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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday November 10, 2007 15:35 by Obit [the second or third].   text 14 comments (last - saturday december 15, 2007 23:57)   image 3 images
[Due to limited time and breaking all the Obituary rules] :-

The death Of Norman Mailer has been announced:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Mailer

and instead I want to focus on one issue about his writing and that is the Gilmore Case and the resultant book :-

'The Executioner's Song' which set a bar in documenting the issue of US capital Punishment
and also tied into the Timothy Mc Veigh Case in an interesting manner. read full story / add a comment
 Capitalisms Crooks and Clones: Royal Dutch Shell traders face $1M dollar fines
international / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday November 10, 2007 13:05 by Soundmigration   text 4 comments (last - tuesday november 13, 2007 16:52)   image 1 image
Whilst we have come to expect little else for corporations like Royal Dutch Shell, yesterdays fines imposed on rogue traders trying to fix the price of natural gas clearly show that such companies are rotten to the core, solely driven by profits and greed and have little or no interest in social respondsibility.

These guys run cartels daily that effects all of us.

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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday November 09, 2007 20:21 by TD   text 63 comments (last - friday november 16, 2007 17:49)   image 27 images
Today, to commemorate Shell's judicial murder of the Ogonii 9 and a look back in anger at the Garda baton-fest a year ago, some 400 activists journeyed from all reaches of Ireland to voice our outrage outside and inside Shell's Bellanaboy site, I was with the section of protestors that first manned the front line at Bellanaboy bridge at 6AM at the request of S2S when it was rightly surmised that Shell and the Guards would attempt to steal a march by bringing the workers in early - for a while, before Garda weight of numbers prevailed, we were effective in blockading and preventing them from earning their 30 pieces of Mammon silver inside. read full story / add a comment
El Libertario, Venezuela, # 51
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday November 09, 2007 19:02 by El Libertario, Venezuela   text 7 comments (last - tuesday november 13, 2007 10:27)   image 2 images

*This is the editorial of the latest edition of El Libertario(Venezuela, #51, November 2007, now available -in spanish- in www.nodo50.org/ellibertario) in which this mouthpiece of Venezuelan Anarchism set outs its position with regard to the Constitutional Reforms which the current Government seeks to impose on this country.
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday November 09, 2007 15:32 by lifespy   text 5 comments (last - saturday november 10, 2007 17:38)   image 5 images
Workers at the Duckmanton office seemed somewhat surprised this morning with the demonstration and they didn’t get much support from their neighbours either who also stated “they hate them” read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Friday November 09, 2007 01:59 by Nick Folley   text 11 comments (last - wednesday november 14, 2007 07:25)   image 1 image
Those following the debate on the Hidden History programme about the shooting of the Pearson Brothers in Co.Offaly may find this transcript of Joe Duffy's Liveline programme broadcast on 5 November 2007 of interest . read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Thursday November 08, 2007 16:11 by Des Dalton   text 8 comments (last - monday november 12, 2007 20:57)   image 7 images   1 attached file
O Bradaigh to deliver keynote address at RSF Ard Fheis read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / other press Thursday November 08, 2007 15:20 by scorchio   text 16 comments (last - monday march 31, 2008 19:11)   image 5 images
One of the most serious issues of European exploitation, corrupt Charity activity & international relations Monday last saw Sarkozy play his "Super Sarko" role in a headline grabbing stunt the reaction to which has already bolstered calls for November 30th to be declared "No Sarko in Media Day". The government of Chad (in Africa) has started taking against so-called "charity" agencies who are accused of trafficking in children by arranging their adoption by European parents without the consent of their natural parents or surviving family or wards. This is a very big story which touches many other very important issues. In the last week both French & Spanish citizens were held in Chad under charges of "child-trafficking". The Spaniards included pilot, co-pilot and cabin crew of the jet on which the children would have been flown out of the state by the "Zoe's Ark" charity.
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national / anti-capitalism / feature Thursday November 08, 2007 00:36 by Grassroots Dissent   text 14 comments (last - wednesday november 14, 2007 16:13)   image 7 images
The World Bank will visit Malahide, Co. Dublin on the 12th and 13th of November. The talks taking place in Malahide will not be attended by elected 'representatives'. The group meeting there is the financial arm of the World Bank - The International Development Agency (IDA). The people talking and making decisions that will affect the lives of millions will be unelected senior civil servants.

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meath / history and heritage / news report Wednesday November 07, 2007 23:02 by Sean Keir Moriarty   text 1 comment (last - thursday november 08, 2007 08:17)   image 1 image
"Orthostat, The Mound of the Hostages" read full story / add a comment
US army Gulfstream - Priority Transport?
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday November 07, 2007 21:53 by Edward Horgan   text 16 comments (last - friday november 09, 2007 16:28)   image 7 images
I went to Shannon airport at about 8.15 am this morning.
Today was another “quiet” day at Shannon. There are more Ryanair flights, but far fewer other civilian flights including Aer Lingus, other long haul tourist or business flights. However, US military and CIA flights are continuing at a high level. read full story / add a comment
2001 Genova G8: We are history! - call to mobilization november 17th 2007
international / summit mobilisations / event notice Wednesday November 07, 2007 16:47 by bb   image 1 image
2001 Genova G8: We are history! - call to mobilization november 17th 2007

It's been years we have asked everybody to take responsibility as
collectively as possible for what the mobilizations against G8 in Genoa
were.
The arrogance of Genoa prosecutors during the final speech of their
accusation in the court case against 25 protestors accused of devastation
and sacking seems to have eventually aroused the hearts and brains of
300000 people that in Genoa opposed themselves to the politics of the G8. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / animal rights / news report Wednesday November 07, 2007 14:12 by John Carmody   text 3 comments (last - thursday may 14, 2009 13:10)   image 1 image
What was Norway doing this summer when we were on holidays? Norway was killing whales! What was doing Norway when people were whalewatching? Norway was killing whales!

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international / history and heritage / news report Wednesday November 07, 2007 13:41 by TaraCamp   text 8 comments (last - thursday november 08, 2007 15:56)   image 1 image
bright spark
international / history and heritage / news report Tuesday November 06, 2007 21:06 by madame k   text 9 comments (last - thursday november 08, 2007 16:59)   image 6 images
A spark of inspiration from a Tara defender grew into beacon of hope by bringing together all campaign groups and individuals from here and abroad. Well done Carmel!

Photos courtesey of Sean Gilmartin
(The cops broke my camera) read full story / add a comment
New Website pic
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 06, 2007 18:39 by C Murray   text 63 comments (last - monday march 31, 2008 13:00)   image 3 images
On the 04/09/07 there was a press release detailing a possible mis-diagnosis problem in relation to the mammogram service at Portlaoise Hospital, the press release said that there were possibly 5,000 women effected and there was no press release from Mary Harney's Department. The Hospital board and the HSE managed the timed release of materials including the fact that many of the patients had been on the Treatment Purchase Fund Scheme. This info emanated in the direct aftermath of Ms Harney's travelling to Barrington's Hospital in Cork where up to 1,000 women were similarly effected. Today there is a press release from DOHC which is written in response to emergent details of 8 women with a diagnosis of cancer who had been cleared and 19 awaiting second opinions.

http://www.dodc.ie/press/releaes/2007/200711102b.html read full story / add a comment
O'Toole
clare / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday November 06, 2007 18:32 by Dunlo   image 1 image
Ireland, shamefully, criminally, continues to turn the blind eye to the blatant CIA ferrying of "Terrorist" suspects through Shannon Airport for detention and torture abroad, as such, due to the presence of Kathleen M. O'Toole, Chief Inspector of the Garda Inspectorate at the Céifin Centre's 2007 Conference in the West County Hotel, Limerick Road, Ennis, anti-war activists will be protesting against this country's and its spineless Garda hirelings, collusion with the US on Extraordinary Rendition . read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media / feature Tuesday November 06, 2007 16:48 by eamcnn crufden   text 68 comments (last - tuesday january 22, 2008 15:03)   image 19 images   1 attached file
'Route Irish' Documentary Debuts Dublin Nov 6th - Feature Length Documentary On Movement Against Use of Shannon By US Military 2002-2006 'Route Irish', a feature length verité/essay film on the campaign(s) against Irish facilitation of the US/UK Invasion of Iraq will be screened for the first time publicly on Wednesday 7th November in Seomra Spraoi.
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Leiser giving the talk
cork / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday November 06, 2007 16:04 by Ray   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 08, 2007 14:15)   image 2 images
On last Thursday night the Cork branch of the Workers’ Solidarity Movement hosted a talk from Leiser Peles, an anarchist from Israel who is active with the Anarchists against the Wall. The talk was held at the Metropole Hotel and was attended by about forty people. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday November 06, 2007 00:02 by Alan MacSimoin   text 6 comments (last - tuesday november 13, 2007 10:07)   image 1 image
Last Wednesday the Tehran regime marked Halloween with some more union bashing. Ebrahim Madadi’s, vice-president of the Trade Union in the Tehran Vahed Bus Company, was sentenced to two years in jail. Mr. Madadi was tried on the allegation of acting against “national security”. I guess they really mean that unions make the Iran bosses feel insecure. read full story / add a comment
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