|
Upcoming Eventsno events match your query! New Eventsno events posted in last week
Blog Feeds
Public InquiryInterested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
Human Rights in IrelandPromoting Human Rights in Ireland
Lockdown Skeptics
Voltaire NetworkVoltaire, international edition
|
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 15, 2010 16:59 by Kev and Freda H
 4 comments (last - saturday march 20, 2010 20:17)  5 video files
WEST BANK, PALESTINE: Bil'in village, the internationally renowned centre of Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israel's Apartheid Wall, was this morning - 15th March 2010 - declared a 'Closed Military Zone' by Israeli Authorities, meaning that access for International and Israeli anti-Wall activists is outlawed for six months. Furthermore, the head of the Popular Committee in Bil'in, Iyad Burnat, received a phone call from the Shin Bet - Israel's 'internal security service' - ordering him to report to Ofer Military Prison for questioning. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Sunday March 14, 2010 19:02 by Roowyrm and Niall
15 comments (last - thursday march 18, 2010 15:11) 1 video file
Musicians and singers, residents of Erris and Shell to Sea supporters from around the country gathered together at Castlerea prison on Saturday 13th March for a public demonstration of solidarity and support for prisoner Pat O'Donnell. Special thanks to Frances Black for the pleasure of her company and her singing, and to all the musicians which included Gregory Daly on flute, Gerry Harrington on fiddle, Ciara Daly on flute, Seamus and Fiachna O'Mongain on concertina and accordion, Joe Carey on accordion, Rob O'Foghlu on bodhran, Seamus Mac Mathuna on flute, Ide Nic Mhathuna on concertina, Mystery Guest on guitar, singers Naoise O'Mongain, Astrid Ni Mhongain, Brid Smith and Finbar Cafferkey … … And to Benny Canavan on the pipes who led a march from the prison gates along the prison walls to the prison doors. read full story / add a comment
Israel- Expansionism even as Joe Biden arrives to negotiate a settlement between Israel and the bele
galway / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday March 12, 2010 11:45 by donkylemore
43 comments (last - monday may 17, 2010 00:10) 7 video files
The UN mandate 424 demands that Israel return to it's pre '67 borders. She has refused to do so in 40 years. Israel 's hegemony in the region is manifest in her military and social expansionist policies . She ignores the rest of the world , perpetrates whatever atrocities she chooses with impunity. When criticized by the Goldstein report she attacked Goldstein , then attacken the UN for having the timerity to criticize her invasion of Lebanon and killing of over 1400 civilians. There is one bizarre and paradoxical for a recalibrating the balance of power in the Middle East.... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday March 12, 2010 01:10 by Paula Geraghty
2 comments (last - monday april 26, 2010 22:42) 1 video file
Video of taxi drivers outside the Taxi regulator's office at the end of the occupation. A number of taxi drivers are interviewed including the 71 year old who describes how he was assaulted. Filmed tuesday 9th March. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday March 10, 2010 22:47 by a non-racist individual
25 comments (last - tuesday november 23, 2010 17:48) 6 video files
A Youtube video series shows the full horror of life under Israeli occupation read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday March 10, 2010 19:31 by Unite the Union
1 video file
Unite bank workers from across the sector came out to support 750 colleagues being threatened with compulsory redundancy at lunchtime today. Watch a video report from Trade Union TV from the Dáil. read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday March 10, 2010 08:36 by margaretta d'arcy
5 comments (last - wednesday march 10, 2010 23:13) 1 video file
The Women’s Peace camp Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of March, at Shannon airport, as part of the International Women’s Day celebrations, was certainly worth while. Women and some men came from afar. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday March 08, 2010 10:57 by Paula Geraghty
1 video file
Phil Keane from Women's group of St Michael's Estate talks about International Women's Day on how and why it is celebrated by the women of St Michael's Estate. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday March 06, 2010 18:26 by Freda Hughes
19 comments (last - monday april 12, 2010 16:35) 1 video file
The School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London organised a conference on the Left in Palestine through it's Palestine Society from February 27th-28th. As far as I know this is the first conference covering this specific area of the Palestinian question and, thus, it had the potential to open up much needed debate on the subject. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment / news report Saturday March 06, 2010 02:41 by Dave Donnellan
1 video file
Pat 'The Chief' O'Donnell, a local fisherman and campaigner against the Corrib gas pipeline was jailed for 7 months on Feb 10th. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / housing / news report Tuesday March 02, 2010 10:45 by Paula Geraghty
6 comments (last - tuesday april 05, 2011 10:50) 2 video files
Over 30 people came out to protest outside Dublin City Council to keep Cedar House, a service for homeless people in Dublin open, on Monday, March 1st 2010. Find the campaign on FaceBook facebook.com/pages/save-the-homeless-services/290883897234 Contact them at [email protected]. read full story / add a comment
National Rally & March for Justice in Support of the TEEU Strike at Green Isle Foods, Naas - 12 noon
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday March 01, 2010 22:40 by Paula Geraghty
1 comment (last - tuesday march 02, 2010 15:25) 1 video file
Hundreds marched to the Green Isle factory where TEEU members have been on strike and two men have begun a hunger strike. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday February 27, 2010 18:46 by Kev
1 video file
Today Saturday 27th February 2010, members and supporters of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign took to the streets of Dublin asking consumers and retailers to boycott Israeli Apartheid products in solidarity with the Palestinian people who continue to suffer incalculable misery at the hands of the Israeli state. The action marked the beginning of international Israel Apartheid Week. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday February 26, 2010 22:03 by Paula Geraghty
1 video file
Today, the Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) will held a protest (Friday 26th Feb) at 5pm outside the Dail to demand the government impose sanctions on Israel in response to the outrage where seven falsified Irish passports were used to facilitate the assassins of senior Hamas figure, Mahmoud Al Mabhouh, in Dubai. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday February 26, 2010 02:49 by Paula Geraghty
3 comments (last - tuesday march 02, 2010 12:18) 1 video file
A small group of people picketed the US embassy in Ballsbridge in solidarity with Haitians and to call for troops out and end the military occupation of Haiti. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / news report Thursday February 25, 2010 16:25 by DCTV
10 comments (last - monday march 08, 2010 21:29) 1 video file
On the 6th March 2010 DCTV is launching its latest TV series - The Pedal Project, consisting of 3 hours of material filmed in Dublin, London and Amsterdam. A fast paced, visually and musically polished piece looking at cycling culture and how to create cycling friendly cities the series will be simultaneously broadcast on television and released on the internet. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Thursday February 25, 2010 09:32 by Dave Donnellan
2 comments (last - sunday february 28, 2010 00:46) 1 video file
A recent interview with Eoin O'Leidhin who was jailed yesterday for non-payment of a fine incurred during a protest in Rossport, Co. Mayo. Eoin is one of a number of local residents who have been targeted by the authorities for expressing their concern over safety aspects of the controversial Shell gas pipeline in Mayo. The decision to lay the high pressure production gas pipeline by Shell close to human dwellings was made without any consultation with local residents and has no planning permission. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday February 24, 2010 19:07 by Niall Harnett
10 comments (last - tuesday march 09, 2010 13:18) 1 video file
Eoin O'Leidhin has joined fisherman Pat 'the Chief' O'Donnell at Castlerea prison today. Eoin was convicted of Section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 for 'failure to comply with the directions of Garda' at a protest outside the Shell site Glengad on 30th August 2008. Garda Sean Cunnane, who likes to ham it up as he whinges to the courts, convinced Judge David Anderson that Eoin's behaviour was a crime. The short video below shows the true flavour of the occasion. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday February 23, 2010 12:31 by Andrew N Flood
8 comments (last - monday march 01, 2010 22:32) 1 video file
The week before last Erris fisherman Pat O'Donnell was jailed for seven months for his part in the communities ongoing resistance to Shell's attempt to impose an experimental gas pipeline on them. Across the country local Shell to Sea groups have been holding solidarity protests and other events for Pat. In Dublin this has included two protests and a public meeting in UCD. Meanwhile Shell have been forced to admit a temporary defeat in the face of local opposition and call off the construction they have planned for Glengad this year. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday February 23, 2010 11:36 by Fintan Lane
35 comments (last - tuesday april 06, 2010 17:14) 6 video files
Following revelations that the address of a Dublin house owned by a brother of former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds was used by the assassins who killed a Palestinian official in Dubai, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is calling on the Irish government and the European Union to take a more forthright position on the murder by Israel of its political opponents. read full story / add a comment |
|
|
