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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday November 06, 2008 18:51 by TD
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NUI Galway's Palestine Solidarity Society along with the college Film Society are screening Sufyan and Abdallah Omeish thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday November 06, 2008 18:39 by TD
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This evening, the Palestine Solidarity Society in Galway University are hosting Iyad Burnat's powerful documentary on the non-violent resistance to the building of the Israeli Apartheid Wall and the building of Jews only illegal colonising "settlements" on the expropriated land of Bil'in, a small Palestinian village, 12 kilometers (7 mi) west of the city of Ramallah in the West Bank. Discussion afterwards. Iyad is the head of the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements and co-founder of the Friends of Freedom and Justice society read full story / add a comment 
cavan / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday November 06, 2008 17:47 by Terry
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Electronic Intifada is reporting : "Obama picks pro-Israel hardliner for top post" whilst Haaratz describing the the choosing as: "Obama kick-starts transition, picks Israeli Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1034635.html As Ali Abunimah puts it in his EI article: "During the United States election campaign, racists and pro-Israel hardliners tried to make an issue out of President-elect Barack Obama's middle name, Hussein. Such people might take comfort in another middle name, that of Obama's pick for White House Chief of Staff: Rahm Israel Emanuel ... Rahm Emanuel was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1959, the son of Benjamin Emanuel, a pediatrician who helped smuggle weapons to the Irgun, the Zionist militia of former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, in the 1940s. The Irgun carried out numerous terrorist attacks on Palestinian civilians including the bombing of Jerusalem's King David Hotel in 1946. read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights / news report Thursday November 06, 2008 15:56 by Hilary
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The United States of America took a giant step in the last week in the field of civil rights and human development when a man with Offaly ancestry was chosen to lead the nation. While there is no legal bar against people from Offaly or their descendants holding high office in the U.S., many were surprised that voters were able to overcome the widespread prejudice against the county. Men from Offaly (known as BIFFO's) have often encountered a "glass ceiling" whereby they would be trusted with a glass, but not a pint. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday November 06, 2008 14:29 by Sean Matthews (Personal Capacity)
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Text of talk from Belfast WSM educational read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday November 06, 2008 12:18 by Ciaron
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Sunday Nov 16th 1pm-3pm Outside Dublin's U.S. Embassy *Testimonies/ Speeches from Latin Americans (and others who have worked there) relating how the S.O.A. and U.S. foreign policy has brought torture, death and oppression to their countries. *Also speakers on nonviolent resistance to .S.O.A. this will include Petria who has been arrested for trespass at rhe S.O.A. More info Ph. 087 918 4552 read full story / add a comment |
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