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international / miscellaneous Friday January 08, 2010 - 08:42 by John Hurson
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Report on the "Viva Palestina Humanitarian Aid Convoy". On Wednesday January 6th, 2010, 517 volunteers in 200 vehicles delivered humanitarian aid to the stricken region of Gaza. Despite many obstacles, they completed their journey which started out from London on December 6th. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 08, 2010 - 00:19 by Freda H and Fintan Lane
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There are fears tonight for the safety of several Irish people who entered Gaza yesterday with the Viva Palestina aid convoy. Reports have just reached the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) from both official Palestinian and Israeli sources that the area is under attack by Israeli warplanes. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday January 07, 2010 - 17:41 by tomeile
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Police arrested Slovak national, Stefan Gonda, on Tuesday after he had unwittingly brought plastic explosives into Ireland three days earlier on a plane. He was later released without charge . The pilot of the Danube Wings plane had been informed before take off from Poprad-Tatry airport in eastern Slovakia that the explosive material was on board , but decided to carry on with the plane’s scheduled flight . Slovak chief of border police Tibor Mako said the explosives had been attached to the straps of the man's backpack “to test security at Slovakia’s Poprad-Tatry Airport.” ... read full story / add a comment 
clare / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 07, 2010 - 15:47 by Kev
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Report by Grainne V: On December 31st 2009, 18 people gathered together on Scarriff Bridge to remember the over 1,400 Palestinians in Gaza who were killed by the Israeli Army last year and to stand in solidarity with the survivors of that attack, cynically named 'Operation Cast Lead'. We were one of many groups nationwide who met on bridges around the country at the same time as 1,400 internationals attempted to cross into Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt bringing much-needed aid and solidarity. ... read full story / add a comment 
down / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday January 07, 2010 - 12:03 by MH
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Fujitsu workers in the North have begun 3 days of strike action in opposition to a massive assault by bosses on conditions. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday January 06, 2010 - 17:04 by Fintan Lane
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has learned in the past few minutes that the Gaza aid convoy is finally at the Rafah crossing in Egypt and will cross into Gaza this evening. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday January 06, 2010 - 15:09 by Kev
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# Viva Palestina Convoy, including Irish citizens, attacked by police in Egypt # Over 40 activists injured, including 6 Irish / seven arrested # Convoy due to reach Gaza later today, after deal ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday January 06, 2010 - 14:29 by TD
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At Dawn today, some 35 to 40 Israeli Occupation Forces in 6 jeeps and a troop carrier raided the home of Rani Ayub in the West Bank village of Bil'in: there were no arrests as Rani was arrested four weeks ago in his home and has been held, incommunicado, since then in the notorious Mascobia (Russian Compound) police/interrogation center in West Jerusalem with no family visits, access to lawyers or even a charge. Iyad Burnat, head of Bil'in's Popular Committee say's the occupation soldiers were on a trawling exercise, seeking documentation and Rani Ayub's mobile phone. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday January 06, 2010 - 08:32 by TD
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These are the contents of two emails from Alice Howard of Viva Palestina 6:50am UK, Wednesday January 06, 2010 James Jordan, Sky News Online Controversial MP George Galloway has been involved in scuffles with Egyptian police as a group of pro-Palestinian activists tried to get a relief convoy into the Gaza Strip. According to medics 55 people were injured after the 520 activists broke down the gate at the port in El-Arish to protest against an Egyptian decision to ship some of the goods through Israel. They blocked the two entrances to the Sinai port with vehicles and clashed with police who used water cannon to control the protests. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 23:40 by THE DIGGER
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AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THE SEASON OF GOODWILL !.............AND THE ZIONIST KILLING MACHINE SAW IT AS AN OPEN SEASON ON CIVILLIANS! ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 22:58 by KSI
On December 24th, more than 80 people related to the BDP (Peace and Democracy Party), as well as human rights defenders and members of NGO’s were arrested across Turkey ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 21:11 by Fintan Lane
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In the past hour, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) received the following urgent updates from the port of Al-Arish in Egypt, where the Gaza aid convoy, which includes several Irish people and three Irish vehicles, is currently surrounded by riot police. It is unclear how the situation will unfold, though the convoy was meant to travel into Gaza tomorrow, with its much-needed humanitarian aid. The first report is by text from Tyrone man John Hurson. The second report is from Kevin Ovenden, one of the chief organisers of the convoy. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 19:12 by Contaminated Crow
A mast, two quarries, two power plants, a sports venue and turf-cutting ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 12:29 by Freda H
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In the past hour 157 Viva Palestina convoy members passports were taken away at Al-Arish airport by the Egyptian authorities. The Egyptians also removed the passport's of British MP George Galloway and convoy leader Kevin Ovenden. All passports were stamped in on entry but also received an exit stamp too. The Egyptian's wanted 157 convoy members to drive tonight to Gaza and forget about the other 400 Viva Palestina volunteers that were yet to fly into Al-Arish tonight ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 05, 2010 - 11:15 by pat c
Here are some news updates on what has been happening in Iran. More details may be found at http://hopoi.org/ Rouzbeh Karimi a marxist activist and law graduate who wrote for the leftist magazines such as Rokhdad Magazine has been arrested along with his partner Forough Karimi who has recently been involved in defending political prisoners and is also a Marxist. They were both arrested on Friday January 1. No charges have been made yet. There is a concerted campaign on the part of the Iranian Regime to move against the Left element of the protesters. You can help: Writ to the following Iranian officials demanding that the detainees rights be protected. Demand that all death sentences be commuted and all political prisoners be released. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 04, 2010 - 15:29 by Paddy
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Alice Howard in a Press Release has stated that: The Viva Palestina international aid convoy is just hours away from breaking Israel’s three and a half year siege of Gaza. Despite repeated obstructions from the Egyptian government, including its refusal to allow the convoy to land in the Egyptian port of Nuweiba, convoy members hope to be in Gaza tomorrow. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media Monday January 04, 2010 - 12:34 by DCTV
You can download the schedule for January 2010 in PDF format at the link below. http://www.dctv.ie/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/janu...0.pdf We have also developed a special page where you can view the exact timing of what is on each day here. http://www.dctv.ie/?page_id=1349 Please allow us a day or two to get this working once we announce our schedule every month. A quick note on our scheduling: DCTV broadcasts in blocks of programming. Look at each of the blocks like a strand of festival programming in a cinema. Identify a programme you want to watch, see what time and day the block it is in plays out and watch it as it loops through out the month. See the full schedule online over here: http://www.dctv.ie/main/?p=1362 ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 04, 2010 - 08:36 by RSF
Ireland is just like all countries fighting for a socialist government where revolutionary organisations have to take on the state as well as outside interference and occupation. The same struggle is being waged by socialist revolutionaries in countries such as Cuba, Palestine, Venezuela, Iraq, the Basque Country and of course Turkey (to name but a few) as is being waged in Ireland. We here today share a common bond, a struggle against imperialism. James Connolly wrote that “an injury to one is an injury to all” so we must show solidarity with each other and stand together. Isolation [as the conference is so aptly named] is a powerful tool of the oppressor. We must not let the oppressor have that tool. We must wrest it back from him and use it to become stronger. Isolation can led to despair and we all know where despair leads to. This we cannot let happen. ... read full story / add a comment 
westmeath / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 03, 2010 - 20:46 by June K
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In Mullingar on New Year’s Eve members of the Midlands Branch of the People’s Movement, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Irish Anti War Movement and independent campaigners held a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the 1300 peace activists detained in Egypt and prevented from delivering life sustaining food and medicine to the besieged people of the Gaza Strip. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 03, 2010 - 17:29 by Kev
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On a cold but sunny Saturday (January 2nd 2010), over 30 Palestine solidarity activists attened a vigil for Gaza on Patrick's Bridge in Cork City. ... read full story / add a comment |
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