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offsite link Lord Sumption: ?I?m Not Optimistic About the Future of Our Democracy? Sun Feb 09, 2025 19:00 | Richard Eldred
Lord Sumption KC warns that democracy is under threat as power moves from Parliament to the courts, driven by lockdowns, a safety-first mindset and the legal entrenchment of DEI.
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offsite link Tour Guides Told Not to Say ?Able-Bodied? As It ?Perpetuates Harmful Stereotypes? Sun Feb 09, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
Tourism quango VisitBritain is telling its staff to ditch the term 'able-bodied' because it's deemed "harmful" and use "non-disabled" instead.
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offsite link Charity Boss Cancelled for ?Islamophobia? Wins Legal Battle in Victory for Free Speech Sun Feb 09, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
A Jewish charity boss who was cancelled for "Islamophobic" posts has just won a major court battle, getting his trustee ban overturned in a huge win for free speech and a major slap-down for the Charity Commission.
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offsite link Will BBC Media Action, Auntie?s International, Pro-Censorship Charity, go Bust Now That Elon Musk Ha... Sun Feb 09, 2025 13:00 | Tony Edwards
One of the woke boondoggles USAID was funding was BBC Media Action, a pro-censorship lobby group. Now that Elon Musk has turned off the tap, will it go bust? asks ex-BBC science producer Tony Edwards.
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offsite link Labour MP Sacked Over Racist, Sexist and Antisemitic Slurs in Leaked Messages Sun Feb 09, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
Labour minister Andrew Gwynne has been sacked and suspended after leaked WhatsApp messages exposed racist, sexist and antisemitic slurs ? including a 'joke' about a constituent being mown down by a truck.
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international / gender and sexuality / press release Friday October 17, 2008 10:02 by Dorothy Gale
Stop the Attacks on Women's Rights Leaders in Nicaragua

URGENT ACTION ALERT - For Immediate Release

As an organization that shapes and advances sexual and reproductive
ethics that are based on justice and respect for the capacity of women
to make moral decisions about their lives, Catholics for Choice (CFC)
calls on all SRHR and HR related international organizations abroad to
act in solidarity with the Nicaraguan women's rights defenders who are
being harassed by the Sandinista government.
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national / gender and sexuality / press release Friday October 17, 2008 09:51 by Dorothy Gale   text 2 comments (last - wednesday october 29, 2008 16:13)
Marie Stopes International (MSI) has become the first reproductive
health agency to offer Irish women abortion consultation and
counselling services by telephone. The charity has also reduced its
fees by the average cost of a discount air fare from Ireland to
England, to alleviate the financial hardship faced by many Irish women
who have to travel overseas to obtain abortion services.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday October 16, 2008 17:28 by Swedish network Ofog   text 10 comments (last - tuesday october 12, 2010 11:27)
Weapons used in the American led war on Iraq were successfully disarmed by a group of activists. Early this morning members of the Swedish peace network, Ofog, broke into Europe's leading weapon manufacturer BAE Systems and disarmed 20 grenade launchers of the type used in Iraq. Anna Andersson and Martin Smedjeback used hammers and bolt cutters to begin this disarmament. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday October 16, 2008 16:41 by Susan
27 October to 2 November 2008 is the Global Week of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs. The Global Week of Action takes place one month before the Oslo Signing Conference on 3 December 2008, where more than 100 governments are expected to sign the new Convention on Cluster Munitions that bans the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster bombs.

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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday October 16, 2008 12:51 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - monday october 20, 2008 12:11)
Debate on the Middle-East – what is the answer to the crisis?

Speakers:

Moshe Machover, Israeli socialist & anti-Zionist

Raymond Deane, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Yassamine Mather, Iranian political activist & founding member of HOPI

Thursday 13 November, 7.30pm. Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square Dublin1 read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / event notice Thursday October 16, 2008 11:03 by Comhlámh
Bloom is a movement of people in Ireland taking action together for global justice. We believe there is a need to address and challenge the root causes of global inequality. Join us and help to build a global justice movement in Ireland! read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / press release Wednesday October 15, 2008 16:03 by Fred Johnston
'The Word Tree,' newsletter of the Western Writers' Centre, Galway, takes literary news, events, launchings, and new poetry . . . . read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday October 15, 2008 12:46 by Noel Murphy
Independent Workers Union National Secretary, Noel Murphy, has called on workers in the public sector to take action in solidarity with those working in the private sector. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday October 15, 2008 04:46 by Catholic Worker/Ploughshares   text 4 comments (last - friday october 17, 2008 07:14)
Anti-War Vigil *GPO Monday October 20th. 4pm-6pm
"Stop Irish Participation in the War!"
"U.S. Military Out of Shannon, Iraq & Afghanistan!"
*Outside GPO, O'Connel St. Dublin read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / press release Wednesday October 15, 2008 01:00 by Mairtin Og
Long Kesh, October 16, 1974 read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday October 14, 2008 22:49 by Civil rights   text 1 comment (last - friday october 17, 2008 16:37)
Forty years on hear some of the activists from the coal face of Civil rights struggles from 40 years ago. Beats watching the telly! read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday October 14, 2008 22:02 by Des Dalton
Statement from the Vice President of Republican Sinn Fein Des Dalton reacting to the 26-County Budget. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday October 14, 2008 18:23 by info@swp
What's behind the crisis of capitalism?
The global financial meltdown has meant the collapse of the world's biggest investment banks in the US has left stock markets reeling.

Chris Harman is a Marxist economist who has published many books explaining Marx's theory of capitalist crisis- His books include Explaining the crisis, How Marxism works , The Economics of the Madhouse and Revolution in the 21st Century
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international / sci-tech / other press Tuesday October 14, 2008 18:18 by Saoirsí
From the site: "Superstruct is the world's first massively multiplayer forecasting game. By playing the game, you'll help us chronicle the world of 2019--and imagine how we might solve the problems we'll face. Because this is about more than just envisioning the future. It's about making the future, inventing new ways to organize the human race and augment our collective human potential." read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday October 14, 2008 11:47 by Seamas
An evening of hope and inspiration will take place in the Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim this Friday, 17th at 8pm. Admission is free and all are welcome! read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Monday October 13, 2008 22:07 by Contaminated Crow   text 1 comment (last - friday october 31, 2008 20:30)
Incineration, waste, pylons, water extraction and wind turbines read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday October 13, 2008 17:31 by Michael Gallagher
Due to illness, I have to cancel the table quiz scheduled for Slattery's on 17th October until a later date. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / press release Monday October 13, 2008 17:28 by Fred Johnston
David Caddy outlines in an MP3 link the wheres and wherefores of poetic dissonance read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / press release Monday October 13, 2008 16:49 by Sussan Tahmasebi
PRESS RELEASE; for immediate release no embergo.

In yet another attempt to silence the demand for equality and the voice of activists involved in the One Million Signatures Campaign, the site of the Campaign, Change for Equality was blocked. This constitutes the sixteenth time Change for Equality has been blocked. Those accessing our site from outside of Iran, can continue to do so on the original address of the site, which we will continue to update, along with any future domains. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / press release Monday October 13, 2008 16:28 by Shell to Sea   text 3 comments (last - tuesday october 14, 2008 14:27)
SHELL TO SEA BUDGET PRESS RELEASE
Monday 13th October 2008-10-12

Let Shell and its partners feel some pain in Budget 2009. read full story / add a comment
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