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international / miscellaneous Tuesday September 07, 2010 - 04:12 by antifamonitor   image 1 image
In Naples, Italy, the first of May the police allows a group of fascists to approach the yearly “labour day’s demonstration”. The fascists starts right away provoking and threatening.
The comrades react and push them away. One fascist takes refuge in a shop, a fight bursts and he gets out of the shop bloody and wounded. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism Monday September 06, 2010 - 18:14 by Michael Gallagher   text 8 comments (last - wednesday september 08, 2010 - 14:29)   image 14 images
Against a backdrop of a conference in Dublin at nearby Teacher's Club on Irish Foreign Policy, up to 500 protesters turned out to voice their opposition against war criminal Blair's book signing.

... read full story / add a comment
Chris Cole, Fr. Martin Newell, Susan Clarkson
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday September 06, 2010 - 16:20 by Catholic Worker   text 5 comments (last - tuesday september 07, 2010 - 16:18)   image 3 images
AWE Aldermaston Opened For Disarmament By Catholic Workers/Ploughshares Activists ... read full story / add a comment
SIPTU organisers Niall McNally and Teri Cregan at Boots
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Friday September 03, 2010 - 15:02 by SIPTU PRO   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Ireland's largest trade union, SIPTU held a 'dignity and respect in the workplace' day of action on Tuesday 31st August at the Boots flagship store, in Donegall Square, Belfast.

The day of action which included the distribution of SIPTU badges to workers in the store, was aimed at raising awareness on workers rights and promoting dignity and respect in the workplace.
... read full story / add a comment
Recovering the remains of the executed
international / anti-capitalism Thursday September 02, 2010 - 16:32 by Kevin Doyle   text 2 comments (last - saturday september 04, 2010 - 18:09)   image 1 image
CNT activist Manuel Garcia was an invited speaker at this year’s Dublin Anarchist Bookfair. He spoke about the CNT’s successes in organising workers in the Andalucía region and about the efforts to rebuild the anarchist movement there. This interview about the legacy of the Franco dictatorship was conducted after his talk at Liberty Hall. Translation was kindly provided by José Antonio Gutiérrez Danton. ... read full story / add a comment
An tAire Coimirce Sóisialaí Éamon Ó Cuív TD
national / arts and media Wednesday September 01, 2010 - 22:54 by Darren J. Prior/Mac an Phríora   image 5 images
www.myspace.com/armuinnamuice
www.bebo.com/armuinnamuice
www.near.ie
www.nearpodcast.org ... read full story / add a comment
Shell Flag Planted at Dept of Environment
dublin / environment Sunday August 29, 2010 - 20:01 by Dub   text 5 comments (last - tuesday august 31, 2010 - 12:52)   image 3 images
A group of protesters entered the grounds of the Dept of the Environment today in protest at the government's capitulation in the face ongoing efforts by Shell Oil to take possession of Irish Natural Gas in Corrib ... read full story / add a comment
Occupying IRMS
mayo / environment Saturday August 28, 2010 - 18:17 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 2 comments (last - saturday august 28, 2010 - 18:37)   image 14 images
A week of acions surrounding BEAT THE BOREHOLES campaign 6 actions in 5 days. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday August 28, 2010 - 10:09 by John Arden   text 2 comments (last - monday august 30, 2010 - 21:40)
Twenty-six creative artists in various disciplines ask
Eason's and RTE's Late Late Show not to facilitate Mr Blair's
promotion of his autobiographical book and the blood-money of his
royalties that he proposes to pass on to military charity. ... read full story / add a comment
GAAW Protestors in Galway's Shop St
galway / anti-war / imperialism Thursday August 26, 2010 - 19:35 by GAAW PRO   text 5 comments (last - saturday august 28, 2010 - 10:53)   image 3 images   1 attached file
Today, members of the Galway Alliance Against War held the first of a week-long series of lunchtime “Stop Blair” protests outside Eason’s store on Shop St Galway. There was a positive response from locals and tourists alike to the posters and leaflets labelling Blair a war criminal. The aim of the protest is to force Eason’s to rescind its invite to host a book-signing event for Blair in its main store in Dublin’s O’Connell St on Saturday 4th September ... read full story / add a comment
The protest begins outside the pre-match function in the Royal Hotel
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 26, 2010 - 18:25 by Gerry C & Kev   text 27 comments (last - sunday september 05, 2010 - 23:18)   image 10 images   video 1 video file   1 attached file
In Bray on Wednesday 25th August over 60 members and supporters of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) took part in a demonstration as the Irish Women's soccer team played Israel in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier at the Carlisle Grounds (home of Bray Wanderers FC). ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday August 24, 2010 - 13:05 by Brendan Butler   text 11 comments (last - friday may 06, 2011 - 13:50)
Last Sunday the President of Ireland , Mary Mc Aleese, was in Italy to address an arch conservative and right wing Italian Catholic powerful organisation called 'Communione e Liberazione' ( Communion and Liberation )
The question must be asked who was she representing at this prestigious event attended by the right wing Berlusconi Government and by mainly arch conservative catholic churchmen.
Was she acting on her own initiative , had she got permission from the Irish Govenment to address this most divisive organisation and was she being used by this organisation to give it further international credibility. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment Tuesday August 24, 2010 - 00:35 by jen debender   text 7 comments (last - tuesday august 24, 2010 - 12:10)   image 16 images
Work was stopped for about three hours on Monday afternoon when people walked out at low tide and got under Shell's drilling platform. ... read full story / add a comment
All pics © Michael Gallagher 2010
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday August 24, 2010 - 00:14 by Michael Gallagher   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 24, 2010 - 00:30)   image 10 images
About 3,000 loud, lively, colourful, and good humoured lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and straight protestors turned up in glorious sunshine to once again support the call for equal rights for LGBT people in this country.

... read full story / add a comment
roscommon / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday August 22, 2010 - 22:53 by Trade Union TV   video 1 video file
Over 8,000 people united and held hands around Roscommon Hospital to show that people would defend their public service Saturday 14th August 2010. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / environment Sunday August 22, 2010 - 11:53 by Hibernian Scribe
134 residents of Gleann Trasna, Lettermore, Co Galway objected to the Chinese company, Hutchinson 3G, 3G Ireland/BT 3G Ireland project/Glenline Telecoms from placing a 20 metre Monopole Aerial with 3 panel antennae within 200 metres of dwellling houses in Gleann Trasna and halted Galway Council Planning Dept. from proceeding with planning permission. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday August 21, 2010 - 22:43 by Mairead Maguire   text 3 comments (last - friday august 27, 2010 - 19:24)
TOn 16 August last, the BBC Panaroma team broadcasted a programme on the killing of 9 people on the Mavi Marmara on 31 May 2010. It turned out to be loaded with misrepresentation, lack of truth and bias. Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire who was on board the MV Rachel Corrie, part of the same flotilla as the Mavi Marmara, here demands a reply from the BBC Panorama team that falsified the evidence and biased it in favour of Israeli propaganda ... read full story / add a comment
Lone kayaker surrounded but still Beating The Boreholes!
mayo / environment Wednesday August 18, 2010 - 14:23 by FSB!   text 2 comments (last - wednesday august 18, 2010 - 19:19)   image 6 images
Yesterday lunchtime, nine kayakers from Rossport Solidarity Camp, with their team of volunteers and local campaigners in support roles on dry land, successfully interrupted Shell's borehole survey drilling programme in Sruth Fhada Conn for several hours yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Tuesday August 17, 2010 - 20:43 by ALiberation
Sweden's fur industry has been forced out into the spotlight by the group Animal Rights Alliance (Djurrättsalliansen) who recently published a year and half long investigation.
The group visited 20% of Sweden's fur factory farms and found rights violations including minks crammed into tiny cages, death, deprivation of essential needs, mutilations, infected animals and psychotic behaviour from been unable to cope with this existence.

Please see:
Text and subtitles for film (English);
www.sveketmotminkarna.se/horror-revealed-swedish-fur-farms
For more information, film and photo (Swedish):
www.sveketmotminkarna.se
... read full story / add a comment
Dolphins in Broadhaven Bay
mayo / environment Tuesday August 17, 2010 - 12:34 by JM   text 3 comments (last - tuesday august 17, 2010 - 12:54)   image 20 images
Several times a day there is a mini convoy that shoots back and forth between Ballyglass and Rossport, and this traffic intensifies at knocking-off time in the evening. ... read full story / add a comment
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