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by!
Epitaph on the grave of Irish Poet William Butler Yeats, written by himself with careful directions !
Most people live lives, blissfully unaware of just how much secret Government agencies control their everyday lives. The Latin phrase 'scientia potentia est,' is a maxim claimed to mean "knowledge is power". This power in western societies like the U.S. and U.K. is centered in hugely resourced secret agencies that controls almost every facet of life of the modern citizen. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday November 13, 2011 17:54 by Kruk
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Again groups of the extreme right have tried to march through Warsaw. Nationalists and Neo-fascists from across Poland as well as from abroad have come to the capitol to allegedly demonstrate their patriotism. With it, they have left behind horrified residents, injured police, torn-up streets, burnt media vehicles, smashed bus stops, demolished cars. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday November 11, 2011 22:57 by Damien Moran
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday November 11, 2011 19:33 by pat c
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James Turley writes about the criminalisation of those who have burned poppies and elaborates on the imperialist agenda behind the whole remembrance charade. Those who fell should be remembered but not to glorify imperialism.
It is that time of year, again, when the world is colonised by plastic poppies. No establishment luminary will be seen in a public forum without one of these slightly naff trinkets pinned to his or her lapel; and thousands more people around the country will likewise sport the designated symbol of remembrance for the war dead.... . More troubling is the fate of three Northern Ireland teenagers, about whom little is known except their ages - two are 17 and one 16 - and that they were pulled up before Coleraine magistrates court, charged with ‘incitement to hatred’. The 16-year-old also faces charges relating to ‘improper use’ of a social networking site, thanks to his publication of damning visual evidence of the ‘crime’ on Facebook.... read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / press release Friday November 11, 2011 15:43 by PAW
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Former Minister for Defence Willie "The Kid" O Dea, today failed to answer questions put to him by the People's Association Watchdog in our weekly email to all TDs, Ministers and an Taoiseach, among the questions put to Wily Willie were "Will you stand up for the people or take the cushy favours of the financial industry? Are you afraid to stand up to the banking sector? Have you asked how much money they got to cover mortgages in the bailout? Are you willing to see the demise of your country when you can take a stand?".
The Banks Robbery of the People of Ireland appears to be going totally unchallenged by Willie, I wonder are his constituents ignored and disregarded in this manner by this "Gentleman".
Below is our latest (unedited) letter to the TDs Ministers and an Taoiseach and Willie O'Dea's unedited reply. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday November 11, 2011 09:50 by Andrew
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About 40 Shell to Sea campaigners blocked the Aughoose compound this morning - all Shell employees prevented entering compound 7.30 to 9.30. The road was kept open to local traffic by the campaign. There was no Garda presence. Just after 10 Shell to Sea activists started setting up an Occupy Shell Corrib Camp at the gates of the refinery in a show of solidarity with the global Occupy movements! read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Thursday November 10, 2011 18:34 by CW
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‘The people of Erris deserve protection from any company that seeks to trample over their rights. No company should be outside the law’ – Michael D. Higgins, November 6th, 2006 Veteran Shell to Sea supporter Michael D. Higgins will be sworn in as President of Ireland tomorrow as campaign colleagues gather at Shell’s inland refinery site in north Mayo to mark the fifth anniversary of the infamous Garda baton charge. read full story / add a comment 
national / education / event notice Thursday November 10, 2011 10:58 by FEE - Free education for everyone
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The USI have planned to march on the Dail in opposition to possible hikes in third level fee's. The campaign group Free Education for Everyone (FEE) believes that the USI should go further however & calls for the immediate retraction of increases in the reg fee & cuts to the non-adjacent grant.
Education is a right not a privilege read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 09, 2011 17:18 by Kev
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The final seven of the kidnapped Irish participants in the #FreedomWaves to Gaza mission will return home on flight EI163 (from London) at 3.45pm on Friday 11th November.
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 09, 2011 16:26 by Kev
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Seven of the kidnapped Irish participants in the #FreedomWaves to Gaza mission will return home to Terminal 1 in Dublin Airport on flight BD123 (from London) at 2.25pm on Thursday 10th November.
Zoe Lawlor, Mags O’Brien, John Mallon, Fintan Lane, Trevor Hogan, Hugh Lewis and Patrick Fitzgerald have all been illegally held by the Israeli state since Friday afternoon after being violently abducted in international waters while attempting to break the illegal siege and sailing to the blockaded Gaza Strip.
The Irish Ship To Gaza campaign is organising a welcoming committee to meet them at Terminal 1 in Dublin Airport, and asking people to gather there at around 2pm to be there when they come through the gates.
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cork / arts and media / press release Tuesday November 08, 2011 17:20 by mutantspace
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The Trash Culture Revue is set to return to Cork with an eclectic mix of art, literature, theatre, gigs, slam poetry, film, food and workshops. It’s like no other arts festival in the country as it’s all produced on a zero budget by members of Ireland’s only free online arts skills exchange, mutantspace.com.
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday November 08, 2011 13:29 by Freda H
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.. EXHIBITION TIMES:
Daily from 1.30am - 6pm
Admission is free.
EVENING PROGRAMME:
Wednesday 6.30pm - Official Opening Party ( tunes from the Irieland Crew, free food and booze and most of all a chance to meet the creators of the exhibition)
Thursday 7pm - Irish premiere of the film ‘Holding On To Jah’
Friday 8.30pm til late - Irieland Sound and guests from Firehouse Skank and Worries Outernational
Saturday 8.30pm til late - The Dublin Reggae Crews: Roots Corner, Worries Outernational, Punky Reggae Party and Westway Flyover
Sunday 2pm - Second screening of the film 'Holding On To Jah’.
All Evening Events (except Opening Party which is free!) are €5 entry or €10 for a Weekender Ticket into all events!
All Events BYOB!
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday November 07, 2011 00:46 by T
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The Occupy movement has grown steadily in the past 4 weeks in Ireland. It is part of the global Occupy movement. As to what it is about is best summed up by the OccupyGalway statement:
Occupy Galway is part of the international movement against austerity measures imposed on ordinary people around the world. We are all part of the 99% who, so far, have been subject to economic inequality and social injustice from the 1% who control the world's resources. We, the 99% demand: 1 - The removal of the IMF and ECB from all Irish financial affairs; 2 - That the national debt imposed on Irish people from the bank bailouts be lifted; 3 - The return of Irish resources (gas, oil, forestry) to the people of Ireland; 4 - Real particpatory democracy. THIS IS NOT A RECESSION, IT'S A ROBBERY!!! read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday November 06, 2011 22:24 by Kev
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We must show the Department of Foreign Affairs that they are NOT doing enough either to support our friends in an Israeli prison, or to put pressure on Israel to comply with international law.
The Irish Ship to Gaza Campaign has called for a demo outside the Department of Foreign Affairs, St Stephen's Green, on Monday 7th November at 5PM. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday November 06, 2011 15:42 by Seomra Spraoi
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Consisting of a tasty vegan main meal
Served from 6 to 8pm
Every Tuesday in Seomra Spraoi
Suggested Donation €4
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international / animal rights / press release Friday November 04, 2011 17:16 by AOHS
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There seems to be a serious conflict of interest here... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday November 03, 2011 20:43 by Kev
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Friday 4th November
6pm, The Spire
O’Connell Street
Dublin 1 read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday November 03, 2011 13:24 by Costas A
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EU cheap substitute- ΕΕ φτηνό υποκατάστατο read full story / add a comment |
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