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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday February 06, 2007 21:03 by GK
On the 7th of February of 1986, the Haitian people, after years of revolt against the rich and the powerful in their country, toppled one of the most brutal dictatorships that history has recorded, the one led by the Duvalier family. But not only they did put an end to the US-backed reign of terror of the Duvaliers, but as well, the people were pushing forward a series of popular demands that were meant to radically change the face of Haiti: this was a truly revolutionary struggle. Today, Haiti is again under the yoke of oppression: this time, under a UN military occupation called MINUSTAH, headed mostly by subservient Latin American governments, but engineered from the US and France, the main imperialist powers controlling Haitian affairs. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday February 06, 2007 20:15 by Seán Ó Murchú
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Statement by Des Dalton Vice President of (Republican) Sinn Féin Poblachtach The visit to Dublin on February 5 of a member of the British royal family, Andrew Windsor, can only be viewed as part of the normalisation of British rule in Ireland. Staged events such as this are used to support the pretence that British rule in Ireland is now accepted by the Irish people. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 06, 2007 19:32 by jim travers
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In order to survive we must eat, when there is a plentiful supply of food we live in the knowledge that since variety is the spice of life and food is in abundance, there is nothing to think about and less to worry about. Despite our preferences towards organically grown produce, modern 21st Century life styles dictate that the foods we eat must be readily available, possibly precooked and ready for consumption at the click of a switch. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday February 06, 2007 17:23 by Deirdre Donegan
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Faculty of Pathology PUBLIC MEETING Concern about healthcare-associated infection and whether MRSA control measures are adequate, discussed by an expert panel. Chair: Dr. John Bowman read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday February 06, 2007 17:07 by Dermot L
On Saturday February 3rd delegates at the IUSY (International Union of Socialist Youth) World Council held in Cork passed a resolution in support of the Boycott of Coca Cola proposed by Labour Youth in Ireland. The boycott was called for in 2003 by the Colombian Trade Union SINALTRAINAL in response to the murder and intimidation of its members by Colombian paramilitaries with the complicity of the Coca Cola corporation. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Tuesday February 06, 2007 15:58 by R. Isible
The independent documentary Loose Change [1] is doing the rounds in screenings and downloads (over 4 million apparently for just this version on Google Videos) [2]. Despite overwhelming testimony from independent scientific experts as publicised by Counterpunch [3], Popular Mechanics [4] and South Park [5] the documentary is spreading a pall of confusion and misinformation about 9/11. George Monbiot takes it on in his latest column: read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 06, 2007 14:29 by Simon Bolger
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Yesterday I was horrified to see that politic campaigns are getting started and soon we will have to endure giant billboards of Michael McDowell face scaring us at every turn. Something you would not want to run into in a dark alley. But this got me thinking about a serious question, should political parties have anything to do with Students’ Unions? read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / other press Tuesday February 06, 2007 11:23 by CAPS
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The UK-based Captive Animals' Protection Society and Dublin-based Alliance for Animal Rights have launched a website as part of their campaign to end the use of animals in circuses. The website includes reports, videos, information on animal circuses and encourages the public to get actively involved in the campaign. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday February 06, 2007 09:48 by RogerC
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Exhibition and Seminar commemorating the fight against fascism. Spain 1936-1939. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday February 06, 2007 00:31 by Sean
An emergency appeal from human rights groups in Canada for individuals and groups internationally to show solidarity with three detainees in Canada's Guantanamo who are approaching their 75th day on hungerstrike on Wednesday 7th February. Please take a minute to email, phone or fax your protest to the Canadian Embassy in Dublin and copy to the campaign at the address given below. 65 St. Stephen's Green Dublin 2 Ireland Tel: 353 (1) 417-4100 Fax: 353 (1) 417-4101 email: [email protected] Please copy emails to: [email protected] and [email protected] read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Tuesday February 06, 2007 00:22 by poetry news
Thursday, 15th February at 9pm in BK's Winebar. Just when you thought it was safe! You thought he had gone away. He's back! read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / press release Monday February 05, 2007 16:05 by Seán Ó Murchú
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At a special meeting of the Comhairle Uladh (Ulster Executive) body of Republican Sinn Fein a decision was taken to field candidates on an abstentionist basis. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Monday February 05, 2007 15:51 by none
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Monsanto Ireland CEO Patrick O’Reilly is furious at RTE 2 for broacasting “The Future of Food” last Sunday. He has complained to RTE and to the chief scientists of the various agricultural research bodies. The Irish Farmers Journal printed the following article in its current issue: read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday February 05, 2007 13:23 by Con Carroll
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do-not forget Justice for Terence Wheelock read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday February 05, 2007 12:53 by Seán
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A gathering of veteran civil rights campaigners took place in Belfast at the weekend to mark the 40th anniversary of the fonding of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / press release Monday February 05, 2007 12:17 by The National Secretary
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FINGLAS COMMUNITY WORKER TO STAND FOR DUBLIN NORTH WEST IN GENERAL ELECTION John O Neill, a local community worker, is standing as a socialist candidate for the Dublin North West constituency in this year’s general election. With a solid performance in the Finglas Ward on his first electoral outing in the 2004 local election (where he finishing on the fifth count with 1300 votes, ahead of the Green Party and Progressive Democrats), John is in position to make a breakthrough on a clear platform of independent working class politics. read full story / add a comment
offaly / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday February 05, 2007 02:47 by Nora G.
In today's UK Guardian, a letter signed by Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, John Pilger, Walden Bello, Michael Greger, Mike Davis, Caroline Lucas, Green MEP, Gabriel Carlyle, Pandemic Action, Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Michael Albert, ZNet. Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel peace prize winner and Hans von Sponeck, former UN assistant secretary general warns that "Humanity faces a massive global threat from avian influenza" read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday February 04, 2007 23:01 by Kevin T. Walsh
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In the last number of years we have heard about Gardai indiscipline and Gardai brutality in our country. The Morris Tribunal in Donegal states that is fact. But tonight let us focus on prison in-discipline and prison collusion of hatred within the system. The 17 years I worked with Simon gives rise to meeting a variety of people. They were mostly homeless due to a compulsory overtime system. This system was overturned in the High Court in the 1980's but it was too late for hundreds of officers who suffered from depression and additcton to alcohol within the System. Tonight I give their story. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Saturday February 03, 2007 17:24 by Liberates
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Today marks the fourth anniversary of the Pitstop Ploughshares action at Shannon Airport in which a US navy plane was decommissioned with the aid of tools and symbols of peace. This five-part article by Harry Browne charts the journey of the action from inception to acquittal, and in turn, paints a portrait of each of the five activists who sacrificed so much, that others might not suffer. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday February 03, 2007 16:06 by pat c
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Conscription never went away you know. It just became Economic Conscription. It is Working Class kids who will die in the war for oil. Sixteen-year-old Cara is particularly keen. "They told us about the pay, and it's way better than all my cousins are getting," she says. Don't forget : James Connolly first came to Ireland in the uniform of a British Soldier, he was an Economic Conscript. pat c Britain's child army Stricken by Iraq and low morale, the British army is on a desperate recruitment drive. Its new targets? Poorly educated teenagers and young schoolchildren On a winter day, 38 schoolchildren gather at Fulwood Barracks in Preston. They are aged between 14 and 16 they have been bussed over from a poorly performing comprehensive in a deprived area. The teachers who have come along with them seem apprehensive. Many of these kids can be unruly; others are quiet but don't perform well in class. read full story / add a comment |
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