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international / consumer issues / other press Tuesday November 22, 2005 12:53 by iosaf
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this morning the italian police started raiding Nestle warehouses throughout italy seizing a number of product ranges amounting to 30 million litres of treated dairy products marketed to nursing mothers. The reason being they have been found to contain chemicals assocaited with embalming processes, which is unsurprisingly illegal in both Italy and the EU. Nestle, known to some as the "famine corporation" though Swiss owned, takes over 85% of its profits from sales of "food" in other countries. The corporation has been long been directly linked to famine, ironically considering it sells sweeties. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday November 21, 2005 18:12 by Aunty War
Last allied witness of WWI Christmas truce dies By Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) - The last known surviving allied veteran of the Christmas Truce that saw German and British soldiers shake hands between the trenches in World War One died Monday at 109, his parish priest said. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday November 21, 2005 17:17 by SP
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The Socialist Party, Socialist Party T.D. Joe Higgins and Socialist Party Councillors are hosting a speaking tour next week for a prominent socialist activist from Brazil, André Ferrari. André Ferrari is a member of the National Executive of the Party for Socialism and Liberty, P-SOL. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Monday November 21, 2005 16:53 by Aisling Walsh
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada is symbolically served with the legal documents the US Government has failed to serve him with for 4 months, demanding his return to Bolivia. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday November 21, 2005 16:28 by Hugh Harkin
One World presents: bonus Palestine Awareness event! Dr Ilan Pappe, Professor of Politics at Haifa University, Israel Speaking on: “The Peace Charade in Palestine” Thursday 24th at 7.30pm Walton theatre (2039), Arts Block read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Monday November 21, 2005 16:22 by Laurence Cox
Ireland from Below, the new monthly paper reporting community struggles, is holding an informal launch at 4 pm in the North Star Hotel (opp. Connolly Station in Dublin 1), followed by a short get-together. The first issue of the paper covers the conflict over the Ringaskiddy incinerator, the Rossport Solidarity camp, struggles over privatisation in Ballymun, community gardens, the riots in France, and more. All welcome. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Monday November 21, 2005 15:20 by diet simon
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NEWSFLASH: read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday November 21, 2005 14:38 by Paddy Rua
In Dublin, we were visited by a Haitian activist, Obed Alexis, who participated in the picket organised by the Latin American Solidarity Centre, joining the international protest against the occupation and Latortue’s dictatorship of 30 September. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday November 21, 2005 13:57 by Repeater
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The children die at the hands of the suicidists one day, regular military the next. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday November 21, 2005 13:36 by cnwp
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THE FOLLOWING declaration for a new workers' party was launched by the Socialist Party at Socialism 2005, a weekend of discussion and debate attended by hundreds of young people, trade union and community activists. Initial signatories include 21 trade union national executive committee (NEC) members and four councillors. The campaign for a new workers' party will be collecting thousands more signatures over the coming months in support of the declaration. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Monday November 21, 2005 12:42 by Robert Hamm
A sports club in Sligo has published a booklet to provide a necessary counterpoise to the reactionary tendencies that are part of the demand on sports clubs to adopt the Irish Sports Councils 'Code of Ethics'. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Monday November 21, 2005 12:35 by canal ti zef
Next march an activist irish video festival in Brest ! read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday November 21, 2005 00:28 by Josephine Hayden
Assemble at the Garden of Remembrance at 1.30pm to commemorate the founding of Sinn Fein in 1905. March to Ambassador Cinema. Speaker: RuairI O Bradaigh, Sinn Fein Poblachtach. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday November 21, 2005 00:03 by Pax
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On Nov 16th 1989, six Jesuits (one a graduate of Milltown, Dublin) were slained be elite Salvadoran troops trained at the School of the Americas, Ft. Benning, Georgia, USA. Around the anniversary of these deaths human rights activists gather to march on SOA chanting the names of Latin American dead slain by SOA graduates, some trespass facing 6-18 months in prison. Thousands of Latin Americans have been killed by the gradiates of SOA. 10,000 Colomban troops alone have been trained at Ft. Benning (USA) in the past ten years. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday November 20, 2005 20:51 by awombofherown
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I had to write a critical reflection paper this week for my Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health class, and the topic this week is female genital surgeries. I'm only allowed to write 2 pages double spaced, which is incredibly frustrating because I have way more to say on the subject and I had to cut out a lot. So I'm posting a longer version of my paper here: read full story / add a comment
galway / politics / elections / event notice Sunday November 20, 2005 18:30 by Kerry E'lyn Larkin
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Buy Nothing Day 2005 to be celebrated in Galway on Saturday with street theatre, a mini film fest, art installations, and a barter fair. read full story / add a comment
antrim / history and heritage / event notice Sunday November 20, 2005 18:26 by Ciarán
The James Connolly Debating Society is a forum for republicans and socialists to meet, discuss and debate the works of some of Ireland's greatest political thinkers, from the United Irishmen to Connolly and Pearse, right up to the present. The first meeting will address the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and the Democratic Programme of the First Dáil. We will be meeting in the Felons' Club, Falls Road, Belfast on Thursday 1st December at 7.30pm read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday November 20, 2005 18:13 by CÓB
Shell to Sea activists will be meeting at the Castle Junction (Black Taxi depot) at the top of Castle Street at 1pm to leaflet shoppers and to raise awareness about the campaign and the case of the Rossport 5. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Sunday November 20, 2005 09:55 by cearbhuil
Since the founding of this Peace Community in 1997, San Jose has suffered assassinations, kidnappings, forced displacements and tortures by The COlombian Army. The President of Colombia wants to exterminate this peace community as they offer alternatives to slavery, poverty and dictatorship. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Sunday November 20, 2005 06:47 by Brian
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A short account of the meeting on Garda, legal and state corruption chaired by Frank McBrearty at the Mansion House Dublin 20 Nov 2005. (My apologies in advance for any errors and omissions.) read full story / add a comment |
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