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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday November 19, 2009 18:53 by Emma Clancy
A report from Iñaki de Juana's extradition hearing which was held in Belfast last week, during which the defence argued that the extradition attempt was an abuse of process and would be 'grossly inhumane'. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday November 19, 2009 18:37 by Emma Clancy
The Don't Extradite the Basques Campaign has welcomed the ruling by a Belfast judge that the Spanish extradition warrant against Belfast-based Basque activist Artruro Benat Villanueva was “invalid” and calls for the dropping of charges against Iñaki de Juana read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Thursday November 19, 2009 16:15 by Jolly Red Giant
One hundred and twenty delegates attended the Socialist Party National Conference this weekend in Carlingford, Co Louth. The Conference discussions ranged over the crucial issues affecting working class people on this island North and South and in particular the acute economic crisis which is having a devastating effect on the livelihoods of ordinary people. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / news report Thursday November 19, 2009 14:12 by Al
Monday the 16th of November, 26 year old anti-fascist Ivan “Vanya Kostolom” Khutorskoy was shot to death at the entrance to his home at Khabarovsk street in the east side of Moscow; according to some information with two shots to his head. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday November 19, 2009 13:27 by Social Solidarity Network
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Social Solidarity Network will meet on Thursday 19th October at 8pm in Seomra Spraoi to discuss responses to the financial crisis, and the governments handling of it. All are welcome read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Thursday November 19, 2009 12:45 by Chug Chug
The Civil Partnership Train is a civil rights initiative inspired by the landmark Belfast to Dublin ‘Contraceptive train’ of 1971 and the historic ‘Peace train’ of 1989. According to Dr Richard O’Leary of the Civil Partnership Train “The purpose of the Civil Partnership Train is to highlight the second class legal status of gay and lesbian couples in Dublin compared to Belfast, a situation which will continue unless the Irish government’s Civil Partnership Bill is upgraded”. Supporters include the Revd. Chris Hudson and Irish Senator David Norris, both of the earlier Peace Train movement. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 18, 2009 18:35 by Paddy Hackett
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There were some editing errors in the last version of this piece. Below is the revised version. Please forgive me. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 18, 2009 12:30 by Astrid Essed
With the EU guarantee to the Czech president, that the Czech State should not be exposed to property claims of expelled Germans after World War II, the EU not only implicitly consents with ethnical cleansings, it is also highly hypocritical, since the EU regularly points a finger to human rights violating countries like Sudan, Myanmar and Iran It is high time the EU should look in its own mirror, among else with regard to police abuse, racism and violation of the rights of migrants and real or alleged terrorsuspects read full story / add a comment
limerick / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday November 18, 2009 12:28 by Tom
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THE Polish community in Limerick has withdrawn an invitation to the Mayor of Limerick, Kevin Kiely to officially open a Polish festival in the city this week, following his controversial remarks in relation to deporting unemployed foreign nationals. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday November 17, 2009 23:41 by Ógra Shinn Féin
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Last weekend saw in excess of a hundred young republican activists, gather at the Felons Club in Belfast for the Ógra Shinn Féín national congress. The weekend was the conclusion of a significant year for Ógra in which the republican youth movement remembered the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the original republican youth movement, Na Fianna Éireann. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday November 17, 2009 22:24 by Cathal
On Saturday, Sept. 4, five* political activists were arrested in Belgrade on trumped up charges. The five, Tadej Kurepa, Ivan Vulović, Sanja Dojkić, Ratibor Trivunac and Nikola Mitrovic, are activists in or associates of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative, the Serbian section of the International Workers’ Association (IWA). (* The sixth person sought by police, Ivan Savic, was also arrested some days later.) read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday November 17, 2009 17:25 by Ronan OD
If you would like to get involved with our next Palestine solidarity event, come on in to our branch meeting on Thursday. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday November 17, 2009 15:20 by Harry McIntyre
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The Socialist Workers Party has split. There has been some speculation on Indymedia and elsewhere that the SWP was having internal difficulties in Belfast. The dust has now settled, and the bulk of their Belfast organisation is now outside of the party. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday November 17, 2009 11:57 by LD
On Feb 16th 2009, using contact.ie, I sent an e-mail to all public reps re: Anglo Irish Bank and members of the gov. As far as I can remember the mail I sent was a cut up of a comment/ letter written by someone on some blog I read at the time and the article I mention in the mail from the Irish Examiner. Today, going through my unopened mail I discovered the minister decided to reply by including me in his list of contacts to recieve waffle ten months later via Niall Blaney T.D. Below is the correspondance. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday November 17, 2009 10:28 by swp
international / environment / other press Tuesday November 17, 2009 10:04 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Brazilian Workers Charge Shell with "Environmental Crimes" Brazilian WorkersLeft to right: Rasteiro, Cascone, de Lima (November 12, New York City) -- Brazilian chemical workers addressing a New York audience of students, academics, and union members said that the Shell Oil Company, one of the world's largest, had willfully ignored life-threatening exposures to its workers who handled hazardous chemicals in South America. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday November 16, 2009 19:05 by Paddy Hackett
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These left wing parties, such as the SWP and the SP, claim that there are pro-working class solutions available to the Irish state within a capitalist paradigm. In making such reactionary claims they are merely attempting to fool the working class. There are only two solutions: a capitalist or a communist solution. read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday November 16, 2009 14:55 by People Before Profit
Special needs child, 11 year old Angel Mc Donagh faces into another week without schooling because of the failure of the Department of Education to provide the necessary resources to St Michael’s House, the special needs school, which her father was told could cater for her needs. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday November 16, 2009 14:33 by john arden
Novelist/playwright John Arden will read his new short story read full story / add a comment
kildare / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday November 16, 2009 13:20 by Republican Network for Unity Kildare
END POLITICAL INTERNMENT IN IRELAND NOW! FREE COLIN DUFFY! POLITICAL STATUS FOR REPUBLICAN PRISONERS! read full story / add a comment |
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