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antrim / miscellaneous / press release Saturday November 28, 2009 17:15 by Richard Walsh
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Around sixty protesters attended the Republican Sinn Féin picket outside the maximum security Maghaberry Gaol in County Antrim on Saturday. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 25, 2009 11:17 by Irish Basque Solidarity Committees
SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, STOP REPRESSION IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday November 19, 2009 18:53 by Emma Clancy
A report from Iñaki de Juana's extradition hearing which was held in Belfast last week, during which the defence argued that the extradition attempt was an abuse of process and would be 'grossly inhumane'. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday November 19, 2009 18:37 by Emma Clancy
The Don't Extradite the Basques Campaign has welcomed the ruling by a Belfast judge that the Spanish extradition warrant against Belfast-based Basque activist Artruro Benat Villanueva was “invalid” and calls for the dropping of charges against Iñaki de Juana read full story / add a comment 
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 18, 2009 08:10 by Emma Clancy
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Songs of Struggle 8pm Saturday November 21 Culturlann, 216 Falls Road, west Belfast Entry £5 read full story / add a comment
Youth campaign for jobs slams Minster for Employment’s “vampire” comments about unemployed young peo
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Thursday November 12, 2009 14:06 by Daniel W
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Minister for Employment labels some young people vampires. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday November 05, 2009 15:17 by Kev
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As part of the IPSC's Week of Solidarity Against Apartheid Walls in Palestine and Against the Siege of Gaza, the IPSC in association with Viva Palestina and The Workshops Collective are proud to host a film screening and public meeting with Evie Soli and Pete St. John-Jones (activists from the from the International Solidarity Movement in Bil'in), Ger Cassidy (Viva Palestina) and David Landy (Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign). They will be screening the documentary 'Bassem Abu Rahmah - Story of a Martyr'. The screening/meeting takes places on Friday 13th November at 7pm in the Workshops Collective, 1a Lawrence St, Belfast BT17 1LE. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 04, 2009 14:31 by Green Left Republican
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As part of their National Congress, Ógra Shinn Féin are hosting a public talk titled; ‘Ireland’s Future? Free, Green and Left’. The public talk is open to everyone and will be held upstairs in the Felons Club, Falls Road, Belfast on Saturday 14th November at 3pm sharp. The speakers include Eoin O’Broin from Sinn Féin, Steven Agnew of the Green Party and Donal Lyons, from Labour. The talk will provide discussion on various issues such as Irish unity, the green agenda and the left in Ireland, and will allow an opportunity to debate the merits of a left progressive coalition. read full story / add a comment
antrim / racism & migration related issues / event notice Monday October 19, 2009 13:20 by Paddy M
Nick Griffin is due to appear on Question Time on Thursday 22nd October 5pm Thursday 22nd October BBC Broadcasting House, Ormeau Ave, Belfast read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday October 07, 2009 12:57 by p
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The union representing workers at the BBC has backed a protest to be held next Thursday 15th October outside BBC Broadcasting House in Belfast against the decision to invite the BNP on to the Question Time programme. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday October 05, 2009 17:30 by P
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The BBC have offered the BNP a platform on Question Time. The far-right BNP won 2 seats in the recent European elections. This party is attempting to develop a respectable image, but their core is out-right fascism. Their founder called Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ his ‘Bible’ and Nick Griffin, the current leader, regularly denied the Holocaust. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday September 29, 2009 16:31 by Emma Clancy
The Don’t Extradite the Basques Campaign is urging all those who support civil rights to join a protest next Monday against the Spanish government’s attempt to extradite Belfast-based Basque activists Iñaki de Juana and Arturo Beñat Villanueva. The protest will be held at 2pm outside the Laganside Courts in Belfast on Monday October 5, when the hearings begin. Come along and show your support! read full story / add a comment 
antrim / arts and media / event notice Wednesday September 16, 2009 10:58 by Paddy M
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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday September 11, 2009 00:38 by Emma Clancy
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The Don't Extradite the Basques Campaign has welcomed the news this week that the petition against the extradition to Spain of Belfast-based Basque pro-independence activists Iñaki de Juana and Arturo Beñat Villanueva now has more than 1,000 signatories from Ireland, Britain, the Basque Country, Spain and around the world, including elected representatives, human rights campaigners, lawyers, academics and community leaders. read full story / add a comment
antrim / arts and media / event notice Wednesday September 09, 2009 12:07 by Steve McDonagh
Famous for portraits of celebrities like Kate Moss, renowned photographer Rankin has joined forces with Oxfam Ireland to bring the faces of those caught up in the war zones of DR Congo to Belfast. The exhibition will run until 28/09/09 at the city hall. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / racism & migration related issues / news report Monday September 07, 2009 11:12 by Davy Carlin
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The DUP’S Sammy Wilson has recently accused anti-racism groups of exaggerating the scale of racism to access public funding. This statement comes not long after more than 100 Romanians were forced to flee their homes in South Belfast due to racist intimidation and attacks.
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antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Monday August 31, 2009 19:13 by Belfast Branch
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A public meeting in which speakers will present a brief overview of the Workers Solidarity Movement, its goals and aim as an anarchist organisation and what struggles it is currently involved in. If you are interested in the joining the WSM or simply want to find out more please feel free to come along. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday August 24, 2009 13:56 by Davy Carlin
Giving succour to the racists.
The DUP’S Sammy Wilson has recently accused anti racism groups of exaggerating the scale of racism to access public funding. Mr Wilson stated that ‘these charges of racism were always coincided with the holding out of the hand for more money for the organisations which were dealing with the issue’ and referred to the situation as ‘an anti racism industry’. read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday August 13, 2009 14:37 by Éamann Mac Mánais
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éirígí general secretary Breandan Mac Cionnaith has condemned the inclusion of the British Navy's Royal Marines in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge festivities. Mac Cionnnaith also confirmed that éirígí activists will be on the ground to challenge the presence of the Royal Marines in Belfast on Friday 14 August. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday August 12, 2009 01:08 by Emma Clancy
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The Don't Extradite the Basques Campaign held a very successful conference on political persecution in the Basque Country on Saturday August 8 in An Chultúrlann in west Belfast as part of the annual Féile an Phobail (Festival of the People). Julen Arzuaga, a lawyer from Behatokia, the Basque Observatory of Human Rights, travelled from the Basque Country to speak at the conference, which also heard from Iñaki de Juana and Arturo Beñat Villanueva, two Belfast-based Basque activists who are fighting extradition charges by the Spanish government. Colleen Gildernew from Kevin Winters Solicitors, the firm representing both men, outlined the legal efforts to defeat the extradition charges. Introducing the conference, veteran republican activist Danny Morrison read full story / add a comment |
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