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national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday December 19, 2007 18:54 by Moilligh Síos
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Ógra Shinn Féin have produced a short film following the weekend's road safety vigil in Dublin. The road safety film includes shocking statistics on the number of deaths so far this year on Irish roads and includes interviews from activists representing Ógra Shinn Féin, Labour Youth and Young Greens. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday December 19, 2007 16:34 by Residents Against Racism
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Thursday 20th December at 5.30pm at Spire in O ' Connell street there will be vilgil in support of the Fathers of Irish Born Children who are at risk of deporatation read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday December 19, 2007 15:03 by Joe
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The Israeli Attorney General says that if Civilians are killed as part of a military operation where an intelligence 'mistake' has been made, then it is legal read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday December 19, 2007 02:33 by D. Fitzharris
Jeppersen Dataplan, a subsidiary of Boeing, is being sued by a Yemeni man who was kidnapped, subjected to rendition and tortured. CTL, a Galway company, that is subsidized by the Irish Government does research for Boeing. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/31/18423221.php http://www.democracynow.org/ read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday December 18, 2007 23:08 by red n black
Last year a Belfast anarchist travelled to the West Bank to work with the International Solidarity Movement and Palestinians and wrote this report on his impressions of the Palestinian struggle. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday December 18, 2007 14:58 by Des Dalton
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Republican Sinn Fein Vice President Des Dalton in a statement says that RSF will be campaigning against ratification of the proposed EU constitution in next year's 26-County referendum. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday December 18, 2007 13:59 by pat c
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A report below by the Iraq Freedom Congress on the continuing attacks on women by Islamist gangs. But IFC point out that the occupation forces bear full responsibility for the practices of these gangs. Unidentified gangs began to commit a series of organized crimes and killing many women in various cities in Iraq, particularly in Basra where more than 40 women are said to have been killed in the last 5 months. In addition to those crimes, these gangs threatened unveiled women to follow Islamic law and start wearing head scarf otherwise facing the severe consequences. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday December 18, 2007 13:26 by Joe
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Israel is to build more homes in built up areas of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Israeli officials said on Monday. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday December 18, 2007 13:14 by tomeile
During the festive season a lot of drink is consumed ; party-goers can get careless and forget about the dangers of fire . Danger is ever present , particularly in unregulated premises with ineffective fire prevention procedures in place. The Scottish Fire Brigade has issued a call for vigilance . read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday December 18, 2007 12:53 by tomeile
Domingo Reyes who ran an unlicensed drinking den in New York has been charged with six counts of manslaughter . The charges relate to a fire that swept through the “social club” Reyes ran in the city’s Bronx district .Police and local residents say that the club had been a “ gathering spot for prostitutes and drug dealers” . read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday December 18, 2007 10:14 by antifascista
The sentence of the trial against the 25 demonstrators for the Genoa g8 riots has fixed the price to pay for expressing our own ideas and going against the actual state of things: 110 years of jail. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday December 18, 2007 01:13 by mark chacha
Supporters of the Adefowoju and the Falode families are planning a demonstration on Wednesday at Stormont calling for the Northern Ireland Assembly to help stop the deportations. Comfort Adefowoju and her four children, and Ronke Falode and her three sons, are in Yarl's Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire and have been told they could be deported at any time. They were arrested at their homes in November. Both families face an uncertain & dangeroud future if they are deported to Nigeria. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday December 17, 2007 14:20 by Basque Info
Listen to Basque Info, Tuesdays 6.30-7pm in Féile FM 103.2 Belfast or on line at www.feilefm.com. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Monday December 17, 2007 10:44 by Maryjane O'Leary
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Here is a report on the continuing detention of womens rights activists in Iran and a call for action on their behalf. Human rights groups and journalists across the globe have condemned the arrest of cyber feminists, Jelve Javaheri and Maryam Hossienkhah in Iran earlier this month. Both of these women are activists and members of the One Million Signatures campaign. They are currently in Evin Prison on charges related to their writings in support of women’s rights. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday December 17, 2007 00:20 by Gregor Kerr
In early December classroom assistants in the North returned to work after a series of strike actions which had gone on since September. This action by the classroom assistants showed in stark form the two faces of the trade union movement. On the one hand there was the tremendous bravery and solidarity shown by the workers themselves in standing up to attempts to bully and harass them back to work. On the other hand was the duplicitousness and skulduggery of some trade union bureaucrats who not alone did their best to undermine the dispute but actively worked with management and politicians to betray the workers. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Sunday December 16, 2007 23:43 by wageslave
New Jersey's state assembly yesterday voted 44-36 to abolish the death penalty - the first state to do so since Iowa and West Virginia scrapped the punishment in 1965. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday December 15, 2007 12:12 by Margaretta D'Arcy
The West Bengal government is violently attempting to crush village resistance to the seizure of land by a multi-national company under cover of colonial-era legislation. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Saturday December 15, 2007 11:00 by Cllr Keith Martin
Westport Town Councillors call on Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan TD to protect area of great national and international significance as an environmentally sensitive, culturally and religiously important area with a massive intrinsic tourism value. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday December 14, 2007 21:21 by The Fourth World War
The Fourth World War in Féile FM 103.2 and on line at www.feilefm.com. Mondays 6.30-7pm. It’s 6 years now since George W.Bush started his own “war on terror”. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday December 14, 2007 08:20 by Seán Ryan
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Bertie blames water framework directive for water charges in schools. read full story / add a comment |
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