Jimmy Kelly of UNITE calls on Voters to VOTE LEFT

The UNITE trade union, the second largest union in the Republic of Ireland has called on all working people to vote for a left wing government in the general election likely to be held in March.

“Workers should use their vote in the upcoming general election to bring about a left-wing government for the first time in the history of the state,” said Jimmy Kelly, Regional Secretary of Unite the union.

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Unite Highlights ‘millionaire’ Windfall From Budget | Unite Publishes Alternative ‘people’s Budget’ | UNITE Calls for immediate resignation of failed political establishment | Unite bank workers protest at Dáil. |

ShannonWatch.org - No Military Planes at Shannon

Today’s peace vigil at Shannon on 9 Jan 2011 was not a celebration but a commemoration of events that have been occurring over the past 11 years in Afghanistan and Iraq in which the United States waged unlawful and unjustified wars killing hundreds of thousands of people. It also commemorated and offered condolences on behalf of the many prisoners who were kidnapped, imprisoned without trial and in many cases tortured in Guantanamo and elsewhere. January 2011 also marks the 20th of the US led Gulf War in 1991, which led to the deaths of over two million Iraqi people in the decade up to 2001.

Related Links: Irish Police refuse to search US Warplanes at Shannon | The Unsustainability of War as a Business Model for Shannon Airport is Now Exposed | Irish Neutrality Temporarily Restored Thanks to Volcanic Ash | Black Hearts for Valentine’s Day at Shannon Airport | Over Three Flights A Day Carrying U.S. Weapons of War Through Ireland | Shannon Vigil Highlights Broken Promises over Guantanamo and Renditions | The Real Cost of US Military Use of Shannon Airport |

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Several hundred people took part in "A Spectacle Of Defiance And Hope" in Dublin on the night of Friday 10th December to protest the way the government have cut funding to vital community services. Janice Feighery a co-ordinator at an after school computer program for young people said “Community programmes are being devastated by the cuts. Our work with young people is strangled by lack of funds." The spectacle draws to a close the week of protests against the austerity budget.

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"They are literally ripping the heart out of our communities, out of our families and our society. People are sick and tired of hearing all of the bad press coverage. We have something that will appeal to you to get involved and may even be inspired to bring others along."
- From Community Workers' Cooperative

"The Spectacle’s participative, imaginative and heartfelt approach will demonstrate that there is another way to a more equal and a more just Ireland. The Spectacle says STOP this madness of punishing ordinary people for the mistakes of others."
- From Claiming Out Future

"There will be no speeches only street theatre, music , chants, defiance and hope!"
- From rade.ie

Julian Assange may be imprisoned but Wikileaks is still operational, still releasing the information that Obama and Clinton do not want us to see. False rape charges have been filed against Assange in Sweden so that he might be extradited to there and then on to the US where he would likely face life imprisonment. More likely death as its very easy to arrange murder inside a federal prison.

Those who have collaborated with the attempts to close down Wikileaks have learned there is a price to pay.

Below is a statement from Wikileaks. This is followed by excerpts from other articles regarding Wikileaks.

Indymedia Links:
Indymedia.org: Governments and Corporations Attempt to Repress Wikileaks: Holding Up Mirrors | Hands Off Wikileaks. | Rally for Wikileaks - Dublin 18/12/2010 | Australians in London Demand Release of Assange & Confront OZGovt. Complicity | US Court attempts to muzzle Wikileaks | How to act to defend Wikileaks. | Operation Payback: "The first great cyber war?" | Irish/ Australian international peace activist, Ciaron O'Reilly, referred to in Secret US cables ... | Dermot Ahern "convinced" that "rendition" flights went through Shannon: wikileaks |
External Links:
WikiLeaks document exposes US complicity in Sri Lankan war crimes | International campaign targets WikiLeaks web site | WikiLeaks exposes US cover-up of Georgian attack on South Ossetia | WikiLeaks continues exposure of predatory US foreign policy | US escalates threats and attacks on WikiLeaks | Comic Jon Stewart attacks WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange | WikiLeaks founder jailed in London on bogus charges | WikiLeaks cables cast fresh light on coup against former Australian PM Rudd | Australia: WikiLeaks cables reveal secret ties between Rudd coup plotters and US embassy | WikiLeaks documents show Shell Oil domination of Nigeria | WikiLeaks cable highlights fears in Beijing over social fragility | Obama administration steps up vendetta against WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange | Journalist John Pilger speaks out on charges against Julian Assange | Leaked cables show German-American conspiracy to stifle prosecution of CIA kidnappers | The French "left" attacks WikiLeaks | WikiLeaks document points to US contractor role in "dancing boys" incident | Cables Reveal Background of Pro-Dictator U.S. Policy | Economics of Slaughter. It really is us against them | Lebanon Holds its Breath Over Leaked Revelations | WikiLeaks Cables Show Deeper U.S. Military Role in Muslim World | What’s Behind the War on WikiLeaks | US cables: Oil giants squeeze Chávez as Venezuela struggles | WikiLeaks cables: Pfizer used dirty tricks to avoid clinical trial payout | WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may face trial in US | US Cables: Texas Company Helped Pimp Little Boys To Stoned Afghan Cops | American Ambassador thanked Dermot Ahern for rejecting demand for inspections of Aircraft at Shannon Airport | Irish Politicians asked to show the "support" for Julian Assange and Wikileaks | Selection of Articles from the Huffington Post | CBS news finally gets in on the act too(!)
Wikileaks mirrors and up to date info:
wikileaks site mirrors | regular wikileaks news updates | cablegate on twitter
Ethical Hacktivism info:
Anon news | Anon Twitter feed ! LOIC (protest tool) | Tor network (provides some anonymity)
WikiRebels
WikiRebels - a rough cut of an upcoming documentary on Wikileaks

Some more information for the Internet Activist: Top Secret America

The struggle continues

In the next few weeks, more than likely An Bord Pleanála will be announcing their decision on whether to grant permission to Shell to build the onshore section of the Corrib Gas pipeline. Below is a review of the reopened oral hearing that ran from the 24th of August until the 1st of October in 2010 in Belmullet. Again (this is the fourth convening of an oral hearing), opponents of the Corrib Gas Project made lengthy and comprehensive submissions on why they are opposed to the project. A fair few of these submissions can be read in full here: http://www.shelltosea.com/content/submissions-bord-pleanala

Indymedia Links:
Public Meeting, 'Rossport, the Gaspipe & the People' | Shell's Team of Experts and Executives Blocked by Protest | Shell to Sea Issues Compulsory Acquisition Order on Shell Office in Belmullet | Stealth Planning further exposed at Shell Oral Hearing | Community action stops Shell's drilling | A week of Hell for Shell | No To Foreshore Licence In Mayo | Shell due to start work next week | Merthyr to Mayo cyclists at Castlerea | Corrib Pipeline - A rough guide to the Oral Hearing | An Bord Pleanála Grants Planning Permission for Onshore Pipeline in Mayo | Shell Begins Onshore Pipeline Works Without Planning Permission. | Shell public notice re Corrib | Shell's Illegal Works: While the Work Continues, So will the Resistance! | RTE ban Rossport fundraiser ad
Other Links:
Trailer for film"The Pipe"
Wikipedia Links:
Corrib gas controversy | Shell oil company