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national / crime and justice / event notice Saturday January 25, 2014 22:59 by Dublin 32CSM   image 1 image
Bloody Sunday candle light vigil in memory of the 14 innocent civilians who were murdered by British para troopers read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Saturday January 25, 2014 19:02 by KFA Ireland   text 5 comments (last - friday february 07, 2014 02:11)   image 1 image
KFA Ireland and Ireland Juche-Songun Ideas Study Group invites all genuine anti-imperialists to this public meeting. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday January 24, 2014 15:46 by Maoist   text 5 comments (last - wednesday january 29, 2014 18:09)   image 5 images
International Day of Action for Indian Maoist POWs. read full story / add a comment
Kyiv City Hall, occupied by the Ukrainian opposition led by Svoboda and turned into their “Revolutionary HQs”. The cross in the circle is a neo-nazi symbol.
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday January 23, 2014 21:44 by T   text 7 comments (last - sunday february 09, 2014 18:46)   image 2 images
Asheville Fm radio, based in western North Carolina, aired a fascinating interview with an anarcho-syndicalist named Denys, from the Autonomous Worker’s Union in Ukraine. In the interview, Denys debunks many of the myths surrounding the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine, and explains motives behind the stories and propaganda being circulated around the protests.

Why is the Free Association Agreement with the EU (which would mostly benefit the ultra-rich oligarchs of Ukraine) deliberately being
construed as actual integration? Ukrainian leaders backed off from signing it at the last minute. Meanwhile, Russia is trying to pull
Ukraine into her Customs Union by offering Kyiv a deal for promised purchases of billions of euro of Ukrainian products, and a 30 percent
discount on Russian Natural Gas.

Denys explains that when the protests broke, the political class of Ukraine was taken by surprise. However, the opposition, a coalition
leaning towards far-right (with fascist Svoboda being the most visible of them all) quickly regrouped and turned the street into their PR
machine. The opposition had massive demonstrations in their plans, as fascist Svobodas leader declared in an interview in March 2013. Evidence emerged of the opposition leaders plans to overthrow the current government with the financial and political support of Germany’s
conservative Angela Merkel, the EU leaders from Brussels, and with visible support of the United States, whose envoy, conservative John
McCain was the guest star of the Euromaidan.

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louth / environment / event notice Thursday January 23, 2014 11:48 by Seán Crudden   text 5 comments (last - monday january 26, 2015 18:46)   image 5 images
This year's Cooley Environmental and Health Group's winter workshop is planned to take place in The Strand, Omeath, on Saturday 25 January 2014 starting at 14:00. Professor Dennis Pringle is director and academic advisor of this year's workshop. However the workshop is not meant to be expert. All views and ideas are more than welcome. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday January 23, 2014 00:14 by Justin Morahan   text 28 comments (last - saturday march 22, 2014 22:08)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Magaretta D'Arcy, a 79 year old peace activist who is also undergoing cancer treatment was arrested at home in Galway but NOT for bankrupting the country and saddling it with billions of debt, NOT for corruption and other white collar crime, but for the crime of having a conscience and actually caring about her fellow human beings. That's correct. In this country you can destroy it in all sorts of ways and you will be fine as no banker, politician, developer, bond holder or other types of people who have been involved in economically destroying this country, and causing widespread austerity, hardship and misery which in itself has led to many suicides and so forth. None of these people have come before the courts or been jailed. However for the really serious crimes of still having your humanity at 79 and doing something about it instead of shutting up and doing nothing, for these crimes, the state will bring the full force of the law against you and will always find some narrow argument to shut out the wider context of your action, to convict you and get you quickly behind bar. In that way the state quickly ensures that this dangerous contagion doesn't spread and it serves as a lesson to all as to what might happen to them. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday January 21, 2014 23:31 by T   image 3 images
This report is republished from the WSM site and covers the recent local uprising in the city of Burgos -north of Madrid, in Spain. There has been no press coverage about it but it concerns the case very similar to Turkey last year, where people were so fed up with local politicians and developers that they finally snapped on the latest effort to rip them off. The protest has now spread to over 45 cities in Spain. We should be learning lessons from these people and doing likewise given the recent scandals here and the ongoing austerity and other burdens placed on people in Ireland and which has brought many people to almost breaking point.

Just over a week ago, if you were thinking of cities in Spain most likely to host the start of a proletarian uprising, Burgos would have come pretty much at the bottom of the list. A sleepy, socially conservative, traditionally ultra-Catholic city in the Northern Castille plain, Burgos was up until now mostly known for its Cathedral and other mediaeval real estate and a local sausage uncannily reminiscent of Clonakilty black pudding. But since the initial clashes between police and protestors in the working class district of Gamonal on the night of Friday 10th January, Burgos has seen nights of continual rioting, a veritable military occupation by riot police, and solidarity demonstrations this week around 46 cities in Spain, including two successive nights of demos in the capital Madrid, resulting in clashes with the police, arrests and injuries. All this supposedly over a plan to redevelop the main road through Gamonal into a tree-lined Boulevard. read full story / add a comment
Sorcha Fox with the 'Free Private Manning' banner over the A40 in Pembrokeshire
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday January 17, 2014 21:26 by WISE Up Wales   text 3 comments (last - friday may 15, 2015 08:54)   image 6 images   video 1 video file
Why should the Irish in particular care about Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning and want to offer their ongoing support and solidarity as she begins a 35 year jail term in a US military prison?

For one, Manning has Irish roots on both sides of the family. Maternal grandfather Billy Fox was from Rathmines, Dublin and two paternal great-grandparents - both Mannings - were also Irish, from county Cork. An Irish grandfather gives Chelsea the right to claim Irish citizenship and an Irish passport if she so wishes.

For another, Manning passed through Shannon Airport as a US military intelligence analyst en route to Iraq. We have been reminded this week about the ongoing US military use of Shannon (troops, weaponry, rendition flights etc.) by the jailing of 79 year old Margaretta d'Arcy in connection with her protest against these abominations.

What's more, we know something about the impact of resistance at Shannon on both US and Irish governments thanks to US diplomatic cables released by Manning and published by WikiLeaks. One classified cable reveals how negative public perception of Shannon as a warport in the wake of the Pitstop Ploughshares acquittals led to the Irish government placing more restrictions on its military use and how this was forcing the US to reconsider its position. Then US Ambassador to Dublin, James Kenny, wrote: "we would appreciate Washington’s judgment as to whether the process of notification of almost everything of a military nature (including by contract carriers) through Shannon is becoming too difficult to make the airport a preferred transit stop."
http://humanrights.ie/civil-liberties/wikileaks-the-sig...ions/ read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday January 17, 2014 21:16 by Pádraig   text 2 comments (last - monday january 27, 2014 19:57)   image 2 images
8pm Saturday 22 February, Abbey Hotel, 52, Middle Abbey Street, D1. Late Bar. €5. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday January 17, 2014 20:54 by Pádraig   text 1 comment (last - sunday january 19, 2014 05:34)   image 1 image
Richard O'Rawe, Dixie Tommy McKearney, Carrie McIntyre, Gerard Hodgkins and Gerard Foster speaking on the Hunger Strikes of 1981 when ten Republican prisoners died on hunger strike. read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media / event notice Thursday January 16, 2014 20:33 by Dublin 32CSM   image 1 image
The Dublin 32CSM will be hosting an Irish Night on the 15th of February at 8PM in the Abbey Hotel Dublin 1 to relaunch the newspaper "The Sovereign Nation" the 32CSM national newspaper. Entertainment will be provided by Ireland's best rebel band Erin Go Bragh with drinks promotions available on the night we hope to see you all there,

Beir Bua. read full story / add a comment
'Bloody Sunday' picket to be held at the GPO, Dublin, on Saturday 25th January 2014, at 12 Noon.
national / history and heritage / event notice Thursday January 16, 2014 17:04 by Sharon.   text 2 comments (last - sunday january 26, 2014 14:53)   image 4 images
42nd anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' to be marked at the GPO in Dublin on Saturday 25th January 2014 at 12 Noon. read full story / add a comment
Martin Corey Political Internee British Occupied Ireland
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday January 16, 2014 12:17 by Brion O'Cleirigh   image 1 image
Martin Corey a politically interned republican prisoner of conscience
has been released on the condition, that he cannot speak to media, The Release Martin Corey Campaign has confirmed and welcomed his release with the following statement,. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday January 16, 2014 11:00 by Bumper   image 1 image
2pm @ Collins Barracks Museum lecture room, Dublin, 18/01/14

Organised by the Sean Heuston Dublin 1916 Society read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday January 15, 2014 13:56 by NDFP International Information Office   image 5 images
The international office of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is set to celebrate Prof. Jose Maria Sison’s 55 years of service to the Filipino people’s struggle for national and social liberation, and his 75th birthday, with a cultural event on Sunday, 09 February 2014, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. read full story / add a comment
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cork / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday January 15, 2014 11:09 by Jim O'Connell   image 1 image   video 1 video file
American singer-songwriter David Rovics plays Cork’s Spailpín Fanach, in South Main Street on Wednesday Jan 22nd 2014 at 8PM
Rovics has been a modern Bob Dylan, singing songs about the Iraq War and social justice issues. Rovics started out as a busker in Boston’s subways before concentrating on his craft and recording albums. He has self-released all his recordings, and has also made them available as free downloads. He is also a writer for left-wing newspapers and magazines. His music has been featured by the BBC and other TV stations.
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international / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday January 15, 2014 10:58 by G Felongco   image 1 image
Group justifies murder saying that the target committed ‘crimes and atrocities against the people’ read full story / add a comment
Free Palestine
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday January 13, 2014 18:38 by Seomra Spraoi   image 1 image
On the 18th & 19th of January 2014, Seomra Spraoi will be hosting a deadly weekend of music, politics and craic in aid of Anarchists Against the Wall and the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall.

Anarchists Against The Wall - http://www.awalls.org/

Bil'in Village - http://www.bilin-village.org/ read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday January 13, 2014 18:21 by Seomra Spraoi   image 1 image
On the 18th & 19th of January 2014, Seomra Spraoi will be hosting a deadly weekend of music, politics and craic in aid of Anarchists Against the Wall and the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall.

Anarchists Against The Wall - http://www.awalls.org/

Bil'in Village - http://www.bilin-village.org/ read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday January 13, 2014 16:27 by Eddie   image 1 image
St Patricks Day Festival would like to do a call out to the LGBT community to take part in the 2014 parade.

After the hugely successful 2013, City Fusion (St Patrick Day Parade) would be delighted if members of the LGBT community would join us again for the project in 2014. It‚s important for us to include new groups in the pageant, to foster new partnerships and engage with the LGBT community in a wider way after the great work from last years groups Dublin Pride and BelongTo in 2013. read full story / add a comment
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