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national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday December 05, 2011 19:46 by Wannabe Postgrad
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The piece below describes how Budget 2012 has hit me. I hope that you will share your own reactions to the budget and how it will impact upon you. Let's hear the human stories behind the headlines read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday December 05, 2011 18:40 by Ciaron
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Today, Veterans for Peace, Catholic Workers, Occupy London and other anti-war activists gathered outside the High Court in London in solidarity with WikiLeaks activist Julain Assange. Julian has spent the past 363 days in England under house arrest without charge.
A secret U.S. Grand Jury continues to sit in Virginia pursuing indictments. Leading U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gringrich has stated "Julian Assange is engaged in terrorism. He should be treated as an enemy combatant." We believe the U.S., British, Swedish and Australian governments are planning to do just that!
We are all weary of the war which has now entered its second decade. We need to question the lies of our war making governments, defend the human rights and offer solidarity to those resisters like Julian Assange and Bradley Manning who are being defamed and pursecuted for exposing the nature of these wars in which our governments remain complicit read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday December 04, 2011 15:08 by RNU PRO
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Republican Network For Unity (RNU) Spokesperson, Martin Óg Meehan has strongly criticised the re-employment of former RUC Personnel by the PSNI. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday December 04, 2011 14:26 by Naoise O'Mongáin
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On 29 Nov 2011 the CNRA (Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture) Dáil Committee met
to hear submissions from Pro Gas Mayo (Brendan Cafferty), Council for the West (Sean Hannick),
Pobal le Chéile and Pobal Chill Chomáin; Cafferty and Hannick were accompanied by Shell PR
Christy Loftus; the Pobals by Gerry Murray Sinn Féin County Councillor Mayo.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Saturday December 03, 2011 16:54 by uji
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Marxists have been predicting the disintegration of capitalism for so long that most people - including most Marxists - stopped believing it would ever happen. But today anyone who reads the financial press knows that the system is in an unprecedented crisis with no clear way out. The following articles offer a variety of ways of understanding the crisis so we can begin to create a world beyond capitalism: read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / news report Saturday December 03, 2011 12:49 by ARAN
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ARAN, Respect for Animals and the Animal, Anima and Fur Free Alliance (FFA) have released the findings of a new 2011 undercover investigation into Ireland's shameful fur factory farms, showing that yet again, animal suffering, is still very much business as usual. The recently obtained footage from an Irish mink farm, reveals images of animal suffering, including painful injuries on mink's tails; cramped, aged and filthy cages riddled with the animal faeces, and more shockingly the images of stressed, traumatised and balding animals; which spotlights the stereotypical behavior associated with intensive farming. Ireland's government are seeking submissions into Irish fur farms which close on December 31. Getting straight to work, a giant mobile billboard shadowed the Department of Agriculture in Dublin with a message 'FUR FARMING: TIME FOR A BAN,' before taking to the streets to garner public. support. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Friday December 02, 2011 15:57 by U
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Work was completely halted at Shell’s compound yesterday for over five hours in a great show of resiliance by local campaigners and their supporters. For the past two weeks now, Shell have been attempting to remove masses of peat from the compound in preparation for the tunnel boring machine which is expected to arrive early next year. Progress has been continuously disrupted as protesters brave the winter weather to stop trucks and a determined resistance is building momentum. read full story / add a comment 
louth / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday December 02, 2011 13:42 by Sean Crudden
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Archbishop Michael Desmond Hynes OMD PhD, secretary, Cooley Environmental and Health Group, visited LIR (Louth Internet Radio) on Thursday of this week to talk on air about his group's 12th annual winter workshop. He was accompanied by Seán Crudden, treasurer of CEHG. Harry Lee conducted an extensive interview with both men. A podcast of the interview will remain available on the LIR website for 5 days following the interview. The workshop itself will take place on 28 January 2012 starting at 14.00 in The Strand Hotel, Omeath, Co Louth. The topic is Suicide Prevention. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday December 02, 2011 13:17 by Tony Fitzsimons
Burma Action Ireland vigil read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday December 02, 2011 12:38 by Anne McShane
Anne McShane writes about the cutbacks, the DCTU march and the inadequacies of the fughtback campaign to date.
On November 26 2,000 demonstrators marched in Dublin against the December 5-6 budget. This budget marks year two of a four-year plan to slash public spending and raise taxes - all part of stringency measures imposed by the International Monetary Fund/European Central Bank 2010 bailout.
The numbers on this year’s demonstration were tiny compared to last November. Then a mass demonstration was organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. An estimated 150,000 braved snow and ice to show their opposition to the strategy of draconian austerity. Militant speeches were given by the president of ICTU, Jack O’Connor, and its secretary, David Begg. Both pledged their active and wholehearted resistance to the IMF/ECB deal and vowed to defeat it. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday December 01, 2011 22:25 by Nico
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SOLIDARITY CANDLE-LIT VIGIL read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday December 01, 2011 17:02 by Justice for Colombia (Ireland)
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Liberty Hall
December 6th
6,30 pm
Chaired by Jack O'Connor read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday December 01, 2011 16:39 by MPG
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Its hard to keep up with all the devious moves going on in the great game. Here's a roundup, some links and some analysis for anyone interested. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday December 01, 2011 14:34 by pat c
Ramzy Baroud is the editor of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story (Pluto Press, London). Here he gives an analysis of the Arab Spring and what constitutes a revolition. Full text at link.
The so-called ‘Arab Spring’ is creating an intellectual divide that threatens any sensible understanding of the turmoil engulfing several Arab countries. While it is widely understood that revolutions endeavor to overthrow political structures and aim to change the social order and power paradigm within any given society, there is still no single, inclusive understanding of what actually constitutes a revolution. Nor is there any consensus as to exactly what a revolution is supposed to achieve. read full story / add a comment 
international / sci-tech / opinion/analysis Thursday December 01, 2011 04:52 by Reinarto Hadipriono
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In the evolutionary journey of a living creature, a condition or a movement that occurs continuously from generation to generation, e.g. as when it “moves forward”, will have an impact on the shape of its body read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights / news report Wednesday November 30, 2011 23:11 by ALiberation
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ALiberation held a creative and illustrative photo-shoot on 29/11/2011 to highlight the influence Minister McEntee has over Fine Gael and the Labour Party. In the photo shoot a cross-roads has been reached, where a road sign points one way for “Ban Irish Fur Farms”, “Save Animals” and “Public Opinion” and in the very opposite direction, the road sign points to “Fur Farms”, “Animal Cruelty” and “200,000 Animals Killed Yearly”. Minister McEntee is seen pointing and directing both political parties towards the latter and away from the a ban of fur farms which would save the lives of approximately 200,000 Minks, Red Foxes and Arctic Foxes each year.
Full Article here:
http://www.vegaplanet.org/?p=653#more-653
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national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday November 30, 2011 21:24 by Kevin O'Brien
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Each business day, a team of staff and students from Dublin City University will help launch a new Internet start-up from the 1st to 20th of December with support from AIB. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday November 30, 2011 17:35 by Ray and Kristi
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Fellow women, you are cordially invited to a Women in Black anti-war commemoration vigil on Saturday 3rd December at 6pm in Cork city. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday November 30, 2011 17:35 by Kev
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Tue, 6 December 2011, 19:15 The Pearse Centre (aka Ireland Institute), 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment 
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday November 30, 2011 15:14 by occupy cork
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Occupy Cork invites everyone opposed to the current austerity regime out in force on Saturday, Dec. 3rd. Assembling outside the opera house at Emmet Place at 1:30pm, we will march down the quay, up Patrick St. and down South Mall, back to Emmet Place. There we will hold a general assembly at which anyone can speak. read full story / add a comment |
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