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Human Rights in Ireland
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Campaign Websites & Links

At any given time there are a large number of campaigns happening around the country covering a broad range of issues and one of the main problems is that people in a given locality may not always be aware of what is happening in their area or that others have already started doing something about the particular issue of concern to them. The list below aims to help highlight and raise awareness of these campaigns.
Indymedia does not necessarily endorse these campaigns and the content of these other sites is a matter of concern to those involved.
Fiscal Treaty - Children's Referendum - Lisbon Treaty 2008 & 2009 Collapse/Expand

Anti War / Peace Groups

http://www.shannonwatch.org - Shannon Watch
http://www.irishantiwar.org - Irish Anti War
http://www.pana.ie - Peace and Neutrality Alliance
http://www.raytheon9.org/ - The Raytheon 9
http://www.people.ie/ - People's Movement

Health, Community and Society

https://www.facebook.com/SPARKsingleparents - SPARK -Single Parents Acting for the Rights of their Kids
We'reNotLeaving.com - Youth Group who are taking a stand about having to emigrate from Ireland
http://www.SaveStLukes.ie/ -Save Saint Luke's Cancer Hospital in Rathgar.
http://www.saveourhospital.com - Save our Hospital - Monaghan (site now gone)
https://www.facebook.com/savenavanhospital -Save Navan Hospital on Facebook
https://redwexford.wordpress.com/save-wexford-general-hospital-campaign/ -Save Wexford General Hospital Campaign
http://www.saveroscommonhospital.com/?p=6695 - Save Roscommon Hospital / Roscommon Hospital Alliance
http://www.bebo.com/our-ladys-hospital - Save Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin Campaign
http://www.SaveOurLadysChildrensHospital.com/
http://www.nationalcdf.blogspot.com/ - Campaign to Save Community Development Projects
http://www.iuhc.org/ - Universal Health Care for Ireland
http://www.Regret.ie/ -Reactions and Effects of Gardasil Resulting in Extreme Trauma" (R.E.G.R.E.T) Support Group

http://www.stmichaelsestate.ie/ - St Michael's Estate Regeneration
http://www.SeomraSpraoi.org - Seomra Spraoi Social Center
http://www.galwayspace.org/.- Galway Social Space

http://www.unlocknama.org/ - Unlock NAMA -site no longer exists

http://www.thelandleague.net/ -The Land League (1879 - 2014)

http://www.clonfavour.com/ - Clonakilty Favour Exchange
http://ces.org.za/exchparams.asp?country=IE - Community Exchange System - Exchanges in Ireland. (These are LETS alternative currency systems)

Human Rights / Social Justice / Workers Issues

www.TTIP.ie TTIP Information Network Ireland -exposing TTIP
www.Right2Water.ie - Right 2 Water
http://www.fliuch.org - Take Back Your Water
https://www.facebook.com/MahonSaysNo

http://anspreach.wordpress.com/ - An Spréach, Housing Action Committee
http://www.antievictiontaskforce.com/ -Anti Eviction Taskforce
http://www.amnesty.ie - Amnesty International Ireland
http://afri.ie -Action from Ireland -Justice, Peace and Human Rights
http://www.comhlamh.org - Action and Education for Global Justice
http://www.edacork.org/- Ethical Development Action Cork
http://www.debtireland.org - Debt and Development Coalition Ireland
https://www.facebook.com/AttacIreland -ATTAC is a global organization opposed to neo-liberal globalization
http://www.IntegrityIreland.ie/ -Citizens for Justice, Transparency & Accountability
http://corruptlaw.com/ -Victims of the Legal Profession Society
http://www.ceartaslaw.org/ - Irish Lawyers for Human Rights

http://dunnesworkers.com/ Decency for Dunnes Workers
Third Level Workplace Watch - And Facebook page

http://www.lasc.ie - Latin America Solidarity Centre
http://www.cubasupport.com - Cuba Support Group - Ireland
http://www.ipsc.ie/ - Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
http://www.palestinesolidarityproject.org/
http://www.irishmap.ie - Irish Medical Aid For Palestinians
http://www.msf.ie - Medecins Sans Frontiers Ireland
http://www.publicinquiry.eu/- Public Inquiry - Examining corruption in Ireland
http://corruptioninireland.com/- Corrupt Ireland
http://floatingcarpentry.com/garda/ -The Thin Blue Line

http://www.reform.ie - Reforming the Republic
http://www.refugeeactiongroup.com - Refugee Action Group
http://www.relativesforjustice.com - Relatives for Justice
http://nobordersdublin.blogspot.com/ - No Borders Dublin
http://www.theredcard.ie - Ireland's campaign against racism in sport and society
http://www.iprt.ie/ - Irish Penal Reform Trust
http://www.digitalrights.ie - Digital Rights Ireland
http://aimsireland.com/ Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services - Ireland
http://www.ragdublin.blogspot.com - Revolutionary Anarchist Feminist Group
http://www.choiceireland.org - Choice Ireland
https://twitter.com/ROIsaysno/ - Republic of Ireland Against Racism
http://www.afa-ireland.com/ - Anti Fascist Action Ireland
http://www.residentsagainstracism.org/ -Residents Against Racism Ireland
http://www.suicideireland.com/ -Suicide Ireland
http://www.rcni.ie/ - Rape Crisis Network Ireland

http://www.oxfam.ie - Oxfam Ireland

http://www.paw.ie - People's Association Watchdog

Connonlly Media Group - Facebook and on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/connollymediagroup
http://www.ProgressiveFilmClub.ie/

Environmental / Resource Theft / Animal Rights / Fish Farming

http://voiceireland.org/ - Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment
http://iwt.ie/ - Irish Wildlife Trust

http://www.shelltosea.com - Shell to Sea Campaign
http://www.corribsos.com - Shell to Sea Campaign
http://www.OwnOurOil.ie/ -Eddie Hobbs has now realized we will get nothing for our Oil and Gas and is trying to change that.
http://www.trillions.ie/ -Let's develop Ireland's new found wealth ethically and sustainably

http://FishingForJustice.eu/

http://http://www.Right2Water.ie/- Water is a human right and a public good, not a commodity.

http://www.nowatertax.ie- No Water Tax Campaign

http://www.nohouseholdtax.org- Campaing Against Household and Water Taxes

AttackTheTax.com

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Independent-Resistance/230497473763335
http://www.gluaiseacht.ie/ -Gluaiseacht for Global Justice -Environmental Campaigning

http://www.afarireland.org - Alliance for Animal Rights
http://www.banbloodsports.com - Ban Blood Sports
http://www.dogrescueireland.com - Dog Rescue Ireland
http://www.aliberation.org - Animal Liberation Dublin

http://www.climatecamp.ie - Climate Camp Ireland
http://www.stopclimatechaos.ie
http://www.youngfoe.ie/ -Young Friends of the Environment
http://ien.ie/ - Irish Environmental Network
http://www.iwdg.ie/ -Irish Whale and Dolphin Group

http://www.UnitedFarmers.ie

http://www.sliabhban.org/ - Roscommon's holiest mountain -Save Our Mountain.
http://www.crewe-ireland.org/ - Communities for Responsible Engagement with Wind Energy
http://lwig.net - Lakelands Windfarm Information Group

http://www.woodlandleague.org - Stop the sale of Coillte!
http://www.NativeWoodlandTrust.ie
http://www.BurrenBeo.com

http://www.feasta.org - Feasta - The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
http://www.cultivate.ie - Cultivate Center
http://galwaycycling.org/ - The Galway Cycling Campaign
http://home.connect.ie/dcc - Dublin Cycling Campaign
http://www.ilpac.eu/ - Irish Light Pollution Awareness Campaign

http://www.nodublinincinerator.webs.com/ - No Dublin Incinerator
Stop-The-Poolbeg-Incinerator Community on Facebook
http://www.CovantaWatch.org/ -tracks pollution violations and fines by Covanta -builder of Poolbeg incinerator
http://www.chaseireland.org - Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment
http://toxicdump.net/ - East Galway Against Incineration
http://www.noincineration.com/ - Louth No Incinerator Campaign

http://nofrackingireland.wordpress.com/ -Campaign against Fracking (Shale Gas) in Lough Allen Basin
http:://www.what-the-frack.org
http://www.FrackingFreeIreland.org/ -Fracking Free Ireland
Facebook - No Fracking Dublin
https://sites.google.com/site/frackingireland/ -Fracking Ireland
http://www.frackaware.com/wordpress/ -Fermanagh Fracking Awareness Network (FFAN)
http://www.LoveLeitrim.org
http://NotForShale.com/ -Fracking covering Northern Ireland
http://notofracking.com/ -No To Fracking

http://www.protectourcoast.net - Fighting against Oil Drilling off Dublin shoreline (site gone as of Apr 2014)
http://www.loughshinnyvillage.com/ReclaimFingalAlliance.htm Reclaim Fingal Alliance - No Monster Sewage Plant
Campaign Against Sewage Plant in Portmarnock
http://www.DodderActionDublin.com -organizes cleanup of river Dodder each year
http://www.CleanCoastsIreland.com
http://mountainmeitheal.ie/ - Mountain Meitheal is a volunteer group who undertake projects to protect and conserve mountain and forest areas in Ireland

http://www.alternativea5alliance.com/ -campaign against more road building in Co. Tyrone
http://www.gmfreeireland.org - GM Free Ireland
http://no2gm.com/ - Organic Trust and no2GM
http://www.corkfoodweb.ning.com - Cork Food Web

http://www.SalmonFarmsIreland.com/ -Ireland Against Salmon Farms
http://www.NoSalmonFarmsAtSea.com - No Salmon Farms At Sea
http://bantryblog.wordpress.com/ -Save Bantry Bay
http://www.salmon.ie/ -Salmon Watch Ireland
http://www.wildfish.ie/
http://www.SlowFood.com/ - Slow Food International
http://www.SlowFish.com/
http://www.CoastWatch.org -CoastWatch -enables public to take part in annual coast watch to survey state of our coastline -Europe wide

http://ffwireland.blogspot.ie/ -Fluoride Free Water -Why is the government still forcing this poison down our throats?
http://www.TheGirlAgainstFluoride.com/

http://www.shannonprotectionalliance.ie -Campaign to prevent Water pipeline to Dublin from the Shannon

http://www.AnTaisce.org/ -An Tasice -Ireland's National Trust. It's actually a charity
http://www.bebo.com/savebrayseafront

http://www.savetara.com - Save Tara
http://www.tarawatch.org - Tara Watch
http://bremore.blogspot.com/ - Save Bremore

Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Updates

http://fairewinds.org/category/media/fairewinds-videos/ - Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown -Regular Video updates from nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen

http://fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.ie/ - FukushimaEmergencyWhatCanWeDo
http://fukushima-diary.com/

Education

http://www.free-education.info - Free Education for Everyone
http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com - Campaign for Commerical Free Education
http://www.steinerireland.org - Irish Steiner Kindergarten Association
http://www.education4free.com - Education4free.com - free teaching resources for Irish Education

Political Parties and Movements

http://www.wsm.ie - Workers Solidarity Movement
http://www.swp.ie - Socialist Workers Party - Part of United Left Alliance
http://www.socialistparty.net - Socialist Party - Part of United Left Alliance
http://www.greenparty.ie - Green Party
http://www.sinnfein.ie - Sinn Fein
http://www.rsf.ie - Republican Sinn Fein
http://www.irishsocialist.net - Irish Socialist Network
http://www.workersparty.ie/ - Workers Party
http://www.labour.ie - Labour Party
http://www.finegael.ie - Fine Gael
http://www.finnafail.ie - Fianna Fail -The Party of God
http://pirateparty.ie/ - The Pirate Party of Ireland
http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie - Communist Party Of Ireland
http://fisnua.com -F�s Nua (recently formed)
http://newvision.ie/wordpress/ - New Vision (recently formed)
http://www.directdemocracyireland.org/ - Direct Democracy Ireland (recently formed)
http://www.peoplebeforeprofit.ie/ - People Before Profit - Part of United Left Alliance
http://www.unitedleftalliance.org - United Left Alliance (site no longer exists)
http://www.socialistdemocracy.org
www.people.ie - People's Movement
http://antiausterityalliance.ie/ -Anti Austerity Alliance

http://grassroots.pageabode.com/ - Grassroots Gathering

Unions

http://www.siptu.ie - SIPTU
http://www.union.ie - Independent Workers Union (IWU)
http://www.ictu.ie/ - Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
http://www.inmo.ie - Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation (INMO)
http://www.into.ie - Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO)

Blogs of Interest

http://www.irishleftreview.org/ - Irish Left Review
http://www.dublinopinion.com/ - Dublin Opinion
http://notesonthefront.typepad.com/ - Notes on the Front
http://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/ - Cedar lounge
http://www.mediabite.org/ - Mediabite.
http://irish-revolution.blogspot.ie/
http://irishmarxism.net/ -An Irish Marxist Blog

http://www.notonama.blogspot.com/ - No To NAMA
http://bondwatchireland.blogspot.ie/ - BondWatch

http://http://permaculturecottage.wordpress.com/ - Perma Culture Blog - A Life in the Country

Think Tanks & Miscellaneous Links

http://www.tascnet.ie/ -TASC a Think Tank for Action on Social Change -is an independent think-tank dedicated to addressing Ireland�s high level of economic inequality
http://www.nerinstitute.net/ - The Nevin Economic Research Institute is a research organisation which, at its core, has a vision of the achievement of a better, fairer society.
http://www.publicprivatepartnership.net/ -An analysis of the failure of Public Private Partnerships in Ireland
http://www.claimingourfuture.ie/ -Claiming Our Future is a progressive movement for an equal sustainable and thriving Ireland
http://www.feasta.org - Feasta - The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability

Community Radio

http://www.wdar.ie/ - West Dublin Access Radio - Broadcasting on 96 MHz from West Dublin
http://www.near.ie/ - NEAR FM. Broadcasting on 90.3 MHz from North Dublin
http://http://www.iolfree.ie/~phoenixfm// - Phoenix FM. Broadcasting on 92.5 MHz from North Dublin 15
http://dublinsouthfm.webs.com/ - Dublin South. Broadcasting on 93.9 MHz from Dublin South
http://www.raidionalife.ie/ - Raidi� na Life . Broadcasting on 106.4 MHz from North Dublin
http://www.corkfm.ie/ - Cork FM Community Radio -Broadcasting on ???? MHz from Cork city
http://www.connemarafm.com/ -Connemara Community Radio on 87.6 MHz FM & 106.1 MHz FM
For more see Community Radio Listings from Community Media Network Ireland
Also more comprehensive list here at BAI
Note: All these broadcast on FM and are low power radio meaning transmissions only reach a few miles

Podcasts (international)

http://www.ecoshock.org/ - Eco Shock
http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/ -The Extra Environmentalist
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/34/ - Guns and Butter
http://antiwar.com/radio/- Anti-War Radio -archive only
http://www.corbettreport.com/podcasts/ - Corbett Report
http://prn.fm/shows/health-shows/the-gary-null-show/ - Gary Null covers wide range of issues. Most popular show on PRN
http://fromalpha2omega.podomatic.com/ - From Alpha 2 Omega

http://ericdraitser.podbean.com/ - Stop Imperialism podcast
Porkins Policy Review -excellent podcast!
http://www.UnWelcomeGuests.net/ -Another excellent podcast

( See also http://www.indymedia.ie/videos )

Publications & Archives of Interest

http://rabble.ie/ -Free quarterly satirical Dublin based newspaper

Most of these sites contain some archives of their publications
http://www.lookleftonline.org/ - Look Left (available in Eason's too)
http://www.redbannermagazine.com/ - Red Banner Magazine
http://www.wsm.ie/magazine Workers Solidarity Newspaper / Magazine
http://www.socialistparty.net/home/the-socialist -The Socialist newspaper. Back issues online
http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie/sv/index.html - Socialist Voice -Monthly publication of the Communist Party of Ireland
http://www.socialistdemocracy.org/Bulletins.html - Socialist Democracy Bulletins
http://www.irishsocialist.net/content.php?id=3 - Resistance - from the Irish Socialist Network
http://www.IrishMarxistReview.net - Irish Marxist Review
http://www.ssisi.ie/journals.php -Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland -a useful source of interesting statistical information.
http://www.people.ie/english5.html -People's News Newsletters. Archives from 2004 to present
http://IrishAnarchistHistory.wordpress.com - Archive of Anarchist History
https://IrishRepublicanMarxistHistoryProject.wordpress.com/ -Irish Republican Marxist History Project
https://TheIrishRevolution.wordpress.com/ - The Irish Revolution
https://dublin7peopleshistory.wordpress.com/ -Stoneybatter & Smithfield People's History Project

See also
http://www.ClrIrishLeftArchive.org OR Online Archive of Irish Left Documents - Cedar Lounge Irish Left Archive
http://theirelandinstitute.com/republic/index.html -The Republic - A Journal of Contemporary & Historical Debate - (4 issues online)
http://theirelandinstitute.com/citizen/ The Citizen - (4 issues so far)

http://IrishElectionLiterature.wordpress.com - Archive of political and election leaflets since 1982

Environmental Related Publications & Archives of Interest

Sherkin Comment -covering Marine Matters by Matt Murphy, Sherkin Island, Co. Cork.
Shale Gas Bulletin Ireland -covers fracking

Campaign Tools

http://www.contact.ie - Contact.ie
https://security.ngoinabox.org/ -Security in-a-box: Tools and tactics for your digital security

http://www.irishleaks.ie - appears to have closed down

http://www.dctv.ie - Dublin Community TV -broadcasts on UPC 802.
http://revoltvideo.blogspot.com/ - Revolt Video Collective

http://www.politube.org -alternative to corporate owned YouTube. Site closed down

http://www.oireachtas.ie - House of the Oireachtas (i.e. Dail). See what they said.
http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/mediazone/pressreleases/ - Oireachtas / Dail. press releases.
http://www.merrionstreet.ie/index.php/category/news-room/government-press-releases/ --Govt press releases.

http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/

http://ces.org.za Community Exchange System / Local Currencies
http://timebanks.org/
http://www.lietaer.com/ -website of Bernard Lietaer author on currencies - Currency Solutions for a Wiser World

http://www.majestic12.co.uk/ -Distributed Community Search Engine
http://www.CleanWater.org/ -US based but contains background info and history on numerous corporations and their polluting history

See a brief guide to starting a campaign
Link to sample HTML page. This is a very very brief guide on how to write HTML page for people interested in starting campaigns.

Quick guide to free software

Alternative to Facebook - Open Source / Community Social Network Sites

http://stallman.org/facebook.html -Why you should not use Facebook.
https://lorea.org/
http://diasporaproject.org/ -Diaspora Project. Allows you to own your data.

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