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international / environment Thursday May 30, 2013 - 23:10 by Meg
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Northwest Network against Fracking have launched a postcard and poster campaign, aimed at all elected representatives. This image has gone viral on facebook, from South Africa to Australia, and more people are joining the campaign every day. The postcards are available to download for free from www.frackingfreeireland.org They can be bought from the same web address, in hard copy form. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday May 30, 2013 - 13:12 by Sangreel
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100,000 christians die for faith every year: From the vatican In todays world too read such a thing, to have it stated by the Vatican is very disturbing. I have sent a letter to Monsignor Silvano Maria Tomasi asking for more data. We talk a lot about Muslims and their rights and treatment, but I ask all of you, What about the Christians??? Please read the link and comment. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Wednesday May 29, 2013 - 18:57 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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After a few weeks of preparation, we are ready to begin setting up the Rossport Solidarity Camp. Come up to help us this weekend if you can. There'll be loads to do and it'll be great craic, so get off the internet and come give us a hand! ... read full story / add a comment 
international / politics / elections Wednesday May 29, 2013 - 10:59 by AKBAYAN - Citizens Action Party
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While the Commission on Elections has yet to announce the official results of the 2013 partylist elections, we would like to thank the Filipino voters and everyone who have made Akbayan Partylist's sixth straight electoral victory possible. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday May 28, 2013 - 08:39 by Solidarity
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VID (6 mins) - Bradley Manning is in jail for us, We're on the streets for him! - Mobilise Sat June 1st http://tinyurl.com/nkcbpfm ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 28, 2013 - 07:34 by Brian Clarke
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Interned Irish republican Marian Price will learn this week if she will be be freed after more than two years' imprisonment according to the Parole Commission which will make an announcement by Thursday. The british SS (secret services) say she no longer represents "a security threat". Marian is seriously ill in a Belfast City Hospital suffering from severe depression and respiratory problems. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday May 23, 2013 - 08:46 by Ciaron
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Last week, we made our way to the book launch of Dirty Wars - the world is a battlefield" by former New York Catholic Worker now celebrated investigatory journalist Jeremy Scahill http://dirtywars.org/jeremy-scahill Jeremy gave an excellent speech naming Guantanamo as the most visible point of a massive iceberg of a U.S. policy of torture and assassination. So if Obama closes Guantanamo and escalates his assassination program while maintaining other black site torture chambers http://tinyurl.com/ap9ayy7 we will know our work is far from over. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Wednesday May 22, 2013 - 19:19 by maothail lad
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Source: Metropolitan Police, BBC, ITN, Sky, etc An incident in South East London this afternoon where a man was run over and then beheaded by the two men in the vehicle. The two guys then went for the armed response unit and were shot. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 22, 2013 - 11:19 by Stasia
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Sun newspaper, Wed May 22 2013: There is still [a British] appetite to influence world affairs. UK troops are supporting operations in Mali and Somalia and are on stand-by to aid the government in Libya. During his two-day trip, Mr Hammond congratulated Brits at Koulikoro base, who are deployed with Irish troops for the first time since 1922. He said the Queen’s 2011 trip to Ireland brought a change in Anglo-Irish relations. Sgt Gerry Setright, 49, of the Irish Defence Forces, said of working with the Brits: “It’s been a pleasure. We are closer than people think.” Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our...aRMDs ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Wednesday May 22, 2013 - 07:01 by wageslave
Well respected blog "NamaWineLake" has made it's final post. This is a great loss to the Irish online community. Thanks for all your great work NWL! ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday May 22, 2013 - 06:08 by lefty
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Apple claim to have negotiated an agreement with the Irish government whereby they paid 2% tax or less. In this time of deep austerity, it's time to kick out these US tax dodgers and instead focus on giving support to indigenous small businesses. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday May 21, 2013 - 22:06 by Paul Gavan
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SIPTU members at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant, Co. Dublin, began strike action today (Tuesday, 21st May) at 6.30 a.m. in response to their employer’s failure to refer a dispute relating to pay and shift premium payments to the Labour Court. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Sunday May 19, 2013 - 17:01 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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The Rossport Solidarity Camp is setting up this year for one special week from June 21st to June 30th. On June 1st we are planning to begin building the camp in earnest and will need plenty help all through June to get set up. Preparation on the ground has been already begun, and if you are available to help out between now and then, there is plenty to do. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Friday May 17, 2013 - 07:19 by lefty
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Homeland security in the US has frozen the account of one of the largest Bitcoin traders "Dwolla" ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday May 13, 2013 - 01:38 by IPSC
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The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign is proud to present a speaking tour featuring Palestinian activist, farmer and former political prisoner Mousa Abu Maria. Mousa will visit Belfast (Mon 13 May), Cork (Wed 15 May), Limerick (Thur 16 May) and Dublin (Fri 17 May), and be speaking on the topic of ‘The Palestinian Nakba – An Ongoing Catastrophe’, to commemorate Nakba Week. The full itinerary is below: ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Friday May 10, 2013 - 19:40 by Brian Clarke
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The following article was published in some Irish American newspapers on May the 8th. It is another another insight in to the standard of healthcare in Ireland under the leadership Minister James Reilly, with the support of the Irish Labour Party.It is well known fact worldwide, even in the third world that Ireland is one of the worst places to get sick. In this article April Drew an American certainly agrees from first hand experience. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Saturday May 04, 2013 - 11:17 by Brian Clarke
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On March 14th, 2013 Provisional Sinn Féin MLAs Jennifer McCann and Sean Lynch, met with Vice royal Theresa Villiers, regarding the continued internment of Marian Price and called for the immediate release of Marian Price according to MLA Jennifer McCann. Since that time there has been a complete media print blackout on the political internment of Marian Price. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Thursday May 02, 2013 - 02:31 by APL-Nagkaisa
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Chiding President Aquino’s pronouncement that Labor Day should be celebratory with both labor and capitalists greeting each other for “doing a good job” for the past year, workers renewed the call for government to create “not just jobs” but “more regular jobs with living wage.” ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday April 29, 2013 - 23:30 by Diarmuid Breatnach
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She has been sentenced to six years of prison for alleged membership of SEGI – the banned Basque pro-independence left youth organisation. According to the Spanish state, to be a member of SEGI is to be helping ETA, the armed Basque resistance group; however no “terrorist” action was proved against either Nahikari or her seven male co-sentenced, no possession of arms, no plans, maps – nothing like that. The evidence against them consisted of T-shirts, CDs and posters which indicated that they are pro-Basque independence and for socialism, in accordance with which they have been doing open political work for years. But according to the Spanish state, as in the infamous words of a previous harrier of pro-independence Basques, the 'liberal' judge Garzón: “everything is ETA”. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech Saturday April 27, 2013 - 21:42 by @
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3,000 anarchists in Greece march in solidarity to Athens Indymedia & 98 FM
Taking the fight from the internet to the streets. On April 25th, 2013 approximately 3.000 anarchists marched in solidarity to Athens Indymedia and 98 FM that have been censored by the greek State since April 11th, amongst dozens of solidarity actions all over Greece and some parts of Europe. ... read full story / add a comment |
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