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national / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday December 09, 2007 18:51 by Red Banner
Issue 30 of Red Banner is out now. €2 / £1.50 from bookshops, sellers or the address above. Articles: read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Sunday December 09, 2007 14:20 by LY
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The UCD Labour Branch have published videos of the arguement for Shell to Sea made at the Labour Party Conference in Wexford. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / event notice Sunday December 09, 2007 00:03 by Setanta
We encourage people to come and speak out about their problems with Solicitors. read full story / add a comment
kerry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday December 08, 2007 23:51 by sean moraghan
Come to a free DVD showing of "Occupation 101" this Tuesday in Tralee read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Saturday December 08, 2007 19:58 by Des Dalton
Kilkenny Republican Sinn Féin held a very successful picket in Kilkenny city on Saturday December 8. The picket was held at the Town Hall on High St between 1pm and 2.30pm. Members of Kilkenny Republican Sinn Féin were joined by Republicans from Waterford, Wexford and Kildare. Leaflets were handed out explaining the situation of the Republican prisoners in Maghaberry, whilst copies of the Republican paper SAOIRSE were sold. Addressing the crowd Republican Sinn Féin Vice President Des Dalton, Kildare, said that the Republican prisoners in Maghaberry were locked in a struggle to vindicate the right political status for which Bobby Sands and his comrades died on hunger strike in 1981. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Saturday December 08, 2007 19:08 by RSF
The only effect of the Budget will be to ingrain poverty for many families in Ireland because the rise in social Welfare payments has failed to match inflation and does nothing to further equality, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Fein said today read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday December 08, 2007 00:47 by Karl Quigley
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Bush's neocon Irish envoy, Paula Dobriansky, has hailed the N.I. solution as an exemplar for other world trouble spots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Dobriansky read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / news report Friday December 07, 2007 23:56 by Philip Ikurusi
Annual Remember Saro-Wiwa Seminar Report 2007 read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Friday December 07, 2007 17:27 by staring at goats
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The New York Times has run a story which immediately has been taken up globally on the destruction of video tapes by the CIA of an interrogation despite those tapes being potential evidence in Congressional inquiry, hearings or other such grand jury activity. Thus, we see the issue of torture, CIA use of extreme interrogation techinques & the Bush regime allowance of said placed on the table of forthcoming review of that agency & the other 15 intelligence services of the USA during the next presidency. But for the moment it's just a story about "Al Qaeda" suspect Abu Zubaydah being subjected to the notorious water boarding data extraction sicko kicks of the CIA in 2002. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday December 07, 2007 13:13 by pderossa
Proinsias De Rossa MEP has described as 'shameful' the Government's refusal to increase the €19.10 payment made to the roughly 6,500 asylum seekers under the direct provision measures introduced eight years ago. Mr De Rossa was speaking at the start of a Conference on immigration and poverty taking place this morning which he hosted in conjunction with the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland, taking place in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday December 07, 2007 05:09 by Felice & Jack
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Fr. Steve Kelly SJ, Fr.Louie Vitalie, Betsy Lamb and Fr. Jerry Zawada are presently in prison for their nonviolent resistance at the U.S. military torture training school in Arizona, USA. More background on http://tortureontrial.org/ Consider writing to them......... read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Friday December 07, 2007 00:59 by Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner
Vowing that would not happen again, Governor Linda Lingle, a friend of President George Bush, purchased armored vests for Kauai police and machine guns. Legislative rumors have it that Lingle has a "special relationship" with wealthy Superferry financier John Lehmann. She is said to want to run for US Senator Akaka's seat. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday December 06, 2007 16:35 by rogy
Recently, there was a debate on the excellent and always lively Vegan Freak Forums between what may generally characterized as “postmodern feminists” and “radical feminists.” read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Thursday December 06, 2007 14:18 by Labour Youth
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday December 06, 2007 10:03 by China watcher
A group of leading Chinese lawyers and academics have demanded immediate abolition of the country's infamous system of "laojiao" (re-education through labour), saying it is a serious impediment to efforts to bring about the rule of law in China. The "re-education through labour" system allows the police to jail everyone, from political dissidents to drug addicts and prostitutes, for up to four years without going through the courts. There has been talk of scrapping it as part of legal reforms, but so far only cosmetic changes have been made. But now 69 well-known experts and rights advocates have petitioned the legislature to immediately examine and abolish the system, saying it contravenes the Chinese constitution. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / press release Thursday December 06, 2007 08:51 by Domhain Sceadaman
A beleaguered Michael Dan, the Chairman and CEO of security giant Brinks was being tight lipped today after the revelation that his largest shareholders are unhappy about the way that the company is being run. The big shareholders want four of the companies directors sacked. read full story / add a comment
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday December 05, 2007 23:36 by Limerick IPSC
Irish human rights activist Caoimhe Butterly talks about the conditions faced by Palestinian refugees in Lebanon as they return to the bombed out ruins of their refugee camp, Nahr al Bared. read full story / add a comment
kerry / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday December 05, 2007 18:44 by kerri Koo Ko
Screening in Tralee of "Occupation 101" a film about the Israeli/Palestine Conflict. a Multi-Award Winning film by Sufyan Omeish & Abdallah Omeish With introduced by a Palestinian who is resident in Tralee. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 05, 2007 14:38 by Davy Carlin
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Belfast - On the streets read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Wednesday December 05, 2007 13:00 by Laura Broxson
ANTI-FUR DEMOS read full story / add a comment |
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