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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday March 18, 2006 10:56 by The Strawberry Girl   text 8 comments (last - sunday march 19, 2006 10:20)
A well dressed male in his fifties, dressed in a tweed sports jacket and trousers, wearing a hunting or fishing hat, which seemed outlandisly old-fashioned stalked me from the bank of ireland through the Swan Centre , except that I only became aware that he was doing this when I got to the most mundane of places, the fish counter.The place to discuss the price of fish and smile in to your eyes, to grab your hand and hit on you. Fair enough, let go my hand. I don't want to go for a coffee, in fact I have an appointment. The grip on my hand got harder and he kept eye-contact as he ground my ring into the bone of my finger. There we are standing in a crowded shop in broad daylight and he is getting his jollies by studying minutely the change in my face from friendliness, to awareness,to fear.
He wants to capture that and take it home with him.I ripped my hand away and
continued shopping, he followed me through three aisles. Why didn't I shout, or land him on the floor or ask for help? I still don't know the answer to the question.
I reported it to the manageress , who gave a descrition to security guy, who stood watching me pack up and walked me to the door. He tells me to get a cup of tea and come back . They will pull the cctv. Thanks security guy. I returned with a friend an hour later. I haven't heard anything since. I suppose that it looked almost mundane on the footage. read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations / press release Saturday March 18, 2006 04:02 by Reclaim the Commons
A secret draft of the "G8 Summit Communique on Energy Security," scheduled to be released officially on July 16th at the July 15 - 17, 2006 G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, has been leaked. The Communique is now posted for the global public to read and review, front and center at http://ReclaimTheCommons.net read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday March 18, 2006 02:50 by ooooooooooooooooooooooo   text 4 comments (last - friday march 24, 2006 01:34)
what began as an innocent piss up on Paddy's day, with hundreds of irish and other tourists present to enjoy a weekend has (at time of writing) turned into the most serious urban disturbance in recent history.

The Police have brutally repressed the revellers and have in the last hour resorted to clearing the old city with rubber bullets.

Over 100 have been fired so far. serious injuries have been photographed. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Saturday March 18, 2006 01:06 by b0bk
This is a message from french/english/italian/german anarchists living in the Paris region destined to all of our sympathizers all around the world. We are independant from but friends with the French Anarchist Federation hence we will not speak in their name.
read the text read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday March 18, 2006 00:13 by x
the title is just adding ideology to the action that was spontanus - so have fun read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday March 18, 2006 00:03 by joe
A strange sight was to be seen on Wednesday evening in the grounds of the Spanish embassy: the Basque flag was flying high from the embassy's flagpole. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday March 17, 2006 23:59 by John McAnulty   text 3 comments (last - wednesday march 22, 2006 15:08)
SOCIALIST FORUM

PUBLIC MEETING

Cartoons controversy
Is the west at war with Islam? read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday March 17, 2006 19:18 by Caitlin   text 2 comments (last - friday july 21, 2017 11:54)
Pink Parade for Peace meets in Garden of Remembrance tomorrow at 2:00pm, so if you like to wear pink and wage peace, please join us for a wearing o' the pink. The more outrageous, the better! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday March 17, 2006 13:30 by Caitlin
Thank you Tim, Ed, Conor, et alia! US media now reporting what we've all known for years--and the pressure's on Bertie!

Watch the video here--and send it far and wee!

http://tinyurl.com/lpqgx read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday March 17, 2006 02:28 by Fintan Lane   text 3 comments (last - friday march 17, 2006 21:43)
I thought that this story would be reported/posted by PANA or somebody more directly involved in organising the event, but it has hasn't happened, so I here is my very short version:

On Wenesday, 15 March, a fly-in protest (organised by the Peace and Neutrality Alliance) occurred at Shannon airport. Those who fly in were Roger Cole (PANA), Tony Gregory TD, Senator David Norris, John Maguire (Anti-War Ireland), Finian McGrath TD, John Gormley TD, A. O Snodaigh TD, Joe Costello TD, Joe Higgins TD, Fintan Lane (Anti-War Ireland) and Tommy Broughan TD. We boarded an 11.30 flight at Dublin and flew direct to Shannon in order to avoid the usual security attempts to quash Shannon protests,

We were joined by Jan O'Sullivan TD at Shannon.

As protests go, it was relatively uneventful, except insofar as it actually happened. It was a clever initiative by PANA that alllowed us to successfully avoid the clampdowns that have suppressed all protests at the airport since 2003.

On a personal note, it was nice to be part of an anti-war protest within Shannon airport terminal, having been banned from the entire county for a two-year period.

The struggle does on.

A protest was held within terminal and also outside the front door. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday March 16, 2006 23:50 by Elaine   text 2 comments (last - saturday march 18, 2006 21:06)
(Requires registration hence the cut and paste)
Breaking News Section
13:49 Wednesday March 15th 2006

A group of TDs and Senators opposed to the US use of Shannon Airport have been ejected from the main terminal at the Co Clare facility today.

The politicians from the Labour Party, the Green Party and Sinn Fein, along with a number of independents, staged a "fly-in protest" at the airport today. read full story / add a comment
tyrone / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday March 16, 2006 18:02 by Ógra B   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 21, 2006 19:23)
End Political Poilicing Protest

Omagh PSNI Barracks

Gortin Road, Omagh

Friday 24 March @ 7pm

Make a stand against PSNI brutality and demand an end to political policing! read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues / news report Thursday March 16, 2006 16:55 by Miriam Cotton   text 8 comments (last - thursday june 15, 2006 18:58)
A coalition of voluntary disability groups around Ireland has announced itself today. The Disability Election Pledge Alliance are set to mount a challenge to the recent implementation of the Disability Act 2005. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday March 16, 2006 08:25 by Brian Covert / Independent Journalist
As the three-year mark of the U.S. invasion of Iraq nears, Makoto Oda, one of Japan's most prominent authors and anti-war activists in the last half-century, looks back on wars of the past....and ahead to the path toward peace in the future. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Thursday March 16, 2006 01:23 by Athenian   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 16, 2006 11:21)
Greek general strike on 15th March led to the following read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday March 15, 2006 20:53 by John Meehan   text 2 comments (last - thursday march 16, 2006 06:48)
In view of the Bush Administration's brutal illegal and inhumane war against Iraq, we the undersigned call on the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, other Irish politicians and Government representatives, not to meet with President Bush in the United States over the coming Saint Patrick's Day events.

Shannon Airport should no longer be used to ferry American troops back and forward to Iraq. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 15, 2006 19:29 by MichaelY   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 15, 2006 19:59)
As the Israeli Army attacks, the streets are burning in Milan, French Universities are occupied, Paris reminisces of '68 and the US Senate will discuss impeaching Bush. Is Spring on the way? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday March 15, 2006 18:26 by Terence
The World Socialist Website (WSWS) has published a 3 part series of articles titiled:
"The dead-end of European capitalism and the tasks of the working class". It is an interesting analysis of the current state of capitalism in Europe read full story / add a comment
tyrone / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday March 15, 2006 16:04 by Ógra B
Their will be a launch of a new Sinn Fein Cumann in Killyclogher, Co Tyrone.

It is named the Murray/Mc Aleer Cumann in memory of local Vol Kevin Murray (killed in action in Dungannon on 15 March 1974) and my Barney Mc Aleer who was the cllr for the area before his son Declan stood in his place last May. He passed away in Sept 2005.

There will be a public launch and social evening at the Dun Uladh Centre in Killyclogher on Friday 24
March, commencing at 8.30pm. The format is rather open and involves a few words from Declan McAleer and Barry Mc Elduff and an address by Pat Doherty MP. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 15, 2006 15:12 by Muireann Ni Bhrolchain
Anyone who can, would they carry a SAVE TARA banner at their Patrick's Day parade or whatever event is being held in their town or city? Here or abroad?

Two Latin biographies of Patrick appear in the seventh century and
it is no accident that his major confrontation with druidry and
paganism happens at Tara the main pre-Christian site in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
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