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dublin / politics / elections / other press Saturday January 09, 2010 01:36 by Ronnie   text 19 comments (last - tuesday january 19, 2010 00:08)
The only place he is going is out of Sinn Fein. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / event notice Friday January 08, 2010 14:09 by MichaelY   text 1 comment (last - friday january 08, 2010 14:14)
Teachers Club - Parnell Square - Dublin read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Friday January 08, 2010 08:42 by John Hurson   text 1 comment (last - friday january 08, 2010 16:51)
Report on the "Viva Palestina Humanitarian Aid Convoy".
On Wednesday January 6th, 2010, 517 volunteers in 200 vehicles delivered humanitarian aid to the stricken region of Gaza.
Despite many obstacles, they completed their journey which started out from London on December 6th. read full story / add a comment
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Thursday January 07, 2010 17:51 by Alan M.   text 1 comment (last - friday january 08, 2010 21:02)
8pm, Friday, 15th January in Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street.

This is the story about how 5-6 full time activists, and 20 or so part time union activists succeeded in organising thousands of workers across 6 hospitals in Las Vegas, a city in the middle of a desert, with no history of union organising.

It is rare that you find out the nuts and bolts of how people bring about change on the ground, and there is a lot to think about in his talk. While Cork is a long way from Las Vegas, there are things here that we, as activists, need to learn about. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday January 07, 2010 17:41 by tomeile   text 2 comments (last - friday january 08, 2010 08:58)
Police arrested Slovak national, Stefan Gonda, on Tuesday after he had unwittingly brought plastic explosives into Ireland three days earlier on a plane. He was later released without charge . The pilot of the Danube Wings plane had been informed before take off from Poprad-Tatry airport in eastern Slovakia that the explosive material was on board , but decided to carry on with the plane’s scheduled flight .
Slovak chief of border police Tibor Mako said the explosives had been attached to the straps of the man's backpack “to test security at Slovakia’s Poprad-Tatry Airport.” read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Thursday January 07, 2010 04:21 by Fintan Lane   text 18 comments (last - thursday january 21, 2010 09:22)
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has received word from the Irish participants on the Viva Palestina aid convoy that they crossed the border at Rafah and arrived in Gaza shortly after 7pm (Irish time). This is exactly one month after the convoy set off on its journey and despite concerted efforts by Egypt to obstruct its progress.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday January 06, 2010 17:04 by Fintan Lane
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has learned in the past few minutes that the Gaza aid convoy is finally at the Rafah crossing in Egypt and will cross into Gaza this evening.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday January 06, 2010 08:32 by TD   text 3 comments (last - wednesday january 06, 2010 12:16)
These are the contents of two emails from Alice Howard of Viva Palestina

6:50am UK, Wednesday January 06, 2010
James Jordan, Sky News Online
Controversial MP George Galloway has been involved in scuffles with Egyptian police as a group of pro-Palestinian activists tried to get a relief convoy into the Gaza Strip.

According to medics 55 people were injured after the 520 activists broke down the gate at the port in El-Arish to protest against an Egyptian decision to ship some of the goods through Israel.

They blocked the two entrances to the Sinai port with vehicles and clashed with police who used water cannon to control the protests.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 22:58 by KSI
On December 24th, more than 80 people related to the BDP (Peace and Democracy Party), as well as human rights defenders and members of NGO’s were arrested across Turkey read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 21:11 by Fintan Lane   text 2 comments (last - tuesday january 05, 2010 22:24)
In the past hour, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) received the following urgent updates from the port of Al-Arish in Egypt, where the Gaza aid convoy, which includes several Irish people and three Irish vehicles, is currently surrounded by riot police. It is unclear how the situation will unfold, though the convoy was meant to travel into Gaza tomorrow, with its much-needed humanitarian aid.

The first report is by text from Tyrone man John Hurson.

The second report is from Kevin Ovenden, one of the chief organisers of the convoy.
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national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday January 05, 2010 19:20 by Shannonwatch
Comments by the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern that the annual security bill at Shannon for US military traffic is justified (Irish Examiner, 4 Jan) shows scant regard for the lives or human rights of the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill of more than 3 million euro a year is spent facilitating occupying forces that cause ongoing fear, suffering and violent civilian death in both countries. And while the movement of troops is estimated to have been worth around 7 million euro to the airport in 2009, for this we have abandoned all traces of neutrality, international humanitarian law and respect for human rights. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 19:12 by Contaminated Crow
A mast, two quarries, two power plants, a sports venue and turf-cutting read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday January 05, 2010 16:00 by Malachy Steenson
DUBLIN EXPLOSIVES FIND –
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MUST COME CLEAN read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday January 05, 2010 15:18 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Public Meeting;
Open public meeting on the alternatives to the current political, economic and social policies of the Irish and EU establishments. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday January 05, 2010 13:34 by Geri Timmons   text 1 comment (last - saturday march 27, 2010 23:55)
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday January 05, 2010 13:06 by Geri Timmons
Please ask the President of the United States to grant Leonard Peltier executive clemency. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 12:29 by Freda H   text 1 comment (last - tuesday january 05, 2010 20:18)
In the past hour 157 Viva Palestina convoy members passports were taken away at Al-Arish airport by the Egyptian authorities. The Egyptians also removed the passport's of British MP George Galloway and convoy leader Kevin Ovenden.

All passports were stamped in on entry but also received an exit stamp too. The Egyptian's wanted 157 convoy members to drive tonight to Gaza and forget about the other 400 Viva Palestina volunteers that were yet to fly into Al-Arish tonight read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 11:15 by pat c
Here are some news updates on what has been happening in Iran. More details may be found at http://hopoi.org/

Rouzbeh Karimi a marxist activist and law graduate who wrote for the leftist magazines such as Rokhdad Magazine has been arrested along with his partner Forough Karimi who has recently been involved in defending political prisoners and is also a Marxist. They were both arrested on Friday January 1. No charges have been made yet.

There is a concerted campaign on the part of the Iranian Regime to move against the Left element of the protesters. You can help: Writ to the following Iranian officials demanding that the detainees rights be protected. Demand that all death sentences be commuted and all political prisoners be released. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Monday January 04, 2010 21:16 by Jim Monaghan
The Irish Government pays for the security of American army personnel in Shannon
PEACE & ECONOMIC STABILITY

The report in todays Irish Examiner (3/1/10) by Mary Regan that the Irish Government had spent almost €10 million in just three years protecting US troops passing through Shannon Airport to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is just the latest example of an Irish political elite wasting Irish taxpayers money and leading this country deeper and deeper into an even greater economic disaster, one that will make the current situation in a few years look like the good old days.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 04, 2010 15:29 by Paddy   text 2 comments (last - tuesday january 05, 2010 00:04)
Alice Howard in a Press Release has stated that: The Viva Palestina international aid convoy is just hours away from breaking Israel’s three and a half year siege of Gaza. Despite repeated obstructions from the Egyptian government, including its refusal to allow the convoy to land in the Egyptian port of Nuweiba, convoy members hope to be in Gaza tomorrow.

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