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international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Tuesday February 14, 2012 23:40 by T
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Since approximately the early 1980s Capitalism has been on the offensive to attack working conditions and take away the hard won labour rights of the previous century or so. In those years we have seen manufacturing jobs move offshore and increasing amounts of temporary and part-time jobs which have less rights than full time jobs. We have seen multi-national and chain stores declare bankruptcy to allow these firms to walk away from their healthcare and pension obligations, only to re-open the following week. But yet this is not good enough and the capitalists and because of the logic of capitalism itself, as usual never give up and have their sights firmly set on things like decent wages, holiday pay, sick pay, pensions and health-cover. And leading the latest innovation in exploition is IBM Germany with their new programme called, "liquid" and reported in an article titled 'IBM launches new form of day-wage labour' on the www.wsws.org website. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday February 14, 2012 14:41 by Sharon.
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Republican Sinn Féin to hold Easter Commemoration at GPO , O' Connell Street, on Monday 9th April 2012. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday February 14, 2012 14:18 by Sharon.
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Republican Sinn Féin to hold Easter Commemoration in Deansgrange Cemetery on Sunday 8th April 2012. read full story / add a comment 
wicklow / miscellaneous / press release Monday February 13, 2012 20:23 by Nora Hegarty
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Wicklow Against Suicide is fully supporting, endorsing and helping in the organisation of a gig to raise funds for suicide prevention which is being put together by local man Shane Rowan on March 2nd in the Royal Hotel Bray. "The gig is in direct response to Wicklow's rising suicide rate which is now out of all known control."
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mayo / environment / news report Monday February 13, 2012 15:49 by Rudiger
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Yesterday up to 50 people walked from Aughoose Church to Shell's newly established compound in Glengad, removing Shell road haulage signs. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Sunday February 12, 2012 17:31 by alterthess.gr
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Demonstrations in Greece continue today after three days of strikes and manifestations. Hundred thousand citizens are protesting in Athens, Thessaloniki and all big cities of Greece against the new load agreement that is going to be voted at the Parliament this evening read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / other press Saturday February 11, 2012 17:42 by SCOOP
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The SCOOP are currently recruiting enthusiastic, bright, creative
interns and volunteers for 2012. This is the perfect opportunity to
immerse yourself into the SCOOP team, become part of something
worthwhile and to learn how this unique and innovative organisation
operates. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday February 10, 2012 19:39 by Sean Clinton
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In her first conference call with journalists since becoming chair of the Kimberley Process (KP), US Ambassador, Gillian A. Milovanovic has moved to limit the scope of any reform of the KP definition of a “conflict diamond”. Ambassador Milovanovic said: “I do not foresee within the Kimberley Process, per se, going beyond the question of rough diamonds.”[1] read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights / press release Wednesday February 08, 2012 22:11 by Ban Hare Coursing
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Dominic Magnone, of Greyhound and Pet World, has drugs convictions. Proof of this is clearly documented. Yet the Irish Coursing Club, which claims it abhors the use of prohibited substances to enhance the performance of greyhounds, accepted his sponsorship of the "Oaks" section of the National Coursing Meeting. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday February 08, 2012 20:26 by Ireland for Peltier
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An Evening with Native American Activist Jean Ann Day: In Support of Leonard Peltier. read full story / add a comment |
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