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international / miscellaneous Monday December 23, 2013 - 19:11 by Jennifer Tong, Policy & Communications Director
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On December 13th, the Isles of Man, Jersey and Guernsey signed an intergovernmental agreement with the United States to improve international tax compliance and implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), a US federal law designed to combat offshore tax evasion. The Isles signed a similar agreement with the United Kingdom in October. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday December 20, 2013 - 14:33 by Jennifer Tong, Policy & Communications Director
More than a month after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, the country has paid approximately $900 million in debt repayments—more than twice as much as it’s received in pledged aid from countries around the world to support the recovery effort. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 19, 2013 - 18:48 by Ciaron
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New Afri Vid (10 mins) - Family of imprisoned Pvt. Manning find solidarity & voice in Ireland http://tinyurl.com/pjunes9 ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 18, 2013 - 19:42 by Justin Morahan
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The Arctic 30 who have been under threat of serving long sentences in Russia for their actions to prevent Arctic oil drilling, have been granted an amnesty by the Russian Parliament. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Wednesday December 18, 2013 - 19:36 by PETA and others
Bullfighting is a savage blood sport, an archaic barbarism which injures innocent bulls, horses, bullfighters and spectators. It is time for the Spanish, Mexican, Venezuelan, Argentinan, Chilean and all governments to outlaw it ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday December 18, 2013 - 16:26 by prank the pranksters
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We are delighted to learn that today two fake press releases were diffused in the news wire, spreading the rumour about a large accounting scandal , negatively impacting the course of the Deutsche Bank's share. 1) Deutsche Bank finances in upheaval; CFO fired 2) Deutsche Bank restates its financial statements ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday December 17, 2013 - 18:09 by Jennifer Tong
Argentina is expected to appeal to the US Supreme Court by mid-February in response to a US 2nd Circuit Court ruling ordering the country to pay $1.33 billion to predatory hedge funds. The precedent the case sets will hurt poor countries in financial distress and could allow a small group of hedge funds to target assets that benefit vulnerable populations. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice Tuesday December 17, 2013 - 08:27 by Court Reporter
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Recently appointed Judge Faughnan presided over this month's district court session at Belmullet. Two Shell to Sea related cases were finalised resulting in one campaigner avoiding conviction by receiving the benefit of the probation act and another - local Shell to Sea spokesperson Terence Conway - being convicted and fined E200. When the Belmullet District court session opened on Wednesday morning there were seven campaigners due to appear in court on charges arising from the ongoing imposition of, and protest against, the Shell Corrib gas project in North West Mayo. Shell Santa also made an appearance at court bearing gives of alcohol but the Gardaí didn't seem too happy for him to visit them in such a public setting. ... read full story / add a comment 
clare / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 12, 2013 - 17:57 by Margaretta D'Arcy
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Margaretta (Guantanamo Granny) D'Arcy's account of the judgement at Ennis Court on Wednesday 11th December ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday December 11, 2013 - 10:28 by Social Movements for an Alternative Asia
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Bali, Indonesia - The 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) pushed through a Bali Package in the final hours, extending the Conference to December 7, but at the cost of the developing countries, the poor and the hungry. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 10, 2013 - 23:40 by RSC
Happy Christmas! Contents: Upcoming Events Solidarity Camp Accommodation Status News ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 09, 2013 - 13:03 by Free Speech - use it or lose it!
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VID (13 mins) - Ciaron O'Reilly, recently attacked & censored at the London Anarchist Bookfair & Liverpool Manning solidarity event at the Casa ,speaks out for Assane & Manning in Dublin, no health & safety issues reported. http://tinyurl.com/pyhecwf ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 09, 2013 - 06:11 by genny
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The second part of this account, detailing our solidarity trip to Dublin with Private Manning's family members from Wales. "A woolly hat sent with love from California leads me to Chelsea Manning’s Welsh Mum, we catch and run with a rugby ball, Ciaron’s faith carries us to Ireland and the Irish respond with gifts of truth for Wales." Part 1 is here: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/104336 Full article with pictures and links: http://wp.me/p42I6Q-5X ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 08, 2013 - 22:31 by genny
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A woolly hat sent with love from California leads me to Chelsea Manning’s Welsh Mum, we catch and run with a rugby ball, Ciaron’s faith carries us to Ireland and the Irish respond with gifts of truth for Wales. Read the original, full post, with links and pictures: http://wp.me/p42I6Q-5X ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Thursday December 05, 2013 - 22:10 by G Grace (+ indy elf)
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Former South African president and anti-aparteid icon Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95
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international / environment Thursday December 05, 2013 - 10:39 by NYSCOF
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This is just one of the hundreds of studies indicating that ingesting fluoride is deleterious to human health. Unnecessary and health-robbing fluoride chemicals are added to public water supplies because it satisfies the political will of powerful special interest groups. It's up to each of us to demand fluoridation be stopped. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice Thursday December 05, 2013 - 01:09 by C
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Last Saturday week (23rd Nov) in Inver Community Hall, the 2013 Peoples' Forum was held entitled "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who Polices the Police?. The speakers at the event were Clare Daly TD and Mick Wallace TD, who spoke about the recent penalty points controversy and efforts to reform policing accountability. While Hilary D'Arcy who is doing a doctorate in policing focusing on Corrib spoke on policy accountability and politicisation of the police force and argued that increases in police accountability mainly arise from pressure from social movements. The days events were chaired by Sue Gogan ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 04, 2013 - 12:14 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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The last few days in Dublin unfolded in a warm embrace of solidarity for imprisoned Pvt. Manning’s mother Susan, aunts Mary & Sharon & uncle Kevin. The family had travelled from their hometown Haverfordwest, south-west Wales to Dublin, Ireland, the birthplace of their father. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday December 03, 2013 - 11:20 by Niharika Mandhana and Krishna Pokharel
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Results for Nepal's national elections show its Maoist party has plummeted in popularity, coming in a distant third and suggesting the former rebels' influence has diminished in the South Asian nation. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday December 01, 2013 - 13:07 by Evan Smith
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The couple accused in the case of alleged “domestic slavery” in London were reportedly the leaders of a tiny Maoist sect, the Workers’ Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought, which had gone “underground” in the late 1970s. To understand how the Workers’ Institute ended up so far off the radar, we need to understand where they came from – the strange world of radical Maoist politics in 1970s London. ... read full story / add a comment |
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