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national / animal rights / press release Monday November 21, 2011 04:19 by ALiberation
Minister of State Shane McEntee appears to be trying again to make life worse for animals in Ireland. The question is will government coalition partners Fine Gael and the Labour Party go along with him. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday November 20, 2011 19:45 by James Coughlan
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Thirty one malicious prosecutions of an innocent man, followed by perjury, cover ups, scandalous conduct by judges, barristers, solicitors, the Courts Service, the DPP's office, assaults by Gardaí etc - there was a long story to tell about the shameless legal and judicial system in Ireland outside our Houses of Parliament during the protest by Kevin Tracey, despite his illness.
This story is one that could also come under the Rights and Freedom heading as well as under "Crime and Justice". Kevin Tracey has been the victim of criminal behaviour but he has also been deprived of his human rights and of freedom to live a normal life with his family in peace.
Every day of the protest people ask
"Why is this happening in Ireland?"
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dublin / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday November 20, 2011 17:49 by socialist
The Dublin Occupy movement decided not to join the anti-austerity march on Sat 26th November. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday November 20, 2011 15:37 by pat c
Louay Hussein a former political prisoner in Syria has more than a few doubts about the Syrian National Council. Hussein, a writer and political prisoner from 1984 to 1991, explains: “People who took part in the protests during the first three months were different from the people now,” he says. The original protesters “had political ideas and values and called for liberty and equality. They were for positive action . . . During this stage, I was part of the movement in the street, as an organiser. But others joined the protests. They regard this regime as murderers rather than a tyranny or dictatorship and raise harmful slogans” by calling for external intervention or executing Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
However, he observes that the “council has a lot of financial and diplomatic support. Many EU states give visas to its members but not to us.” read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday November 19, 2011 16:41 by Saoirse
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Following a meeting of the Ard Chomhairle of Republican Sinn Féin on November 19, the following statement was issued: read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Friday November 18, 2011 04:54 by john throne and Richard Mellor Jimmy Kelly.
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Bridget O'Toole. Friend and Comrade. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday November 17, 2011 23:48 by Mairtin MacMaolain
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In solidarity with our Latin American sisters and brothers there will be a Vigil outside the US Embassy in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, on Saturday 19th November 2011 12pm-1.30pm to demand the closure of the School of the Americas, a combat training school for Latin American soldiers, located at Fort Benning, Georgia. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday November 17, 2011 22:14 by Saoirse
The following is the Presidential Address delivered by Des Dalton at the 107th Ard Fheis of Republican Sinn Féin in Dublin on November 13: read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday November 17, 2011 19:04 by Grupo Raíces
On November 4th the main leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Army of the People (FARC-EP), Commander Alfonso Cano, was killed near Suárez, Cauca, in an operation of the Colombian government, with logistical and intelligence support provided by the USA. The small guerilla force of 14 people was hunted down by over 1,000 troops in a multitude of Arpía helicopters. The preceding months had also witnessed massive and indiscriminate bombardments in Tolima and Cauca, and a military blockade of the area, with disastrous consequences for the local population, thousands of whom were forcefully displaced. In relation to this, our organisation:
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday November 17, 2011 14:28 by pat c
Iran claims the explosion was accidental but is there more to this? Full text at link.
A massive explosion at an Iranian military base on Saturday killed Major General Hassan Moghaddam and 16 soldiers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp. While Tehran dismissed the blast as an accident, indications have already emerged that it was an act of sabotage carried out by Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad. Moghaddam, who was trained in China and North Korea, has been described in Iran as the architect of the country’s ballistic missile program. The Alghadir base, at which the explosion occurred, housed Iran’s Shehab-3 missiles, which are capable of reaching Israel. Such was the scale of the blast that it was heard 40 kilometres away in Tehran. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday November 17, 2011 13:34 by Joe Mc
French media and politicians have blamed Islamists for an arson attack on the offices of the satirical cartoon weekly Charlie Hebdo on November 2. The magazine has over the years published many anti Muslim cartoons and was a supporter of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005 when the latter published its infamous Islamophobic cartoon provocation . After the attack ,SOS-Racism, a group with ties to the Socialist Party (PS) and the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA), organized a demonstration in support of Charlie Hebdo.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 16, 2011 15:57 by Samuel Albert
The euphoria has evaporated. While today's raucous political climate is very different than the years before Hosni Mubarak's ouster, when an enforced silence and stillness prevailed, it has also changed markedly since the period immediately preceding and following his 11 February forced resignation. Now, among the millions who participated in or supported that revolt and more broadly, there is a feeling that the situation is becoming increasingly complex, unsettled and dangerous. Marches, strikes, sit-ins and other protests happen every day, but many ordinary people are becoming more passive. There is a chill in the air that comes from more than the approaching winter. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday November 16, 2011 14:19 by Seven Towers
World-reknowned DJ Steve Conway will be reading from his Memoir 'Shiprocked' to commemerate the 20th anniversay of the sinking of the Ross' Revenge, the original Radio Caroline ship. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday November 16, 2011 08:34 by Duric Aljosa
Designed on the principle of 'Free Currencies – Free Markets – Free People – Free Planet', on 13 November 2011, the long-awaited Crom Alternative Currency System has finally been opened – in many ways a unique combination of a social network and payment system. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 15, 2011 21:11 by Sean Matthews
The sixty million payoff to prison officers in Northern Ireland could be much better spent on addressing the causes of crime such as poverty, social deprivation and prison rehabilitation. Prison officers who served during the Troubles could walk away from their jobs with packages of more than £120,000 plus pension as part of a £60m redundancy programme aimed at ‘modernising’ the service.
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dublin / arts and media / press release Tuesday November 15, 2011 20:02 by alanweldon
On Friday November 18th Near FM will host a birthday party in the Grand Social for its long-running Dublin bands show The Near FM Sessions. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday November 15, 2011 19:56 by Alan Weldon
On Friday November 18th Near FM will host a birthday party in the Grand Social for its long-running Dublin bands show The Near FM Sessions.
The night will showcase the best of the wealth of unsigned talent. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday November 15, 2011 17:35 by Palestinian Freedom Riders
Palestinian Freedom Riders On Their Way to Jerusalem Violently Arrested on Israeli Settler Bus --
Palestinians who boarded a segregated Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank to travel to East Jerusalem were arrested for taking action reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Rides read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday November 15, 2011 13:37 by Hurriyeh Ziadah
Groups of Palestinian Freedom Riders will attempt to board segregated settler buses heading to Jerusalem through the occupied West Bank this Tuesday November 15, in an act of civil disobedience that takes its inspiration from the US Civil Rights Movement Freedom Riders aim to challenge Israel’s apartheid policies, the ban on Palestinians’ access to Jerusalem, and the overall segregated reality created by a military and settler occupation that is the cornerstone of Israel’s colonial regime. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday November 14, 2011 19:27 by pat c
Jean Shaoul outlines the role that Saudi Arabia is playing in the Imperialist war plans against Iran. The lack of democracy in Saudi Arabia has never bothered the US. Full text at link.
Saudi Arabia’s key role in seeking to destabilise the Ba’athist regime of Bashir Assad has become the centrepiece of an attempt by Washington to cobble together an anti-Iranian alliance, aimed more generally at suppressing the Middle Eastern masses. Saudi Arabia, the world’s leading oil producer and exporter, has the largest known oil reserves in the world. This has brought untold wealth to the Saudi ruling family and its more than 20,000 princes. The House of Saud keeps power by a system of brutal repression that outlaws all public protests, strikes and expressions of dissent, combined with its championing of an extreme version of Sunni Islam, Wahhabism. read full story / add a comment |
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