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offsite link Trump Unveils Plan to Take Over Gaza, Move the Palestinians and Turn it into the ?Riviera of the Mid... Wed Feb 05, 2025 11:11 | Will Jones
President Donald Trump has outlined an extraordinary new plan for Gaza in which the US will take over the strip and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East" while the Palestinian population is moved elsewhere.
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offsite link Why Does George Soros Want Britain to Rejoin the EU? Wed Feb 05, 2025 09:00 | Charlotte Gill
George Soros appears keen for the UK to rejoin the EU, judging by all the projects he funds. Why, asks Charlotte Gill ? and where are the howls from those who complain about Elon Musk's 'foreign interference'?
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offsite link Why Do Experts Think That Talking About Racism a Lot is Going to Reduce Rather Than Increase Racism? Wed Feb 05, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
How are we going to get rid of racism when we have expects and intellectuals paid to find us guilty of racism at all costs? The answer is never, says Prof James Alexander.
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Keir Starmer has handed prisoners a 6.6% pay rise at a cost of ?4.4 million despite depriving 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel allowance because money is so tight.
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dublin / environment / event notice Tuesday July 12, 2005 14:55 by Sven
Statoil station
5.30 - Ushers Quay
Tuesday 12 July
Opposite Four Courts read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Tuesday July 12, 2005 14:20 by Investigator   text 2 comments (last - tuesday july 12, 2005 22:08)
The Garda Representative Association has said it believes a provision in the Garda Act which requires gardaí to account for their actions while on duty may be unconstitutional.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell has announced that the provision will come into operation from Friday. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday July 12, 2005 02:05 by Dunlo Tom   text 4 comments (last - tuesday august 02, 2005 18:27)
Please join us there?. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Monday July 11, 2005 19:50 by R. Isible
Nature has a brief round up of reaction to the G8 summit (2005) achievements on climate change. The USA is fingered for its foot-dragging on the process and the overall feeling is that that nothing has been achieved. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday July 11, 2005 15:15 by krossie   text 11 comments (last - thursday july 14, 2005 17:20)
TABLEQUIZ

in aid of Semora Spraoi

Help us build a Social Centre in Dublin

Where: The Lower Deck Pub (by the canel – top of Richmond row next to camden street bridge)
When: Thursday July 14th
Door Tax: €5/€3

ALL WELCOME

watch out for our crazy MC zzz read full story / add a comment
dublin / racism & migration related issues / news report Monday July 11, 2005 14:42 by Dave   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 24, 2006 02:23)
Dozens of Nigerian women from four local hostels are currently living in fear of deportation - despite their harrowing accounts of abuse. They have called a 1pm protest on Thursday 14th July at Dáil Éireann to highlight their situation.

Below, two of the women explain a little of their stories and the threats they face if returned by Justice Minister McDowell’s fast-tracking policy.

Residents Against Racism is working closely with the women and lending its full support to the protest. Spokesperson Rosanna Flynn commented: “The oppression of Nigerian women is no ‘cock and bull story’. It’s time McDowell started listening and stopped sending women and children back to persecution.” read full story / add a comment
national / environment / other press Monday July 11, 2005 14:25 by boycott shell & statoil   text 1 comment (last - monday july 18, 2005 00:17)
Efforts will be made today to free the jailed Corrib gas pipeline protesters. They have much local support behind them. . . and a few experts as well, reports Lorna Siggins read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Monday July 11, 2005 13:57 by Rebel
From the pages of Working Class Resistance, 16 page magazine of Organise!, now available in text and PDF formats at our website read full story / add a comment
dublin / racism & migration related issues / event notice Monday July 11, 2005 13:50 by Dave
Demonstrate 1pm, Thursday 14th July, Dáil Éireann, Kildare Street, Dublin

A group of Nigerian women who have fled horrific experiences including sexual slavery, forced genital mutilation and male violence have called a demonstration aimed at halting the state’s efforts to ‘fast-track’ them back to abuse.

This controversial policy is based on the myth that Nigeria is a safe country. For women and girls in particular it is anything but.

One of the women in fear of deportation spoke of her concerns for her daughter: “I fled from Nigeria because my wicked in-laws demanded that I bring my only remaining daughter for the same circumcision that killed her sister. We cannot be safe if we are forced back.”

Backed by Residents Against Racism, the women are calling for support for a rally outside the Irish parliament on Kildare Street at 1pm on Thursday 14th July. read full story / add a comment
mayo / crime and justice / news report Monday July 11, 2005 13:14 by m.m. mc carron   text 6 comments (last - sunday july 24, 2005 01:32)
a big natural gas pipeline exploded on friday night.
two killed.
several injured.
residents fled on foot
explosions and total closedown.
a rural area
no warning.
houses cars and cattle destroyed.
four villages and hundreds of people affected
dozens in hospital. . read full story / add a comment
antrim / arts and media / press release Monday July 11, 2005 13:04 by Colin Dardis   text 5 comments (last - saturday march 13, 2010 20:27)
An introduction to the comings and goings of Belfast Poets, an active performance group of like-minded artists. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday July 10, 2005 22:26 by ne1
We all live under it. We all talk about it (whether reverentially or scornfully), but do any of us really know what it is? And how come, no one ever takes the time to explain and define precisely what this thing is? Why do most of us never hear a clearer and more precise definition of what this thing CAPITALISM is, which is afterall supposedly so great? read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday July 10, 2005 21:42 by Pat   text 1 comment (last - monday july 11, 2005 14:57)
5.30pm- 7pm

O Connell Bridge

Dublin

all welcome

please bring candles

called by south city against war read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday July 10, 2005 19:50 by H. Finck   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 12, 2005 13:08)
60 years ago the german pacifist and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was murdered by the Nazis.
"Translated in nearly all the languages of the world, Bonhoeffer's texts encourage liberating the Bible from the godless bonds of fundamentalist interpretations and protesting increasingly perfect weapons and destructive relations with the goods of the earth." read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations / news report Sunday July 10, 2005 19:14 by A. via imc irl contact form   text 4 comments (last - monday july 11, 2005 11:49)
On the morning of the 5th of July I was on a cow-field near a section of the M9 (close to Stirling), where earlier a blockade had been dissolved when the police arrived. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday July 10, 2005 16:42 by Hilaal   text 7 comments (last - wednesday july 13, 2005 22:32)
A memo attributed to British Defence Minister John Reid states that the UK is to reduce it's troops from 8,500 to 3,000 by this time next year. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Sunday July 10, 2005 15:34 by iosaf   text 6 comments (last - wednesday july 13, 2005 00:10)
Today 218,000 approx, citizens of Luxembourg will vote to accept or reject the draft European Constitution.

They will be the 4th EU state to vote.

Spain ratified it with little over 50% participation.

France and the Netherlands rejected it. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday July 10, 2005 13:05 by roisin   text 13 comments (last - friday september 01, 2006 10:38)
Few have a conception of the size of the government’s treacherous sell-out of national Irish gas and oil resources over which Des O’Malley, Ray Burke, Bobby Molloy, Michael Lowry, Frank Fahey, Dermot and Bertie Ahern, and now Noel Dempsey, have presided. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday July 10, 2005 02:59 by curzon   text 4 comments (last - tuesday july 12, 2005 22:49)
The emergency has reached Birmingham, the second most populous conurbation of england, the most complex motorised transport interchange of the island of britain.

On the 9th of July 2005, the city centre of birmingham was evacuated and pub, club and restaurant owners to be responsible for their staff to search premises and all entrants / clients / customers / regulars / diners / have a good timers / civilians / people with jobs related to the postal service or major trade unions entering.

Birmingham and surrounding urban areas have a population of many millions and routinely sees many languages spoken both on the street and on the telephone. Visitors think its ugly. The natives and newly arrived "brummies" (as migrants are termed) are particularly proud of the place and think it ought be seen as second only to manchester and newcastle for a good right down chap and gal party place. read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / event notice Saturday July 09, 2005 17:30 by Paul McAndrew
ACTION (Second Blockade) AGAINST SHELL IN CORK
(This) Tuesday, July 12th
Solidarity with the Rossport 5.
Please Note: Car Pool Will Leave City Hall (Anglesea St) For Shell Terminal at 7.30 am (sharp).
Or go directly to the Shell Terminal If you know where it is.
Contact people and let them know. There are three large gates, we need to blockade all three to be effective.
Make them listen, get to City Hall on Tuesday morning, spread the word.
Bring placards, banners and noise..._ read full story / add a comment
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