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offsite link News Round-Up Thu Jan 09, 2025 01:22 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Britons ?Paying ?2 Million an Hour? to Keep Gas Power Stations Running in Freezing Temperatures Wed Jan 08, 2025 20:00 | Will Jones
Households paid the equivalent of ?2 million an hour to gas power stations today after low wind power output and freezing temperatures left electricity grid bosses scrambling to keep the lights on.
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offsite link At Last, a Mainstream Media Article that Mentions a Direct Link Between Covid Vaccines and Cancer Wed Jan 08, 2025 17:46 | Dr Angus Dalgleish
At last, says oncologist Prof Angus Dalgleish, a mainstream media article that mentions a direct link between Covid vaccines and cancer. "It's two years since I first exposed this issue and it's been assiduously ignored."
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offsite link The Jobs Bloodbath is Only Just Beginning Wed Jan 08, 2025 15:18 | Sallust
If Rachel Reeves thought companies could easily absorb the extra ?24bn in NI charges she is about to see she was very much mistaken. As Next replaces till staff with self-scanners, the jobs bloodbath is just beginning.
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offsite link The Grooming Gangs Scandal is the Tip of the Iceberg of Public Sector Failure Wed Jan 08, 2025 13:00 | Dr Rowena Slope
The grooming gangs scandal has horrors all of its own. But it's also the tip of the iceberg when it comes to public sector failure, where managerial bureaucracy has killed compassion and common sense, says Dr Rowena Slope.
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offsite link After Iraq, Libya, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, the Pentagon attacks Yemen, by Thier... Tue Jan 07, 2025 06:58 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?113 Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:42 | en

offsite link Pentagon could create a second Kurdish state Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:31 | en

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international / eu / press release Friday June 25, 2010 18:09 by Michael O'Callaghan
50 Irish farming, food and environmental organisations and businesses sent a letter yesterday (24 June) to the Irish Agriculture Minister, Brendan Smith, asking him to block the European Commission’s latest move to force the approval of more GM crops for cultivation at EU level.

Michael O’Callaghan of the GM-free Ireland Network said failure to do so will make it impossible for the Irish Government to implement its policy to ban field trials and cultivation of GM crops in the Republic, and also weaken the credibility of the Government’s proposed voluntary GM-free label that would provide Irish farmers and food producers with a competitive advantage in the global export markets. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday June 25, 2010 16:05 by Joanne Dublin Shell to Sea
Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington has been arrested leaving a funeral in Doohoma for outstanding fines They are taking her to Mountjoy this evening, emergency solidarity demonstration at the prison from 19.30 PM. All welcome bring friends, banners and noise. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday June 25, 2010 16:00 by Andrew   text 3 comments (last - tuesday june 29, 2010 22:10)
Maura Harrington, a local Shell to Sea campiagner has been arrested on her way home from a funeral in Mayo and is being brought to prison for refusing to pay fines relating to 'offences' while protesting against Shell's experimental raw gas pipeline and inland refinery. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Friday June 25, 2010 15:15 by Cyclist   text 1 comment (last - friday june 25, 2010 17:23)
Assemble Stephens Green 6pm!! read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Friday June 25, 2010 13:11 by Denis Ryan
A Hands Across the Sand event is taking place on Saturday the 26th of June in Salt Hill. Thousands of people are gathering on beaches all over the world to present a powerful image with a simple message:

NO to Offshore Oil Drilling, YES to Clean Energy.

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national / animal rights / event notice Thursday June 24, 2010 21:53 by Laura Broxson
Hi,

On Friday 2nd July, we will be making another trip to Mayo, to protest the Charles River animal laboratories.

We have a few seats left on the mini-bus, so if you can join us for this very important event, please get in touch - we'd love to have a full bus on the day! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday June 24, 2010 15:21 by Drew   text 4 comments (last - friday june 25, 2010 17:52)
A World to Win News Service. Following are excerpts from a statement by the Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan dated 17 May 2010. Translation by A World to Win News Service.

In recent weeks, 45 Afghanistanis in Iran accused of drug trafficking have been executed. The Iranian authorities handed over the bodies to their families at a price of 1.5 million Iranian Touman (around $1,500). It is said that some of their internal organs were removed. It is also said that many more – as many as 3,000 – have been sentenced to die.

There have protests against the mass murder of Afghanistani citizens in Iran, motivated by various considerations. However the puppet regime [in Afghanistan] and its occupier masters have chosen to remain silent. They are in fact cooperating with this crime and have an interest in it. The Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the backers of the traitor conference in Bonn (December 2001) that took place under imperialist supervision. It has also been one of the regional backers of the puppet regime and so far has spent around a billion dollars on the so-called reconstruction programme in Afghanistan. Because of its own contradictions with the U.S., the Islamic Republic of Iran sometimes voices opposition to the foreign forces in Afghanistan and backs some circles of the fundamentalist opposition to varying degrees, but it is mainly one of the regional backers of the puppet regime, and the two have good relations. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday June 24, 2010 14:45 by Indy
Due to the unpopularity of Fianna Fáil the party leaders have decided to hold regional meetings instead of an Ard Fheis. This is to avoid images of mass protests outside a gathering of the party faithful. Instead they are holding secret regional meetings. The Dublin one is on tonight in the Radisson Hotel in Golden Lane in Dublin 2.

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international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday June 24, 2010 07:08 by FreedomSeeker   text 4 comments (last - sunday june 27, 2010 17:11)
Those who really desire freedom and peace in the Middle East may like to board this ship.In Support OF GILAD SHALIT read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 16:23 by Ardoyne Republican   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 23, 2010 17:16)
A common sense approach to forthcoming parades must prevail. To that end, G.A.R.C. take this opportunity to call upon Catholic/Nationalist and Republican people from near and far to come and stand shoulder to shoulder with the beleaguered Ardoyne community for the twelfth of July parade. Only together can we stop being treated as second-class citizens at the behest of sectarian bigots.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 23, 2010 16:16 by Drew
Translations provided by A World to Win News Service.

Central Tehran was crowded on the anniversary of the presidential elections. People walked around on the sidewalks and in the parks around the universities looking for opportunities to step onto the main stage. But government security was also out in full force. Since early morning club-wielding uniformed and plainclothes security forces were stationed on foot, on motorcycles and in cars throughout Tehran, especially the city centre and the areas surrounding the universities. As crowds appeared, they began harassing passers-by and arresting those deemed "suspicious".

Protestors were able to rally in groups of dozens or hundreds in several locations in Tehran and chant slogans such as "Down with the dictator". They clashed with the security forces at Azadi Square and on Azadi Street at the junction with Behboodi and Vali Asr. There were also reports of arrests in Enghelab Street in front of Tehran University. Witnesses said that the street was full of Basiji (religious militiamen) and special task forces. Huge numbers of forces were stationed around Vali Asr, Motahari and Vanak squares and Keshavarz Boulevard. There were several arrests at each of these locations. A video on the Web shows a crowd successfully freeing a woman the security forces were trying to arrest.

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international / gender and sexuality / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 16:00 by Maryam Namazie
Press Release - For Immediate Publication.

Several hundred people joined One Law for All on 20 June at Downing Street to show their opposition to Sharia and religious-based laws in Britain and elsewhere and to demand universal rights and secularism. A new report “Sharia Law in Britain: A Threat to One Law for All and Equal Rights” was published on the day to coincide with the rally.

Human rights activist Gita Sahgal said of the report: “I think it is highly significant that in Britain there has been silence where there should have been condemnation. There is active support for ‘Sharia laws’ precisely because it is limited to denying women rights in the family. No hands are being cut off, so there can’t be a problem. Unfortunately for us, senior law officers will find that human rights expert bodies often have a similar attitude. They have done little research on the impact of family laws and the denial of justice caused by parallel systems of justice. That is why the findings of this report are so important. It is such dedicated work that changes the thinking of the experts.” read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 12:49 by Do The Right Thing   text 2 comments (last - thursday june 24, 2010 18:28)
This exciting new television show puts potential overseas volunteers through various challenges in order to find two people who have what it takes to win the trip of a lifetime: 1 year spent volunteering for different organisations around the world. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday June 23, 2010 09:39 by Volunteer   text 1 comment (last - friday july 23, 2010 02:12)
SpunOut.ie is hosting a new Academy of Activism aimed at young people with a passion for social justice between the ages of 18-25 who are interested in learning how they can set about making a difference in the world. This is a practical, free of charge training opportunity that will be offered to twelve lucky young people who want to learn how to make a difference in today's changing world. The Academy kicks off with a Galway intensive Summer School between August 6th and 8th.
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national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 09:27 by Volunteer
We are delighted to announce SpunOut.ie’s first ever Academy of Activism. This is a practical, free of charge training opportunity that will be offered to twelve lucky young people who want to learn how to make a difference in today’s changing world.

The SpunOut.ie team, with the support of the NUIG Huston School of Film & Digital Media (who are hosts to Ireland's first ever Masters level Course in Public Activism) have lined up an exciting jam packed programme for this innovative ‘Academy of Activism’. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday June 23, 2010 08:08 by Volunteer
Galway, August 6th- 8th 2010 for 16-25 year olds

Roll up, Roll up for SpunOut.ie’s first ever ever extravaganza of activism.

Are you sick of hearing whinges about what’s wrong in Ireland? Yep, we agree and that’s why SpunOut.ie is offering a lucky 12 of you a place on a free of charge, expenses paid* training course in how to change things. SpunOut.ie’s Academy of Activism will take place in Galway City and we hope you are as excited about this as we are!!! read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday June 23, 2010 02:27 by McBett
23/24/25th JUNE 2010 SHE-D - MUSICBALL MATCH MARATHON (24th FOOD FOR THOUGHT)

43 Gardiner Lane D1
(rear of HILL 16 pub on Gardiner st or BUS PARKING on Mountjoy Square)
Donations(*): 5,00 Euro @ SHE-D
DOORS @ 19:00 pm

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dublin / environment / event notice Wednesday June 23, 2010 00:27 by DM   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 23, 2010 16:11)
Handing out leaflets, raising awareness, putting up some banners read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday June 22, 2010 23:26 by Down Socialist   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 23, 2010 15:17)
Mitchel McLaughlin, Sinn Fein MLA speaks on radio of the need for cuts in public services in Northern Ireland read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / event notice Tuesday June 22, 2010 21:05 by International Solidarity
Urgent Appeal for International Solidarity! Stand up against police shooting of Maxwell Itoya in Poland and the general criminalization of immigrants in Europe on Thursday, July 1st, 2010

We send out this appeal to ask for your solidarity, and more specifically, for action and reaction in international solidarity to the act of state violence that has recently taken place in Poland, but which is of great relevance to all those living within Fortress Europe. read full story / add a comment
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