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national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 22, 2004 - 11:49 by hamish arrowsmith
 10 comments (last - wednesday august 11, 2004 - 22:12)
PRESS RELEASE WHY DOES THE BBC IGNORE AFRICAN WARS Tools For Solidarity and the Black Youth Network are commemorating African Liberation Day outside the Bedford St offices of the BBC on Tuesday 25 May from 5 – 6pm. We will be asking the BBC when it is going to start reporting the 22 ongoing forgotten wars of Africa. There will be some street theatre from 5pm and at 5.30pm there will be a 3 minute silence for the forgotten dead. There will be 22 gravestones representing 22 ongoing conflicts in Africa. People are asked to wear something black as a mark of respect for the dead. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday May 20, 2004 - 18:20 by Rory McKevitt
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If they were serious about saving lives, one would might expect that the NSC would actually tackle the real issues of safety for the Irish cyclists: Heavy Goods Vehicles, Speeding , Lack of lower speed limits, Dangerous junction designs and bad driving. [ See the URI below for an article published in Irish Cycling - ed ] ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday May 20, 2004 - 15:39 by Caoimhe Butterly, Tim Hourigan
17 comments (last - wednesday may 26, 2004 - 10:49)
Members of Anti War Ireland are disgusted and outraged at the recent killings in Palestine and Iraq, not just at the killings themselves, but also at the ongoing list of abuses of human rights in the Middle East, especially the most basic right to life. We are outraged also at the lack of effective action by the UN and the international community. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 19, 2004 - 11:55 by Eoin Dubsky
39 comments (last - wednesday may 26, 2004 - 21:48)
Peace campaigner and independent candidate for the European elections in Leinster, Eoin Dubsky, today handed in a letter to Pearse Street Garda Station requesting that they investigate the American warship currently in Dublin for serious offences under Irish law. ... read full story / add a comment
waterford / anti-capitalism Tuesday May 18, 2004 - 13:02 by Roy Hassey
2 comments (last - wednesday may 19, 2004 - 23:37)
For Alternative Environmental Summit and Demonstration in Waterford ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday May 17, 2004 - 12:45 by Shane Foran
7 comments (last - tuesday may 18, 2004 - 20:44)
Cyclists totally opposed to compulsory wearing of helmets as proposed by National Safety Council. The Irish Cycling Campaign calls yet again for the scrapping of the current NSC board which is dominated by the motoring industry to the detriment of cyclists, pedestrians and public transport users. ... read full story / add a comment
national / summit mobilisations Friday May 14, 2004 - 19:32 by Fergus Robson
6 comments (last - wednesday may 19, 2004 - 17:38)
I am one of the MayDay arrestees,I am in need of video or photographic evidence concerning my arrest. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday May 14, 2004 - 16:21 by AI
Arms export controls in the expanded European Union are dangerously ineffective and stringent new regulations are urgently needed to protect human rights and safeguard people's security, Amnesty International said today. ... read full story / add a comment
national / summit mobilisations Friday May 14, 2004 - 15:46 by Laurence Cox
57 comments (last - thursday may 20, 2004 - 11:32)
The four spokespeople of the Dublin Grassroots Network - Aileen O'Carroll, Mark Malone, Liz Curry and Laurence Cox - have laid down their mandates, which were for the May Day events only. They will remain active in relation to ongoing court cases and possible legal action. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 14, 2004 - 12:00 by Shane Foran
11 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2004 - 23:55)
The Galway Cycling Campaign has rejected the National Safety Council's recent call for compulsory cycle-helmets for children and has dismissed the National Safety Council's claims regarding helmets as false and untenable. ... read full story / add a comment
waterford / anti-capitalism Thursday May 13, 2004 - 11:25 by Roy Hassey
5 comments (last - thursday may 13, 2004 - 20:13)
Everyone invited ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Thursday May 13, 2004 - 09:28 by Michael Gallagher
77 comments (last - monday june 14, 2004 - 11:08)
MICHAEL GALLAGHER REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST LOCAL ELECTION CANDIDATE I am formally launching my campaign to stand in the North Inner City Ward as an Independent Socialist. Born in the North Inner City, where I have lived - and struggled - for most of my forty-seven years, I will continue to fight for my community and the working class in the battles ahead against the capitalist system. In a time of unprecedented wealth, the divide between the rich and the poor has widened even further, pushing people even more to the margins and the growing 'underclass'. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 12, 2004 - 22:38 by Elaine Byrne
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PRESS RELEASE Following a peaceful demonstration (May 12th) by the Irish Peace Society on the visit of the Premier of China, Mr. Wen Jiabao, to the University of Limerick, the Irish Peace Society received a commitment from the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland, H.E. Zhang Xiaokang, to meet formally with members of the Irish Peace Society to address the concerns raised. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Wednesday May 12, 2004 - 18:19 by Will St. Leger
1 comment (last - thursday may 13, 2004 - 18:00)
Voice Of Irish Concern for the Environment (VOICE) have launched a national ‘voting' campaign called ‘ Down to Zero' . The campaign calls on the Government to reject incineration and provide maximum recycling and composting for household and commercial waste. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 12, 2004 - 14:56 by Eoin Dubsky
2 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2004 - 00:20)
This morning at the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand, Mr. Justice Grigson delivered his ruling on what legal arguments will be allowed in the trials of the "Fairford Five," anti-war protesters awaiting trial for disarmament actions at a Gloucestershire air base. In three separate actions at RAF Fairford last year, all five defendants tried to reach and damage US bomber planes, or damaged aircraft support vehicles, in their efforts to resist the war on Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday May 11, 2004 - 19:38 by YFG Member
5 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2004 - 23:33)
Suicide, attempted suicide and the pressures on people in modern Irish society must become an issue in the forthcoming elections on June 11th according to Young Fine Gael President William Lavelle. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday May 11, 2004 - 16:13 by rovingreporter
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FF's Eoin Ryan's opinion on use of shannon and idea about confronting councillors and wannabeMEPs ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday May 10, 2004 - 19:56 by inspector
2 comments (last - monday may 10, 2004 - 22:53)
Another time some persons will enter as civil inspectors publicly the fences and wires, and will try to reach the main installations of the military base in order to realize an inspection. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / summit mobilisations Monday May 10, 2004 - 13:13 by Dublin Grassroots Network
8 comments (last - monday may 10, 2004 - 20:32)
May Day organisers challenge criminalisation of dissent Dublin Grassroots Network, the organisers of many of the May Day protest events, today condemned the effective suspension of civil liberties for the weekend. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday May 09, 2004 - 11:32 by Organise!
The role of teachers? Teachers are viewed by some as the ‘soft cops’ of the state; a youth wing of the police force whose objective is to atomise individual creativity, to accustom young people to their role as submissive industrial fodder, and to indoctrinate against subversion and unorthodoxy of any kind. In Ireland, the role of Christian faith meted out in form assemblies and classrooms across the country is hand in glove with statist control. ... read full story / add a comment |
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