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national / animal rights Saturday July 25, 2009 - 00:02 by RogerYates
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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 
limerick / worker & community struggles and protests Friday July 24, 2009 - 16:33 by Limerick Socialist Party
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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. ... read full story / add a comment
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. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday July 20, 2009 - 17:31 by RogerYates
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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
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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
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“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 ... read full story / add a comment
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
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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 
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 16, 2009 - 14:30 by MLK House
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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 
dublin / arts and media Tuesday July 14, 2009 - 13:14 by DCTV
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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
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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]. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Monday July 13, 2009 - 10:31 by Raymond Deane
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Palestinian civil society has called for a comprehensive campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against the Israeli state, including a cultural boycott. Leonard Cohen must be persuaded not to break this boycott. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 12, 2009 - 23:27 by IMC of Athens and Patras
For all these reasons we ask you if you can host the Internet sites of the IMC of Athens and Patras on your server. We must preserve them, especially when they are closed or are near to be closed, and to react against censorship and promote freedom of information. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 12, 2009 - 13:57 by RogerYates
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The third event in ‘Animal Rights July’ in Dublin takes place at Theatre ‘N’, Newman Building, UCD campus, on Wednesday 15th July, 2009, at 7.00 pm. A Cow At My Table has never been presented at a public event such as Animal Rights July before in Ireland. It is a powerful documentary about our relations with other animals, filmed over five years, by journalist, media artist and teacher, Jennifer Abbot. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday July 11, 2009 - 11:31 by Diarmuid Breatnach
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Seomra Spraoi collective took the decision on political grounds to refuse Basque solidarity group the use of their space for a Basque festival. Dublin Basque Solidarity Committee accuses Seomra of breaking a previous undertaking to allow them a right to reply to objections raised against them and states that they are aligning themselves with the oppressors of the Basque people. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Saturday July 11, 2009 - 10:43 by Workers Party (Cork)
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A motion calling for an inquiry into the Corrib Gas Project has been put down by Councillor Ted Tynan and is on the agenda for next Monday night's meeting of Cork City Council (13.07.09). ... read full story / add a comment
the Government is engaged in a cynical exercise of political manipulation. Speaking on behalf of the People’s Movement, which successfully campaigned against ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in last year’s referendum, McKenna said “these so-called ‘Legal Guarantees’ on the Lisbon Treaty are nothing more than an exercise in creative manipulation designed to mislead the public. This fact was even recognised by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin who after EU foreign ministers met in Luxembourg recently, said, “The impetus from other member states is to be helpful, creative and try to resolve these issues … We are quietly confident and hopeful,” “What the Minister really means is that Legal guarantees on the Lisbon Treaty are just a creative way of giving people a feeling of legal certainty which does not and cannot exist.” Said McKenna ... read full story / add a comment |
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