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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Thursday January 07, 2010 04:21 by Fintan Lane
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The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has received word from the Irish participants on the Viva Palestina aid convoy that they crossed the border at Rafah and arrived in Gaza shortly after 7pm (Irish time). This is exactly one month after the convoy set off on its journey and despite concerted efforts by Egypt to obstruct its progress. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday January 06, 2010 17:04 by Fintan Lane
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has learned in the past few minutes that the Gaza aid convoy is finally at the Rafah crossing in Egypt and will cross into Gaza this evening. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday January 06, 2010 08:32 by TD
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These are the contents of two emails from Alice Howard of Viva Palestina 6:50am UK, Wednesday January 06, 2010 James Jordan, Sky News Online Controversial MP George Galloway has been involved in scuffles with Egyptian police as a group of pro-Palestinian activists tried to get a relief convoy into the Gaza Strip. According to medics 55 people were injured after the 520 activists broke down the gate at the port in El-Arish to protest against an Egyptian decision to ship some of the goods through Israel. They blocked the two entrances to the Sinai port with vehicles and clashed with police who used water cannon to control the protests. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 22:58 by KSI
On December 24th, more than 80 people related to the BDP (Peace and Democracy Party), as well as human rights defenders and members of NGO’s were arrested across Turkey read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 21:11 by Fintan Lane
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In the past hour, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) received the following urgent updates from the port of Al-Arish in Egypt, where the Gaza aid convoy, which includes several Irish people and three Irish vehicles, is currently surrounded by riot police. It is unclear how the situation will unfold, though the convoy was meant to travel into Gaza tomorrow, with its much-needed humanitarian aid. The first report is by text from Tyrone man John Hurson. The second report is from Kevin Ovenden, one of the chief organisers of the convoy. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday January 05, 2010 19:20 by Shannonwatch
Comments by the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern that the annual security bill at Shannon for US military traffic is justified (Irish Examiner, 4 Jan) shows scant regard for the lives or human rights of the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill of more than 3 million euro a year is spent facilitating occupying forces that cause ongoing fear, suffering and violent civilian death in both countries. And while the movement of troops is estimated to have been worth around 7 million euro to the airport in 2009, for this we have abandoned all traces of neutrality, international humanitarian law and respect for human rights. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 19:12 by Contaminated Crow
A mast, two quarries, two power plants, a sports venue and turf-cutting read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday January 05, 2010 16:00 by Malachy Steenson
DUBLIN EXPLOSIVES FIND – FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MUST COME CLEAN read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday January 05, 2010 15:18 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Public Meeting; Open public meeting on the alternatives to the current political, economic and social policies of the Irish and EU establishments. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday January 05, 2010 13:34 by Geri Timmons
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The case of Leonard Peltier read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday January 05, 2010 13:06 by Geri Timmons
Please ask the President of the United States to grant Leonard Peltier executive clemency. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 12:29 by Freda H
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In the past hour 157 Viva Palestina convoy members passports were taken away at Al-Arish airport by the Egyptian authorities. The Egyptians also removed the passport's of British MP George Galloway and convoy leader Kevin Ovenden. All passports were stamped in on entry but also received an exit stamp too. The Egyptian's wanted 157 convoy members to drive tonight to Gaza and forget about the other 400 Viva Palestina volunteers that were yet to fly into Al-Arish tonight read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday January 05, 2010 11:15 by pat c
Here are some news updates on what has been happening in Iran. More details may be found at http://hopoi.org/ Rouzbeh Karimi a marxist activist and law graduate who wrote for the leftist magazines such as Rokhdad Magazine has been arrested along with his partner Forough Karimi who has recently been involved in defending political prisoners and is also a Marxist. They were both arrested on Friday January 1. No charges have been made yet. There is a concerted campaign on the part of the Iranian Regime to move against the Left element of the protesters. You can help: Writ to the following Iranian officials demanding that the detainees rights be protected. Demand that all death sentences be commuted and all political prisoners be released. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Monday January 04, 2010 21:16 by Jim Monaghan
The Irish Government pays for the security of American army personnel in Shannon PEACE & ECONOMIC STABILITY The report in todays Irish Examiner (3/1/10) by Mary Regan that the Irish Government had spent almost €10 million in just three years protecting US troops passing through Shannon Airport to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is just the latest example of an Irish political elite wasting Irish taxpayers money and leading this country deeper and deeper into an even greater economic disaster, one that will make the current situation in a few years look like the good old days. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 04, 2010 15:29 by Paddy
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Alice Howard in a Press Release has stated that: The Viva Palestina international aid convoy is just hours away from breaking Israel’s three and a half year siege of Gaza. Despite repeated obstructions from the Egyptian government, including its refusal to allow the convoy to land in the Egyptian port of Nuweiba, convoy members hope to be in Gaza tomorrow. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / news report Monday January 04, 2010 12:34 by DCTV
You can download the schedule for January 2010 in PDF format at the link below. http://www.dctv.ie/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/janu...0.pdf We have also developed a special page where you can view the exact timing of what is on each day here. http://www.dctv.ie/?page_id=1349 Please allow us a day or two to get this working once we announce our schedule every month. A quick note on our scheduling: DCTV broadcasts in blocks of programming. Look at each of the blocks like a strand of festival programming in a cinema. Identify a programme you want to watch, see what time and day the block it is in plays out and watch it as it loops through out the month. See the full schedule online over here: http://www.dctv.ie/main/?p=1362 read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday January 04, 2010 12:04 by HOPI
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The History Society UCC hosts a meeting on “History of the new left in Iran, 1960 – 2010”. It will be at Boole 3, Main UCC Campus, College Road at 7.30pm on 28th January. The talk will be given by Yassamine Mather, leading Hands off the People of Iran member and Iranian political activist. Yassamine was herself involved in the 1979 revolution in Iran and remains deeply involved in the Iranian left. Given the ongoing struggles and growing self confidence of the working class movement in Iran, this meeting comes at an important time and hopefully it will help to build the solidarity movement here. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 04, 2010 08:36 by RSF
Ireland is just like all countries fighting for a socialist government where revolutionary organisations have to take on the state as well as outside interference and occupation. The same struggle is being waged by socialist revolutionaries in countries such as Cuba, Palestine, Venezuela, Iraq, the Basque Country and of course Turkey (to name but a few) as is being waged in Ireland. We here today share a common bond, a struggle against imperialism. James Connolly wrote that “an injury to one is an injury to all” so we must show solidarity with each other and stand together. Isolation [as the conference is so aptly named] is a powerful tool of the oppressor. We must not let the oppressor have that tool. We must wrest it back from him and use it to become stronger. Isolation can led to despair and we all know where despair leads to. This we cannot let happen. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday January 03, 2010 20:43 by Shamus Cooke
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Shamus Cooke writes on whats happening in Iran and compares the genuine struggle for real change in Iran to Obamas agenda for intervention. The full article is at the link. In Iran, mass protests were drowned in blood by government authorities; at least ten reportedly have been killed with hundreds injured. The events have been given ample coverage in the U.S. media, with the intention of further demonizing Iran’s repressive government. Absent in the American media are the deeper implications of the protests, which, to anyone paying close attention, constitute a powerful revolutionary movement. This movement has grown exponentially in a very short period of time. Although only beginning in June over allegations of voter fraud, the movement is now endorsed by millions of combative Iranians, demanding “death to the dictator,” while they waive an Iranian flag that’s missing the Muslim insignia. Massive demonstrations in the streets and university campuses have directly confronted police repression and in some cases have overcome it. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday January 03, 2010 19:09 by john throne
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These comments are from a number of Comrades mainly from a CWI and IMT background. But we think they will find an echo with Comrades from many other left backgrounds. We have concluded that the internal life of just about every left group is unhealthy, overly centralized, too top down, even we would go so far as saying to some extent undemocratic. We believe that the internal lives of these groups draw from the period when the Bolshevik party was degenerating and being taken over by Stalinism and along with that became negatively influenced by many decades when they were isolated from the mass workers movement. The recent crisis in the IMT is a reflection of these false methods of organizing which are common to just about all revolutionary left groups. We try to discuss this here. We look forward to hearing from Comrades. See our Learning From the Past link and our blog address. John Throne. read full story / add a comment |
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