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national / anti-capitalism Sunday December 25, 2011 - 22:43 by Pól Ó Cionsalígh
 1 comment (last - wednesday january 04, 2012 - 18:28)
Claiming Our Future is campaigning for the introduction of measures to tax wealth. As you all know it is very important that there is a counter argument to the austerity approach being pursued by government.
The type of tax options that are being proposed include
1. A levy on assets and property worth over €1 million
2. High net worth Irish citizens paying their dues here so that the number of tax exiles decreases
3. Eliminating tax breaks for those with high incomes so that they pay their fair share
4. A levy on financial transactions (Tobin Tax)
5. A higher tax rate on incomes over €100k
It would be great if you could support the campaign by
Go to www.claimingourfuture.ie where you will find information and facts about wealth and taxation.
Tell all your contacts and friends about it.
Putting it on your organisations website. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 24, 2011 - 04:27 by BrianClarkeNUJ
51 comments (last - sunday january 08, 2012 - 09:50)  15 images  8 video files
Marian Price from her prison cell says, Sinn Fein have approved her political internment without trial. "Sinn Féin might be hypocritical but I'm not. I wasn't having them shedding crocodile tears over my case to appease their grassroots. I'm in Maghaberry because Gerry Adams as OC of the Belfast Brigade sent me to bomb Britain in 1973 when I was 19. But then my memory must be deceiving me. I must have the wrong man because Gerry Adams was never in the IRA."(Gerry Adams is now President of Provisional Sinn Fein in power sharing Government.) ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday December 23, 2011 - 22:14 by Pól Ó Cionsalígh
The year 2011 has seen an amazing resurgence of grassroots resistance here and around the world. In January and February, we saw the popular uprisings that brought down the U.S.-backed regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. ... read full story / add a comment
donegal / miscellaneous Thursday December 22, 2011 - 16:32 by Emmett Farrell 1 attached file
Meeting on Household Charges and Septic Tank Legislation where Pearse Doherty Sinn Feing stated that he would not advocate not paying the charge ... read full story / add a comment 
clare / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 21, 2011 - 17:00 by Trevor
20 comments (last - thursday december 29, 2011 - 14:36) 2 images 1 video file
A sketchy report on the Irish Anti-War Movement website states that a U.S. troop carrier plane was attacked and sabotaged at Shannon airport. From other sources I understand that that Omni used this aircraft as a spare and that was parked in a relatively remote area of the airport when disarmed a day or so ago by having its hydraulic or fuel lines severed. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Wednesday December 21, 2011 - 10:34 by Karina
22 comments (last - thursday january 05, 2012 - 00:39)
Now Michael D has gone a step further from his ceremonial role in supporting war-mongering. He is openly feeding the feel-good factor for the FG-Labour government anti-social economic and political decisions. At a time of extraordinary hardship for the people of Ireland caused by the regressive and pro-business politics of Labour and FG, he comes out to send a Christmas message of "hope" in economic recovery. It is surely strange for a so called "socialist" and "progressive" to come out in such base way to support the fact that his government has passed the burden of the crisis onto the shoulders of the ordinary people of Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Monday December 19, 2011 - 22:46 by Nico
7 comments (last - tuesday december 27, 2011 - 16:49) 5 images
Today was a very honourable day (18-12-11) when here in Dublin in the garden of Remembrance, we commemorated a great revolutionary martyr. An old friend and ally of Ireland and who had been a leading figure in Libya for the past 42 years. A country in where he brought prosperity and stability to the region and also where he opposed with a fiery passion, the efforts made by those who engaged in and tried to legitimise the Imperialist backed coup in Libya led by NATO sponsored mercenaries. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 19, 2011 - 08:46 by Free Bradley Manning!
3 comments (last - monday december 19, 2011 - 18:35)
Bradley Manning's Military Tribunal Article 32 (pre-military trial hearing) began a Ft. Meade Maryland on Friday Dec 18th.,continued through the weekend and continues into this week. A callout for solidarity action on Bradley' 24th. birthday - Saturday Dec 17th. was answered in 40+ locations throughout the United States and around the world. In London 60 folks gathered in solidarity with Bradley outside the U.S. embassy. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media Friday December 16, 2011 - 14:30 by Western Writers' Centre
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Two exciting poets round off Galway's poetry season at the City Museum ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Thursday December 15, 2011 - 14:24 by Darcy Dancer
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A new image from Hartigans bar on All-Ireland day 1995 has emerged depicting an apparently innocent scene of a trio enjoying a chat. Innocent that is until the lady is identified as none other than Mother Ireland herself and the chat in question was about how much she cost! ... read full story / add a comment
One of the most disgusting and sick cuts in the Budget is the cuts to disadvantaged schools :-(
Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn has told the principals of disadvantaged Primary schools that the government will press ahead with plans to cut hundreds of teaching posts in their schools. Absolutely appalling! ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 14, 2011 - 20:25 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey has challenged Justice Minister at Stormont about the continued internment without trial of Marian Price, highlighting the gross injustice of her political internment by the Queen of England's Secretary of State in British Occupied Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
VID & REPORT - British Veterans Vigil for Bradley Manning –CALLOUT–for Solidarity Actions on Dec17th
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 14, 2011 - 12:17 by Veterans for Peace
2 comments (last - thursday december 15, 2011 - 22:20)
Tuesday Dec 14th. Veterans for Peace UK and supporters held a vigil for Bradley Manning at the U.S. Embassy in London. Bradley begins a pre-trial hearing on Friday at Fort Meade, Maryland/USA. Bradley faces charges that could lead to a lifetime in prison.
We call for you to join us and others in solidarity with Bradley- Saturday 17th of December, 1400hrs at the U.S. Embassy. Please join us or initiate solidarity actions in your locale.
... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 13, 2011 - 18:25 by Pól Ó Cionsalígh
I stand in full solidarity with the brave participants of Occupy Los Angeles and I support the immediate release of all protesters.
As of this writing, close to 300 people have been held on up to $5000 bail for simply practicing their first amendment rights of assembly and freedom of speech. This is unacceptable. All protestors should be freed. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Tuesday December 13, 2011 - 16:05 by Campers at
2 comments (last - friday december 16, 2011 - 13:32) 5 images
The Shell to Sea campaign is still running strong 11 years after the inception of the Corrib gas project. Everyday people are becoming aware of the people's struggle against Shell, but still more are needed to come and see for themselves and save our country from the global corporate takeover. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday December 13, 2011 - 15:49 by Pól Ó Cionsalígh
2 comments (last - thursday december 15, 2011 - 21:09)
The rate of job destruction has accelerated in the quarter July to September
2011. On a seasonally adjusted basis, employment fell by 20,500 (-1.1%) in
the quarter. This follows on from a seasonally adjusted fall in employment
of 4,100 (-0.2%) in Q2 2011. This means that 20,500 more jobs were destroyed
than were created in the quarter. Minister Bruton's "Job Creation" measures
had already been introduced in June. The continuation of the FF/Green
austerity programme by Lab/FG destroyed far more jobs than were created(if
any) by the Bruton measures. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 13, 2011 - 12:31 by Karina
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Michael D's facade as a progressive is quickly fading away after he got where he wanted to be. After honouring those soldiers fighting for the Union Jack hand in hand with that bigot Kevin Myers, now he salutes Irish Troops part of UNIFIL, the UN occupying force in Southern Lebanon. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 12, 2011 - 15:50 by Pól Ó Cionsalígh
11 comments (last - wednesday december 21, 2011 - 09:37)
Supporters of Focus Ireland sent almost 3,000 e-mails to TDs and Senators calling for the appointment of a new Minister for Housing and Homelessness to have a voice in deciding the contents of the budget. Unfortunately, the Government decided not to make that appointment before budget day, but the high level of public scrutiny on the issue ensured that the homeless budget was largely protected. While so many areas of expenditure were being cut, the cuts to services to end homelessness were relatively small. So thank you for that support. It shows we can make a difference. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 12, 2011 - 10:24 by PBPA
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According to today's Irish Times letters page "Mr Griffin has accepted an invitation from the UCC Government and Politics Society to speak in a debate on: “The Importance of Free Speech in Modern Society” in the new year."
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 12, 2011 - 05:51 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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The Irish Government took a case to the European Commission on Human Rights (Ireland v. United Kingdom) regarding the introduction of internment without trial and the treatment of Irish political prisoners of conscience in British Occupied Ireland. The European Commission stated that it "considered the combined use of the five methods to amount to torture, on the grounds that (1) the intensity of the stress caused by techniques creating sensory deprivation "directly affects the personality physically and mentally"; and (2) "the systematic application of the techniques for the purpose of inducing a person to give information shows a clear resemblance to those methods of systematic torture which have been known over the ages..a modern system of torture falling into the same category as those systems.applied in previous times as a means of obtaining information and confessions." ... read full story / add a comment |
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