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national / environment Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 22:25 by not listened to   text 33 comments (last - tuesday november 07, 2006 - 10:26)
The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Noel Dempsey, and Junior Minister John Browne have met a group of 20 Fianna Fáil TD's and Senators at Leinster House over concerns about the plan to end driftnet fishing for salmon. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 19:33 by Terence   text 4 comments (last - friday november 03, 2006 - 14:13)
The rather famous documentary made a few years ago and which has been shown widely is now available online with YouTube. It documents how the growth of suburbia was based on the assumption of an endless supply of cheap oil. That assumption now no longer holds true. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 14:30 by Shell and the environment   text 4 comments (last - wednesday november 01, 2006 - 16:08)
Pressure group calls for boycott of photography show ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 12:20 by pat c
Women still face a grim present and future in Afghanistan as the ironheel of Islam stamps firmly on their faces.

Women reporting rape run the risk of being imprisoned for having sexual intercourse outside marriage.

"Women's rights activists are getting killed, women's NGO workers are getting killed, and that is not going to change unless some drastic action is taken,"

Full story at the link.

pat c

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galway / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 00:46 by Maggie   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 02, 2006 - 14:49)
In a Counterpunch article by William S. Lind; Director for the Center for Cultural Conservatism for the Free Congress Foundation it is suggested that an attack on Iran is envisaged before Xmas:

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mayo / environment Tuesday October 31, 2006 - 23:07 by supporter   text 11 comments (last - saturday november 04, 2006 - 12:13)
There has been some articles in the village magazine latley which cover the shell to sea campgain.
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national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday October 31, 2006 - 22:42 by Anti-War Ireland   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 01, 2006 - 11:36)
The following is a link to a Democracy Now interview, conducted by Amy Goodman, with former US Abu-Ghraib interrogator Tony Lagouranis, who is currently speaking at Anti-War Ireland events around Ireland. He spoke at the protest in Shannon last Saturday and called for the expulsion of the US war machine from that airport.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/15/1632233 ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Monday October 30, 2006 - 18:23 by TJ   text 4 comments (last - monday november 13, 2006 - 13:59)
Todays Independent (UK) newspaper and the Democracy Now website are reporting that the "United Nations Environment Programme is investigating allegations, first published in The Independent, that Israel may have used uranium-based weapons during this summer's war in Lebanon. Twenty UN experts, working with Lebanese environmentalists, have spent two weeks assessing various samples. They are planning to report their findings in December". ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Monday October 30, 2006 - 05:13 by nano
This past week in Australia has been ‘fundamentally’ outstanding; dimwitted fundamentalist religionists vied with each other for top billing in the local media. Never has the nation seen such retarded behaviour from so many diverse religious groups. The prize for fundamentalist imbecile of the week however goes to the Muslim cleric Sheik al-Hilali for his retrogressive reference to women as “uncovered meat”. He unashamedly placed the responsibility for rape and other sexually violent acts onto women; men were exonerated on the basis that “uncovered meat” is sexually provocative! The local media now refers to the cleric as the “Meat Sheik” and continues to sensationalise aspects of the story. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Monday October 30, 2006 - 00:18 by Máire Mhic Fhearghusa
Written September 2006 and adapted October for singing.

See: sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiCLAREDRG;ttCLAREDRG.html for tune and words

See: www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/jacobite_era.htm for history and words.
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national / anti-war / imperialism Sunday October 29, 2006 - 20:38 by Anti-War Ireland
Tony Lagouranis, one of three former US Abu-Ghraib interrogators in Ireland at the invitation of Anti-War Ireland, has been interviewed repeatedly since his arrival in Ireland. Along with Joshua Casteel and Stephen Lewis, Tony spoke at the anti-war rally at Shannon airport on Saturday and called for the expulsion of the US war machine from that airport. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Tony will speak at Anti-War Ireland public meetings in Cork and Belfast.
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international / gender and sexuality Sunday October 29, 2006 - 18:50 by Mary Riddell   text 4 comments (last - tuesday october 31, 2006 - 15:15)
Women die at the hands of the occupying US forces; but most women die at the hands of the "Resistance". Read the full article by Mary Riddell at the link.

Where death is the penalty for going bare-headed

If our leaders are intent on finding peace in Iraq, they could begin by upholding women's basic human rights

Black is never out of fashion in Iraq. Some women, the bereaved, have not cast off their mourning robes since 2003. Others, Christians included, wear Muslim dress as camouflage to preserve their lives. Driving a car or walking bare-headed is a come-on to executioners in a country where last year's Western fashions have become this season's shroud.
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international / consumer issues Sunday October 29, 2006 - 17:46 by C Murray   text 3 comments (last - tuesday december 12, 2006 - 20:15)   image 1 image
Alliance For Natural Health who are presently engaged in giving information on the
repurcussions of the EU Food Supplement Directive , in relation to consumer choice
in health care have released an Eblast re : The Upcoming Codex Conference in the
Golden Triangle , Chiang Mai, In Thailand.

http://www.alliance-natural-health.org ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday October 28, 2006 - 16:03 by R. Isible   text 1 comment (last - sunday october 29, 2006 - 02:12)
Article in the Guardian appearing to draw largely on the work of a Guardian journalist that has published "Ghost Plane" (which claims that it was his articles which first revealed rendition flights 1 year ago) talks about Germany parliamentary report revealing how the CIA and Syria attempted to stop Germany revealing information about torture flights. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday October 28, 2006 - 12:44 by salaud   text 13 comments (last - thursday october 25, 2007 - 12:09)   image 8 images
I think we should all take a look at what is so important about indymedia work and why it is so important and what it means to each one of us. I hope that we draw courage of conviction from Brad's example and that we stand together throughout the indymedia network and as individuals to redouble our efforts. I think you all know that it could have been any one of us. But, it is so much easier for them to take us one at a time. We stand much more strongly together in what we can all be proud of. Our brave common struggle. Indymedia. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / animal rights Friday October 27, 2006 - 19:27 by John Carmody   text 19 comments (last - wednesday may 06, 2009 - 03:36)   image 1 image
Here is what you will see if you visit the flagship Topshop store in Oxford Street in Lonond in the next couple of weeks!

Hooray for Topshop!! Thanks to them, thousands of people will be alerted to the cruelty of the fur industry -

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international / gender and sexuality Friday October 27, 2006 - 13:29 by Chris Murray   text 25 comments (last - friday october 05, 2007 - 10:04)
This is a copy of a letter sent to Women's Activist's Groups re: Reproductive Rights in Poland.
At the same time the Nicaraguan Government has voted to ban all abortions on the threat
of thirty years imprisonment, after a campaign by the Catholic Church in that country.

The Nicaragua Story is in Today's Guardian. The Polish Letter is printed here.

The Email was sent out by a Reproductive Rights campaigner from Poland.
http://www.federa.org.pl/signatures

307 Votes are needed to Pass this ban into Law.The Parliament consists of 460 seats. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday October 27, 2006 - 13:17 by Cian   text 2 comments (last - friday october 27, 2006 - 21:36)   audio 1 audio file
Last weekend the Socialist Party in Ireland held Socialism 2006, a weekend of debate and discussion, in Dublin. The event got off to a magnificent start on the Friday night as 280 people packed a room to hear Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins debate with well known economist, journalist and author, David McWilliams on ‘Is there an alternative to the capitalist market?’.

NOW THE MP3 IS AVAILABLE AT: www.SocialistParty.net/Socialism2006a.mp3 ... read full story / add a comment
Andersonstown News, 26/10/2006
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday October 26, 2006 - 22:35 by CÓB   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 26, 2006 - 22:38)   image 1 image
Standing on a damp road in the predawn morning surrounded by dozens of hostile police officers, it was easy to picture yourself in Ardoyne, Portadown or the Lower Ormeau.

As the anticipation built in preparation for the arrival of the unwanted visitors, determined to trundle through the community, it almost felt like the marching season as well.

But this wasn’t Dunloy or Bellaghy. Rossport is a small Gaeltacht community in probably the most remote part of Co Mayo. Take away the legions of Guards and protestors and it would be hard to imagine confrontation ever taking place on a road enveloped by bleak bogland and foreboding forest. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Thursday October 26, 2006 - 19:58 by No Comment
Pope Benedict today professed regret at the Ferns Sexual abuse scandals and solidarity
with the victims. This might be the first papal utterance of understanding on the issue of child
sexual abuse which tormented a generation of Children. The message was relayed at
an Irish Episcopal Conference at the Vatican today.

Its a start.
It's an acknowledgement of the torment that people went through.
It is not an apology or acceptance of responsibility for the handling and
covering up of the issue.

Pope Benedict was at the head of the council which investigated the issue of Child Sexual Abuse.
The Buck Stopped there. ... read full story / add a comment
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