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national / history and heritage Saturday May 05, 2007 02:25 by Andrew Flood
UVF training in 1914
Today is the 88th anniversary of the largest 'Mayday' demonstration in Irish history, when what the Belfast Newsletter described as "a little band of disgruntled Red-Socialists" led 100,000 workers through the streets of Belfast. Everywhere else in Ireland in 1919 had also seen massive Mayday demonstrations, with 10,000 demonstrating in Burr Co. Offaly.
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dublin / miscellaneous Monday April 30, 2007 19:35 by Red Wedge
A Deflated McCarry Gets An Escort Out .
Caleb McCarry is the senior U.S. official responsible for U.S. government planning to support a "transition to democracy" in Cuba through the President's Commission for Assistance to a "Free" Cuba. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chairs the Commission for Assistance to a "Free" Cuba and named Mr. McCarry as Transition Coordinator in July 2005. The Transition Coordinator reports to the Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs on a day-to-day basis and to the Secretary of State on important policy matters. McCarry previously served on the majority professional staff of the International Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Related Links: The Friends of Cuba Protest Call | Cuban Ambassador Speaks To Labour Youth | Cuba Support Group Ireland | Maradonna Arrives in Cuba | Castro Alive and Kicking
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national / anti-war / imperialism Sunday April 29, 2007 12:37 by DM
PANA.ie published the results of a poll they commissioned on Irish people's views on the use of Shannon Airport. The Poll was conducted nationally by Lansdowne Market Research Ltd. The Peace & Neutrality Alliance went on to describe in a press statement''Since other polls show that it is unlikely that the current war parties of FF and the PD's will return to power without the support of either the Labour Party, the Green Party or Sinn Fein, all of which opposed the war, it seems self evident that the use of Shannon airport in the war, especially now that the number of US troops using it are increasing, is and should be, an election issue.''(more from PANA.ie)Meanwhile Ireland welcomes a new US Military Troop Carrier, Omni Air International. Retired Army Commandant Ed Horgan documented three US warplanes at Shannon for Indymedia and asks questions about Omni Air International and Bush's so-called 'surge.'
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday April 28, 2007 17:51 by xyz
Migrant Workers In Solidarity With Irish Ferries
On 27th of April a spontaneous wildcat strike broke out in MUSGRAVE warehouses in Dublin. The whole crew, around 80 people, both immigrant and natives - in solidarity stopped their work after successive acts of discrimination by the management.
Related Links: Nurses Call For Health System Based On Solidarity | September UCD Report | Polish Workers Wildcat at Tescos | Indymedia Workers Archive SIPTU - Trade Union | IWU - Trade Union | SIPTU Contract Workers Win In UCD | Joanne Delaney Gets Reinstated | Polish Workers Wildcat at Tescos Musgrave is a big Irish corporation, which owns Cetra and Supervalu in the Republic of Ireland, Londis and Budgens in Great Britain and other networks in Spain. In their warehouse in Dublin, where the strike started, immigrants make up around 50% of the staff, officially employed by work agencies and hired by (or rather rented to) MUSGRAVE.
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dublin / environment Friday April 27, 2007 12:40 by Joe
This morning at 7.30 Dublin Shell to Sea members brought a taste of Mayo to Corrib House. Over 50 people took part in an ongoing blockade of the three entrances of the Shell HQ. The protest was peaceful with protesters linking arms and standing in front of the cars of employees as they attempted to enter the underground car park. Related Links: A report on the first week of the EPA oral hearing on the IPPC licence for the Corrib Gas refinery | Six arrests in Ballinaboy As 30 Enter Shell Site | Legalised Robbery - Multinationals and Ireland's Natural Resources | Why Occupy Corrib House?
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