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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday July 11, 2008 14:05 by Ciaron   text 4 comments (last - wednesday july 16, 2008 08:26)
Anti-War Vigil
"Stop Irish Participation in the War!"
"U.S. Military Out of Shannon & Iraq!"
GPO, O'Connel St. Dublin
Monday July 14th.
4pm-6pm read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday July 11, 2008 11:55 by James
The July-August issue of Workers Solidarity is online at the WSM website. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Friday July 11, 2008 00:25 by Andrei Zhdanov   text 43 comments (last - thursday august 07, 2008 12:05)
Galway Branch of the Socialist Workers Party have strongly condemned a poem by Kevin Higgins. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 18:41 by pat c
Noam Chomsky writes on the oil robbery taking place in Iraq. No-bid contracts written by the oil corporations with the aid of U.S. officials, triumphed over offers from 40 other companies, including those in China, India and Russia. Chomsky also deals with the occupation and aggression towards Iran. Full text at link.

The deal just taking shape between Iraq's Oil Ministry and four Western oil companies raises critical questions about the nature of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq — questions that should certainly be addressed by presidential candidates and seriously discussed in the United States, and of course in occupied Iraq, where it appears that the population has little if any role in determining the future of their country. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Thursday July 10, 2008 18:36 by Ciaron   text 10 comments (last - wednesday september 03, 2008 12:53)
Catholic Workers are presently gathering in Worcester, Mass. , USA. The event is being organised by the Mustard Seed community in Worcester. Founding community member, longtime CW, Scott Schaeffer Duffy was in Dublin for the first Pitstop Ploughshares trial in 05. Scott, his family and community are longtime resisters at Raytheon whose headquarters are nearby. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday July 10, 2008 17:43 by Diarmuid
The DIBC and Éirigí organised a joint picket on Saturday (5th) , supported by other organisations and individuals, to protest the ill-treatment and torture of Basque political prisoners by the Spanish and French states. Over 530 Basque political prisoners are being systematically dispersed by the two states throughout their territories but away from their homeland and their families. Many prisoners and detainees complain of being ill-treated and some of being tortured. Meanwhile, political prisoners are having to serve longer sentences unless they renounce their former activiities and allegiances. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 17:40 by Tara Finglas
Irish Aid is launching a Pilot Virtual Online Volunteering programme for 20 volunteers over 6 months. The purpose of this exercise is to increase awareness of online volunteering using experiences gained through this pilot programme. Virtual Online Volunteers will be linked with developmental NGOs through the UNV Online Volunteering Service to work for sustainable development on various projects around the world. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 14:35 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - friday july 11, 2008 08:54)
Yassamine Mather analyses the likely effects of any sanctions on Iran and makes it clear that ordinary Iranians will suffer rather than the regime. Full text at link.

In the next few days the US Senate will consider what has been labelled an ‘Iran war resolution’ calling on the president to “initiate an international effort to immediately and dramatically increase the economic, political and diplomatic pressure on Iran to verifiably suspend its nuclear enrichment activities ...” The resolution calls, among other things, for the prohibition of the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products and “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran”. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 13:25 by BreakingNews.ie
More than two-thirds of Irish voters found the No campaign in the Lisbon Treaty referendum more convincing, according to a poll conducted by the European Commission. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 13:12 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 05, 2008 15:23)
Amnesty raises the case of four youths who face imminent execution in Iran. Full text at the link.

Iran executed 16-year-old Mohammad Hassanzadeh, an Iranian Kurd on 10 June 2008 for a crime committed when he was 14. Four other juvenile offenders are at risk of execution between 11 and 25 July. 24 international and regional human rights organizations called on the head of Iran’s judiciary to suspend these four executions immediately. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / news report Thursday July 10, 2008 12:24 by Seán Mac Brádaigh   text 2 comments (last - thursday july 10, 2008 18:58)
éirígí have produced a video on the campaign against the Lisbon Treaty and their contribution to it. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday July 10, 2008 11:01 by Miriam
Pilger discusses five different examples of the British military's savage inhumanity. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / event notice Thursday July 10, 2008 09:43 by Margaretta D'Arcy

RE-TELLING RALAHINE by Margaretta D’Arcy & John Arden

1.00 pm, Sunday 13th July 2008 Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, Co. Galway Admission Free
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday July 10, 2008 09:29 by john   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 10, 2008 12:46)
The Victims of the Irish Legal Profession have received a letter from the Minister of Justice read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday July 10, 2008 04:16 by Anonymous
A Global Protest Against the Church of Scientology's Office of Special Affairs read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday July 10, 2008 02:26 by F.E.I.C.   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 10, 2008 15:20)
Feic Vigil at Raytheon Derry
Friday 11 July, 5pm Branch Rd.
off Buncrana Rd. Derry

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kerry / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday July 09, 2008 20:16 by sean moraghan
Three speakers will visit Tralee to argue for a new move to the Left, following the defeat of the Lisbon Treaty.

**Francois Duval is a French activist who has been involved in forming a new Left party.

**Kieran Allen is a university lecturer and sociologist who has spoken in Tralee on a number of occassions. He has written books on Ireland's so-called Celtic Tiger and "The Corporate Takeover of Ireland".

**Dermot Connolly is a member of the Campaign for an Independent Left
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national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday July 09, 2008 17:24 by Student   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 15, 2008 11:34)
Today UCD Social Work students learned they would have to pay 1,200 more in their second year for the same course Trinity offers.It now costs 7,200e to attend a course where we attend lectures for only 14 weeks in the year and are required to work for nothing for a further 14 weeks. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday July 09, 2008 17:09 by by   text 7 comments (last - friday july 18, 2008 14:33)
In one of the last cases which finally should put the "Madrid 11th Bombing conspiracy theorists" beyond the pale of credibility, a court in Madrid has cleared 4 police officers in the forensic division of manipulating evidence. Their evidence which was exposed as flawed during the M11 trial had contributed to a conspiracy theory supported by elements of the right and far right during many years. They were subsequently charged with falsification but now are free and have been termed "honest policemen".

The court has decided that an administrative error led to the inclusion of "boric acid" in their report on the explosives and the intention of the charged men was not to falsely implicate ETA in the supply or procurement of the explosives used. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / news report Wednesday July 09, 2008 16:12 by liz c   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 09, 2008 19:53)
Now in the aftermath of a No vote the real reasons for the treaty are increasingly being made public despite the difficulty in getting these topics on the agenda even now as the Irish government 'reflects'. The rejection of the treaty has caused a headache for those politicians who favour EU unification, a unified EU military and further free trade liberalization. The French presidency is attempting to push through as much as possible on militarisation without full ratification. Apparently it was true that french white papers on defence were held over until after our referendum. Little good it did them. One of Sarkozy's problems is that military action undertaken by sub-groups of EU states without the need of agreement from all states has been scuppered by the Irish No as 'Structured co-operation' in Article 48 would have allowed for this and an EU military budget but Nice does not. read full story / add a comment
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