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international / eu / other press Friday June 26, 2009 17:21 by Susan Boyle PopQueen
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The island of Martinique is in the Carribean sea where reggae, voodoo, rum & hurricanes come from. It is also an integral part of France and as such its map appears on Euro bank notes at the bottom in a little insert. Four months ago the people of Martinique and neighbouring Gaudelope paralysed their local economies with strike actions, civil unrest, general un-mellowness and all round anti-Sarkozy attitude. This was in no small part due to their extraordinarily high levels of unemployment compared to the rest of France. Today Sarkozy has started a tour of "overseas France" and has proposed a referendum on autonomy but not independence. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday June 26, 2009 16:05 by RogerYates
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"Animal Rights July," a 5-week event in Dublin, featuring films, discussions and lectures on animal rights philosophy and social movement advocacy. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday June 26, 2009 14:04 by Andrew
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In any country with a half way critical media, the last few months would have been disastrous for Shell. In a crucial period in Shell’s imposition of an experimental gas pipeline on the people of Erris it emerges that Michael Dwyer, one of the security guards on this project, was part of an attempt to trigger a civil war in Bolivia. Soon after that it became clear that at least three others who had worked as security guards at the Shell compound had travelled to Bolivia with Dwyer and were wanted there for questioning. Some, it emerged, had links to fascist organizations in Eastern Europe. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Friday June 26, 2009 11:17 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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In a daring action by the Shell to Sea kayak team Shell's pipe-laying ship the Solitaire was forced to flee from activists late yesterday. Read on... read full story / add a comment |
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