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international / gender and sexuality Monday June 08, 2009 - 11:59 by pat c
The Bulgarian Queer-Community is under attack by neo-nazis, last year a Queer march was attacked byfash scum who threw Molotov cocktails at the parade.This year its under threat again and a member of the Bulgarian Parliament has called for it to be attacked. Full text at link. On June 28th 2008, neo-Nazi groups aggressively attacked the first LGBTQ Pride march in Sofia, Bulgaria. A week before the march, the Bulgarian National Alliance, the most visible nationalist organization in the country, called for a “week of intolerance.” The BNA strongly encouraged nationalistic groups to organize themselves against the right of the queer community in Bulgaria to peacefully march, which resulted in loosely organized violence during the festivities. BNA members and other neo-Nazis threw molotov cocktails and small explosives at the participants of the Pride march. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. However, more than eighty skinheads, including Boyan Rasate (head of the BNA) were arrested for their attempted harm and direct violence toward pride participants. This year neo-Nazi groups are once again organizing themselves against the march and Bulgarian queers’ ability to defend their human rights. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 05, 2009 - 06:51 by Ciaron
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Kathy Kelly is longtime U.S. nonviolent activist and anti-war resister. She has served prison sentences for nonviolent resistance to U.S. nuclear and interventionary war preparations. She was in the peace camp on the Iraq/Saudi border druing Gulf War 1, she initiated the sanctions busting "Voices in the Wilderness" movement in the mid-90's, was on the ground in Baghdad during the "Shock and Awe" bombardment of '03. She came to Dublin in '05 and '06 to testify at the 3 Pitstop Plougshshares trials and was recently arrested at the Nevada U.S. Air Force base where the U.S. drones have their firing mechanism pressed. She is presently in Pakistan...... ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday June 04, 2009 - 16:57 by Ronoc
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"What do Nigeria and Ireland have in common? Shell, gas and trouble." By Miriam Cotton "While Royal Dutch Shell are on trial in New York on charges of conspiring with the Nigerian government to have the activist and writer Ken Saro Wiwa hanged, Shell is also embroiled in a similar controversy in Co Mayo, Ireland, where its plans for a pipeline and refinery are meeting with determined opposition. A version of this article first appeared in the June 2009 issue of Village - an Irish current affairs magazine. " ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / politics / elections Thursday June 04, 2009 - 14:53 by Joe Higgins
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It is now clear that our campaign is the best placed to defeat Fianna Fail in the Dublin Euro Election. People really appreciate the relentless opposition I mounted to the Fianna Fail/Progressive Democrat Government when they were inflating the property bubble and allowing property speculators and big bankers rake in billions of Euro on the backs of young people needing homes. People want the same commitment now as the FiannaFail/Green Party Government savage the living standards of working people and the unemployed while they salvage the reckless developers and bankers. ... read full story / add a comment |
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