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Shell's begging bowl retrieved
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 28, 2012 - 19:28 by Crabby   text 3 comments (last - saturday june 30, 2012 - 17:19)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Erris Inshore Fishermen's Association (EIFA) gets a dose of the crabs from Shell and were left scratching on Monday last!: Three years too late, EIFA 'fishermen', whose shillings from Shell have run out were back again on Monday on another begging spree. During this begging exercise by EIFA Shell's begging bowl ended up in the depths of the ocean off Ballyglass Pier and deep sea divers were successful in locating the bowl at co-ordinates 54-15-21 N, 09-53-49 W.

... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday June 26, 2012 - 20:58 by italy calling   text 1 comment (last - friday june 29, 2012 - 21:08)
I’m not usually one for signing petitions, but a recent initiative has started up which I feel very strongly about. While the top table directly involved in organising and carrying out the butchery of the G8 in Genoa 11 years ago have happily got away with it, 10 activists are risking a total of about 100 years in jail for crimes of “devastation and looting”.

As the official site of the campaign “10 x 100″ likes to point out, the crime of “devastation and looting” was first introduced in 1930, that is, while Italy was still under a Fascist regime. Funny how it’s still there. It was first applied to modern Italy as a repressive measure against football fans, but, interestingly, it has been more recently used against migrants revolting in detention centres and activist protests. Here’s the official call out: ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 25, 2012 - 19:34 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 26, 2012 - 13:53)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Today the AGM of Mayo Co. council was disrupted by a high pitched grinding noise; a recording of the sounds that came from Shell's compound in Aghoose during the June bank holiday weekend. Local residents aimed to demonstrate how they were ignored when they tried to complain about this disturbance which lasted for four days, and were told the council offices were closed on the bank holiday.
... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday June 25, 2012 - 18:24 by S Shriver
Nonviolent, nonanimal diet prevents animal agony, human disease, energy waste, environmental desecration and deforestation. This article concentrates on superior brain function.

It was the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, a vegetarian, who first said "Love Animals Don't Eat Them" ... read full story / add a comment
Complaint, RTE response and Tom Cooper reply attached as PDFs below
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 25, 2012 - 09:58 by Tom Cooper   text 8 comments (last - friday july 06, 2012 - 10:05)   image 2 images   3 attached files
RTE has upheld a complaint against Eoghan Harris and Gerry Gregg's short television documentary An Tost Fada ('The Long Silence') on two counts (Sunday Times, 24 June 2012 - see article below and letters back and forth to RTE).

The complaint, RTE’s response and reply to RTE are attached here as separate PDF files - right-click and save them to read.

At least one programme mistake resulted from suppression of information.

Other very serious errors in the programme were not addressed by RTE. I have asked RTE to address them and to make a balancing programme. I have also asked RTE to bring back its abandoned policy of using a historical adviser on such programmes.
... read full story / add a comment
Safe Fracking - A Fairytale
international / crime and justice Wednesday June 20, 2012 - 11:57 by Ban Fracking   text 10 comments (last - wednesday february 13, 2013 - 18:26)   image 1 image
Last week while covering the football in Poland, Pat Kenny's show on RTE radio 1, decided to interview Irish fracker, Oisin Fanning, chairman of San Leon, a company fracking for shale gas in Poland. People contacted the show and demanded the topic recieve balanced coverage and not just a pro-industry rant - eventually RTE agreed to allow Ewa Sufin of the Polish Green Party on air.

The usual industry spin and lies being repeated on RTE by Oisin Fanning were exposed by what Ewa Sufin had to say about fracking in her native Poland and why an EU wide ban must be put in place on this industry.

Below is a transcript of what Ewa Sufin said - you can listen to Oisin Fanning's interview via the RTE link below - iv starts at 1hr.27m ... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum Tuesday June 19, 2012 - 01:23 by Ben Jackson   text 13 comments (last - wednesday june 27, 2012 - 18:17)
Right now the ingredients for a "perfect storm" are developing in Europe.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 18, 2012 - 00:24 by Truth and Justice 2012
A major public demonstration is to be held in Belfast just days before the British royal visit to the North. The demonstration on Saturday 23rd June will have as its theme “Truth and Justice – not Jubilation” and the organisers say the focus of the protest will be on victims of British state violence.

The demonstration will take the form of a silent march, led by a solitary piper, from Dunville Park, Falls Road, at 2.00pm on Saturday and conclude with a rally outside Belfast city hall. The rally will be addressed by speakers from each of the 6 Counties who lost close relatives at the hands of the British state, or who were themselves actual victims of state violence. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 16, 2012 - 22:28 by Anthony Ravlich
Embedded tweets show major support for the ethical approach to human rights, development, globalization to replace neoliberalism. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday June 15, 2012 - 19:29 by NFI   text 5 comments (last - monday february 04, 2013 - 06:59)
The media/gov and industry are not telling people that, in fact, fracking is a major 12 county national issue. This would result in rural Ireland being industrialised by the fracking industry and all the dangers and risks that come with this process.

This is also a huge cross-border issue, the same company that wish to frack in the north-west, want to begin operations in Fermanagh. Fermanagh is where the anti-fracking campaign will win or lose in Ireland.

Everyone on this island has a vested interest in ensuring that fracking does not proceed in Fermanagh.
We all have a duty to do something to help stop this destructive industry.

... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday June 13, 2012 - 21:49 by Sabotage Shell   text 4 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2012 - 19:16)
Last week a stone crushing machine central to the operation of Barretts Quarry in Bangor, County Mayo was decomissioned. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 13, 2012 - 13:32 by Free Assange! Free Manning! Free Yourself! Stop the Wars!   text 2 comments (last - sunday june 17, 2012 - 15:15)
jAs Prime Minister Julia Gillard arrived at the Stamford Plaza in Brisbane Tuesday night to deliver a speech at the opening dinner of the Economic Forum, she was confronted by Catholic Workers and other anti-war activists over her betrayal of Australian born citizen Julian Assange to the U.S. war machine.

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mayo / environment Tuesday June 12, 2012 - 15:43 by RLL   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 12, 2012 - 15:50)   image 10 images
The week of action started with fortifying the camp against eviction, and as the camp was still happily pitched on Tuesday morning, we decided to put our energy into stopping Shell, as planned! ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 12, 2012 - 12:33 by Galway Alliance Against War   text 7 comments (last - wednesday june 13, 2012 - 18:31)
The Galway Alliance Against War has scoffed at what it calls “the absurd Galway council politicians” condemning the group's peaceful visit to local TDs seeking them to do something about the scandolous raid on the home of their spokesperson. ... read full story / add a comment
Moving in the caravan
mayo / miscellaneous Monday June 11, 2012 - 19:00 by shelver   text 4 comments (last - thursday june 28, 2012 - 14:49)   image 11 images
The 7th Rossport solidarity camp June bank holiday weekend was great! :) ... read full story / add a comment
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international / housing Sunday June 10, 2012 - 21:48 by italy calling   image 1 image
Squatting is on the rise again in these times of austerity (see for example the recent occupations of flats in Southern Spain, mostly carried out by housewives and families). An Italian project that’s caught my attention since its beginning is in Pisa, where last year’s Occupy protests evolved into the reappropriation and transformation of abandoned buildings for the benefit of the local community. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Saturday June 09, 2012 - 22:13 by lefty
RT did an interesting piece on the town of clones where they have decided to use the punt locally to stimulate the local economy. check it out! ... read full story / add a comment
El Gran Cacao/Rio Chico/Barlovento-Venezuela
national / anti-capitalism Saturday June 09, 2012 - 17:07 by Bolivarian Circle Albertolovera NY   image 1 image
We will examine issues of land reform, urban agriculture, rural development, fishing rights, and food sovereignty within a dynamic political context. Venezuela is an outstanding example of a country that strives to ensure its citizens’ right to food while bolstering its domestic agriculture sector, with an emphasis on sustainable agriculture. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Saturday June 09, 2012 - 14:47 by Galway Alliance Against War
The Galway Alliance Against War will hold an unprecedented protest outside the home of Labour Deputy Derek Nolan tomorrow Sunday. We will assemble at 1pm at the entrance to the Riverside Estate on the Tuam Road Galway. This is a response to a deeply political raid by Garda Special Branch on the home of Niall Farrell, GAAW's PRO, on Thursday morning. The intention is to make it clear that such political harassment by the coalition's thought police will not be accepted! Please attend and spread the word.
Please see press release below ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Thursday June 07, 2012 - 18:03 by Shannonwatch   text 2 comments (last - saturday june 09, 2012 - 14:09)
This morning Gardai searched the home of Galway Alliance Against War (GAAW) PRO, Niall Farrell, in relation to a peaceful act of sabotage on a US troop transporter at Shannon on the morning of 20th December 2011. At the time GAAW had received a handwritten communication from one of the members of the Peace Team involved in the action, and it would seem that this was the basis for the Gardai’s search. ... read full story / add a comment
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