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national / anti-capitalism Sunday April 08, 2012 - 00:13 by Nico
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Here in Ireland there are many 1916 commemorations that are held annually by various groups and parties, but unfortunately, only a very divided fraction of those celebrate it from a revolutionary point of view. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Saturday April 07, 2012 - 21:30 by Galway Alliance Against War
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GALWAY ALLIANCE AGAINST WAR APRIL 2012 BULLETIN GAAW PEACE EVENT The Funeral of Irish Neutrality: 14th April 2012, Eyre Sq., Galway at 2pm Cortege will proceed to Labour Party Conference at NUIG Dress Code: Black GAAW SUPPORTED PEACE EVENT Shannon Peace Vigil Sunday, 8 April 2012 14:00 until 15:00 Meet at small roundabout just before Shannon Airport Shannon Airport continues to operate as a staging post for US military forces occupying Afghanistan. Join us in Shannon on Easter Sunday to say enough is enough - end Shannon's complicity in war. Contents 1. John Arden 2. The Labour Party Conference & the Death of Irish Neutrality 3. Wikileaks: News from the Middle East 4. War Criminals: The ICC & US Courts 5. Remembering Gallipoli & the Futility of War ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 06, 2012 - 18:50 by Patrick McCarthy
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An Appeal to the People of Ireland
Citizens, Immigrants, and Asylum Seekers: In the name of your homes, your livelihoods and your childrens future we beg you to set aside your differences and join together to restore Irelands sovereignty. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights Wednesday April 04, 2012 - 23:46 by Christopher O Riordan
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Last week a circus worker at a circus based in cork was seriously injured when a Indian Elephant accidently fell upon him. I look at how in the 21st century using wild animals for entertainment ishumane and should not be acceptable. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / eu Wednesday April 04, 2012 - 18:51 by O.O´C.
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In a move clearly aimed at trying to upstage and divert attention from an extremely embarasing Sinn Féin private members’ motion on the ESM Treaty, the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, told the Dáil on 21 March that the Government is “now negotiating with the EU authorities, and principaly with the ECB, on the basis that the €3.06 bilion cash instalment due from the Minister to IBRC [Irish Bank Resolution Corporation] on 31 March 2012 under the terms of the IBRC promisory note could be settled by the delivery of a long-term Irish government bond. The details of the arrangement have still to be worked out.” ... read full story / add a comment 
national / eu Wednesday April 04, 2012 - 01:10 by O.O´C.
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The stroke? Sign up, virtually ‘on the q.t.,’ to a new permanent euro-zone bail-out fund, the European Stability Mechanism, to which Ireland will be “irrevocably and unconditionally” obliged to the tune of €11 billion, while all the time making great palaver about holding a referendum on the Fiscal Compact Treaty. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Tuesday April 03, 2012 - 06:04 by Bob Brown
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Bob Brown delivers the 3rd annual Green Oration ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Monday April 02, 2012 - 15:04 by O.O'C.
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The Government wants the Dáil and Seanad in the very near future to approve a hugely important amendment to the EU treaties without any referendum, even though this amendment and its legal and political consequences would mark a qualitative change in the direction of the EU and in the character, scope and objectives of the Economic and Monetary Union. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday April 01, 2012 - 15:54 by Off the Cuff
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The tax protests back in the 70s and 80s proved futile when it came to ordinary working people being heard by their government. In reality the only thing that really happened on those occasions was that working people lost a day's pay. Mass demonstration in Ireland achieves nothing. It is seen as a way for working people and the unemployed to let off a bit of steam so that everything can move along as it was. The trade union movement has not seen or has deliberately avoided other forms of demonstration beyond mass demonstration. The time for change has come, mass demonstration is no longer a proven method of having the will of the people upheld by their political representatives. ts time for change. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday March 29, 2012 - 03:05 by Internationalist Group
Outrage over the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin compounds daily as the killer remains free, facing no criminal charges for gunning down the unarmed black youth from Miami Gardens, Florida. On February 26, George Zimmerman, a white self-appointed captain of a "neighborhood watch" team shot Martin, a black high-school student. Police and local prosecutors never charged Zimmerman and accepted his cynical claim that he shot the unarmed youth in "self-defense." Thousands have demonstrated around the country, particularly after police tapes of 911 calls by Zimmerman were released, showing that he was stalking Martin. But the main thrust of liberals is to divert the protests into a movement for gun control laws and to get rid of "Stand Your Ground" laws such as Florida's which make it legal to shoot in self-defense. The ruling-class response deliberately tries to obscure the key fact that this was racist murder. Trayvon Martin was killed for the "crime" of "walking while black." ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday March 29, 2012 - 00:06 by jim travers
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What sort of a nation of people do we have when nearly 500,000 householders decide to pay a charge that is directly aimed at the most vulnerable and stressed incomes in our society. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Saturday March 24, 2012 - 22:19 by Off the cuff
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With less than a week to go before more than one million people will be hauled into court for breaking the law the Household Charge protest hs taken one more step closer to success. The only people who believe this tax is justifable are the same people who can well afford to pay this tax. While this government squeezes more and more out of the people politicians like Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore give themselves pay rises to compensate them for losses they incured through their so-called ''we are all in this together' cry of unity. Should one million people refuse to pay the cahrge before the deadline of the 31st Match, then this must be seen a s a sign of no confidence in this government and Irish politicians in general. ... read full story / add a comment
offaly / miscellaneous Saturday March 24, 2012 - 11:08 by Auld Rotten Hat
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For a number of years now, I have been going regularly to music festivals – everything from Glastonbury, Electric Picnic, Life and much smaller independent music festivals which I have always found to be a huge contrast to the often staid, boring meetings and rallies on social justice issues. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / gender and sexuality Thursday March 15, 2012 - 23:11 by Eleanor Leahy
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This is an article to mark international women's day 2012. The austerity that is being forced on the Irish people so that the banks can be bailed out is causing harm to every aspect of society. This article does not suggest that hard times are an excuse or cause of domestic violence but that austerity is worsening the situation for women trapped in abusive relationships and is taking away services that are life saving to them. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 12, 2012 - 22:46 by The Watcher
Is the time for passive protest and resistance over in Ireland? ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Monday March 12, 2012 - 13:11 by Ban Hare Coursing Cruelty
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A petition has been started to call on the Taoisech Enda Kenny to support the upcoming Bill that aims to ban hare coursing ... read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage Sunday March 11, 2012 - 13:21 by Ex-Corkman
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Eoghan Harris regularly rants about terrorism both real and imaginary. While he still checks under his bed for Trots his main fear is that we are in a Weimar Republic stage and Sinn Fein are on the verge of seizing power. He fails to notice that his beloved Blueshirts are the one party in Ireland with a Fascist past. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Friday March 09, 2012 - 23:32 by Galway Alliance Against War
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Galway alliance against war - march 2012 bulletin Follow us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/312442090965/ Gaaw supported peace events Sunday 11th march between 2-3pm Mark the 9th anniversary of the start of the criminal iraq war 1,455,590 iraqis were slaughtered in us war and occupation of iraq Peace vigil organised by shannonwatch at shannon airport (please assemble at roundabout before airport) Sunday 11th march radisson blu galway @ 8pm Ó ghaillimh go gaza gig Dónal lunny & friends In aid of galway/palestine children’s charity concert Tickets for the concert are €20/€10 and will be available on the door on the night. ... read full story / add a comment
The Government's announcement of a referendum on the so-called "Fiscal Compact Treaty" (properly titled the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union/TSCG) calls in question its original intention to introduce the quite different European Stability Mechanism Treaty (ESM) to the Dáil for approval of its ratification on Tuesday or Wednesday next, or else sometime in the present pre-Easter Dáil term, as the Taoiseach recently announced. ... read full story / add a comment
We should work for a powerful No vote in the referendum on the Permanent Austerity Treaty, but we should also not be distracted from the anti-democratic process that the Government is using to bring the European Stability Mechanism into being ... read full story / add a comment |
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