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international / eu / other press Friday June 26, 2009 17:21 by Susan Boyle PopQueen
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The island of Martinique is in the Carribean sea where reggae, voodoo, rum & hurricanes come from. It is also an integral part of France and as such its map appears on Euro bank notes at the bottom in a little insert. Four months ago the people of Martinique and neighbouring Gaudelope paralysed their local economies with strike actions, civil unrest, general un-mellowness and all round anti-Sarkozy attitude. This was in no small part due to their extraordinarily high levels of unemployment compared to the rest of France. Today Sarkozy has started a tour of "overseas France" and has proposed a referendum on autonomy but not independence. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday June 26, 2009 16:05 by RogerYates
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"Animal Rights July," a 5-week event in Dublin, featuring films, discussions and lectures on animal rights philosophy and social movement advocacy. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday June 26, 2009 14:04 by Andrew
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In any country with a half way critical media, the last few months would have been disastrous for Shell. In a crucial period in Shell’s imposition of an experimental gas pipeline on the people of Erris it emerges that Michael Dwyer, one of the security guards on this project, was part of an attempt to trigger a civil war in Bolivia. Soon after that it became clear that at least three others who had worked as security guards at the Shell compound had travelled to Bolivia with Dwyer and were wanted there for questioning. Some, it emerged, had links to fascist organizations in Eastern Europe. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Friday June 26, 2009 11:17 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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In a daring action by the Shell to Sea kayak team Shell's pipe-laying ship the Solitaire was forced to flee from activists late yesterday. Read on... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Wednesday June 24, 2009 23:49 by Reclaim the resources,protect the communty!
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As the Solitaires arrival looms large,the state ups the pressure with more frivolous arrests read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 22, 2009 01:39 by TD
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In its ongoing campaign of picketing Galway businesses unethically selling Israeli products, activists with the Free Palestine Campaign are assiduous in their duty to conscience and human rights, of equal committment to base slander, malevolence and malodorous porkies are the management and security of Woodies DIY store, off the Headford Road, Galway, who unfailingly call in the Gardai to get rid of us on spurious and malevolent grounds: that we abuse, swear at and curse their customers, are aggressive towards them, block the entrance to their store and the area, which is a public space for commercial activities, is "private property." read full story / add a comment
national / eu / feature Sunday June 21, 2009 07:19 by Joe Higgins MEP
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Joe Higgins MEP on why he'll be campaigning against the rerun of the Lisbon Treaty and how this provides a real challenge and opportunity for the left. Less than two weeks after the Euro Election campaign a Euro related charade is about to be visited on the Irish people. We are now being told that the FiannaFail/Green Party Coalition Government will present us with the Lisbon Treaty for a vote in late September or early October as soon as the EU Heads of State agree ‘legal guarantees’ apparently clarifying what the Treaty really means. Lest anybody forgot, we voted on this Treaty in June of last year and by a convincing majority the Irish electorate rejected it. However, that did not please the Euro elite which was shocked at our insolence in daring to take a view different to what it has determined in our interests. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / feature Saturday June 20, 2009 15:23 by Azadi
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The Iranian government’s campaign to mold ‘model’ Islamic citizens has not only fashioned a profound crisis of loyalty to the religious ‘ideals of the revolution’, it has nurtured action that many have silently prayed for - as the public sphere, the last bastion of the religious elites grip on power, was shot open by their own guns Sunday. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday June 19, 2009 13:40 by pat c
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This is a statement from the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Vahed Bus Company. This union has a long history of struggle for econnomic and civil rights. Here they make clear that there must be a struggle for the rights of all Iranians who have been oppressed. This article is supposed to be available on http://www.justiceforiranianworkers.org/ but that site is down at present. So I am posting it in full here. In line with the recognition of the labour rights, we request that June 26 Action Day - Justice for Iranian workers - to include the human rights of all Iranians who have been deprived of their rights. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday June 19, 2009 00:43 by Sean Clinton
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We wish to announce the formation of IFPAL, Irish Friends of Palestine Against Lisbon. We are a group of concerned citizens from all over Ireland who support the political and human rights of the Palestinian people, and believe that the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union is inherently inimical to those rights. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / other press Tuesday June 16, 2009 21:11 by Joe Higgins.eu
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Joe Higgins MEP talks about the results of the 2009 Irish Election, the economic crisis, left cooperation and his plans to use the MEP seat to fight Lisbon II. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday June 16, 2009 21:09 by Niall Harnett
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A Shell to Sea kayaker who paddled out from the shore near the Rossport Solidarity Camp was arrested and detained by Shell Security personnel at about 5pm today, Tue 16th June. Two security guards waded into the water, captured the man in his canoe and dragged him to shore and onto the Shell site, where he was forcibly held until Gardaí handcuffed him and detained him in a Garda van. Despite the fact that the captured man was given no reason for his arrest and detention by either Shell or the Gardai; Garda Sgt. Kieran Lavelle MY2 denied later that the man was arrested at all, but that he was being held 'for his own safety'. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday June 15, 2009 18:00 by Chicherin
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Iranian Secret Police have fired on the crowds protesting against the stealing of the Presidential election. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the "defeated" oresidential candidate had previously addressed the crowd. The demonstrators gathered in Tehran's Revolution Square, chanting pro-Mousavi slogans as riot police menaced them. "Mousavi we support you. We will die, but retrieve our votes," they shouted, many wearing the green of Mousavi's election campaign. And Mr Mousavi eventually appeared, addressing the crowd from the roof of his car. "The vote of the people is more important than Mousavi or any other person," he told his supporters. Before Mr Mousavi arrived, Reuters reported that his supporters had scuffled with stick-wielding men on motorcycles - apparently supporters of the president. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Monday June 15, 2009 09:54 by Dave Donnellan
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A demonstration in memory of the victims of clerical sexual abuse was held in Dublin on the 10th June. The demonstration was organised by Christine Buckley, of Aislinn, John Kelly, of Survivors of Abuse in Ireland, Noel Barry, of Right of Place and Michael O'Brien former mayor of Clonmel. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday June 14, 2009 19:07 by TD
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Heartened by recent successes in the ongoing Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions campaign in the field of corporate responsibility and ethical compliance, , http://www.bdsmovement.net/ where giant French multinational company, Veolia Environnement SA, following a global campaign over its activities in the West Bank, is poised to withdraw from its participation in the construction and management of the illegal light railway in Occupied East Jerusalem and the announcement of Belgian-French financial group Dexia that it will no longer finance Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories through its Israeli branch Dexia Israel ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment / feature Saturday June 13, 2009 12:15 by S2S
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At 2am on Thursday morning, Pat O'Donnell's boat the 'Iona Isle' was boarded by four masked men and sunk out at sea, near where Mr. O'Donnell lays his fishing pots off Erris, North Mayo. Mr. O'Donnell and crewman Martin McDonnell were attacked and held down by some of the men, while others went below deck, where they proceeded to sink the boat. Both local men have been taken to Castlebar General Hospital, where they are recovering. read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections / feature Saturday June 13, 2009 11:29 by Paula Geraghty
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The election of Joe Higgins as the third MEP elected from Dublin has marked a significant shift in Irish politics. With the Greens now wiped out clinging desperately to a dying government the election results have shown there is an alternative and hope for another Ireland. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Thursday June 11, 2009 21:09 by Joe Higgins.eu
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Joe Higgins MEP (Socialist Party) has publicly condemned the sinking of the Iona Isle fishing boat this morning near Rossport. This boat, owned by Pat O'Donnell, a prominent Shell to Sea activist in Mayo and fifth generation fisherman, was boarded by four masked men in the dead of night. They held Pat and his crewman hostage for an hour and a half, before leaving them stranded on a sinking boat. The fishermen only barely managed to inflate their lifeboat in time to escape alive before the boat sank. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday June 09, 2009 15:14 by J.S
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As many people know Willie Corduff (from Rossport 5 fame) was recently assaulted whilst undertaking a protest action against Shell's illegal work in Glengad. There has been much discussion, debate and spin, to the highest levels of national media and politics. In these short video interviews Willie tells the story in his own words. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / feature Monday June 08, 2009 20:28 by Dunk
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Oil and Gas multi-nationals always get what they want. That is, the resources for next to nothing. And nothing will stand in their way. This week 25 Peruvian Indians were massacred by the military. The same thing has happened elsewhere in South America in other countries and in Africa a-la Nigeria. In our own country, to avoid bloodshed, our politicians just handed over the resources for free. In Bolivia where Evo Morales nationalised their Natural Gas, death squads were sent out to kill him, with one of their own being Irishman Michael Dwyer who worked for a large oil company in Mayo. Anyone notice a trend here? So read on to find out what happened in Peru this past week...
Awajun, Wampis, mestizos y blancos unidos en defensa del territorio, luchando para derogatoria de los DS Awajun, Wampis (native tribes), mestizos (mix of native and Spanish blood) and whites united in defence of the land, Struggling to repeal the Court Orders An ongoing, many month old peaceful protest in the Bagua region of the north western area of Peru was brutally attacked this week by state forces, resulting in the deaths of, at least, 25 native Indigenous Amazonian Peruvians. A motorway in the "curve of the devil" region had been blocked by local communities of the area who feel their land, health, livelihood and community is threatened by the government's giveaway of the area, and its precious resources, to multinational oil and gas exploration. They are perhaps right to feel sad, threatened and terrified, knowing how things have faired in neighbouring areas with a similar story, Sion, Equador and beyond... Perhaps even as far a field as Rossport. read full story / add a comment |
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