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The US Department of State plans to open an Eurasia Migrant center in? Moscow Thu May 04, 2017 02:26 | Scott
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Syrian War Report ? May 3, 2017: Russia Expands Advise And Assist Mission In Syria Wed May 03, 2017 18:12 | Scott An Islamic Response To The French Presidential Elections by Sheikh Imran Hosein Wed May 03, 2017 17:31 | The Saker
Human Rights in Irelandwww.humanrights.ieHuman Rights-Based Integration Policy and the New ?Migrant Integration Strategy? Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:33 | Cliodhna Murphy The Citizens Assembly Proposals: A Draft Bill Tue Apr 25, 2017 20:42 | admin NUI Galway Announce New Director of Irish Centre for Human Rights Mon Apr 24, 2017 11:50 | Eoin Daly Barriers to first trimester abortion care. Sun Apr 23, 2017 12:31 | admin Why would any country put abortion in the Constitution? Thu Apr 20, 2017 17:28 | Máiréad Enright
Cedar LoungeFor lefties too stubborn to quitEast/West sure, but what about West/East 15:55 Wed May 03, 2017 | WorldbyStorm Hyperbole, yes. Dangerous? Possibly. 14:56 Wed May 03, 2017 | WorldbyStorm Political parties change? 14:05 Wed May 03, 2017 | WorldbyStorm Church and State 11:52 Wed May 03, 2017 | irishelectionliterature What you want to say ? 3rd May, Week 18, 2017 03:13 Wed May 03, 2017 | WorldbyStorm
Dublin OpinionLife should be full of strangeness, like a rich paintingNotes for a Book on Money and the Irish State - The Marshall Aid Program 15:10 Sat Apr 02, 2016 The Financial Crisis:What Have We Learnt? 19:58 Sat Aug 29, 2015 Money in 35,000 Words or Less 21:34 Sat Aug 22, 2015 THE WRATH OF KANE: BANKING CRISES AND POLITICAL POWER 09:32 Fri Jan 30, 2015 ALWAYS THE ARTISTS: WEEK THREE OF THE BANK INQUIRY 23:11 Thu Jan 22, 2015 |
national / crime and justice Monday April 24, 2017 10:42 by 1 of indy
To help highlight the case of the Jobstown 18 we are republishing an open letter by Irish Writers.
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Stand With Jobstown - Sat 6th May @ 2pm in Tallaght |
'March for Justice' in solidarity with the Jobstown Not Guilty campaign - Apr 22nd |
Violence And The Jobstown Anti-Water Charges Protest. |
Free the Jobstown 4! - Socialist Party Press Release |
Hundreds protest conviction of Jobstown teen following Burton sit in |
national / economics and finance Thursday November 24, 2016 03:56 by 1 of Indymedia
We are republishing this article by Stephen Donnelly TD who has been doing great work in exposing how Fine Gael have gone out of their away to facilitate vulture funds who are now preying on ordinary people by charging exorbitant rents and fueling the current property and are replacing the English absentee landlord of centuries past, with ruthless vulture funds capitalists of this era and essentially introducing a form of neo-fuedalism as increasing huge swaths of the population are either priced out of buying homes, or are signing up for debt that last close to a lifetime. Related Links: Stephen Donnelly, TD submission for a detailed proposal to target €20bn in future avoided taxes. | Update on the work of NAMAleaks.com
international / eu Wednesday June 22, 2016 23:18 by 1 of Indymedia
The People's Newsletter from the People's Movement in their bi-monthly newsletter carry an article on Brexit which is topical given that the British go to the polls on it this Thurs 23rd June. The various opinion polls show it to be relatively close. Related Links: Latest PEOPLE’S NEWS covers TTIP and Brexit | 10 Reasons Irish People in the North of Ireland, & Britain, Should Vote "Leave" | People Before Profit Call for Left Exit from EU | WSM: Observations on Brexit and Lexit in the UK EU membership referendum | Socialist Party: Brexit: Reject this club of bosses & bankers
national / history and heritage Sunday March 27, 2016 01:23 by T
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1916, left republicanism, anarchism and class struggle | Revolutionary Experiments In Ireland 1917-1923 | Reclaim the Vision of 1916 |
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national / elections / politics Wednesday February 24, 2016 18:26 by T
The election cycle has come around yet again it is time to take a look at some of the issues being discussed and more importantly those not discussed and have a quick look at the economy.
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Galway meeting highlights the insidious agenda of TTIP |
Lacking Trasparency: The Transatlantic Trade And Investment Partnership (TTIP) |
Wikileaks Publishes Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) |
connolly group TTIP video |
Investor-State Attacks: Empowering Foreign Corporations to Bypass our Courts, Challenge Basic Protections |
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Sean Kelly (FG) MEP has betrayed his responsibility to defend the interests of the Irish people - Liadh Ní Riada MEP
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Thu 04 May, 06:18 World Press Freedom Day May 3rd 10:09 Wed 03 May 0 comments "3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession." (UNESCO) Turkey Bans Wikipedia 11:04 Sun 30 Apr 0 comments Saturday, 29th April, early morning, Wikipedia "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" is blocked in Turkey. The block affects all language editions of the site. Try to access it from downtown Istanbul and all you will get is a "timeout" error message. Kurdish Political Prisoner's Hunger Strike Ends 16:09 Fri 28 Apr 0 comments The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), has requested prisoners to come off hunger strike as the conditions within the prisons have been brought to international attention and they are able to continue this struggle through other means. Pluto Press launch new book of Abdullah Öcalan's writings 18:28 Tue 25 Apr 0 comments April 15 saw the launch of Abdullah Öcalan's new book: The Political Thought of Abdullah Öcalan - Kurdistan, Women's Revolution And Democratic Confederalism’ published by the British-based progressive publisher, Pluto Press. “Now Lawless” – Turkey Indicted Again 12:01 Thu 20 Apr 0 comments Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF)'s report “Turkey’s descent into arbitrariness: The end of rule of law”, released on 14 April last, slammed the Turkish state for its abuse of human rights, its own citizens and in particular, its assault on an independent judiciary, vital for a country to maintain the rule of law with any notion of justice – instead arbitrariness in the application of the law in Turkey has now become the norm, SCF says. Latin America Week 2017: Building generations of environmental defenders 21:45 Mon 10 Apr 0 comments What is Latin America Week? Thousands march to oppose water charges on April 8th in Dublin - Report 21:01 Mon 10 Apr 0 comments This is a repost of a report by the WSM on the Water Charges protest last Saturday April 8th. Kurdish Hunger Strikes Intensify Despite Hopes Of Dialogue 13:25 Sun 09 Apr 0 comments Kurdish Political Prisoners Hunger Strike enters 54th Day South County Dublin Council holding 'Open Day' in Tallaght Stadium on Hellfire Project 22:01 Thu 06 Apr 0 comments We would like to make you aware of two Drop In /Open Days for members of the public hosted by South Dublin County Council and Coillte on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th April 2017 at Tallaght Stadium from 8am to 8pm where the "Project Team" will be on hand to discuss the proposed development with you. Representative Doggett and Senator Whitehouse Introduce Legislation to Close Tax Havens 15:08 Thu 06 Apr 0 comments Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced versions of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act in the House and Senate. Irish Courts - ‘Statutory Independence’ or a Licence to Lie? May 01 0 comments This is opinion & analysis piece comes from Integrity Ireland who are attempting to fight corruption in the legal system and face an uphill struggle in their task and this piece illustrates well what they are up against. Hypocrisy and Deceit Regarding Fake News and Free Speech from the ACLU is Beyond Chilling and Can No... Apr 20 0 comments One would think there would be enough intelligent and discerning people within the lawyerly world of the ACLU to have paid some real attention to the actual many and damning Wikileaks (both before the election and after), as well from real progressives like the Sane Progressive Debbie Lusignan, H.A. Goodman, and equally top quality libertarian writers like Justin Raimondo (and dozens of others who have actually been trying to tell truth against the avalanche of lies coming from both the traditional left and traditional right and mainstream media). Trainers convicted of “blooding” greyhounds on live rabbits still have full access to greyhounds and... Apr 13 2 comments With the Greyhound Industry Bill due before the Oireachtas in the coming weeks, legislators need to be lobbied to ensure that any greyhound owner or trainer convicted of “blooding” greyhounds be banned FOR LIFE from access to, or ownership of, animals of any kind. The Irish Dy. An alternative view. Mar 17 1 comments The Irish American elite wish to claw their way up into the higher echelons of the US capitalist class. To do so they crush all talk of Irelands revolutionary socialists and its revolutionary traditons and instead were green and even in Chicago dye the river green. Brazil wants democracy back! Mar 02 0 comments The coup of 2016 double hit democracy in Brazil: it overthrew an honest president from power, without being able to point out against her rigorously no wrong attitude, thus trampling the constitution, which does not admit this alternative, and passing, in practice, the presidentialist regime to The parliamentarian, without consulting the population, a hypothesis that is also forbidden by the Magna Carta. Fight hard and fast a Liffey Cycle Route for all ages and abilities! May 02 IrishCycle.com 0 comments CAMPAIGN: Urgent action is needed before tomorrow's transport committe meetimg to safe the Liffey Cycle Route: Dramatically rising house prices further evidence of the fundamental failure and incompetence of Fin... Apr 20 0 comments Richard Boyd Barrett- Dramatically rising house prices further evidence of the fundamental failure and incompetence of Fine Gael Housing policy Activists block gasoline terminal in Western harbour Amsterdam Apr 15 Climate Justice Amsterdam 0 comments On Saturday morning, a group of 25 people entered the terrain of gasoline trader Vitol in the Amsterdam harbour, forcing a suspension of all activities on the terrain. Their message: Stop the export of toxic gasoline to West-Africa – and end the era of fossil fuels. PEOPLE’S NEWS -Issue No. 165 - 8th April 2017 - How Banks are Avoiding Tax Apr 13 0 comments Yet another issue of the bi-monthly People's News has been published just last week and it carries an important story reproduced here on how the banks are avoiding paying tax, some at low rates comparable to the Apple deal at 2%. In the Healthcare Battlefield, Nurses Work In the Foxholes. Is there a Way to Survive and Thrive? Apr 01 Rivertime Press 0 comments Licensed psychotherapist, author and publisher Carmel Sheridan knows that no matter where nurses live and work, they struggle with similar issues: compassion fatigue, depression, substance abuse, poor boundary setting, neglected self-care, and high stress levels. "I've lived in the U.S. and Ireland, and many of the participants in my stress-management groups are nurses spanning every specialty. Nurses have particularly high levels of stress and burnout." Often dubbed "the invisible patients," nurses endure emotionally grueling and physically draining shifts, often with little support. |