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international / arts and media / other press Wednesday December 26, 2007 18:27 by Ariko
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The Brazilian police are saying that the Image of Suzanne Bloch who died in 2002, stolen from the Sao Paulo Gallery in Brazil was 'a Professional Heist'. The painting in oil ,as exhibited on the second floor of the gallery the other theft was 'The Coffee Worker.' read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 26, 2007 16:56 by C Murray
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A member of my family was supposed to be on Phuket on the day of the Tsunami but had been dragged away on holiday by his partner.He lost his friends and co-workers and it took us a while to ensure he was indeed alive.. Today is the third anniversary of the Great Sumatra- Andaman Earthquake and a lot of help is still needed, unfortunately the links to the Isis site are not working so I cannot offer a Grassroot perspective of what has been achieved and what is still needed. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice / news report Tuesday December 25, 2007 15:44 by Paula Geraghty
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What a fine day. Spotted two heads at the Luas stop waiting for the tram with massive rucksacks. Will they miss their flight because they had no notion there's no public transport Christmas Day? Next, the swim I missed. Photo essay at below. read full story / add a comment
mayo / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday December 22, 2007 21:15 by Chekov
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This 7 minute documentary follows a couple of protestors who travelled down to Rossport in February 2007 to protest against Shell's construction of an on-shore refinery. This video follows their progress as they take part in an invasion of the site. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / feature Saturday December 22, 2007 19:46 by Shell to Sea
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A small group of Shell to Sea activists scaled the heights of the Department of Natural Resources today, to place a banner reading PROTECT IRISH NATURAL RESOURCES on the balcony outside Eamon Ryan's office. Splitting into two small teams, the protesters used advice from GreenPeace to distract the security and gain access to the Minister's top floor office and leave a message for him. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Saturday December 22, 2007 16:36 by TaraTaraTara
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Happy Winter Solstice from Tara Defenders at Newgrange. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Saturday December 22, 2007 11:22 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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Joe Strummer died on Dec. 22nd. 2002. This how a few people in London celebrated his memory last night. Feel free to post your own memoriam as a comment. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday December 22, 2007 11:03 by C Murray
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The area of linguistic rights and access to education from grassroot mobile library services through to prisoner's rights has always been a concern of the International Pen Union. Often the media, expecially in Ireland, would tend to ignore many of the press releases which along with Reporter's Sans Frontieres, IFEX, and other NGO groups have consistently attempted to highlight the dangers to the lives of writers in War regions and to those who advocate basic human rights to dignity and right of access to education. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday December 21, 2007 10:18 by Oisin Mac Giollamoir
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An introduction and critique of an often forgoteen tendency in the revolutionary movement. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday December 20, 2007 22:04 by IPSC
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Last weekend members of the Ireland-Paleatine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) were on the streets in Dublin, Galway and Limerick to inform shoppers about the likelihood of unwittingly supporting the apartheid regime in Israel if they purchase diamonds without knowing where they were crafted. read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday December 20, 2007 15:07 by pat c
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Coke is certainly the real thing, once again it is using Rightwing Death-squads to terrorise and murder workers. In the last fortnight, three Coca-Cola workers in Bucaramanga, Colombia have been told that before the end of December they will be killed and buried in a mass grave. The threat demands that their union cease all protest against Coca-Cola. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday December 20, 2007 08:30 by Seán Ryan
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A first-hand account of a meeting of the Department of Foreign Affairs Select Committee on Wednesday 19th December to discuss the issue of Extraordinary Rendition (the transport of abducted prisoners for the purpose of torture in another country) through Irish air-space. read full story / add a comment 
galway / arts and media / event notice Thursday December 20, 2007 02:00 by Over The Edge
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Choice of Poetry workshops with Kevin Higgins at Galway Arts Centre in January read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday December 19, 2007 19:28 by gz
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A fundraiser gig for Seomra Spraoi social centre read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday December 19, 2007 18:00 by ronanlawlor.org
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Grainne Lawlor, cousin of Irish Backpacker, Ronan Lawlor who is missing in Torres Del Paine National Park has issued a statement outlining her distress as promised extra resources do not arrive. Grainne and Ronan's friend Bernard McCabe are participating in the search and rescue every day. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday December 19, 2007 16:03 by Asqar Karimi
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Below is an appeal on behalf of imprisoned students. International Solidarity has forced the Iranian Regime to release trade union activists. Send your protest letters/emails to the addresses at the end of this piece. In the last two weeks more than 40 student leaders and activists have been rounded up by the Ministry of Information of the Islamic regime of Iran. We have been informed that at least 43 of the detainees are being held in the notorious Evin Prison, and the whereabouts of the rest is unknown. These students were arrested on or before 7 December 2007 in anticipation of protests on Student Day. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday December 19, 2007 15:00 by funderland on crack
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46 of 52 of the individuals who have faced trial this last year for links to ETA have received sentances today totaling 527 years in prison. The trial saw leaders of groups engaged in media support & internalisation of support for the Basque armed struggle independence tradition sit together in the dock in a process described by some as a "macro-trial". In the statement read to the court at sentancing the presiding judge Angela Murillo commented ......"KAS and EKIN are "much more than satellite organizations"; KAS "was ETA's media organization" and "EKIN is not any other thing than KAS in an apparent legal disguise..." read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday December 19, 2007 12:48 by Mariella F
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An entirely innocent business man on his way home from work is tazered eight times. Guess what? He's black. These weapons are cleary designed to intimidate ordinary people. read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media / news report Tuesday December 18, 2007 21:54 by El Libertario, Venezuela
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* The collective editors of the Venezuelan journal El Libertario and the Organizacion Nelson Garrido, have issued a call out for filmmakers and video activists from all over the world to present their recent autonomous works concerning active social movements in struggle. This will be held in Caracas, Venezuela, between the 21st and the 28th of January 2008. read full story / add a comment 
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday December 18, 2007 16:14 by Fintan Lane
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Pat Allen, known to many as "Pat the Picket" (because of his tireless social justice campaigning), is today sitting in Cork Prison following a protest against homelessness in the city. read full story / add a comment |
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