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national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 13, 2017 23:01 by 1 of indy
We are publishing this piece by PANA explaining what PESCO is about and how it means the loss of our neutrality. Unfortunately since then on Dec 7th the Dail voted by 75 to 42 to join PESCO. Some key points are: Related Links: Government Ramming Through PESCO To Drag Us Into EU Army | Public Meeting - No EU Army Oppose PESCO -Mon 18th Dec | Germany Foreign Policy wonks gush about building EU Army | RTE report with appropriate spin on Dáil votes to join European defence organisation | EU Democray or Empire PDF or here
dublin / environment Monday September 18, 2017 23:25 by Save The Hellfire & Masseys
Monday the 24th of September at 5pm is the deadline for making submissions to An Bord Pleanála on the South Dublin County Council & Coillte plans for what is known as the Dublin Mountains Project for the Hellfire Club & Masseys Wood nearby. The plan is one dreamed up by the council and will cost € 19 million of taxpayer money i.e. collected property tax etc for what is basically a bit of a white-elephant project that will damage the environment, limit public access and charge a fee for what is now free and is expected to run at a loss for at least first 3 years, but yet the private contractors running it will be "insulated" from losses. In essence the project will put an valuable amenity that is in public hands effectively into private hands and give them a license to milk the public forever on it. If this gets through, it will be replicated all over the country in that arrogant and greed driven way we are all familiar with from the Celtic Tiger days and again today. Related Links: Public Meeting: Save Hellfire Club and Massey's Wood in Dublin Mts | SaveTheHellfire.com | Friends of Massey's Wood Facebook
international / crime and justice Sunday August 20, 2017 21:56 by iosaf mac diarmada
These are my initial published thoughts on the terrorist attack I and my partner survived and endured 17th August 2017. Related Links: Barcelona Attack : Black Ribbons (again) | Black Ribbons. (March 12th 2004)
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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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 |
Sat 23 Dec, 08:20 A Visit with an H Block Prisoner 00:26 Wed 13 Dec 0 comments Last August (1990) I was among a delegation from Irish Northern Aid (Noraid), which visited current prisoners in Long Kesh. Statement on the Trump Visit to the Philippines 06:27 Sun 19 Nov 0 comments Filipino left coalition condemns Trump's visit, demands end of support for Duterte's human rights abuses Measles Alert 18:51 Wed 15 Nov 5 comments Responding to a recent measles outbreak in which 17 adults and children have been infected with the highly infectious disease , Dr Deirdre Mulholland, Director of Public Health for HSE East, has urged people to get themselves and their dependants vaccinated , saying, “the best protection is to be fully vaccinated with 2 doses of MMR vaccine." Religious Groups Call for Aid and Debt Relief for Puerto Rico and Dominica 23:49 Sun 22 Oct 0 comments More than 130 faith communities across the United States are praying and acting for hurricane victims during religious services this weekend. Good Cop/Bad Cop : Spanish Guardia Civil attack Catalan president's electoral vote centre. 10:17 Sun 01 Oct 3 comments A little over a week ago the Spanish state attempted to take control of the Mossos d'Esquadra the Catalan national police force whose men and women have sworn an oath of fealty to Catalonia and answer to the Catalan government "la Generalitat". The Mossos sidestepped all such attempts. Barcelona kids as human shields for Oct 1 referendum 14:44 Sat 30 Sep 3 comments October 1st, tomorrow at time of writing shall see the "illegal referendum on Catalan independence and conversion to a republic". On September 20th the central Spanish state launched an extraordinary campaign of intimidation and criminalisation. Ministers of the regional government were arrested. Printers were searched and ballot papers confiscated. Websites were closed down. 3 cruise liners hired by the Spanish state provide accommodation to police and paramilitary police drafted in to prevent voting, counting and disemination of information related to the referendum. Take Action: Israel is deporting Irish people visiting Palestine – complain to our goverment 23:01 Mon 25 Sep 0 comments Dear friends, in case you missed this shocking news last week, while en route to occupied Palestine four Irish people were seized by Israeli authorities in Ben Gurion airport and deported. Below is a statement issued by the four deportees which includes a call for you to write to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney (minister@dfa.ie) voicing your concerns about this arbitrary expulsion of human rights activist to stop them from bearing witness to the effects of Israel’s apartheid regime Slave Tourism in Ireland and UK 12:06 Tue 19 Sep 0 comments Several foreign based volunteer networks are placing unsuspecting travellers in exploitative and manipulative situations and cashing in on free labour with no rights or security. PHILIPPINES: 8,000 killings proof of policy to kill 13:43 Sun 10 Sep 1 comments Akbayan Partylist condemns President Rodrigo Duterte’s denial of his policy to kill under the War on Drugs. End of the Cement House Age 12:45 Fri 08 Sep 6 comments In the face of the worst housing crisis since rackrenting of the 19 th century why is Irish society so hung up on cement houses that resemble bunkers.There are numerous alternatives to cement and concrete and most western countries and developing world universities are exploring and investing in education for engineering and architectural studies called biotecture and geotecture knowledge transfer degrees more >>Sex, Drugs and Rollickin' Roles: Dec 14 0 comments Christmas is an ancient feast that has many positive associations for people around the world. While the bible places the birth of Christ in Bethlehem it does not say when, but by the 4th century the Churches in the East were celebrating it on January 6 and the Churches of the West on December 25. The Not-So-Subtle Art of Protesting: Dec 04 0 comments In 1762 Jean Jacques Rousseau published his book, The Social Contract, in which he wrote, Strikes and Solidarity: Interview with a worker at Irish Rail Dec 02 0 comments Irish Rail workers were out on strike recently. What’s going on? The October 1917 Revolution and Lenin Nov 27 0 comments Contribution to the Discussion on the Centinnial of the October 1917 Bolshevik Revolution The forthcoming general election. Nov 24 0 comments
Build For A Major Housing Protest On April 7th Dec 20 0 comments The housing crisis is a running sore in Irish society. It cries out for a campaign of ‘people power’ to force through a programme of council house building, rent controls and to end landlord evictions. Archbishop and Religious Groups Hold Puerto Rico Prayer Vigil at US Capitol Dec 19 0 comments As Congress considers recovery and relief packages for hurricane-hit Puerto Rico, the island's Archbishop and national religious groups are holding a vigil in a Congressional office building on Wednesday. Lap of Ireland 14th December Dec 13 2Wheels 4You 0 comments In recent years a dear friend was lost to massive heart attack. A young man Paul "Pulit" Carroll, collapsed in his home one evening after work. He would never again regain consciousness and was laid to rest some couple of weeks after. Irish Government to appear in court in landmark climate case Dec 11 Friends of Irish Environment 0 comments “All eyes will now be on what unfolds in Ireland.” BDS Movement statement on US decision to recognise Jerusalem as capital of apartheid Israel Dec 09 Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign 0 comments We carry below an official statement from the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee, the leadership of the global BDS movement. The IPSC has called an emergency lunchtime protest against the move this Friday 8th December between 1pm and 2pm: more >> |