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international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 17, 2013 01:00 by newsmedia
Few people know the reality of the story behind what is known as the UK annex of 'Northern Ireland'. The Internet is now falling into the very same mire. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday September 16, 2013 23:55 by Socail Justice
Ireland could and should have a Universal Pension for everyone over 65. it could be paid for principally by standard rating the current tax-break for private pensions. More than 80% of benefit of the current tax break goes to the 20% with highest earnings. A Universal Pension would be simpler, fairer and more just as well as being sustainable in the decades ahead. No existing pensioner would lose out and many would experience an increase in the Universal Pension. In particular, those adults aged 66 years and older, in respect of whom reduced payments are now made due to their status as ‘Qualified Adults’, would receive a Universal Pension in their own right. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday September 16, 2013 23:15 by SG
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This talk by Dr. Vincent Durac aims to increase public awareness about the current political and humanitarian crisis in Syria. Beginning in 2011 after the al-Assad regime began a violent crackdown on protestors demanding greater economic and political freedoms, the situation has become increasingly unstable and of humanitarian concern. In 2013, Syria is on the brink of Western military intervention further complicating the West's relationship with the Middle East. The goal of this lecture is to increase public knowledge of this conflict and therefore will be delivered in an accessible manner outlining the main points of the current crisis. It aims to address the following questions: What is happening? Why is it happening? Who is involved? What are the consequences of intervention? read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Monday September 16, 2013 15:03 by Con Carroll
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in these interesting or boring times, it depends what side of the coin you are tossing. people have taken to street protests twice since I have been here. e in Ireland have to ask seriousquestions. are we to sectarian elitist. have we denied Marxist class analysis. opting for the liberal agenda. the male versus female read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday September 15, 2013 22:36 by Luke Eastwood
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On why it is so difficult to break away from the established social order read full story / add a comment
roscommon / arts and media / event notice Friday September 13, 2013 23:22 by Michael O'Dea
The Roscommon Anthology is almost here. A Culture Night Reading in Roscommon town will whet the appetite for the new anthology. read full story / add a comment 
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday September 13, 2013 13:49 by Margaretta D'Arcy
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A packed courtroom yesterday erupted into laughter after ‘Guantanamo Granny’-79-year-old anti-war activist Margaretta Darcy, blew a whistle and declared: “I am a whistleblower”. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / press release Friday September 13, 2013 12:50 by Turing
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In 2012 the attempt by the government to Quebec to introduce a 75% fee hike was defeated by the organisation of a mass student strike that lasted over 6 months. That fee increase was part of the global process of imposing the privatisation and commodification of education. Since the victory, organisers of the strike have been being doing speaking tours to aid the process whereby "youth and students everywhere are becoming increasingly conscious of the need to organize as a means to defend education as a social right". In September this tour reaches Ireland where we need to hear how a sustained and militant student movement that can win is built. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday September 12, 2013 02:41 by Naoise
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Following recent articles in both The Observer and The Sunday Times newspapers about Shell's use of a sub-contractor to deliver van loads of booze to Belmullet police station, a further delivery awaited Shell's cops yesterday morning as they went into the monthly Belmullet District Court session. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday September 11, 2013 23:51 by T
On this anniversary of Sept 11th 1973 when a US backup coup took place that overthrew the democratically elected leader of Chile and replaced by the dictator Pinochet who proceeded to murder thousands of innocent people with full US backing and knowledge, Mint Press carry this report to reflect on the 40 years that have past and the search for justice. Perhaps some people will remember the television pictures from the day after the coup, Sept 12th when things changed dramatically where thousands of people including teachers and students were taken to the Chile Stadium-over night pressed into service as a detention center - and many were subsequently attacked and killed. "The Chile Stadium was no joke. We saw them kill people right in front of us, we saw how people went crazy from that terrible, tense situation. Torture is not only when the torturers are in front of you, abusing you directly, destroying you, but that atmosphere was also torture." ("Chile. La Memoria Prohibida" read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / press release Wednesday September 11, 2013 23:22 by ShellToSea
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Eight campaigners are due to appear in Belmullet District Court this Wednesday (11th Sept) charged in relation to protesting against the Corrib Gas project. Included among the eight campaigners are both Shell to Sea spokespersons Maura Harrington and Terence Conway along with Pobail Chill Chomáin spokesperson John Monaghan. Also due to appear in court is Gerry Bourke, the farmer who provided the field for the Rossport Solidarity Camp for the last two years. [1] read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday September 11, 2013 11:44 by Brian Clarke
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The following story by Pepe Escobar and the Protest Video at Shannon, explains the backdrop to the calls for Al Qaeda's Airforce to leave Shannon. Airport. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday September 10, 2013 08:57 by Laurence Cox 1 attached file
Talk in the Teachers Club by one of the book's editors. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday September 10, 2013 05:24 by brionOcleirigh
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A report this Thursday will reveal MI5, the FBI in the USA, and special branch in the Irish State in the south, "starved" paramilitary police in British Occupied Ireland, of vital intelligence, that would have prevented a massacre, in which twenty-nine people died after a 500lb bomb exploded in the middle of Omagh..The victims families commissioned a private report by a London law firm, the SBP, which included experts, who obtained sensitive intelligence, demonstrating major failings by all the Police forces, before the attack, which caused the massacre. read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Tuesday September 10, 2013 01:48 by anon
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FIVE YEARS after the onset of economic crisis, the policy of bank bail-outs and austerity is a disastrous failure. Unemployment remains at crisis levels and tens of thousands of educated young people leave the country every year. Over 180,000 people are unable to pay their mortgages; poverty and homelessness are on the rise; and workers’ pay, conditions and rights are under serious attack . Vulnerable groups such as those with disabilities, mental health issues, special needs or lone parents are repeatedly attacked. Our health, education and public services are being cut to ribbons. We need to come together to co-ordinate resistance to further cuts and austerity taxes in the forthcoming budget. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday September 09, 2013 23:46 by GCH
"If they come for the innocent without stepping over your body cursed be your religion and your life" - Phil Berrigan R.I.P. WW2 combat veteran, Plowshares movement founder & anti-Vietnam War resister. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / opinion/analysis Monday September 09, 2013 20:25 by one of NFI
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Protest taking place on Wednesday September 11th from 11.30am at the Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel, Stillorgan Road Blackrock / Gathering for public awareness raising at 3.30pm at the Central Bank Plaza, Dame Street read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday September 09, 2013 15:50 by Latin American Solidarity Centre (LASC)
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Peasants in Colombia deserve respect and dignity. To show them our support we will meet in front of the EU House (18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2), Friday 13th September, at 17:30. Bring a ruana, a Colombian bag, a sombrero vueltiao if you have, or a positive message of solidarity with the farmers to show them that they are not alone. read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice / event notice Sunday September 08, 2013 23:20 by A.N. Other
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Launch of the Magdalene Institutions Oral History Archive. Liberty Hall, 12pm - 6pm. hosted by SIPTU, UCD Women's Studies Centre, and National Women's Council of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Sunday September 08, 2013 21:38 by I.Green
The British and Irish governments are facing fresh demands for a new inquiry into their police and intelligence agencies including the involvement of the FBI in the withholding vital information on the Omagh bombing. One of the most disturbing pieces of information to emerge refers to an e-mail sent between David Rupert and his MI5/FBI handlers which warned of a bomb attack in Omagh. read full story / add a comment |
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