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national / miscellaneous / press release Friday August 30, 2013 20:39 by Campaign Wayne
Wayne Flanagan Tobin, a local independent election candidate who lost his own father to suicide is highlighting the plight of young people for World Suicide Prevention Day 2013. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday August 29, 2013 12:47 by Turing
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The recent use of chemical weapons in Damascus is without a doubt an appalling atrocity causing untold damage to human life and creating panic in the area. There can be no doubt that this was a horrifying attack which increases the already high death toll of over 100,000 people with over 1 million people displaced so far. At this point there is no definitive evidence as to who carried out this attack. As UN inspectors continue their investigation in Damascus, the US and her allies move closer to a military intervention into Syria. It is now being reported that the evidence of the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons has been supplied by Israeli military intelligence. Reminiscent of the Blair/Bush Weapons of Mass Destruction excuse for intervention, this convenient intelligence escalates the likelihood of a US military intervention in Syria. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 28, 2013 17:18 by newsmedia
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Merriam-Webster defines democracy as: 1 a : government by the people : rule of the majority b (1) : a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly (as in the ancient Greek city-states or the New England town meeting) — called also direct democracy (2) : a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority in which the people choose their officials and representatives at periodically held free elections — called also representative democracy 2 : a community or state in which the government is controlled by the people; specifically : a state in which the supreme power is held and exercised directly by the people rather than by their elected agents *in a democracy the people meet and exercise their government in person; in a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents— James Madison read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Wednesday August 28, 2013 13:02 by Turing
Do You Want To Be A Docker For A Day? (or a Jacobs worker or the day) WE NEED YOU: PLEASE COME ALONG AND PLAY A PART IN THIS HISTORIC EVENT ON SATURDAY 31st AUGUST 2013 IN O'CONNELL STREET. Please come come dressed as (1) Dockers- time: 11am, Meet at the Custom House. Dark trousers (no runners), colarless shirt and soft cap (2) Come along dressed as the poor of Dublin- wear old torn or shabby clothes. Meet at: 11am at the Gloucester Diamond on Sean MacDermott Street. (3) (Women) come dress as the Jacobs Workers please wear a dark ankle dress or skirt-a light colored blouse, dark boots or flat shoes. Meet at the rear of the Central Bank 11 am. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 28, 2013 12:46 by sakshimehra
Owing to the recurrent rupee depreciation, global analyst BNP Paribas has slashed its GDP forecasts from the previously announced 5.2% to 3.7% for the current fiscal. The country if registers the said GDP growth will mark it’s lowest ever growth index since 1992. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday August 24, 2013 16:16 by Comyn
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5 years into this economic recession, at last the legal profession may be finally drawing a definitive line in the sand, in other words a precedent, that will stop the strategic defaulters playing games with the banks and debtors to whom they owe money, and make them face up to their responsibilities in Ireland, rather than shirking their responsibilities to meet their debts in their own country where they have lived so lavishly during the 'good times'. These Mr and Mrs Bankrupts like the Mr and Mrs Tax Exiles need to step up to the plate. Honour is called for not cowardice. Up to now in the absence of the Insolvency legislation, there may have been some justification but not now. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday August 24, 2013 02:55 by Astrid Essed
Of course I am aware of the human rights violations by the Morsi regime, but since I hold the opinion, that human rights have to respected under all circumstances, regardless of the persons involved or the comitted/accused crime, I have written this letter to General al Sisi, who by the way came into power in Egypt by a military coup. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday August 23, 2013 13:33 by Shay leon
Tomorrow, the 24th of August, 50 people will be roaming Grafton street. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday August 22, 2013 22:47 by Andy Archives
If Bradley Manning showed the U.S. Military’s indifference to arbitrary slaughter by U.S. personnel well that is how the Old Testament lays out the ground rules in the Middle East—it is NOT the Pentagon’s fault the New Testament had some other ideals that claimed all of mankind was part of God’s family. Still it seems apparent why there was so much adamant secrecy about sharing God’s State secrets—since it seems kind of obvious Eden was not the psychological paradise it was purported to have been by the propaganda powers-that-be back then. More importantly despite there being religious precepts too often leaders of countries do whatever they want irrespective of what legal or moral codes should apply—and this goes for both Israel and the United States—so maybe the the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is that leaders can act like arbitrary Gods while expecting their subjects to follow rules? read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday August 22, 2013 08:42 by Shay Leon
Galway, August 22, 2013 - On Saturday, August 24th, at 2:00 PM, animal rights activists will be on Grafton street, Dublin as part of a global day of protests for animal rights. They will hold synchronized street theater at several locations, including McDonald’s, for its sale of animals as food, and Bernardo's furs. Strong visuals are expected. Activists will march in 36 cities in 16 countries, including New York, London, Munich, and Stockholm. More than 7,000 participants are expected to rally worldwide. read full story / add a comment
roscommon / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 21, 2013 12:54 by Paul Laverty
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Are we really supposed to cut off our critical faculties and forget what the CIA has done? On the 16th of August Ken Loach and Paul Laverty spoke at a meeting in Effernagh, Co Leitrim, to commemmorate the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Jimmy Gralton, while across the river Shannon, the same evening, Mr John Brennan, head of the CIA attended a homecoming "Gathering" event in Kilteenan, Roscommon. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday August 21, 2013 12:54 by Turing
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Several hundred Iranian political and human rights activists, academics, and students inside and outside Iran wrote a letter this week to US President Barack Obama asking him to engage with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to “work towards the elimination of sanctions and the lowering of tensions between Iran and the United States.” The letter also expresses support for the 55 Iranian political prisoners who wrote a separate letter to President Obama about the impact of sanctions on Iranians. “Economic sanctions, particularly those imposed unilaterally by the United States, have taken a terrible toll on the Iranian people’s standard of living,” the group writes. They add, “We are concerned that the constant pressure applied by Congress to encourage a policy of confrontation will have negative repercussions on the nuclear negotiations.” These letters join many others that have support from civil society both within and outside Iran, including from journalists, activists, and intellectuals well known for criticizing the Iranian government, urging the removal of crippling sanctions. The full text of the letter is below. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday August 21, 2013 04:00 by Ciaron
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PHOTO - http://tinyurl.com/mmdbef7 YOUTUBE (3mins 35 secs) - "If I had a Hammer" by David Rovics http://tinyurl.com/l8wxwrg inspired by helicopter gunship ploughshares action undertaken by Graeme Dunstan & Bryan Law Talisman Sabre 2011 Trial began in August 19th 2013 read full story / add a comment
kildare / environment / event notice Tuesday August 20, 2013 11:33 by Tadhg
A documentary will screen in Teach Dara, Academy Street, Kildare town on Wednesday 28th August at 7.00 pm. Admission is free and all welcome agus beidh fáilte roimh Gaeilge. The screening will be introduced by Breda Murphy who will explain the screening in the context of global Chemtrail-free day (on Sunday 25th August). read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday August 20, 2013 10:56 by Anthony Ravlich
When Helen Clark, Head of the United Nations Development Program, was asked during question time after delivering a lecture why the UN says nothing about the new plan for the world, global ethical human rights, she ignored the question. read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / news report Monday August 19, 2013 23:32 by rus
Russian authorities have detained hundreds of migrant workers in a makeshift camp in Moscow as part of a widespread crackdown on illegal immigration read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday August 18, 2013 11:36 by Mick Fair
Drug trafficking in Peru and RTE's coverage of it. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday August 18, 2013 01:38 by Turing
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Franklin Lamb gives an eyewitness report on the immediate aftermath of the bombing. Full text at link. I stood for more than an hour just inside a women’s shoe store sometimes moving along the sidewalk, which front had been blown off and wanting to stay out of the way, just watching and grimacing as emergency vehicles began to arrive and thousands, not hundreds, of Hezbollah security and supporters, many armed, arrived and directed the fire trucks and ambulance, helped wounded neighbors among much shouting and emotion. Grown men crying, women praying, and before long a group of young men beating their chests in defiance, chanting “Haidar, Haidar, Haidar’ and Shia ritual meant to identify with the events of Karba in 680 when Hussein bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) sacrificed himself in defense of Islam. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday August 16, 2013 20:43 by Galway Alliance Against War
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/galway.antiwar Or join our group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/312442090965/ The August GAAW Bulletin will be a rather truncated edition as we bring to your attention forthcoming activities by Galway’s local peace group. The U.S. military hub at Shannon airport remains our principal focus. It is through here that Washington ferries its soldiers and its weaponry to kill innocent people in far off lands. This makes us direct accomplices to mass murder. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday August 16, 2013 12:38 by Turing
Tomorrow, Saturday, 2PM, Egyptian Embassy, Dublin. This is a SOLIDARITY PROTEST WITH THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT, not with Morsi or the Muslim Brotherhood, or with any other specific group. It is in opposition to military dictatorship, to the state of emergency, and to all massacres - from whichever side. IAWM CONDEMNS MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS AND IMPOSITION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY BY EGYPTIAN MILITARY • SOLIDARITY PROTEST WITH PEOPLE OF EGYPT THIS SATURDAY 2PM AT EGYPTIAN EMBASSY, 12 CLYDE ROAD, BALLSBRIDGE, DUBLIN 4. • CALLS FOR IRISH GOVERNMENT TO CONDEMN EGYPTIAN MILITARY read full story / add a comment |
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