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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday January 21, 2014 - 23:31 by T 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
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday January 05, 2014 - 10:56 by WISE Up 2 images
Join Chelsea (Bradley) Manning's Irish supporters along with her family and friends in west Wales for two days of events celebrating Truth. All proceeds will go to the Private Manning Family Fund, raising money to support family members in Wales with the cost of prison visits to Chelsea in Kansas. As Chelsea’s American grandmother said "If you can’t tell the truth, then don’t bother speaking!" Chelsea told the truth and has paid with her liberty. See: http://manningfamilyfund.org/2014/01/04/programme-for-t...fest/ ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday December 20, 2013 - 06:02 by Socialist International (SI) 7 comments (last - tuesday january 07, 2014 - 13:05) 3 images
The Socialist International is deeply moved by the passing of Nelson Mandela, the man who, representing the struggle for freedom of an entire nation, became a symbol for justice, reconciliation and peace for the entire world. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday December 18, 2013 - 19:42 by Justin Morahan 7 comments (last - saturday december 28, 2013 - 23:13)
The Arctic 30 who have been under threat of serving long sentences in Russia for their actions to prevent Arctic oil drilling, have been granted an amnesty by the Russian Parliament. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 11, 2013 - 12:32 by Crazy Cat 2 comments (last - saturday december 14, 2013 - 00:57)
Yesterday the French Senat passed article 13 of the 2014-2019 French Defense Bill , an attack on freedom and fundamental rights. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday November 16, 2013 - 19:25 by Shelver 1 comment (last - sunday november 17, 2013 - 01:57) 3 images
About 25 people gathered today outside the Shell refinery construction site at Ballinaboy, Co Mayo, in a show of solidarity with 30 environmental activists who are currently imprisoned in Russia. The gathering was part of a global day of action to free the "Arctic 30" as they have become known worldwide since they were captured nearly two months ago while protesting against Gazprom and Shell moving an oil rig into the Arctic. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday November 16, 2013 - 13:21 by wikileaks 1 comment (last - tuesday november 19, 2013 - 12:02)
WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The TPP is the largest-ever economic treaty, encompassing nations representing more than 40 per cent of the world’s GDP. The WikiLeaks release of the text comes ahead of the decisive TPP Chief Negotiators summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 19-24 November 2013. The chapter published by WikiLeaks is perhaps the most controversial chapter of the TPP due to its wide-ranging effects on medicines, publishers, internet services, civil liberties and biological patents. Significantly, the released text includes the negotiation positions and disagreements between all 12 prospective member states ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday November 15, 2013 - 13:09 by Rossport Solidarity Reporter 1 image 1 video file 1 audio file
Judge Denis McLoughlin presided over yesterdays monthly sitting of Belmullet district court. Amongst the defendants were 5 people up on charges because of their opposition to the Shell Corrib gas project. Of the Shell related cases only one was heard, resulting in John Monaghan being convicted and fined E350 and disqualified from driving for one year. Of particular note in this case was that some of the evidence that was used to convict Mr Monaghan, came from Sgt Dermot Butler, who was one of the named Gardaí that a former Shell subcontractor claimed helped to transfer the alcohol that he delivered to Belmullet Garda station on behalf of Shell. Also of particular note was that one IRMS security guard also confirmed that IRMS had a practice of profiling certain members of the local community and other campaigners. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday November 14, 2013 - 18:22 by rebel
Here is one article about true public enemies, not state enemies than enemies of society. Companies and people and their products that are created to build totalitarianism in the time of global capitalism. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday October 24, 2013 - 13:36 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D. 1 comment (last - sunday october 27, 2013 - 11:41)
Over the last couple of days we have witnessed massive media hysteria about the case of Maria, a young girl supposedly abducted by a Roma couple in Greece. DNA tests and Lombroso-style racial profiling [1] have come into action in a case that has stirred the irrational anxiety that feeds racism and bigotry. Beyond the fact that child abduction is a serious issue, the "whiteness" and "blondeness" of the alleged victim have been emphasised together with the "Roma" condition of the alleged culprits. Let us remember that this is taking place in Greece, a country where blatant racism (as expressed by Golden Dawn) is on the rise, so there are good reasons to be cautious about this whole case. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday October 23, 2013 - 13:47 by anon
A glossy Shell PR roadshow was disrupted and shut down in Oxford, UK recently in solidarity with the struggles in Rossport and elsewhere. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday October 17, 2013 - 13:00 by Turing 2 comments (last - tuesday october 22, 2013 - 13:04) 2 images
Protest Rally against Attacks on Senior Citizens in Budget 2014 on 22nd October at 1 pm, Dáil, kildare Street, Dublin The Irish Senior Citizens Parliament poses the question Where has the Coalition’s National Positive Ageing Strategy Gone? Speaking today in Dublin, Mairead Hayes CEO of the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament asked “Where have the promises and the actions to underpin this government’s National Positive Ageing Strategy gone? Remember the slogan in April 2013 at the launch: POSITIVE AGEING- STARTS NOW ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday September 20, 2013 - 16:14 by nmn 20 comments (last - wednesday november 27, 2013 - 23:12) 2 images
The coming referendum on the abolishment of Seanad Éireann would, if passed, remove the existing constitutional right of the President to refer proposed Bills to the people for a referendum. It would pass the initial responsibility of passing Bills into law onto the Dáil alone - a dangerous development, particularly where any ruling party might hold an overall majority. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday September 04, 2013 - 08:42 by ags 4 comments (last - saturday january 03, 2015 - 22:21) 3 images
To Sue: Sgt James Gill (retired) is threatening Pat “The Chief” O'Donnell with bankruptcy over the defamation case, in which Gill's former classmate, Judge Margaret Heneghan awarded him €33,000 plus legal costs. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday August 22, 2013 - 09:47 by Justin Morahan 7 comments (last - tuesday september 03, 2013 - 12:34) 6 images
Below is a letter to President Barack Obama on the occasion of a protest by Colm Roddy and me outside the US Embassy in Dublin, Wednesday 21 July before Whistleblower Bradley Manning was given a horrendous sentence for telling the truth. ... read full story / add a comment
roscommon / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 21, 2013 - 12:54 by Paul Laverty 3 comments (last - tuesday august 27, 2013 - 22:47)
Are we really supposed to cut off our critical faculties and forget what the CIA has done? On the 16th of August Ken Loach and Paul Laverty spoke at a meeting in Effernagh, Co Leitrim, to commemmorate the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Jimmy Gralton, while across the river Shannon, the same evening, Mr John Brennan, head of the CIA attended a homecoming "Gathering" event in Kilteenan, Roscommon. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday August 04, 2013 - 19:42 by Mick Healy 3 comments (last - sunday august 25, 2013 - 15:28) 3 images 3 video files
A very interesting public Meeting will take place in the Cobblestone Pub 77 Kings Street North, Smithfield Dublin 7. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 31, 2013 - 11:48 by fred 4 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2014 - 17:11) 1 image
Government is currently rolling out a national biometric ID card scheme ostensibly to help stamp out welfare fraud. It currently holds facial data and signature data. However the card is extensible and designed to hold other data in the future. (No doubt they started with the least offensive biometric measurement! ) It has been stated that these cards may act as driving licences etc in the future. It is a national ID card by the back door. Expect it to be issued to everyone. How can government justify such expensive schemes in times of recession without a murmur from the MSM?? And where are the protests against this attack on our civi8l liberties in the wake of the NSA / UK mass surveillance scandals? ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday July 28, 2013 - 17:21 by Diarmuid Breatnach 1 image
Torture of Basque poltical activists is endemic in the Spanish state. Of the 21,000 Basques arrested since 1960, 10,000 have been tortured, according to a Basque historical memory organisation in a recent statement. Some of the tortures, in particular of women, have included sexual humiliation, stripping, sexual handling and penetration by objects. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday July 28, 2013 - 13:14 by IPSC 9 comments (last - thursday december 05, 2013 - 20:52) 1 image
At 5.30pm on Thursday 1st August, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) will hold a demonstration at The Spire on O’Connell Street in Dublin to protest Israel’s biggest act of ethnic cleansing since 1967, as part of an international day of action called for by Palestinians. ... read full story / add a comment |