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national / environment / event notice Friday August 26, 2005 22:40 by Barry McColgan   text 15 comments (last - friday september 02, 2005 14:07)
Free The Rossport 5 - Shell 2 Sea Protest
Organised by Ogra Shinn Fein
Saturday 3 September
Assemble 11:30am
Front Gates - Belfast City Hall read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Friday August 26, 2005 20:51 by Shell to Sea   text 6 comments (last - sunday august 28, 2005 21:02)
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday August 26, 2005 18:32 by Roger Cole
Vigil at the US Embassy, Balsbridge, Dublin 4
24th of September 2005 from 2.00-6.00pm
to protest against the war in Iraq read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday August 26, 2005 16:55 by Aidan McKeown
Dublin community radio station Anna Livia's current affairs program 'Closeup' features an interview with Cork Insitute of Technology lecturer Tom O'Connor on government plans for private hospitals. His recent letter to the Irish Times on the subject can be read here: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/letters/2005/0822/.
The program also features a report on Women in Technology and Science, and a review of the recent Pixies concert.

TIME: 3pm - 4pm Monday August 29th
STATION: Anna Livia 103.2FM read full story / add a comment
international / housing / other press Friday August 26, 2005 15:16 by iosaf   text 7 comments (last - sunday september 04, 2005 20:36)
Last nights fire in Paris which killed 17 people most of whom were children is just one in a series of incidents which bring attention to the appaling conditions mostly african migrants are being housed in.

The group "DAL (droit au logement)" estimates 50,000 people in the "migrants, illegal migrants, asylum seekers, refugee" category are housed dangerously in the city. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday August 26, 2005 15:11 by Brian Covert / Independent Journalist
On the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, an appeal for international action for peace through Article 9, the war-renouncing clause of the Constitution of Japan.... read full story / add a comment
antrim / racism & migration related issues / news report Friday August 26, 2005 13:12 by Gary Smith   text 7 comments (last - saturday march 25, 2006 15:50)
Below is a press release sent out yesterday following the picket. I'll try and put some photos up soon.

Thanks to everybody who joined the picket.

NO PLATFORM FOR FASCISTS!!!! read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Friday August 26, 2005 01:43 by soundmigration   text 3 comments (last - thursday april 27, 2006 19:54)
In the world we live in today, words like equality, freedom and democracy are used so frequently and in many differing and often contradicting ways, that the words themselves have been almost entirely stripped of meaning and resonance read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Thursday August 25, 2005 22:46 by Mark Garavan   text 20 comments (last - friday september 23, 2005 16:35)
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday August 25, 2005 20:33 by Tadhg
Shell to Sea Campaign Leafleting outside the Royal Norwegian Embassy at lunchtime as part of day of action against Statoil. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday August 25, 2005 19:35 by Shell to Sea
Collection and leafleting of the pubs around Croke Park before the match on Saturday.


Meet in front of the Ulster Bank opposite the Big Tree pub on the corner of Dorset Street and the North Circular Road. Collecting tins and leaflets will be provided on the day. We are meeting at 12.45PM, and we should be finished by 2.00 or 2.15PM. Please come along and help raise money and awareness for this important campaign.

Call Tadhg on 0876181620 for further info. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday August 25, 2005 18:39 by Clare   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 30, 2005 01:48)
The 10th Grassroots Gathering will take place this weekend Fri-Sun 26th-28th of August. The gathering will be part of the Rossport Solidarity camp in north Mayo. Further details below.

If you have a spare place in a car travelling to Mayo from any part of the country please let post it up below.

All very welcome. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday August 25, 2005 14:26 by getting very religious   text 4 comments (last - saturday august 27, 2005 13:14)
Spanish police are investigating two faxes written in arabic signed on behalf of Al Qaeda which threaten an imminent attack on the Vatican.

There has been one arrest.

The lengthy faxes warned of that the Vatican would be attacked for playing its part in the war on Iraq and Afghanistan and supporting Hitler. The faxes cited newspaper reports from the 1940s. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Thursday August 25, 2005 13:45 by elaine   text 103 comments (last - sunday september 04, 2005 22:56)
after 58 days in prison the Rossport 5 should not have to spend another day or night in jail and Shell should immediately take the initiative and go back to the Court and waive the Injunction. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday August 25, 2005 12:50 by Dave   text 1 comment (last - friday august 26, 2005 10:46)
Tuesday 30th August
8pm Kingston Hotel
Speakers- Mark Garavan Shell to Sea
Richard Boyd Barrett SWP
Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Fein
Ciaran Cuffe Green Party
All Welcome
PIckets also ongoing on Dun laoghaire area contact Hugh at 0851592164 read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday August 25, 2005 12:16 by Ciaran   text 3 comments (last - sunday august 28, 2005 15:52)
The IAWM has called a solidarity vigil with Cindy Sheehan at the US embassy next Monday 29th August at 6pm. Please bring candles, black ribbons and anti war banners. All welcome. For more on Cindy Sheehan and the protest movemnt she is leading read this article at http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=1&ItemID=8537
or another at http://irishantiwar.org/news/item.tcl?news_item_id=101583 read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment / event notice Thursday August 25, 2005 11:34 by Ruairi   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 30, 2005 16:36)
More info to follow

check www.shelltosea.com read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday August 24, 2005 21:21 by Sean
A talk with slide show by Matan, a young Israeli
activist from Tel
Aviv, member of 'Anarchists Against the Wall', who got
their name after
one of their activists was shot in the legs by the
Israeli army while
they were attempting to tear down a section of the
fence. read full story / add a comment
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