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national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday August 22, 2002 14:58 by Jenny Butler
 8 comments (last - friday august 30, 2002 00:32)
folks, I would like to appeal for comments on what I see as a weird twist of priorities amongst many Irish people campaigning for social justice around the country. I just read an article on the An Phoblacht site at http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/15stud.html - It's about a young Catholic student being beaten to death because of his religion. This is Alabama and it's only a few hrs from Dublin. I realise the importance of reclaim the streets, the earth summit work, travellers and refugee rights, racism work, sustainable development etc. etc BUT - are brothers and sisters are under daily attack. It seems we have been collectively brainwashed to consider 'the north' as an unsolvable problem that we must leave up to the champagne politicians of all sides. Do we really care about the North. Has anybody even bothered to travel there. It seems many in the 26 counties can't even name read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday August 22, 2002 14:21 by Mags
Thirty-four years ago this week, on Aug. 24, 1968, the Northern Ireland civil rights movement staged its first protest march. Organized by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and joined by several like-minded groups, the march protested against the notoriously discriminatory housing allocation policies of local governments throughout the province. Despite threats of violence from loyalist thugs inspired by the rhetoric of the Rev. Ian Paisley, 2,500 marchers turned out and marched without incident from Coalisland to Dungannon. The event marked the end of Catholic submission to Protestant domination in Northern Ireland and raised hopes -- hopes soon shattered -- that nonviolent protest could achieve civil, social, and legal equality for all in the six counties. ... continued at link below read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday August 22, 2002 14:04 by Anti War And Capitalism Teenager
10 comments (last - friday august 23, 2002 14:03)
Irish Teenagers Against War And Capitalism (ITAWAC) is a newly formed organisation mostly as our name suggests made up of teenagers but also with some younger kids as well. And in great change from most of the middle class yuppie shitheads who bloody clog up this IndyMedia Ireland we're a grassroots working class group in areas such as Sherriff Street, Coolock and Ballymun. We're still trying to tie down our exact positions on a lot of issues but we're gettin there. There is a lot of anger amoung teenagers and kids about the way our society is run that if it's not tapped into by people of our generation will lead to the re-emergence of left wing freedom fighters like the Red Army Faction and the Red Brigades. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday August 22, 2002 13:53 by GARY McFARLANE
4 comments (last - friday august 23, 2002 13:39)
Black socialist GARY McFARLANE looks at the British authorities' attitude towards carnivals in Notting Hill and elsewhere- any interesting parralels in Ireland- this weekend, Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures and Notting Hill Carnival in London are the places to be!!! read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday August 22, 2002 13:48 by Sean Bhean Bhocht
THE EARTH Summit starts in Johannesburg, South Africa, next week. World leaders will talk about tackling poverty, dealing with the environmental crisis and embracing "sustainable development". US president George W Bush is hostile even to making such noises. This could lead some people to think that the summit must contain something good. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday August 22, 2002 09:50 by McMean
Irish peace activist in the Jenin Palestinian refugee camp, Caoimhe Butterly, was on Tuesday injured, along with three Palestinian teens, as Israeli troops moved into the camp. Two of the Palestinians are described as critical after they were shot in the chest as soldiers opened fire on stone throwers while Butterly was reported to be lightly wounded in the leg by shrapnel. The following is an article she penned last week. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday August 22, 2002 03:36 by Kirk
2 comments (last - thursday august 22, 2002 11:16)
Religious fanatical Chutzpah knows no bounds. But, when you are, God's Chosen people, normal rules don't apply to you. It is perfectly acceptable to criticize any nation on the earth for its errors and wrongs, but lo and behold, don't you dare criticize Israel; for if you do that, you will be accused by the programmed masses of the most abominable sin in the modern world, the unforgivable sin of anti-Semitism the weapon of mass distraction and Censored! read full story / add a comment
national / environment / feature Thursday August 22, 2002 03:32 by IMC Editorial Group
Representatives of Irish environmental NGOs are in Johannesburg
countering the government glossover of the serious social and
environmental costs of the Celtic Tiger. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 18:16 by Mags
4 comments (last - friday august 23, 2002 00:55)
This is the URL of a site supporting the citizens of the Short Stand in East Belfast who have been subjected to nightly sectarian attacks since last May. http://www.32s.org read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 17:00 by An Camcheachta
Front page editorial from the current Starry Plough/An Camcheachta, explaining why voters should oppose, once again, the (not so) Nice Treaty. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 16:12 by Dan Buckley
2 comments (last - thursday august 22, 2002 09:39)
Meeting called to organise unions, NGOs and other groups to mobilise for the ESF @ 8pm thursday 22nd of august at the Catalyst arts Centre read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 15:26 by scalanews
1 comment (last - friday august 23, 2002 12:00)
Article about corporate role in Iraq's crisis. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 15:19 by Andrew
39 comments (last - monday september 02, 2002 14:22)
Reply to the SWP Open Letter on Nice Issue 180 of Socialist Worker contained an 'open letter to the left' on the Nice treaty. It argues that there should be one united left No campaign rather then four separate ones. This is a personal reply to that text (which can be found at http://www.swp.ie/resources/Open%20letter%20to%20the%20left.htm ). I'm posting this reply to indymedia.ie as it obviously won't be published by Socialist Worker but the issues raised need to be discussed by activists. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 15:12 by Ruairi
4 comments (last - wednesday august 21, 2002 16:31)
folks, does anybody know how to go about voting from abroad - how I can do a postal vote eh? I tried a few government websites etc. and they don't make it easy for you to find - wonder why? Reminds me on the graffitti on my street that says 'if voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal!'. Still, this Nice gig is a disgrace to any tokenistic democracy we have and MUST be opposed. Any pointers, links appreciated....thanks read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 13:43 by Lillian Covey
http://www.indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=9718 Boyne Valley Hotel, Drogedha, 11 pm, Wed, 21st Aug. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 13:16 by Joe
3 comments (last - thursday august 22, 2002 23:36)
Rally at the GPO this Saturday at 3pm- speakers from anti racist groups, trade unions and other community organisations welcome- please bring banners, placards and friends- stand up to racist murderers and in solidarity with the Chinese and Vietnamese communities read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 12:30 by I.R.S.M.
2 comments (last - wednesday august 21, 2002 19:53)
Mickey was 60 days on hunger strike; he was the third INLA Volunteer to join the hunger strike and died at 7:50am on 20th August 1981. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 10:50 by pat c
Desmond Greaves Summer School Irish labour History Museum Aug 23 -25 Beggars Bush barracks D4 read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 10:17 by idiot wind (it's a wonder we can even feed ourselves)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rts-dublin/ posters and meetings meeting tonight in brogans of dame st at 8pm read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 21, 2002 08:26 by brian
1 comment (last - friday august 23, 2002 12:03)
there is evidence that the iraqis did not gas the kurds as has been maintained by the US, and which is used to demonise saddam read full story / add a comment |
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