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sligo / politics / elections / news report Wednesday November 30, 2005 23:27 by Kat 1 comment (last - thursday december 01, 2005 11:13)
Labour HQ is to rule next week if councillor’s decision to break ranks has damaged party’s interests... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 30, 2005 19:33 by Residents Against Racism 10 comments (last - saturday february 18, 2006 02:10)
On tuesday many age out minors had to sign on at the GNIB but have been told to report back thursday to finalise their deportation, so we are expecting a deportation tomorrow Others are also due to sign on and currently people are being held at Clover Hill prison and Mount Joy women's prison, this obviously is a bad sign. Residents Against Racism have called a demonstration for 1.30pm outside the Garda National Immigration Bureau(GNIB) to protest against the deportation. We need all the support possible to try stop this going ahead. GNIB Burgh Quay Dublin 2(up from Tara street train station) 1.30PM read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 30, 2005 13:51 by rory 6 comments (last - tuesday december 06, 2005 19:33)
Protest 6pm City Hall, Dame St Monday Dec 5th Motion supported by Joan Collins indp, Dessie Ellis (SF) and other councillors on the agenda for Dublin city Council -if passed it will reverse their ban on postering in the city centre read full story / add a comment
international / housing / news report Wednesday November 30, 2005 13:08 by David 5 comments (last - friday december 02, 2005 14:51)
Over 30 years of Community have been crushed by Riot police in the center of London City. St Agnes place squatted community has finaly been evicted. The houses had been empty for almost 15 years in 1974 when a few squatters rebuilt the decaying buildings and created a vibrant rastafarian community complete with it's own temple, a community TV station and a community radio station, social centers, libraries. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday November 30, 2005 10:41 by saoririseoir 1 comment (last - friday december 02, 2005 01:05)
Nov 25th: Police diver finding mutilated bodies in Tigris River. (podcast will probably expire on Friday December 2nd), but will try to put up mp3 link in comments. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/outlook.shtml#Fri This BBC World Service magazine programme called Outlook, is soft news normally, but at the end of this interview, the police diver lets it be known that he has lately been finding many mutilated corpses in the River Tigris. NYT Report, November 27th. http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051129/ZNYT03/511290451 Sunnis say that hundreds go missing. A prominent incident on November 24th. http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m18184&date=26-nov-2005_22:24_ECT Sunni clan leader and three sons openly assassinated in baghdad by uniformed police. read full story / add a comment
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday November 29, 2005 20:05 by Ógra B 4 comments (last - friday december 02, 2005 21:50)
Anti-Collusion Protest @ Strand Road RUC/PSNI Barracks Derry Anti Collusion Protest Strand Road RUC/PSNI 'Collusion Centre' Derry City Saturday 3 December 2.30pm Organised by Ógra Shinn Féin Come out and show your support for the families and victims of British State Collusion and their quest for truth and justice! www.osfbf.pro.ie read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Tuesday November 29, 2005 16:20 by pat c 2 comments (last - wednesday november 30, 2005 00:01)
Its good to see that the spirit of Christ is alive and well in the US Catholic Church. These are the same goons who are trying to avoid claims from abuse victims and are refusing the sacrements to Pro-Choice politicians. Jesus Wept! Full story at the link. Pat C read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday November 29, 2005 15:46 by Jim 18 comments (last - thursday december 08, 2005 03:07)
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has called a national day of action on December 9th in protest against the disgraceful actions of Irish Ferries.
Protests will take place across Ireland with a major demonstration planned for Dublin read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Tuesday November 29, 2005 13:27 by Mary 4 comments (last - wednesday november 30, 2005 01:58)
Declaration of Eusko Ikaskuntza - Basque Studies Society celebrating the International Euskara Day read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Tuesday November 29, 2005 12:59 by iosaf mac diarmada
This week sees yet another international government conference on "Climate change". The event being held in Montreal Quebec is seeing over 160 countries attempt yet again to cobble together a solution on "reduction of emissions" to "fix our weather". We all know its broken. Huricane Delta has just hit the Canary islands, with 7 islander deaths confirmed and unknown numbers of dead migrants in the seas between the archipelago and Africa. a quarter of a million people left without power. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 29, 2005 12:41 by Alban McGuinness 7 comments (last - tuesday december 06, 2005 12:13)
The killers of 2,100 victims will get away scot-free in a mockey of of the proper truth and justice process. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday November 28, 2005 23:34 by Colm Breathnach 90 comments (last - tuesday december 13, 2005 00:29)
At a recent meeting a campaign to build a new party of the working class has been launched by a number of groups and individuals. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Monday November 28, 2005 21:29 by Upstart Radio America
Al-Jazeera must be doing something right for Dictator Bush to want to bomb them. That is, if he hadn't bombed them in 2001 and 2003 already. George McGovern talks about Poppy Bush's opposition to the war. Jody Paulson compares GWB to Tricky Dick. An awesome speech by NBA Star Eaton Thomas of the Washington Wizzards and finally, Ward Churchill brings it home. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday November 28, 2005 21:26 by Jane Horgan Jones 40 comments (last - wednesday january 25, 2006 03:35)
It is time for a full, frank and honest debate about USI ; both the future of the organisation itself, and more locally, UCDSU’s continued involvement within its structures. Serious questions are being asked about the direction of USI and whether UCDSU is a union that wishes to remain associated with that direction. read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing / event notice Monday November 28, 2005 21:24 by Barry Finnegan 6 comments (last - monday december 05, 2005 19:19)
--------------- --------------- --------------- "Table Quiz in aid of the Simon Community" This Wednesday 30th November 2005 at 8pm. Upstairs from Conways pub, Parnell St., Dublin 1. This Table Quiz is being held as a fundraiser for the Simon Community. Mary Doherty, who works with Simon, and Orla Dwyer are organsing it and they will be continuing their sponsorship fundraising drive into the new year so as to be able to partake in the "Simon Community climb of Kilimanjaro mountain in Tanzania" next Autumn 2006. Loadsa prizes and craic guaranteed. --------------- --------------- --------------- read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday November 28, 2005 18:31 by yahoo
By PAUL AMES, Associated Press Writer "Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini also warned that that any of the 25 bloc nations found to have operated secret CIA prisons could have their EU voting rights suspended." read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday November 28, 2005 18:06 by CIL 7 comments (last - thursday december 08, 2005 17:07)
Campaign for an Independent Left Building a new party of working people Public meeting It’s time for a real alternative read full story / add a comment
national / housing / event notice Monday November 28, 2005 13:48 by Mark Grehan 1 comment (last - monday november 28, 2005 13:51)
On Wednesday 30th of November the auction of the site of the old UCD Veterinary buildings will be sold to the highest bidder. The current value of the site is €100 million. Over the last couple of months, homeless activists have gathered signatures in support of Street Seen's demand for the government to hand over the land or the proceed's of the sale to Dublin City Council for the purpose of eradicating the homeless crisis in Dublin. Nearly 20,000 signatures of support have been gathered from the public in support of this demand. On Wednesday 30th November Street Seen will be handing in the petitions. This will take place at 1 o'clock at the front gates of the Dáil. Street Seen has called on Bertie Aherne to come out to collect the signatures. read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / event notice Monday November 28, 2005 12:02 by Martin Giannini 1 comment (last - thursday december 01, 2005 17:33)
Part of the 10th Convergence Festival on Sustainable Living. This new film offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. The film will be followed by a discussion facilitated by the GM Free Ireland Network. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / other press Sunday November 27, 2005 23:41 by regular joe
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 14th May 2002 Persuasion works best when it’s invisible. The most effective marketing worms its way into our consciousness, leaving intact the perception that we have reached our opinions and made our choices independently. As old as humankind itself, over the past few years this approach has been refined, with the help of the internet, into a technique called “viral marketing”. Last month, the viruses appear to have murdered their host. One of the world’s foremost scientific journals was persuaded to do something it has never done before, and retract a paper it had published. read full story / add a comment |
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