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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday September 03, 2004 18:34 by antrophe
Paulo is a former student activist from Chile, who spent a number of years as a representative in his union, he is now working in Ireland, we managed to grab him for a brief chat about his experiences in the student movement and what problems face education in Chile. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday September 03, 2004 18:28 by Caoimhe K
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Immigration is a relatively new experience for Ireland with 1997 being the year which marked the start of large numbers of people (generally 10,000 a year) coming to Ireland seeking asylum. Ireland has a demographic problem, in that it has an ageing population and needs this immigration to sustain economic growth and labour supply. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday September 03, 2004 16:54 by Socialist Workers party
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8pm Wynns Hotel Abby St Dublin 1 Ché Guevara & The Cuban revolution (Mike Gonzalez) read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday September 03, 2004 16:42 by stepping razor
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Right wing patriotic chechyan extemists holding Russian school children hostage, in Russia were initially trained by the CIA in the 1980s at the height of the cold war. Chechyan muslim extremists were trained and armed by the US, in order to destablise the then communist Soviet union. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday September 03, 2004 15:44 by Aoife
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Media reports (today's Irish Times and Ha'aretz) that the Palestinian Political Prisoners have ended their hunger strike after 19 days and states that most of their demands have been met. There will still be a token presence outside the Israeli Embassy tomorrow from 11. Bring banners, flags, placards, whistles etc. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday September 03, 2004 12:47 by E.Qualizer
Let the voice of resistance against imperialist oppression and racist ethnic cleansing rumble from your speakers! read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Friday September 03, 2004 12:07 by redjade
international / arts and media / other press Friday September 03, 2004 11:43 by pat c
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Hear the "lost" music The world's first airing of legendary "lost" music and film footage of influential punk band The Clash has been shown by the BBC. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday September 03, 2004 00:45 by William Martin Murphy
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Titled "Biting The Hand That Feeds Them" the so-called "security editor" of the Irish Independent turned his hand from retyping Garda press-releases to fanning the flames of hysteria against immigrants. His story is posted below. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / news report Thursday September 02, 2004 16:43 by John O'Neill
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An extremely rare brooch has been discovered along with the remains of a 10th century woman, aged between 25 and 35, during an archaeological excavation at a site in Finglas village in north Dublin. The site is due for development and has been delayed for a few weeks. A number of local people are raising their concerns about the proposed apartments proximity to the ruins of St Canices Church. They are asking for advice and assistance from anyone that has had experience in campaigning against similar developments. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Thursday September 02, 2004 14:04 by redjade
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday September 02, 2004 12:23 by pat c
A fresh attempt to ban a documentary film about the Israeli army's invasion of a West Bank refugee camp has failed. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday September 02, 2004 11:54 by redjade
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this is Iran-Contra II - watch this story develop read full story / add a comment
louth / environment / event notice Thursday September 02, 2004 08:15 by Sean Crudden
Planning is getting underway for the fifth annual winter workshop of the present series being organised by Cooley Environmental and Health Group. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday September 02, 2004 01:37 by Donal
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According to the Israeli Prison Service, more than 2,900 Palestinian prisoners have joined the open-ended hunger strike that began on 15 August. The Palestinian Authority quotes a slightly higher figure. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Thursday September 02, 2004 00:54 by john mcdermott
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The building frenzy countrywide is bringing huge profits to well connected farmers and speculators.The ordinary people are now organizing to fight back, read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday September 01, 2004 19:41 by John Cunningham
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Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli gaols have been on hunger strike for several weeks. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20040822/wl_nm/mideast_hunger_dc The Galway branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is running a public information meeting on the hunger strike (and on non-violent resistance generally) on Friday night, 3 Sept, at 8 pm in the Ardilaun Hotel, Taylor's Hill. There will be two speakers: Dr Kathleen Cavanaugh of the Centre for Human Rights, NUI, Galway (recently returned from Palestine) will speak on the Israeli penal system, about the status of the hunger strike, and about the condition of the hunger strikers. Eoghan MacCormac, Sinn Fein member and former hunger striker, will discuss the use of fasting as a form of non-violent protest. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday September 01, 2004 17:50 by Mary La Rosa
Ambiguity: Mordechai Vanunu; a lawyer in Israel representing Dimona employees; two solutions for nuclear waste that give us alternative viable energy; a portable nuclear weapons detection system since 1999; blackmail and extortion; another dead scientist and the closing of the National Lab in Los Alamos read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday September 01, 2004 17:21 by iosaf
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yet they went and like many other workers took up legal arms to guard Westerners. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday September 01, 2004 12:53 by Lasc
A chance to spend two days familiarising yourself with current issues facing Latin America and ways of acting in solidarity with Latin American grassroot movements. read full story / add a comment |
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