Hugo Chávez. RIP.

The Commandante is dead but the Revolution continues. If there is an afterlife then Chavez is in Valhalla.

He wrote, he read, and mostly he spoke. Hugo Chávez, whose death has been announced, was devoted to the word. He spoke publicly an average of 40 hours per week. As president, he didn't hold regular cabinet meetings; he'd bring the many to a weekly meeting, broadcast live on radio and television. Aló, Presidente, the programme in which policies were outlined and discussed, had no time limits, no script and no teleprompter. One session included an open discussion of healthcare in the slums of Caracas, rap, a self-critical examination of Venezuelans being accustomed to the politics of oil money and expecting the president to be a magician, a friendly exchange with a delegation from Nicaragua and a less friendly one with a foreign journalist.

External Links: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (a.k.a. Chavez: Inside the Coup) is a 2002 documentary about the April 2002 Venezuelan coup attempt which briefly deposed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. A television crew from Ireland’s Radio Telifís Éireann happened to be recording a documentary about Chávez during the events of April 11, 2002.
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The TBM comes a cropper at the crossroads

Shell has been trying to get a tunnel boring machine into place in Rossport. This feature will serve as a jump off point for information on the progress of the operation and the efforts of Shell to sea protesters. It will be updated with links to new posts on the subject as they come in. Please make your way down to rossport if you can.
UPDATED 14 DECEMBER!

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Belmullet District Court Report - Shell and Mayo County Council stand co-accused of obstructing the public highway. | Shell's Tunnel Boring Machine parts delayed by lock-on | August 2012: a week of blocking shell | Shell To Sea Dublin demo , Monday 6th August @ 1pm | 150 Gardai to move TBM 5km; Mayo County Council begin cover-up | Shell and Gardaí invade to rescue TBM | Day Three in the TBM House | Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) update - you couldnt make it up... | Shell humbled as protestors disrupt arrival of the Tunnel Boring Machine | Tunnel Boring Machine arrived at Dublin docks, travelling to Rossport soon | No To Foreshore Licence In Mayo | Shell to sea website

Come up to Rossport this June weekend

The seventh annual Rossport Solidarity Camp gathering is taking place in Erris, Co. Mayo from the 1st-4th June. You are invited to take part in workshops/discussions, skillshares, music and fun!

Come up to Mayo this June bank holiday!

Related Links: Rossport solidarity camp website | Shell to sea website | Rabbite's rush to give away our exploration rights could cost us bilions | conservative Oireachtas committee finds that state should double tax take on gas and oil finds Threats of eviction for rossport camp. | shell admits funding niger delta warlords | Police amassing at James Price Point

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Occupy camp prior to sly 4.30am state eviction

At 4.30am this morning the Occupy Galway camp was forcibly removed by Gardai and Council workers. At 1pm we held a public assembly with around 100 people in attendance. The mood at the assembly was one of determination and optimism and it was agreed by all that the fight is only just getting started!

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