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international / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday February 19, 2014 - 17:02 by Arielle Retrosi
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Argentina officially requested that the US Supreme Court hear an appeal in a debt case that will impact people living in extreme poverty around the world. The case dates back to Argentina's 2001 default, after which 92% of all Argentine bond holders restructured their defaulted debt. Predatory hedge fund, NML Capital leads a small group of holdouts who won judgments for payment in lower US Courts. NML Capital never invested in Argentina and bought the debt cheaply after Argentina's default. Because sovereign lending is contracted in the United States, the precedent the case sets impacts some of the poorest economies around the globe and allows these hedge funds to target assets that benefit poor people. The International Monetary Fund, the Paris Club, legitimate investors, the US and most governments oppose this predatory behavior because it cancels the benefits of debt relief, makes sovereign debt restructuring more difficult and limits credit to poor countries ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday January 14, 2014 - 21:32 by newsmedia
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Greedy ISPs move to cash in on providing tiered Internet access Judges at a federal appeal court in Washington have dealt what could well be a mortal blow to the freedom of the Internet. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday December 18, 2013 - 19:42 by Justin Morahan
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The Arctic 30 who have been under threat of serving long sentences in Russia for their actions to prevent Arctic oil drilling, have been granted an amnesty by the Russian Parliament. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice / news report Tuesday December 17, 2013 - 08:27 by Court Reporter
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Recently appointed Judge Faughnan presided over this month's district court session at Belmullet. Two Shell to Sea related cases were finalised resulting in one campaigner avoiding conviction by receiving the benefit of the probation act and another - local Shell to Sea spokesperson Terence Conway - being convicted and fined E200. When the Belmullet District court session opened on Wednesday morning there were seven campaigners due to appear in court on charges arising from the ongoing imposition of, and protest against, the Shell Corrib gas project in North West Mayo. Shell Santa also made an appearance at court bearing gives of alcohol but the Gardaí didn't seem too happy for him to visit them in such a public setting. ... read full story / add a comment 
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday December 12, 2013 - 17:57 by Margaretta D'Arcy
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Margaretta (Guantanamo Granny) D'Arcy's account of the judgement at Ennis Court on Wednesday 11th December ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday December 09, 2013 - 13:03 by Free Speech - use it or lose it!
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VID (13 mins) - Ciaron O'Reilly, recently attacked & censored at the London Anarchist Bookfair & Liverpool Manning solidarity event at the Casa ,speaks out for Assane & Manning in Dublin, no health & safety issues reported. http://tinyurl.com/pyhecwf ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Monday November 18, 2013 - 17:08 by RSC
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This is a message to confirm that at the moment there is no physical camp base, nor is there other “camp” accommodation in the area. The continuous presence that solidarity camp provided since 2005 has ended, at least temporarily. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday November 16, 2013 - 19:25 by Shelver
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About 25 people gathered today outside the Shell refinery construction site at Ballinaboy, Co Mayo, in a show of solidarity with 30 environmental activists who are currently imprisoned in Russia. The gathering was part of a global day of action to free the "Arctic 30" as they have become known worldwide since they were captured nearly two months ago while protesting against Gazprom and Shell moving an oil rig into the Arctic. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday November 15, 2013 - 13:09 by Rossport Solidarity Reporter
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Judge Denis McLoughlin presided over yesterdays monthly sitting of Belmullet district court. Amongst the defendants were 5 people up on charges because of their opposition to the Shell Corrib gas project. Of the Shell related cases only one was heard, resulting in John Monaghan being convicted and fined E350 and disqualified from driving for one year. Of particular note in this case was that some of the evidence that was used to convict Mr Monaghan, came from Sgt Dermot Butler, who was one of the named Gardaí that a former Shell subcontractor claimed helped to transfer the alcohol that he delivered to Belmullet Garda station on behalf of Shell. Also of particular note was that one IRMS security guard also confirmed that IRMS had a practice of profiling certain members of the local community and other campaigners. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Thursday November 14, 2013 - 00:13 by Tom C
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In a case even a rightwinger would support, Milnes Foods strikers are continuing their work stoppages .While progress has been made in areas, the right to collective bargaining, union representation, pro-rata pay for the cleaners and mechanics are some of the outstanding issues in this bitter dispute between some seventeen or so brave SIPTU strikers and the company of Milne Foods, of Birr in Co. Offaly. A Labour Court hearing is lated for December 12th. They are on one day work stoppages each Friday from now to Christmas, support from all would be appreciated. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / housing / news report Thursday October 31, 2013 - 11:37 by Nico
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A fire broke out this morning at around 2am in Tom Kelly Flats, Charlemont Street, leaving many people trapped inside their homes. Residents in the 3rd – Block were woken to the yells of “Fire!” by a concerned neighbour in the adjacent block, as the blaze quickly engulfed the main hall and stairway. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Monday October 07, 2013 - 18:36 by Jennifer Tong
The U.S. Supreme Court decided not to take the landmark debt case between Argentina and bondholders led by NML Capital, a hedge fund that buys the debt of countries in financial crisis. Argentina is expected to file a second petition in the coming months that the Supreme Court will review and decide again if it will hear the case. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday September 28, 2013 - 21:46 by lefty
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The victims of Abu Ghraib torture sued, in a US court, the private company, CACI, hired to do the torturing. They lost. Brazenly CACI counter sued the victims in the same court and WON. The Abu Ghraib victims now have to pay their torturers 14,000 dollars in costs. Ridiculous! ... read full story / add a comment 
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday September 13, 2013 - 13:49 by Margaretta D'Arcy
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A packed courtroom yesterday erupted into laughter after ‘Guantanamo Granny’-79-year-old anti-war activist Margaretta Darcy, blew a whistle and declared: “I am a whistleblower”. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday September 10, 2013 - 05:24 by brionOcleirigh
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A report this Thursday will reveal MI5, the FBI in the USA, and special branch in the Irish State in the south, "starved" paramilitary police in British Occupied Ireland, of vital intelligence, that would have prevented a massacre, in which twenty-nine people died after a 500lb bomb exploded in the middle of Omagh..The victims families commissioned a private report by a London law firm, the SBP, which included experts, who obtained sensitive intelligence, demonstrating major failings by all the Police forces, before the attack, which caused the massacre. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday September 09, 2013 - 23:46 by GCH
"If they come for the innocent without stepping over your body cursed be your religion and your life" - Phil Berrigan R.I.P. WW2 combat veteran, Plowshares movement founder & anti-Vietnam War resister. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday September 04, 2013 - 08:42 by ags
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To Sue: Sgt James Gill (retired) is threatening Pat “The Chief” O'Donnell with bankruptcy over the defamation case, in which Gill's former classmate, Judge Margaret Heneghan awarded him €33,000 plus legal costs. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday September 03, 2013 - 20:25 by Jolly Red Giant
Upwards of 80,000 miners working in the goldmines in South Africa have begun strike action in a pay dispute with the mining bosses. A further 40,000 goldminers could join the strike in the coming days. Workers are demanding pay increases of between 60%-150% for workers earning around €400 per month. The mining bosses have offered increases of approximate 6.1% (just below the rate of inflation) ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday August 27, 2013 - 23:57 by Turing
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It seems very likely that the US, backed by UK,France etc, is going to attack Syria very soon. Regardless of what we think of the Assad regime and its crimes we should oppose this intervention which will only make matters worse and is only designed to further imperialist interests. As we don’t know exactly when this will occur the Irish Anti-War Movement is calling a protest at the Spire for 6pm ON THE DAY OF THE ATTACK or THE NEXT DAY IF THE ATTACK IS AT NIGHT. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday August 22, 2013 - 09:47 by Justin Morahan
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Below is a letter to President Barack Obama on the occasion of a protest by Colm Roddy and me outside the US Embassy in Dublin, Wednesday 21 July before Whistleblower Bradley Manning was given a horrendous sentence for telling the truth. ... read full story / add a comment |
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