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national / arts and media / feature Sunday December 14, 2003 00:05 by Chris Donoghue   text 6 comments (last - tuesday december 16, 2003 01:16)
The Irish Cabinet will decide in January on what type of press council Ireland should have. Given the Minister's history with the press it looks likely that witches being burnt alive by excitable townspeople will have been given fairer trials than the Irish media will get! read full story / add a comment
galway / eu / event notice Saturday December 13, 2003 21:18 by Orla Ni Chomhrai
There will be a meeting on Thursday the 18th of December in Javas Coffee House on Abbeygate Street at 8pm to discuss the upcoming EU leaders meeting which will be held in Galway in mid-January.

We have an opportunity to show how we feel about the effects of neo-liberal policies and the direction of the EU, including the militarisation of the EU, racist immigration laws, fair trade issues, and privatisation of public services.

At the meeting on Thursday we hope to kick start the organising of any protests and other activities around these issues. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Saturday December 13, 2003 19:53 by Paul Kinsella
Comprising the 4 Anti bin tax campaigns in the greater Dublin area - Dublin City, Fingal, Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown and Sounty Dublin have called this demonstration at 6pm, this Monday, the 15th outside the City Hall on Dame Street because there is a special general members meeting of the Dublin City Councillors to pass the estimates for next year (2004), at which the City Manager, John Fitzgerald is proposing to hike the bin tax by 23% in Dublin city next year. Please attend to show that we're not going away and we're here for the long haul. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / event notice Saturday December 13, 2003 16:32 by Europe de Nations
Bruxelles, le 12-13 décembre 2003 read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday December 13, 2003 14:19 by Cork Anti-War   text 7 comments (last - sunday december 14, 2003 13:41)
Afghanistan – American forces admit that fighter jets have bombed six more children

The US military has admitted that it has killed six more children at the weekend in an attack on ‘a compound used by a militant to store arms’ near Gardez in Paktia province. This is addition to the nine children killed by its fighter jets on Saturday. Children obviously continue to be a legitimate target for the US war machine. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday December 13, 2003 13:15 by James McKenna   text 13 comments (last - monday december 15, 2003 12:59)
U.S. occupation forces in Iraq escalated their efforts to paralyze Iraq's new labor unions with a series of arrests this weekend. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday December 13, 2003 11:48 by Anne Speed   text 40 comments (last - wednesday december 31, 2003 14:20)
Clarification of the position of the bottling plant shop stewards.

NOTE FROM AN IMC EDITOR: ANNE SPEED IS TALKING HERE ABOUT A CONTRIBUTION THAT WAS DOWNGRADED TO BEING A COMMENT ON A PREVIOUS STORY ON THE COKE BOYCOTT IN UCD. THE COMMENT SHE IS REFERRING TO FROM 'JOE' IS BELOW THE 'DIGGING A COKE HOLE' CONTRIBUTION. I HAVE PROVIDED A LINK TO THE THREAD IN QUESTION IN THE FIRST PART OF ANNE's CONTRIBUTION. read full story / add a comment

dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday December 13, 2003 01:20 by Pit Stop Ploughshares
Join the five on a journey of nonviolent disarmament and resistance to the ongoing war on Iraq. read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday December 12, 2003 22:28 by David   text 16 comments (last - thursday december 18, 2003 19:10)
I took one look at this article and almost pissed myself laughing read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Friday December 12, 2003 21:55 by DHKP   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 13, 2003 23:42)
The Turkish Cypriot people are to go to the polls on December 14. read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday December 12, 2003 18:06 by Court Reporter   text 3 comments (last - saturday december 13, 2003 21:04)
December 12, 2003 Ennis.

EOIN RICE was due in Ennis District Court today on a charge of dangerous driving (which allegedly occured in the cul-de-sac viewing area near Shannon Aerospace between 3am and 6:30am on Saturday Dec 6th.
Mr. Rice denies the charges.
His solicitor states that Mr. Rice was unable to be in court as he had to see a doctor following an assault on Sunday 'which the Gardai know something about' read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Friday December 12, 2003 17:17 by Orla Ni Chomhrai
DEMONSTRATION –REOPEN GALWAY HOSPICE
Disgracefully, no new patients have been admitted to the Galway Hospice since May 2003. A public demonstration (under the auspices of GLOR) to demand the reopening of this vital facility will be held on this Saturday, 13 December. Assemble Spanish Arch at 1 pm. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday December 12, 2003 15:33 by Martin Lawless
Not being aware of any anarchist mailing list in Ireland concerned with
Prisoners, Prisons and related areas, Dublin Anarchist Prisoner Support has decided to try and
create some sort of place where information of this type can be
exchanged. It
has thus created the [email protected].
We see no reason to keep this disscusion limited to Political or Pow's
and
would encourage posting & debate about all categories of Prisoners and
Prisons.

To subscribe to the list send an e-mail with the text ' subscribe
lumpenlist '
to [email protected]

(APS) read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / news report Friday December 12, 2003 14:18 by White collar worker   text 16 comments (last - monday december 15, 2003 17:50)
The Reds Get out of their beds read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday December 12, 2003 14:16 by Ali H.   text 9 comments (last - tuesday december 16, 2003 09:59)
After ignoring Israeli weapons programmes for decades
and pressurising Israels neighbours the UN is finally turning its
attention to the nuclear pariah state. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Friday December 12, 2003 13:55 by .   text 12 comments (last - friday january 20, 2006 05:24)
Are Dunnes being sneaky to stop boycott of Israeli goods? I wouldn't put it past them. Does anyone know more? read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday December 12, 2003 07:42 by Phuq Hedd   text 11 comments (last - monday december 15, 2003 20:12)
Welcome to the Big Lie. Bertie Aherne is quoted in this morning's rag of unrecord (The Irish Independent Fri 12th Dec) as saying that the exclusion of Ireland from eligibility to bid for "Iraqi reconstruction contracts" is a sign that his "anti-war" policy has worked well. Yes, you heard him right: An Taoiseach is gloating over the fact that Irish companies are excluded. Let's do him a favour and assume that this is a cynical attempt to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear rather than genunine idiocy on his part. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Friday December 12, 2003 01:59 by Edwin Lee   text 6 comments (last - saturday december 20, 2003 03:23)
As the decision for a statutory or self-regulatory Press Council draws to a close, here's a brief introduction to the background of Press Councils & Libel Reform and how the public needs a sharper eye on these issues. read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday December 12, 2003 00:24 by Court Reporter   text 3 comments (last - friday december 12, 2003 17:32)
In Shannon District Court today there were five cases relating to peace activists.
Conor Cregan was up for mention for a highly suspect arrest on Sunday morning.
While four other cases related to arrests made at the June demo. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday December 11, 2003 21:11 by Tom Young
Ann Clwyd, the British politician who most strongly pushed the humanitarian case for war is shown posing in front of what is a manufactured mass grave photo-op read full story / add a comment
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