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international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday March 25, 2009 - 17:52 by Per
In the early morning of March 22th three disarmers were arrested at Saab Aerospace Systems’ weapons factory in Linköping, Sweden. Martin Smedjeback, Annika Spalde and Pelle Strindlund were on their way todisarm Jas 39 Gripen fighter jets, planes intended for export to India, Thailand and South Africa. The peace activists, who are all part of the anti-militaristic network Ofog, entered Saab’s industry area in Linköping by cutting holes in the barbed wire fence surrounding the area. Once inside they held a silent minute, dedicated to the twenty children that die every minute because of poverty in a world that invests more money in weapons than in fighting poverty.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 23, 2009 - 19:41 by Richard Walsh
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Republican Sinn Féin welcomes the release of two men from Antrim Barracks today. The 31-year-old and 27-year-old men had been held since Monday, 16th March. Upon their arrest the two embarked on a hunger strike. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday March 22, 2009 - 21:00 by Eugene Mc Cartan
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The call by Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore on RTE radio on Sunday morning (22nd) for the Taoiseach Brian Cowan to intervene with the trade union movement to get them to call of the one day strike on the 30th of March is yet another example of how out of touch the Labour Party is with the growing anger of the Irish people to the deepening economic crisis and the attempts by the government to make working people pay for a crisis that is not of their making. As this bankrupt government prepares its emergency budget it must be meet with the full force of that anger so that they get the message loud and clear. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday March 19, 2009 - 22:35 by Richard Walsh
Republican Sinn Féin has learnt that two men arrested in North Armagh on Monday have been refusing food since being taken to Antrim RUC Barracks. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Wednesday March 18, 2009 - 20:11 by Dublin Basque
Basque festival/ Jaia scheduled for this Saturday had to be cancelled but will be rescheduled. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 17, 2009 - 21:14 by Danny
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The following is a press release concerning the arrest and trial of John Anthony Hill, with information on where to go if you wish to show support. ... read full story / add a comment
armagh / miscellaneous Tuesday March 17, 2009 - 00:41 by Richard Walsh
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RSF has learnt that the RUC are intending to raid every address in the Drumbeg/Meadowbrook areas of Craigavon, Co. Armagh. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday March 12, 2009 - 22:56 by Frank
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End The Conflict End British occupation ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday March 06, 2009 - 14:41 by Richard Walsh
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Remarks made by Fianna Fáil's Mary Hanafin today and by Fine Gael's Joe McHugh in the recent past that cross-border dole claimants should be targeted amounts to an attack on the least well-off, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin has said. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday March 06, 2009 - 12:09 by Gareth Murphy
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Please see below email that has been sent signed by both the CYM and Labour Youth to all Green Party TD's, MEP's, Senators and Cllr's. We will be increasing the pressure we can exert in the coming weeks. Email 6th March 2009 ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday March 06, 2009 - 10:28 by Richard Walsh
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RSF have said that the revelation this morning that RUC Supremo Hugh Orde ordered the redeployment of special units of the British Crown Forces demonstrates that they were correct in stating that the renaming of 'Operation Banner' to 'Operation Helvetic' was meaningless. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday March 05, 2009 - 19:02 by Richard Walsh
The claims made by English prime minister Gordon Brown in Washington that “Ireland is now at peace” are bizarre given the revelation that the Republican threat to English rule was, on the same day, reclassified as “severe”. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Tuesday March 03, 2009 - 21:23 by Progressive Film Club
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International Women's Day Film Festival Sunday 8th of March 2009 To mark International Women's Day the Progressive Film Club will be screening a number of films made by and about women, beginning at 11a.m. and continuing all day. ** Admission for all screenings today is free ... read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 03, 2009 - 16:18 by KarenMcDonnell
Ethical Development Action will be hosting a conference that will be looking at the conditions the saharawi are forced to live in, both in the Algerian refugee camps and in the Occupied Territories of the Western Sahara. Conference will take place on friday the 3rd April. For more information please email us at [email protected] or check out the website www.edacork.org ... read full story / add a comment
éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson has labeled the conditions children are forced to endure in Ireland’s schools an indictment on the systems of government in the country. Leeson identified four matters in particular as indicative of the disdain with which the Leinster House and Stormont administrations treat the nation’s children: ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Monday March 02, 2009 - 19:55 by Feargus
New Book being published ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 02, 2009 - 18:15 by brendan butler
Mallabraca investment group want to take a major shareholding in Anglo Irish Bank ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media Monday March 02, 2009 - 14:29 by DCTV
Dear Friends, Dublin Community Television launched it's schedule for the month of March yesterday. You can find a PDF copy of the brochure outlinning programming for the month at http://www.dctv.ie/main/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/marc...1.pdf . Below there is a text copy of the schedule. Please support community tv and the opportunities it creates for diversifying participation in the Irish media landscape by spreading this as far as possible. All the best, DCTV. --------------------- ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous Friday February 27, 2009 - 21:34 by WSM
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Former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member Ashanti Alston is to speak in the Culturlann next week as part of a speaking tour of Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Friday February 27, 2009 - 08:21 by Frank
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