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international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Friday June 22, 2012 19:34 by Ban Hare Coursing
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The horrific practice of live hare coursing in Ireland is kept alive by THREE main financial sponsors: One of them is County Louth-based betting company, Boylesports. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday June 22, 2012 02:41 by Emma Purdy
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Charles Taylor’s sentencing to 50 years’ imprisonment on 11 counts of war crimes is undeniably momentous. However, with Sierra Leoneans still suffering abject poverty and remaining in dire need of aid, it must be questioned for whose benefit the costly War Crimes Court really is, writes EMMA PURDY read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday June 21, 2012 13:13 by pat c
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The counter-revolution is on the march in Syria. It is important that all socialists realise this and do not end up supporting the imperialists who are waging this war through mercenaries and fundamentalists. Full text at link. Over the last few weeks Socialist Worker has finally admitted what has been obvious for months: the uprising in Syria is not purely and simply a popular revolution. Editor Judith Orr concedes that there are “competing forces” involved and that the imperialists, together with reactionary Arab regimes, are bent on imposing their own ‘solution’. “But at the same time,” she concludes, “we must support the mass popular revolt from below that aims to bring down Assad’s brutal regime” (June 23). Back in March Socialist Worker published a highly critical article by Sami Ramadani, who commented that, for the Socialist Workers Party, “Wishful thinking has replaced materialist analysis. We have to recognise that the imperialist-backed Arab counterrevolution has, in the short term, regained the initiative and is on the offensive.” While the protests in Syria “began spontaneously and were mostly led by progressives demanding radical political reform”, it is now clear that, “as in Libya, pro-Nato factions have captured the initiative” (March 24). read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 20, 2012 13:33 by Brian Flannery
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In the last number of weeks I have been digging in relation to the newly appointed head of SFI Professor Mark Ferguson. What I have found - seems to be slightly hidden from the Irish taxpayers. It is very subtle but yet constructive. What I have found is completely fact and can be checked on Google and on various newspapers Ireland and UK. The one in particular I found most helpful was the Manchester Evening News. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / news report Wednesday June 20, 2012 11:57 by Ban Fracking
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Last week while covering the football in Poland, Pat Kenny's show on RTE radio 1, decided to interview Irish fracker, Oisin Fanning, chairman of San Leon, a company fracking for shale gas in Poland. People contacted the show and demanded the topic recieve balanced coverage and not just a pro-industry rant - eventually RTE agreed to allow Ewa Sufin of the Polish Green Party on air. The usual industry spin and lies being repeated on RTE by Oisin Fanning were exposed by what Ewa Sufin had to say about fracking in her native Poland and why an EU wide ban must be put in place on this industry. Below is a transcript of what Ewa Sufin said - you can listen to Oisin Fanning's interview via the RTE link below - iv starts at 1hr.27m read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday June 19, 2012 13:37 by JoeMc
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The Irish Times reported last week that Israel's Deputy Ambassador to Ireland, Nurit Tinari-Modai, is advocating a campaign of intimidation, smears and falsification against Israeli human rights activists who campaign in solidarity with Palestinians . Nurit Tinari-Modai suggests that a good way of undermining opponents of Zionism is to insinuate that "sexual identity problems" motivates those who protest the treatment oif Palestinians . “Israel’s Channel 10 News reported that Nurit Tinari Modai, who is cultural officer at the embassy and is married to ambassador Boaz Modai, advised that the foreign ministry should adopt a new strategy in which it would “try to hit [the activists’] soft underbellies .” read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / news report Tuesday June 19, 2012 01:23 by Ben Jackson
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Right now the ingredients for a "perfect storm" are developing in Europe. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 18, 2012 00:24 by Truth and Justice 2012
A major public demonstration is to be held in Belfast just days before the British royal visit to the North. The demonstration on Saturday 23rd June will have as its theme “Truth and Justice – not Jubilation” and the organisers say the focus of the protest will be on victims of British state violence. The demonstration will take the form of a silent march, led by a solitary piper, from Dunville Park, Falls Road, at 2.00pm on Saturday and conclude with a rally outside Belfast city hall. The rally will be addressed by speakers from each of the 6 Counties who lost close relatives at the hands of the British state, or who were themselves actual victims of state violence. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / other press Sunday June 17, 2012 14:15 by Poseidon
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King Canute lives! But these guys actually think they can turn the sea back by denying it! Article at url. Political satirist Stephen Colbert's solution to unfavourable climate science is simple: "If your science gives you a result that you don't like, pass a law saying that the result is illegal. Problem solved." Legislators in North Carolina are apparently of the same mindset. When a state-appointed commission announced that North Carolinians could expect 39 inches of sea-level rise by 2100, the Senate responded with a bill that legally prevents the Division of Coastal Management from using the climate model that forecasts fast-rising sea levels. Instead, the legislators would like to see coastal management use only a linear model, which predicts a mere 8-inch rise by the same year. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday June 17, 2012 13:28 by uli schmetzer
When two Americans raised their fists in the Black Power salute in 1968 no one paid much attention to the third man. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday June 16, 2012 22:28 by Anthony Ravlich
Embedded tweets show major support for the ethical approach to human rights, development, globalization to replace neoliberalism. read full story / add a comment
dublin / eu / event notice Saturday June 16, 2012 11:44 by pat c
People’s Movement Picket We want a referendum on the ESM! Veto the amendment to Article 136! 1:30 on Tuesday 19th June outside Dail Eireann (Kildare St. entrance) read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday June 16, 2012 05:52 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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British Headlines screamed; REES LASHES DUBLIN OVER TORTURE REPORT, Times, ANGRY REES ATTACK AS DUBLIN CHARGE OF TORTURE IS UPHELD: Daily Telegraph,REES ANGRY AS EIRE PRESSES TORTURE ISSUE, Sun,TORTURE TURMOIL, BRITAIN LASHES BACK OVER THE GUILTY VERDICT, Financial Times, IRISH PERSISTANCE ANGERS UK, Mirror, REES IN STORM OVER TORTURE. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Friday June 15, 2012 19:29 by NFI
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The media/gov and industry are not telling people that, in fact, fracking is a major 12 county national issue. This would result in rural Ireland being industrialised by the fracking industry and all the dangers and risks that come with this process. This is also a huge cross-border issue, the same company that wish to frack in the north-west, want to begin operations in Fermanagh. Fermanagh is where the anti-fracking campaign will win or lose in Ireland. Everyone on this island has a vested interest in ensuring that fracking does not proceed in Fermanagh. We all have a duty to do something to help stop this destructive industry. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday June 15, 2012 15:57 by Maura O'Connor
A public meeting on the ongoing internment of Marian Price will be held on Saturday 16 June at the Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 ag 2.30 p.m. The main speakers are Human Rights Activist Monsignor Raymond Murray, Independent TD Maureen O'Sullivan, Solicitor Michael Finucane and Jerry McGlinchey, Marian's Husband. Íte Ní Chionnaithe will chair the meeting. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday June 14, 2012 18:51 by Yassamine Mather
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War against Iran has already begun, Sanctions and Malware are the oening acts of war against Iran. Yassamine Mather writes that those who condemn the crimes of the regime should also condemn the crimes of imperialism and its agents, . As the prospect of failure of the third round of talks between Iran and the 5+1 countries looms, the US-led soft war on Iran has been ratcheted up with the threat of further sanctions and the launching of a powerful computer virus targeting Iran’s nuclear research facilities. The virus has already spread to the commercial sectors, including the oil and banking industries. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Thursday June 14, 2012 12:30 by Eva Gomes
The next Irish Red Cross IHL roundtable discussion will take place Wednesday 20 June upstairs in McGrattans Bar, Fitzwilliam Lane, Dublin 2, 6pm – 7.30pm. The format for these round-table discussions is informal and the Chatham House rule will apply. The discussion will be facilitated by Simon O’Connor. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday June 14, 2012 12:27 by Sonya Oldham
This is in response to the article 'Frank Convery, Yvonne Scannell, Fracking and Local Credibility in Ireland' published in Irish Environment on May 30: http://www.irishenvironment.com/commentary/frank-conver...land/ read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday June 13, 2012 22:23 by pat c
Carole Lucas MP reveals the role of police agent provocateurs who infiltrated the Animal Liberation Front. Full text and vid at link. An MP has used parliamentary privilege to name an undercover police officer who allegedly planted a fire bomb at a London department store in 1987. Green MP Caroline Lucas said a jailed man, Geoff Sheppard, believed police officer Bob Lambert planted a device. Mr Lambert infiltrated the Animal Liberation Front and his evidence helped convict two men of fire-bombing three Debenhams stores. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday June 13, 2012 21:49 by Sabotage Shell
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Last week a stone crushing machine central to the operation of Barretts Quarry in Bangor, County Mayo was decomissioned. read full story / add a comment |
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