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offsite link Shock Revelation: The U.K. Doesn?t Have Enough Workers to Build Labour?s 1.5 Million New Homes Sun Dec 15, 2024 13:00 | Sallust
Labour's promise of 1.5 million new homes is a pipe dream destined to fail, says Sallust, with no workers, no skills and no plan to back it up.
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Labour has given the green light for "activist" councils to rename streets tied to slavery and the Empire, quietly scrapping plans to let residents veto the changes.
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Economist Prof Steve Fothergill has said he was "sacked" by Sheffield Hallam University after writing a paper that criticised UK immigration policy for allowing large numbers of jobs to be taken by foreigners.
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offsite link Ed Miliband Triples Down on Energy Suicide Sun Dec 15, 2024 07:00 | Ben Pile
Rather than facing the facts, Ed Miliband has this week tripled-down on what everyone else can now see are terrible mistakes in energy policy more than two decades in the making, says Ben Pile.
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A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 12, 2010 - 00:27 by Anthony Ravlich
Because of human rights omission New Zealand has suffered major social problems, some social statistics worse than other countries, at the bottom of the social scale but it is hidden from mainstream New Zealanders. Fear is pervasive and there is a sense of hoelessness which is holding back progress and adaptation to global changes. A focus on the truth rather than power politics and the 'money grab' will help overcome this. It has, in my opinion, modeled itself on the British class system permitting mass social class discrimination. ... read full story / add a comment
Community Walk Out
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday August 11, 2010 - 15:52 by Shell to Sea   text 8 comments (last - friday september 10, 2010 - 20:01)   image 10 images
Yesterday morning forty people from around Sruwaddacon Estuary brought Shell’s survey work in the area to a complete standstill. The community walked out onto the mudflats at low tide to assert their cockle-picking rights and disrupt Shell’s borehole drilling survey.

At around 11.30am people converged at Aughoose and walked down a public right of way onto the mudflats. The group walked to one of the two jack-up barges and prevented drilling by walking underneath the platform. IRMS - Shell’s private security firm – tried to block their free passage but the people prevailed and walked where they pleased. Three people scaled the legs of the barge and occupied them for about four hours. One person chained himself to the one of the drill-shafts in order to stop the work.

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national / politics / elections Wednesday August 11, 2010 - 00:55 by Charlie Williams   text 17 comments (last - friday march 20, 2015 - 10:54)   image 1 image
We're pleased to inform you that a new political party in Ireland is on its way. Fís Nua or New Vision.
We see ourselves as a federation of socialy and ecologicaly engaged persons and groups/organisations that want to enter the parliaments.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday August 09, 2010 - 21:00 by Ardoyne Republican   image 1 image
Once again, the discredited Parades Commission has permitted an unwelcome sectarian parade to pass through the Greater Ardoyne community to then board a bus at the rear of Holy Cross Church, to travel to Derry. GARC feel it is necessary to inform the wider public that this parade has nothing to do with the Protestant religion, heritage or culture. So those who insist on this act of provocation need to justify why?
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday August 09, 2010 - 20:21 by IPSC   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 10, 2010 - 18:21)   image 1 image
Subject: IPSC Statement in Solidarity with the 'Ahava 4'

Date: Monday 9th August 2010

To: The 'Ahava 4', London
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dublin / arts and media Monday August 09, 2010 - 16:10 by L.A.N.C.I   image 1 image
LANCI is launching a new festival to commemorate and celebrate this year . This will incorporate the 8th International Tango Festival!
The LANCI Festival aims to give international recognition to the varied cultures of Latin American Countries. This Latin American Festival offers a variety of artistic and traditional presentations including music, and dance in the form of salsa, samba and tango, film exhibition, photographs and paintings from Latin American artists. This is the first time that a festival of this kind is being held in Dublin. A cosmopolitan city like Dublin guarantees that this type of event will be a success. ... read full story / add a comment
Calling all Happy Campers!
national / environment Sunday August 08, 2010 - 13:08 by Jennifer O' Leary   text 3 comments (last - tuesday august 24, 2010 - 11:21)   image 2 images   video 2 video files
The Irish Climate Camp will take place this year at Victoria Bridge, County Tyrone, from the 12th to the 16th of August. The camp is taking place in support of the local community and their opposition to the proposed new A5 – a project that will cost a lot of money, a lot of energy (carbon emissions) and really makes no logical sense since vehicle numbers using that route have decreased considerably over recent years. Climate camp Ireland is a group of individuals that believe in taking direct action to prepare for and mitigate the effects of climate change. The camp is open to anyone to attend, and will host numerous workshops on many aspects of climate change. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Friday August 06, 2010 - 21:22 by Mina Ahadi
For Immediate Publication.

Iran stoning case, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is at imminent risk of execution in Tabriz prison.

Moreover, her well known human rights lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, is in prison in Turkey after having fled the country to evade arrest for his advocacy work. His wife remains in prison in Iran – held hostage – until he is remanded into the regime’s custody (http://stopstonningnow.com/wpress/?p=1652). Given Turkey’s close relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mostafaei can face deportation back to Iran even though he has applied for refugee status with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees there.

Campaigners are concerned about the safety of Mostafaei and his wife. We are also extremely concerned for Ashtiani’s life. The regime may be preparing to execute her within the next few days, particularly given that the Tabriz prosecutor has demanded her execution and is awaiting the Tehran high court’s confirmation (http://stopstonningnow.com/wpress/?p=1665). ... read full story / add a comment
Mavi Marmara
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday August 06, 2010 - 17:09 by Jose Antonio Gutierrez and Freda H   text 4 comments (last - tuesday august 10, 2010 - 15:53)   image 1 image   1 attached file
Palestinian and Latin American rights campaigners in Ireland have reacted strongly to the appointment of outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez to one of two United Nations commissions set up to inquire into the Mavi Marmara massacre on May 31 in international waters while they approached the besieged Gaza Strip. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday August 06, 2010 - 15:52 by Volunteer   text 1 comment (last - monday august 09, 2010 - 20:52)
As news that Ireland's unemployment rate continues to rise sinks in, 20 young people from across Ireland are gathering in Galway this weekend to prepare their effort in bringing about much needed change.

The SpunOut.ie Academy of Activism, supported by the Huston Film School at NUIG, is a free training course for young people of different backgrounds who are passionate about making a difference in the world around them. The training is offered by the multi-award winning SpunOut.ie youth charity as part of its work in empowering young people in their personal and social development. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday August 05, 2010 - 17:51 by R.I.P.   text 1 comment (last - thursday august 05, 2010 - 19:24)
After 29 years of U.S. prisons and a few weeks of release activist Marilyn Buck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Buck passed away with cancer on August 3rd. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 05, 2010 - 01:30 by Ardoyne Republican   image 1 image
REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY (RNU) Spokesperson, CARL REILLY has slammed the alarming length the RUC/PSNI and MI5 will literally travel in attempts to blackmail and threaten members of our Network.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday August 01, 2010 - 15:34 by Mina Ahadi   text 3 comments (last - saturday august 07, 2010 - 10:06)   image 1 image
For Immediate Publication.

We, the undersigned, are extremely concerned to learn that the whereabouts of leading human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei is unknown and that his wife, Fereshteh Halimi, and brother-in-law, Farhad Halimi, have been arrested on 24 July by the Iranian authorities. Mostafaei is the lawyer of Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani who has been sentenced to death by stoning for ‘adultery.’ ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday August 01, 2010 - 15:26 by RNU PRO   image 1 image
The REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY (RNU) Cathaoirleach/Chairperson, DANNY MCBREARTY, has equated the increase in the Offences Against the State Act against Political Activists in the 26 Counties as a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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donegal / education Sunday August 01, 2010 - 13:59 by éirígí Sligeach   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 01, 2010 - 15:30)
The proposal to use the widely discredited public private partnership scheme to build a new school premises for Coláiste Ailigh in Letterkenny has been condemned by éirígí. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Thursday July 29, 2010 - 11:23 by Tracy Donegan
1 in 4 babies will be born by caesarean in Ireland. Experts estimate that 1/3 of Irish caesareans are
avoidable. As the HSE announces a caesarean reduction strategy more Mothers are questioning the rise
in surgical birth.

A must read for all expectant Mothers. Tracy Donegan’s latest guide to birth in Ireland explores the
epidemic of surgical births in Ireland and the growing number of women choosing VBAC (vaginal birth
after caesarean). The Irish Caesarean and VBAC Guide provides answers to the many overwhelming
questions associated with caesarean birth and VBAC. ... read full story / add a comment
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sligo / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday July 28, 2010 - 23:08 by éirígí Sligeach   text 5 comments (last - monday september 27, 2010 - 23:00)   image 1 image
New savage cutbacks are to be introduced at Sligo and Letterkenny General hospitals and others around the country. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday July 25, 2010 - 15:56 by Akai   text 3 comments (last - monday july 26, 2010 - 17:49)
In response to the article entitled "Polish Anarchist Linked to Corrib Gas Pipeline Protest", published in the Irish newspaper the Independent, we state that the information contained in the article is false. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Sunday July 25, 2010 - 13:41 by Stop Shell
Below you can find the two community submissions
1. against Shell's EIS pipeline application.
2. against Shell's application for Compulsory Acquisition Orders

Feel free to print off and send as your own or write your own version.
Deadline is this WED 28th July 5.30pm.
Case reference: PL16 .GA0004 ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday July 24, 2010 - 12:23 by RNU - PRO   image 1 image
REPUBLICAN NETWORK FOR UNITY National Chairperson, Danny McBrearty has announced that RNU will join this Sunday’s march in Lurgan highlighting the repressive conditions being meted out to Republican political prisoners in Maghaberry.
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