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national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday November 24, 2006 - 23:29 by RSF
Irish Republican Information Service (no. 87)
Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Phone: +353-1-872 9747; FAX: +353-1-872 9757;
Date: 22 Samhain / November 2006

Internet resources maintained by SAOIRSE-Irish Freedom

http://saoirse.info ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday November 24, 2006 - 16:16 by Obit   text 21 comments (last - saturday july 21, 2007 - 20:35)   image 2 images
"The Bastards Got me, They won't get us all"

London Independent Front Page. A Filmaker and friend of Litvinenko filmed
a final cut of the Spy's defiance after he was poisoned allegedly by a cocktail
of lethal radioactive materials used in the Russian Space Programme. ... read full story / add a comment
Another gaffe for accident prone minister
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression Friday November 24, 2006 - 11:55 by Jimmy Woulfe   text 1 comment (last - saturday november 25, 2006 - 12:40)   image 3 images
DEFENCE MINISTER Willie O’Dea was at the centre of another embarrassing gaffe last night after it was claimed he was forced to pull out of the launch of the biography of the famed Limerick IRA man Sean South of Garryowen.

The minister, who is also from Limerick, withdrew from the event claiming he did not realise who the book was about when he agreed to do the launch. The biography by Des Fogerty is entitled Sean South of Garryowen.
... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday November 24, 2006 - 06:16 by nano
John Howard, lackey Prime Minister of Australia and member of the coalition of willing criminals, today stated that he is “horrified“ at the loss of life in Iraq. In view of the fact that Howard, Bush and Blair are DIRECTLY responsible for the illegal invasion and the hundreds of thousands of subsequent deaths in Iraq, we are horrified that these men have avoided prosecution to date! ... read full story / add a comment
Bush studies new Terrorist legislation
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday November 23, 2006 - 14:32 by Yusuf   text 1 comment (last - sunday november 26, 2006 - 17:07)   image 1 image
Bush has now authorised spying on Alcatel. Alcatel has a large operation in Ireland and if Bush has his way and the NSA has the right to examine all Alcatels' records and keep it under constant surveillance, the calls of Irish mobile phone users will be available to the US. All because Bush claims Alcatel, "might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States". ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday November 23, 2006 - 05:33 by finch
Foreboding has hit the ranks of private equity firms; try as they might to unload vast amounts of funds (monetary value is inextricably linked to the movement of those funds) they have been unable to spend/invest at a rate that would sustain value let alone increase real profits! The ‘healthy figures’ reflecting increased acquisitions/investments are on paper only – it ‘looks good’ at the moment! ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Wednesday November 22, 2006 - 22:21 by D_D
With this issue (No. 26, November 2006), which has been published recently, Red Banner enters its tenth year. The next issue will appear as normal in March, but from then on Red Banner will be a quarterly magazine, appearing every three (instead of four) months.

The new Red Banner will be smaller in size, forty pages in all, with the price reduced to €2 in the South and £1.50 in the North.

... read full story / add a comment
donegal / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday November 22, 2006 - 15:57 by John Doherty The Poor Mans Advocate   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 30, 2006 - 21:56)

The Clubman workers have now set up a website where you can sign the guestbook and send messages of solidarity.
www.clubmanpicket.eu
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international / arts and media Wednesday November 22, 2006 - 12:20 by eeekkkk   image 1 image
In this video, "The Disney Trap: How Copyright Steals our Stories," James Joyce's Molly Bloom and an Italian net-user have a video-chat about copyright and how the protracted term of copyright makes it hard for characters to defend themselves. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday November 22, 2006 - 03:29 by supp   text 4 comments (last - friday november 24, 2006 - 14:01)
THE Erris-based football club, Valley Rovers has sensationally pulled out of this year's FAI Junior Cup.

The club officially notified the FAI of its intention to withdraw yesterday (Monday).

They described the action as a "boycotting" one taken on the grounds that the high profile knock-out challenge is sponsored by Statoil, who are one of Shell E&P Ireland Ltd's partners in the Corrib gas project in Erris.

The Statoil FAI Junior Cup is one of the biggest soccer knock out tournaments in Europe.

In an official statement Valley Rovers F.C. said it had been disappointed to see local people from its parish, Kilcommon, being treated in a "heavy handed manner" by Gardaí as they protested at Shell's first attempts to resume work at the terminal site in Bellanaboy. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Tuesday November 21, 2006 - 21:17 by Sean Crudden
A pact was signed today to build a plant to produce energy by nuclear fusion for commercial use. France leads the way and gets massive backing from the EU. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday November 21, 2006 - 02:02 by Indo watcher   text 4 comments (last - tuesday november 28, 2006 - 19:46)   image 1 image
This is obviously interesting as a spin on the Shell to Sea campaign, that people shouldn't be interested in it because Sinn Féin support it, and the fact that it chimes in with SF politics should make everyone wary of it.

What is also fascinating is the insight into the worldview of the author (and by extension, those who pay him and read him). He believes that if something reminds people of the recent conflict in and about Nothern Ireland, then people in the rest of the country will turn off from it. Not because of the issues, but just because it brings up unhappy associations.

Therefore if the police want to diminish public support, they should baton charge the protesters, the author seems to be saying. Perhaps plastic bullets would be the next logical step in Mayo? ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday November 20, 2006 - 22:37 by petesy71   text 1 comment (last - thursday november 23, 2006 - 14:29)
An essay on an oak planting project in Armagh, providing people with the chance to purchase an oak tree as a gift, thereby enabling further planting. ... read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-war / imperialism Monday November 20, 2006 - 21:43 by anon   text 15 comments (last - thursday december 14, 2006 - 04:24)
Both FEIC and DAWC were today calling on the council to stand by that commitment, following evidence unearthed by the North West Telegraph that Raytheon had been developing the Joint Effects Tactical Targeting System (JETTS) for the MoD, which aims to improve "lethality". During a meeting, Raytheon bosses confirmed to the council that the revelations in the documents, obtained from Invest NI under the Freedom of Information Act, were true.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northwest_editio...14803 ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism Monday November 20, 2006 - 19:37 by Jesse, copying from Narco News   image 1 image
From the Intergalactic Commission of the EZLN: ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Sunday November 19, 2006 - 18:53 by R. Isible   text 12 comments (last - saturday april 14, 2007 - 17:27)   image 7 images
A story in today's Sunday Independent would appear to reveal an attempt to fracture the Shell To Sea campaign. The story focuses attention on Maura Harrington who (among others) can be seen to be assaulted by Gardai in many photos on IMC.ie e.g. http://indymedia.ie/article/79039

Mark Garavan is quoted as criticising some "unnamed person" as being "violent". I wonder what he actually meant and whether Daniel McConnell understand him to be talking about Sgt. Connor O'Reilly or some of the police officers that were responsible for these assaults
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/78913#comment170751 early on in the protests? ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday November 19, 2006 - 18:16 by Sean Crudden
Harrington overhauled and then despatched Tiger in a playoff in The Phoenix Open in Japan. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday November 18, 2006 - 18:29 by gan
Ludicrous assumptions are many but perhaps the most absurd is the assumption that those who steal the greater percentage of available wealth and continue to implement economic strategies designed to enslave are (somehow) safe and secure. From the Pacific islands to the pitch battles in Mainland China, exploited people of the world are retaliating against injustice. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday November 18, 2006 - 16:53 by Obit.   text 9 comments (last - saturday august 18, 2007 - 19:56)   image 4 images
Malcolm Richter's Body was found beside, " A video-camera, a canister of Gasoline, a sign reading
'Thou shalt not kill' . He self-immolated publicly in Chicago during early morning rush-hour on
November the third. The death witnessed by hundreds of people did not make the 'press'.

Oaxaca did not make the mainstream either.
A website focusing on his antiwar activites has been opened with an appeal to tell his story.
There will be a solidarity protest today . ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday November 17, 2006 - 18:14 by Red Banner
Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas. Issue 26 is out now. €3 / £2 from Red Banner, PO Box 6587, Dublin 6 or from usual outlets. ... read full story / add a comment
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