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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday June 14, 2009 19:07 by TD
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Heartened by recent successes in the ongoing Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions campaign in the field of corporate responsibility and ethical compliance, , http://www.bdsmovement.net/ where giant French multinational company, Veolia Environnement SA, following a global campaign over its activities in the West Bank, is poised to withdraw from its participation in the construction and management of the illegal light railway in Occupied East Jerusalem and the announcement of Belgian-French financial group Dexia that it will no longer finance Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories through its Israeli branch Dexia Israel ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday June 14, 2009 18:32 by Anne McShane
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Yassamine Mather, chair of Hands Off the People of Iran, assesses the highly fluid situation in Iran. She calls for support for the mass demonstrations but warns against any illusions in Mir_Hossain Moussavi. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday June 14, 2009 17:37 by redjade
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'Confidential internal documents reveal how the oil giant lobbied The Guardian newspaper to reduce its support for Saro-Wiwa.' read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday June 14, 2009 17:20 by waltzin matilda
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Western Australia's Attorney General is looking at whether the government can and should terminate a prison transport company's contract in the wake of a scathing coroner's report. The State Coroner Alastair Hope examined the death of an Aboriginal elder in the back of a prison van. Mr Ward was transported across Western Australia from the city of Laverton to Kalgoorlie, a mostly desert region know as Goldfields. Temperatures were recorded at 47º on the day. Although there was no airconditioning he was given 600ml of water to ease his suffering and ensure a comfortable 250 mile or 400 km journey. He died of heatstroke. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Sunday June 14, 2009 13:59 by culchie
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Queer Spraoi Presents: Culchie Queer Night Sat 20th June 8pm-1am Seomra Spraoi Come outta the sticks: Come Outta the Closet and head to Seomra Spraoi in the Big Smoke. It's gonna be Munya... read full story / add a comment 
cork / miscellaneous / news report Sunday June 14, 2009 10:42 by John Jefferies
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The death occurred on Friday night at his home in Youghal, Co. Cork of veteran peace campaigner and socialist activist Bob Bickerdike at the age of 89 years. Regular Indymedia readers will recall that Bob featured here after receiving the "Working Class Hero 2009" award from the Cork May Day committee last month in recognition of his many decades of struggle on behalf of and with working people and his lifetime involvement in the peace movement. read full story / add a comment |
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