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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday November 20, 2009 10:04 by Witness Against Torture
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Justice Delayed, Justice Denied Witness Against Torture Responds to Obama’s Statement that Guantanamo Will Not Close by January 2010. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Friday November 20, 2009 09:47 by Dublin Shell to Sea
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Bolivian citizens request Irish Government to investigate Irish security firm, IRMS, due to its links with mercenaries operating in Bolivia. 11 a.m., Friday, 20th November 2009 Department of Foreign Affairs, 82 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. read full story / add a comment
kildare / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday November 20, 2009 08:40 by R.N.U Cill Dara - P.R.O
Green Isle Solidarity Picket read full story / add a comment
kildare / education / other press Thursday November 19, 2009 22:01 by Aidan Rowe
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The Student's Union of NUI Maynooth has confirmed, via email correspondence, that they will not be encouraging NUIM students to support the strike on Tuesday. The full text of the email correspondence is presented below. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday November 19, 2009 21:35 by candlelight
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Franco Claretti, Mayor of Coccaglio, near Brescia in Northern Italy said” Our objective is to clean the town out”. Claudio Abiendi, Northern League Councillor for Security stated “Christmas isn’t a Welcome Festival, it’s Christian tradition that celebrates our identity” And two neighbouring towns Castelcovati and Castrezzato are copying the initiative. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Thursday November 19, 2009 20:43 by Laura Broxson
***NATIONAL ANIMAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION PRESS RELEASE*** ACTIVISTS TO RETURN TO CHARLES RIVER ANIMAL TESTING LABORATORIES WHEN: Tuesday 24th Nov. First protest from 12noon - 2.30pm outside Charles River in Carrentrila, Ballina. Second protest outside Charles River in Glenamoy, from 4pm - 6pm approx. Contact N.A.R.A. spokesperson: Laura Broxson - 086 8729 444 - www.naracampaigns.org 2 months after they organised Ireland’s first ever protests outside these laboratories, activists from the National Animal Rights Association are returning, as promised. They will be joined by other groups this time, such as Donegal Veg and Animal Rights Northern Ireland, as well as activists travelling all the way from the U.K. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday November 19, 2009 18:53 by Emma Clancy
A report from Iñaki de Juana's extradition hearing which was held in Belfast last week, during which the defence argued that the extradition attempt was an abuse of process and would be 'grossly inhumane'. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday November 19, 2009 18:37 by Emma Clancy
The Don't Extradite the Basques Campaign has welcomed the ruling by a Belfast judge that the Spanish extradition warrant against Belfast-based Basque activist Artruro Benat Villanueva was “invalid” and calls for the dropping of charges against Iñaki de Juana read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Thursday November 19, 2009 16:15 by Jolly Red Giant
One hundred and twenty delegates attended the Socialist Party National Conference this weekend in Carlingford, Co Louth. The Conference discussions ranged over the crucial issues affecting working class people on this island North and South and in particular the acute economic crisis which is having a devastating effect on the livelihoods of ordinary people. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / news report Thursday November 19, 2009 14:12 by Al
Monday the 16th of November, 26 year old anti-fascist Ivan “Vanya Kostolom” Khutorskoy was shot to death at the entrance to his home at Khabarovsk street in the east side of Moscow; according to some information with two shots to his head. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday November 19, 2009 13:27 by Social Solidarity Network
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Social Solidarity Network will meet on Thursday 19th October at 8pm in Seomra Spraoi to discuss responses to the financial crisis, and the governments handling of it. All are welcome read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Thursday November 19, 2009 12:45 by Chug Chug
The Civil Partnership Train is a civil rights initiative inspired by the landmark Belfast to Dublin ‘Contraceptive train’ of 1971 and the historic ‘Peace train’ of 1989. According to Dr Richard O’Leary of the Civil Partnership Train “The purpose of the Civil Partnership Train is to highlight the second class legal status of gay and lesbian couples in Dublin compared to Belfast, a situation which will continue unless the Irish government’s Civil Partnership Bill is upgraded”. Supporters include the Revd. Chris Hudson and Irish Senator David Norris, both of the earlier Peace Train movement. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 18, 2009 18:35 by Paddy Hackett
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There were some editing errors in the last version of this piece. Below is the revised version. Please forgive me. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 18, 2009 12:30 by Astrid Essed
With the EU guarantee to the Czech president, that the Czech State should not be exposed to property claims of expelled Germans after World War II, the EU not only implicitly consents with ethnical cleansings, it is also highly hypocritical, since the EU regularly points a finger to human rights violating countries like Sudan, Myanmar and Iran It is high time the EU should look in its own mirror, among else with regard to police abuse, racism and violation of the rights of migrants and real or alleged terrorsuspects read full story / add a comment
limerick / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday November 18, 2009 12:28 by Tom
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THE Polish community in Limerick has withdrawn an invitation to the Mayor of Limerick, Kevin Kiely to officially open a Polish festival in the city this week, following his controversial remarks in relation to deporting unemployed foreign nationals. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday November 17, 2009 23:41 by Ógra Shinn Féin
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Last weekend saw in excess of a hundred young republican activists, gather at the Felons Club in Belfast for the Ógra Shinn Féín national congress. The weekend was the conclusion of a significant year for Ógra in which the republican youth movement remembered the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the original republican youth movement, Na Fianna Éireann. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday November 17, 2009 22:24 by Cathal
On Saturday, Sept. 4, five* political activists were arrested in Belgrade on trumped up charges. The five, Tadej Kurepa, Ivan Vulović, Sanja Dojkić, Ratibor Trivunac and Nikola Mitrovic, are activists in or associates of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative, the Serbian section of the International Workers’ Association (IWA). (* The sixth person sought by police, Ivan Savic, was also arrested some days later.) read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday November 17, 2009 17:25 by Ronan OD
If you would like to get involved with our next Palestine solidarity event, come on in to our branch meeting on Thursday. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday November 17, 2009 15:20 by Harry McIntyre
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The Socialist Workers Party has split. There has been some speculation on Indymedia and elsewhere that the SWP was having internal difficulties in Belfast. The dust has now settled, and the bulk of their Belfast organisation is now outside of the party. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday November 17, 2009 11:57 by LD
On Feb 16th 2009, using contact.ie, I sent an e-mail to all public reps re: Anglo Irish Bank and members of the gov. As far as I can remember the mail I sent was a cut up of a comment/ letter written by someone on some blog I read at the time and the article I mention in the mail from the Irish Examiner. Today, going through my unopened mail I discovered the minister decided to reply by including me in his list of contacts to recieve waffle ten months later via Niall Blaney T.D. Below is the correspondance. read full story / add a comment |
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