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national / consumer issues / press release Friday June 29, 2007 10:37 by AIMS Ireland
“Every woman deserves to have her mother in the delivery room with her” I remember reading these words on rollercoaster.ie years ago from a young scared Irish woman due with her first baby. Her heartfelt plea for help…her desperation for ANY suggestion ….of ANY possible way that she could persuade her maternity hospital to make the exception to the rule and allow her mother and husband in with her for the labour and birth. Likewise I remember the replies of other women…women who have gone through it before…women who dripped with cynicism because they too would have liked this choice but knew what her outcome would be. The pain, confusion and fear of that sad, sad post have stayed with me over the years. Unfortunately it looks like very little has changed for women in some areas of Ireland . While many maternity units around the country are receptive of additional birthing partners and Doulas, the Dublin hospitals remain unresponsive. AIMS Ireland has decided to look deeper into this issue. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Friday June 29, 2007 09:44 by finch
Many articles have been written on the tactic of pervasive and continuous debt as a form of economic social management. However, few financial ‘wizards’ and politicians understood the ramifications of such a tactic. To meet regular needs average people have been forced to borrow at rates never before seen. As a result of the created necessity to borrow large amounts and the ease of obtaining large loans, a rapid increase in loan defaults is occurring. Perhaps statistical information on the ‘spike’ in long term debt servicing and mortgagee defaults highlights the failure of the debt strategy. Hailed at the time as the optimum method of economic and social management, today it is proving to be just another strategy of big business appropriating more at the expense of EVERYTHING and everyone else. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday June 29, 2007 03:48 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Acclaimed novelist Niall Williams will give a two-day Creative Writing workshop in Galway - read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Thursday June 28, 2007 21:47 by greendublin2007
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After recent denials of interest in Green Party leadership it emerges John Gormley has been soliciting support for the last week. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday June 28, 2007 13:13 by A Free Press
Josh Wolf is a minor cause celebre in the USA. As a freelance-journalist/blogger/indymedista he had taken video of a lot of demonstrations. One particular demonstration saw the police subpoena a video tape from him in order to attempt to prosecute someone in a black bloc that allegedly assaulted a police officer. Josh refused and went to jail for longer than any other journalist in US history. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday June 28, 2007 12:59 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Renowned activist and playwright Margarette D'Arcy will read for the Western Writers' Centre at The Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, on Thursday, August 16th, starting at 8pm. Admission is €8 and €5 read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday June 28, 2007 12:52 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Matt Kirkham, whose 'The Lost Museums' collection has garnered considerable praise, reads on Friday, August 10th, at The Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, for the Western Writers' Centre. read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday June 27, 2007 16:37 by Ciarán
Demonstrate at Laganside Courthouse, Belfast on Friday, June 29, 10am read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday June 27, 2007 12:38 by Seán Ó Murchú
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Statement by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, President, Republican Sinn Féin read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 27, 2007 11:16 by paul o toole
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And good riddance read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Wednesday June 27, 2007 11:05 by Terence
There is an article with the above title published over on Anarkismo that discusses free software and related activities in terms of what it means for Anarchism. It draws some parallels with previous freebie or volunteer efforts in the past and compares them to today. Unlike most discussions around changing the future that tend to focus on key political events and ideas, this article presents the case that the mundane acts of writing free software is creating important kinds of awarenesses in people that would otherwise not be politically motivated. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday June 26, 2007 19:47 by Seán Ó Murchú
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Statement from Cathleen Knowles McGuirk Vice-President Republican Sinn Féin. read full story / add a comment
kildare / miscellaneous / event notice Monday June 25, 2007 21:14 by Press Office
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Workers' Party to hold annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration on Sunday. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday June 25, 2007 18:25 by Sheldon
The Iraq war was won and lost a long time ago. Now it's time to get out and go home. Like Vietnam the United States is fighting an enemy that will not give up. Like Vietnam the US is fighting an enemy on their home turf. Like Vietnam more and more Americans are turning against the powers that be that got us into this war. Unlike Vietnam we won the war and now comes the cost. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday June 25, 2007 15:56 by Martha
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DUBZAG-DUBLIN ZAPATISTA ACTION GROUP WITH LASC-LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY CENTRE AND WSM-WORKERS SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT CORK AND DUBLIN. PUBLIC TALK-MEXICAN GRASSROOTS RESISTANCE Jaquelina Lopez Almazan and Jose Luis Diaz Franco, both members of the APPO-CODEP- Popular Asembly of the Oaxacan People in Mexico Will give an acccount of their sttruggle and their fight for justice and freedoom. IRISH TOUR: CORK: MONDAY 2ND JULY @8PM Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain St., Cork GALWAY: TUESDAY 3RD OF JULY @7 PM IN CONRAD NA GAILGE DUBLIN: THURSDAY 5TH OF JULY @ 7PM IN TEACHERS CLUB CONTACT Martha or Nick for more details: 0872031764 or 0872862848 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday June 25, 2007 15:38 by pat c
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The translation here is a bit creaky but please bear with it. The Iraq Freedom Congress brings together socialists, feminists, workers and progressive forces. It stands for: 1. End the occupation of Iraq – the US forces must leave Iraq immediately 2.End the interference of the Islamic currents from people’s lives 3. Guarantee the right of the Iraqi people to make an informed and free decision on the future of political system 4. Restore civil life to Iraq Its slogan is: Working For a Democratic, Secular and Progressive Alternative to both the US Occupation and Political Islam in Iraq The US forces flagrantly provocative raided the IFC headquarter in Baghdad. They arrested a number of its guards and confiscated some important documents. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday June 25, 2007 14:51 by Organised Ideas
Armed Ambitons // Organised Ideas was started a few years ago when the first communique was released to the unknown audiences in the form of Organised Ideas , a Diy gig Promotions that has put on many gigs , some of them benefits for such things as Shell 2 Sea , Indymedia and The Brains Collective . Since then Organised Ideas has merged with Gz collecitve to become apart of The Porco Dio collective as well as still working on its own . The other side of the project is Armed Ambitions which is an independent record label and publisher . Armed Ambitions is currently working with a few different bands from varied genres . The whole project takes its inspiration from the glam rock of david yes david bowie and the diy ethos of crass in a world wind of mind blowing proporitons . read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Monday June 25, 2007 14:09 by Terence
It is reported today that Algeria plans to start exporting solar power and using it domestically from a plant from a hybrid solar/gas plant in the Sahara desert due to come on stream in 2009, with exports of power to Europe due to start up by 2015. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday June 25, 2007 13:40 by John McAnulty
Review by joe Craig The 2007 election has been a focus for the plans of the left for the last number of years and guided most of its activity. Almost universally the results have been regarded as disappointing. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / other press Monday June 25, 2007 10:11 by MaxKeiser.com
"If you don't do anything else this month, you need to go watch this special on how rigged the so-called "free" markets are. It's clear, concise, amusing in a wry, quirky way...and terribly sad, as it shows that it is simple to explain all this in a comprehensible manner, and yet it isn't by the supposedly fair US media. Commentator Max Keiser does a remarkable job in describing how completely ugly this is, and arrives at the same conclusion I did - playing in a rigged game is a fool's errand." - Bob O'Brien's Sanity Check read full story / add a comment |
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