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limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday January 23, 2014 21:52 by shannon-watch   text 1 comment (last - saturday january 25, 2014 20:50)
Demo in Support of Margaretta D'Arcy who is serving a 3 month sentence in Limerick Prison for refusing to remain silent about the US military use of Shannon.

Date: 24th January
Time 5 - 6pm

We plan to keep on supporting peace activist Margaretta D'Arcy as she serves time in prison. And we'll keep on repeating her demand - GET THE U.S. MILITARY OUT OF SHANNON. read full story / add a comment
Kyiv City Hall, occupied by the Ukrainian opposition led by Svoboda and turned into their “Revolutionary HQs”. The cross in the circle is a neo-nazi symbol.
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday January 23, 2014 21:44 by T   text 7 comments (last - sunday february 09, 2014 18:46)   image 2 images
Asheville Fm radio, based in western North Carolina, aired a fascinating interview with an anarcho-syndicalist named Denys, from the Autonomous Worker’s Union in Ukraine. In the interview, Denys debunks many of the myths surrounding the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine, and explains motives behind the stories and propaganda being circulated around the protests.

Why is the Free Association Agreement with the EU (which would mostly benefit the ultra-rich oligarchs of Ukraine) deliberately being
construed as actual integration? Ukrainian leaders backed off from signing it at the last minute. Meanwhile, Russia is trying to pull
Ukraine into her Customs Union by offering Kyiv a deal for promised purchases of billions of euro of Ukrainian products, and a 30 percent
discount on Russian Natural Gas.

Denys explains that when the protests broke, the political class of Ukraine was taken by surprise. However, the opposition, a coalition
leaning towards far-right (with fascist Svoboda being the most visible of them all) quickly regrouped and turned the street into their PR
machine. The opposition had massive demonstrations in their plans, as fascist Svobodas leader declared in an interview in March 2013. Evidence emerged of the opposition leaders plans to overthrow the current government with the financial and political support of Germany’s
conservative Angela Merkel, the EU leaders from Brussels, and with visible support of the United States, whose envoy, conservative John
McCain was the guest star of the Euromaidan.

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international / crime and justice / press release Thursday January 23, 2014 16:49 by Don MacThomais
International Parental Child Abduction is not a new trend as globalization bring people into a social setting normally not experienced in previous years . Relationships develop of course and love ,children and break ups are also to be expected. The removal of an Irish infant from Ireland is a crime under International law and the Non Fatal Offences Against the person Act under the Irish Statute book. There is also an international agreement called the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child Abduction which the Irish State signed in 1980.

The issue surrounding this legal instrument outside of the EU is vague with countries such as the USA providing little or no support to victims of this cruel crime and Irish Department of Foreign Affairs complete reluctance to challenge the USA whom citizens are responsible for the abduction of Irish infants born in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday January 23, 2014 15:43 by Carl M.
This interview with Yassamine Mather from Hands Off the People of Iran appears on the BBC Persian Service . The broadcast coincides with the third year of the Arab Spring . read full story / add a comment
louth / environment / event notice Thursday January 23, 2014 11:48 by Seán Crudden   text 5 comments (last - monday january 26, 2015 18:46)   image 5 images
This year's Cooley Environmental and Health Group's winter workshop is planned to take place in The Strand, Omeath, on Saturday 25 January 2014 starting at 14:00. Professor Dennis Pringle is director and academic advisor of this year's workshop. However the workshop is not meant to be expert. All views and ideas are more than welcome. read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / event notice Thursday January 23, 2014 10:34 by protester   text 6 comments (last - monday january 27, 2014 09:41)
This Saturday at 9.00am sharp outside EU House on Molesworth street I will be protesting against the EU / Governments Blue Star Programme in Primary Schools , the training day for teachers who are taking part in the programme takes place there from 9am-3pm and I want to show my opposition to what they are doing.

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national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday January 23, 2014 00:14 by Justin Morahan   text 28 comments (last - saturday march 22, 2014 22:08)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Magaretta D'Arcy, a 79 year old peace activist who is also undergoing cancer treatment was arrested at home in Galway but NOT for bankrupting the country and saddling it with billions of debt, NOT for corruption and other white collar crime, but for the crime of having a conscience and actually caring about her fellow human beings. That's correct. In this country you can destroy it in all sorts of ways and you will be fine as no banker, politician, developer, bond holder or other types of people who have been involved in economically destroying this country, and causing widespread austerity, hardship and misery which in itself has led to many suicides and so forth. None of these people have come before the courts or been jailed. However for the really serious crimes of still having your humanity at 79 and doing something about it instead of shutting up and doing nothing, for these crimes, the state will bring the full force of the law against you and will always find some narrow argument to shut out the wider context of your action, to convict you and get you quickly behind bar. In that way the state quickly ensures that this dangerous contagion doesn't spread and it serves as a lesson to all as to what might happen to them. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday January 21, 2014 23:31 by T   image 3 images
This report is republished from the WSM site and covers the recent local uprising in the city of Burgos -north of Madrid, in Spain. There has been no press coverage about it but it concerns the case very similar to Turkey last year, where people were so fed up with local politicians and developers that they finally snapped on the latest effort to rip them off. The protest has now spread to over 45 cities in Spain. We should be learning lessons from these people and doing likewise given the recent scandals here and the ongoing austerity and other burdens placed on people in Ireland and which has brought many people to almost breaking point.

Just over a week ago, if you were thinking of cities in Spain most likely to host the start of a proletarian uprising, Burgos would have come pretty much at the bottom of the list. A sleepy, socially conservative, traditionally ultra-Catholic city in the Northern Castille plain, Burgos was up until now mostly known for its Cathedral and other mediaeval real estate and a local sausage uncannily reminiscent of Clonakilty black pudding. But since the initial clashes between police and protestors in the working class district of Gamonal on the night of Friday 10th January, Burgos has seen nights of continual rioting, a veritable military occupation by riot police, and solidarity demonstrations this week around 46 cities in Spain, including two successive nights of demos in the capital Madrid, resulting in clashes with the police, arrests and injuries. All this supposedly over a plan to redevelop the main road through Gamonal into a tree-lined Boulevard. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / press release Tuesday January 21, 2014 13:55 by Weldon
The series looks at the influence that the industrial dispute had on several different artistic disciplines from Literature and Song to Poetry, Drama and History. read full story / add a comment
kildare / miscellaneous / event notice Monday January 20, 2014 14:55 by R
Féile Bríde 2014 will look at issues of life, light and liberty with perspectives from our partner Abjata Khalif of the Kenya Pastoralist Journalists Network; from Fergal Anderson linking food sovereignty issues locally and globally, as a ‘small farmer’ from the West of Ireland; and Donal Dorr will be joined by a woman with personal knowledge of the issue of human trafficking to explore the meaning of slavery, sovereignty and sustenance. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday January 19, 2014 18:55 by Stoneybatter & Smithfield People's History Project   video 1 video file
On Saturday 14th December 2013 the Stoneybatter & Smithfield People's History Project held a public talk. read full story / add a comment
Sorcha Fox with the 'Free Private Manning' banner over the A40 in Pembrokeshire
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday January 17, 2014 21:26 by WISE Up Wales   text 3 comments (last - friday may 15, 2015 08:54)   image 6 images   video 1 video file
Why should the Irish in particular care about Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning and want to offer their ongoing support and solidarity as she begins a 35 year jail term in a US military prison?

For one, Manning has Irish roots on both sides of the family. Maternal grandfather Billy Fox was from Rathmines, Dublin and two paternal great-grandparents - both Mannings - were also Irish, from county Cork. An Irish grandfather gives Chelsea the right to claim Irish citizenship and an Irish passport if she so wishes.

For another, Manning passed through Shannon Airport as a US military intelligence analyst en route to Iraq. We have been reminded this week about the ongoing US military use of Shannon (troops, weaponry, rendition flights etc.) by the jailing of 79 year old Margaretta d'Arcy in connection with her protest against these abominations.

What's more, we know something about the impact of resistance at Shannon on both US and Irish governments thanks to US diplomatic cables released by Manning and published by WikiLeaks. One classified cable reveals how negative public perception of Shannon as a warport in the wake of the Pitstop Ploughshares acquittals led to the Irish government placing more restrictions on its military use and how this was forcing the US to reconsider its position. Then US Ambassador to Dublin, James Kenny, wrote: "we would appreciate Washington’s judgment as to whether the process of notification of almost everything of a military nature (including by contract carriers) through Shannon is becoming too difficult to make the airport a preferred transit stop."
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday January 17, 2014 21:16 by Pádraig   text 2 comments (last - monday january 27, 2014 19:57)   image 2 images
8pm Saturday 22 February, Abbey Hotel, 52, Middle Abbey Street, D1. Late Bar. €5. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday January 17, 2014 20:54 by Pádraig   text 1 comment (last - sunday january 19, 2014 05:34)   image 1 image
Richard O'Rawe, Dixie Tommy McKearney, Carrie McIntyre, Gerard Hodgkins and Gerard Foster speaking on the Hunger Strikes of 1981 when ten Republican prisoners died on hunger strike. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / press release Friday January 17, 2014 18:43 by Sue Anthony   text 2 comments (last - sunday january 19, 2014 19:33)
A colossal pod of 250 plus Bottlenose dolphins including babies, juveniles and one baby albino dolphin is being held captive overnight in the cove right now. It will be a total of 19 hours before they will endure the torture of being ripped from their family and selected for captivity. Those not selected will be slaughtered for human consumption. read full story / add a comment
waterford / arts and media / event notice Thursday January 16, 2014 21:36 by anon
David Rovics in Downes Pub, Waterford, Tuesday, Jan 21st 2014

American singer-songwriter David Rovics plays in Downes Pub, Waterford on Tuesday, Jan 21st 2014

Rovics has been a modern Bob Dylan, singing songs about the Iraq War and social justice issues. Rovics started out as a busker in Boston’s subways before concentrating on his craft and recording albums. He has self-released all his recordings, and has also made them available as free downloads. He is also a writer for left-wing newspapers and magazines. His music has been featured by the BBC and other TV stations.
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antrim / arts and media / event notice Thursday January 16, 2014 21:28 by anon
David Rovics at the Realta, King Street, Belfast. 8pm on Jan 18th 2014

American singer-songwriter David Rovics plays in Realta, King Street, Belfast on Saturday Jan 18th 2014 at 8PM

Rovics has been a modern Bob Dylan, singing songs about the Iraq War and social justice issues. Rovics started out as a busker in Boston’s subways before concentrating on his craft and recording albums. He has self-released all his recordings, and has also made them available as free downloads. He is also a writer for left-wing newspapers and magazines. His music has been featured by the BBC and other TV stations. read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media / event notice Thursday January 16, 2014 20:33 by Dublin 32CSM   image 1 image
The Dublin 32CSM will be hosting an Irish Night on the 15th of February at 8PM in the Abbey Hotel Dublin 1 to relaunch the newspaper "The Sovereign Nation" the 32CSM national newspaper. Entertainment will be provided by Ireland's best rebel band Erin Go Bragh with drinks promotions available on the night we hope to see you all there,

Beir Bua. read full story / add a comment
'Bloody Sunday' picket to be held at the GPO, Dublin, on Saturday 25th January 2014, at 12 Noon.
national / history and heritage / event notice Thursday January 16, 2014 17:04 by Sharon.   text 2 comments (last - sunday january 26, 2014 14:53)   image 4 images
42nd anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' to be marked at the GPO in Dublin on Saturday 25th January 2014 at 12 Noon. read full story / add a comment
Martin Corey Political Internee British Occupied Ireland
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday January 16, 2014 12:17 by Brion O'Cleirigh   image 1 image
Martin Corey a politically interned republican prisoner of conscience
has been released on the condition, that he cannot speak to media, The Release Martin Corey Campaign has confirmed and welcomed his release with the following statement,. read full story / add a comment
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