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There is a political movement that is dying before our very eyes. It lives under a variety of names. For Dr David McGrogan it is Nice Right Liberalism: the belief that deep down everyone is really a decent English chap.
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It's taken three years for Putin to get a few miles inside a run-down country like Ukraine, but the Establishment still pushes the idea that he can roll over the rest of Europe. Is he really our enemy, asks James Leary.
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national / miscellaneous Tuesday July 28, 2009 - 16:57 by Richard Walsh
A Republican prisoner in Maghaberry was refused medical attention. ... read full story / add a comment
Fred Johnston
national / arts and media Monday July 27, 2009 - 18:36 by Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlín Maude   text 9 comments (last - thursday october 15, 2009 - 16:47)   image 1 image
Writer, founder of the annual Cúirt literature festival and Director of The Western Writers' Centre (Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude) Fred Johnston has been writing and publishing his poems almost entirely in French for some time now; but it all began with translating short stories of Breton folklore and French poems. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday July 27, 2009 - 17:50 by pat c   image 1 image
On Saturday August 1, Hands Off the People of Iran will be playing a fundraising cricket match against the Labour Representation Committee. The team captains, John McDonnell MP (LRC) and Attila the Stockbroker (HOPI), will be tossing a coin at 11 am, and the first ball will be bowled at noon. Even the weather should not be able to get in our way, as we will have numerous gazebos with a fully-stocked bar and food.

You dont have to be in London to support this event. Go to http://www.hopoi.org/index.html and click on the paypal donate button. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday July 26, 2009 - 18:53 by Teresa Shallow   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 02, 2009 - 13:46)
Children still suffering whille overseas investors gain ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Sunday July 26, 2009 - 00:45 by Kevin Higgins   text 7 comments (last - saturday august 22, 2009 - 13:47)
Statement from Kevin Higgins re: Intimidation and Galway Alliance Against War ... read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media Saturday July 25, 2009 - 00:57 by Over The Edge   text 8 comments (last - monday august 24, 2009 - 00:53)   image 4 images
Galway's literary events organisation Over The Edge is looking for poems in opposition to Ireland's new blasphemy law. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Saturday July 25, 2009 - 00:02 by RogerYates   text 1 comment (last - saturday july 25, 2009 - 00:10)
Animal Rights July at UCD ends on Wednesday 29th (7.00pm, Theatre ‘N’) with something different. A showing of vegan playwright G.F. Newman’s Judge John Deed (the only high court judge who cares for an ALF-rescued beagle). ... read full story / add a comment
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limerick / worker & community struggles and protests Friday July 24, 2009 - 16:33 by Limerick Socialist Party   image 2 images
The announcement by Element Six that it is to close its manufacturing base in the Shannon Free Zone has been slammed as “a disgusting stab in the back” and the redundancy package was called "derisory", by the Limerick Socialist Party this morning. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday July 22, 2009 - 17:19 by Brian Halpin
Independent Workers' Union
Dublin Taxi Drivers' Branch
For Full Time Professional Taxi Drivers'

About the IWU
The Independent Workers' Union is a trade union free from the constraints of Social Partnership and the need to appease bosses or politicians. The Independent Workers Union works for its members and for no other interest.

We are a licensed trade union possessing a negotiation license as stipulated in the Trade Union Act 1941. This allows us to lawfully negotiate on behalf of our members and lawfully conduct industrial action as stated in the Industrial Relations Act 1990.
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tyrone / environment Tuesday July 21, 2009 - 16:51 by Brian Guckian
A LEADING campaigner on sustainable transport issues in Ireland is to refer the Irish government and the Northern Ireland Assembly to the Eurpean Commission for their support for and pursuance of the proposed cross-border A5 Derry to Aughnacloy road scheme.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday July 20, 2009 - 17:31 by RogerYates   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 22, 2009 - 01:10)
Gary L. Francione, Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, USA (see full bio below), will give a lecture on ‘The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation’ at 7pm, Theatre ‘L’, UCD (Newman building). This interactive lecture, in which audience members can ask questions after the principal address, will be held live via satellite* from the USA. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday July 18, 2009 - 23:50 by Mairead Maguire
Natasha Estemirova was killed on Wednesday last in Chechnya for telling the truth about Russia's dirty war there ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Saturday July 18, 2009 - 19:06 by Patricia McKenna   text 3 comments (last - monday july 20, 2009 - 10:40)   image 1 image
The Green Party’s decision to support the Lisbon Treaty and backtrack on its long standing campaign for a more democratic EU will be more of a hindrance than a help to the Yes side. The voters would currently not buy a used car from the Green Party let alone a rejected treaty. The party leadership has shown that once part of the so-called ‘accepted political establishment’ they turn their back on their principles ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday July 17, 2009 - 22:10 by cllr. Louise Minihan   text 37 comments (last - sunday august 02, 2009 - 17:07)
“Councillor Louise Minihan Resigns from Sinn Féin”
Press Release 17th July 2009.

Councillor Louise Minihan, who resigned from Sinn Féin today (July 17th), has confirmed that she will continue to represent the people of Ballyfermot, Drimnagh, Bluebell, Chapelizod & Inchicore as a socialist republican councillor within Dublin City Council. Louise is a former member of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle and a founding member of Sinn Féin’s James Connolly Cumann in Ballyfermot, which was established in 1999. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday July 17, 2009 - 18:35 by Athens and Patras IMCs
Indymedia is ours and it will be alive as much as we need it to change the world
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday July 17, 2009 - 17:05 by Malcolm Smart
Amnesty International fears the wave of arrests of civil society activists in Iran is intensifying after the leading lawyer and women's human rights activist Shadi Sadr was violently arrested in Tehran this morning on her way to Friday prayers.

Shadi Sadr was walking with a group of women's rights activists along a busy road when unidentified plain-clothed men pulled her into a car. She lost her headscarf and coat in the ensuing struggle but managed briefly to escape. She was quickly recaptured and beaten with batons before being taken away in the car to an unknown location. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday July 17, 2009 - 10:12 by PBPA   text 6 comments (last - monday july 20, 2009 - 13:36)
People Before Profit Alliance says 'Despicable SNIP Report Must Be Rejected'

Report Will Deepen Unemployment Crisis
Vigorous Campaign To Defend Public Services Must Be Launched ... read full story / add a comment
Jaegerstaetter 3: Culley Palmer, Jim Dowling, Bryan Law
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 16, 2009 - 14:30 by MLK House   text 15 comments (last - monday july 27, 2009 - 11:07)   image 15 images   audio 1 audio file
Seven anti-war activists entered the Shoalwater Bay military training area in central Queensland during joint US-Australian Talisman Sabre exercises. The seven remain in the area and are presently moving towards the ‘live fire’ areas with the intention of shutting down the exercises. They remain undetected by Australian Defence Force Security and the Qld Police guarding the area. ... read full story / add a comment
The back of the promotional postcard.
dublin / arts and media Tuesday July 14, 2009 - 13:14 by DCTV   text 3 comments (last - friday july 31, 2009 - 13:18)   image 7 images

WHAT TO EXPECT ALL WEEK

Responses from the street to economic collapse, including protests,
occupations, ballot box revolutions, and finally solutions. In short
content you'll find no where else on Irish TV sets. It's Dublin
Community TV, where else? ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday July 14, 2009 - 09:30 by PRO   text 17 comments (last - tuesday august 04, 2009 - 21:10)
éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson has called on nationalist parties to withdraw their support for the PSNI in response to the force’s attack on a nationalist protest in north Belfast last night [Monday].
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