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dublin / arts and media / event notice Saturday February 25, 2012 11:16 by Dublin Basque Solidarity Committee
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday February 24, 2012 17:50 by pat c
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British Foreign Secretary William Hague claims that the World is Facing a new Cold WAr unless Iran gives up its hopes of constructing nuclear weapons. Peter Manson thinks this is a load of codswallop and analyses whats really going on. Full text at link. Foreign secretary William Hague’s absurd claim that the world faces a “new cold war” if Iran does not give up its aim of acquiring nuclear weapons might not stand up to examination, but Hague was undoubtedly given a boost on February 22 when a team from the United Nations-sponsored International Atomic Energy Agency returned from a two-day visit to Iran. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday February 24, 2012 12:13 by SIPTU Community Campaign
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has criticised spending cuts in the community and voluntary sector as “short-sighted and ultimately self-defeating.” Launching a new study on the impact of cuts – Downsizing the Community Sector – Congress General Secretary David Begg said it was clear many of the cuts were taking place “below the radar and out of the spotlight. But their impact is enormous. In many communities these cuts are eroding the social fabric, eating away at what binds those communities together,” he said. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday February 24, 2012 09:57 by Camelin
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Who? Real Democracy Now! Ireland What? Protest in Solidarity with the students in Valencia who where brutalized by police. When? Saturday 25th February @ 3 pm Where? Central Bank of Ireland, Dame Street, Dublin 2. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday February 23, 2012 12:37 by Vetarans for Peace
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A national organization representing thousands of military veterans is calling on the US Army to abandon court martial proceedings against Private Bradley Manning, the accused Wikileaks whistleblower. The young soldier, who has been imprisoned for 21 months, will be formally arraigned today (Thursday, Feb. 23) at Fort Meade, Maryland. Army prosecutors say they will file 22 charges against PFC Manning, including “aiding the enemy,” a crime that can be punished by the death penalty or life in prison. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday February 21, 2012 11:20 by j debender
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In Belmullet district court on Monday 20th February, 6 campaigners were convicted of a total of 13 charges between them with fines totaling 3,035 euros. While this went on, local residents blocked Shell's haulage route between Bellanaboy refinery and the compound in Glengad. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 21, 2012 01:04 by O.O'C.
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The Government seems determined to push ahead in the next few months with the ratification of two important treaties: the “Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union” and the revised “Treaty on the European Stability Mechanism.” The two treaties would make member-states of the euro zone into regimes of economic austerity, involving deeper and deeper cuts in public expenditure, increases in indirect taxes, reductions in wages, sustained liberalisation of markets, and the privatisation of public property. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday February 20, 2012 01:01 by Diet Simon
The Australian Labor government is planning more assaults on the rights of Aborigines. It plans to extend for another ten years onerous conditions on income quarantining, education, alcohol and land rights. And moves to dump nuclear waste on Aboriginal land have advanced with a deal between government and opposition. read full story / add a comment
antrim / environment / news report Sunday February 19, 2012 23:59 by No To Fracking
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The prospect of Fracking moves one ominous step closer in the North Coast. Join the No To Fracking campaign! read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday February 19, 2012 22:18 by Shell to Sea
At 10.30am this Monday 20th of February nineteen campaigners will arrive at Belmullet District Court to face 80 charges arising from protests against Shell’s Corrib Gas Project in Co. Mayo. This unprecedented volume of civil disobedience charges is all scheduled to be dealt with within one week. read full story / add a comment |
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