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international / arts and media / feature Sunday February 24, 2008 00:32 by Paula Geraghty
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Townsend's interpretation of the famous Battle in Seattle, where the World Trade Organisation was shut down due to the emergence of what the media labelled the anti-globalisation movement has finally hit the big screen, and it doesn't get much bigger (in Dublin) than the prestigous Savoy Screen Number 1! read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / sci-tech / feature Friday February 22, 2008 09:29 by James O'Brien
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Anarchism has traditionally been hostile to all religions because by their very nature they tend to be authoritarian. A supernatural creator who sets the rules is naturally considered to be the ultimate source of authority. And its authority means humanity’s obedience. If there is a god, it would, in the words of Bakunin, be necessary to abolish him. But a creator doesn’t exist, so we are left with the more mundane task of spreading the good news that values aren’t handed down from on high, but emerge from human society. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / animal rights / feature Thursday February 21, 2008 21:57 by HRH
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It is announced that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, The Princess Anne, Colonel-in-Chief of the The King's Royal Hussars, The Royal Corps of Signals, The Royal Logistic Corps, and The Royal Army Veterinary Corps; Colonel of the The Blues and Royals, Royal Colonel of the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland and of the The 52nd Lowland Regiment, 6th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland, will be visiting the city of Dublin, Ireland, at the weekend. The Princess Royal will be a guest of the Irish Rugby Football Union, at the match against Scotland being held in Croke Park in Dublin's North Inner City. Members of the public and readers of indymedia.ie may come in contact with the Princess Royal, so there follows a brief guide to protocol and procedures which should be followed: read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / arts and media / feature Friday February 15, 2008 00:17 by 1 of indymedia
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February 22nd sees the Dublin premiere of a film made by Noel "Scooter" Twomey which takes a sideways look at the issues around rendition, torture and the complicity of the irish government. This film covers the adventures of our intrepid Guerrilla film maker, and long time Indymedia video contributer Scooter as he turns himself into a entrepreneurial master of war. Scooter Twomey endeavours to set up his own independent torture company in lieu of the CIA being banned from Europe for extraordinary rendition. WINNER: *Made in Cork* – Cork Film Festival. The Irish Examiner ‘Made in Cork’ Award, which celebrates local filmmaking, went to this film which depicts Ireland’s role in international torture through US extraordinary rendition. Tom Archer (Head of Factual BBC) said ‘Noel had so many ideas and put so much work and energy into this film. It was a great idea for a film, worthy of Michael Moore, a genuine target and a funny way to satirize it… a series of stunts…each more manic than the last. A career awaits, but probably not in torture.’ read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / arts and media / feature Friday February 15, 2008 00:15 by SM
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Ciaran Murphy is a political singer songwriter based in Belfast who wrote the bulk of his material while a "dissident republican" prisoner between 2003 - 06. Last month an English music label pulled out of an agreed distribution deal with him due to unease at the political slant of his songs and the perceived sympathies of his small fan base. He describes himself as an 'Irish separatist' with libertarian socialist principles. Here Sean Matthews of the WSM puts questions to him on music, gigging and his political outlook. Ciaran is speaking in a personal capacity. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday February 15, 2008 00:15 by Paula Geraghty
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Bertie was asked to come out to share the love, but he was just nowhere to be seen. read full story / add a comment ![]()
clare / anti-war / imperialism / feature Friday February 08, 2008 01:04 by The Rhyming Subversives
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The Rhyming Subversives proved that the pen is mightier than the sword when they outwitted the security at Shannon Airport on St. Bridget’s Day, the 1st of February. read full story / add a comment ![]()
clare / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday January 08, 2008 16:08 by Seán Ryan
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Banner action in Shannon that highlights the fact that the Gardaí are either unaware of the law or do not practice it. read full story / add a comment ![]()
mayo / environment / feature Saturday December 22, 2007 19:46 by Shell to Sea
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A small group of Shell to Sea activists scaled the heights of the Department of Natural Resources today, to place a banner reading PROTECT IRISH NATURAL RESOURCES on the balcony outside Eamon Ryan's office. Splitting into two small teams, the protesters used advice from GreenPeace to distract the security and gain access to the Minister's top floor office and leave a message for him. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday December 20, 2007 08:30 by Seán Ryan
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A first-hand account of a meeting of the Department of Foreign Affairs Select Committee on Wednesday 19th December to discuss the issue of Extraordinary Rendition (the transport of abducted prisoners for the purpose of torture in another country) through Irish air-space. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / miscellaneous / feature Tuesday December 18, 2007 11:06 by Seomra Spraoi
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Seomra Spraoi is a large and vibrant social centre, just off Capel St in Dublin. It is used by small campaign and informal groups for meetings, workshops and is also a place where arts, crafts and children's activities take place. For a community of people engaged in seeking positive social change, it is a point of contact, a source of resources and information and a base for skills and knowledge sharing. Recently, the gardai have succeeded in having the place temporarily shut down, presenting the collective that runs the centre with a complex legal and bureaucratic situation. Maybe you can be of some assistance. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Tuesday December 18, 2007 11:06 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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Well apparently they weren't all Grannies, ......but they were definitely ragin' in the best nonviolent sense and it certainly was an interesting demographic that kept knocking on the London Catholic Worker (LCW) door the previous night. Knocking for a meeting that was down at the Catholic Worker cafe. So my humble role of redirecting more militant traffic in the direction of the last fine tuning meeting remained constant. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / anti-capitalism / feature Monday December 10, 2007 10:10 by James R
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Over the weekend of November 24-25, protesters clashed with police in Sucre, Bolivia - they were demanding that the capital of the country be moved to Sucre. Three people died and over some 100 were wounded in the clashes. Yesterday Morales announced plans for a nationwide referendum to resolve a deepening political crisis in the country. A few months ago, two recent works on Bolivia were given a look over for the WSM's Red and Black Revolution 14. The review now appears on line for the first time. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / arts and media / feature Friday December 07, 2007 01:41 by editor
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Usually around this time of year, us grunts still on active service duty for Indymedia Ireland, spend a week or so trawling the archive with our virtual nets. Sometimes we return with a catch of material that we format into a review of the year. And other times - like last year - short-staffed and burnt out, we simply aren't up to the effort. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / anti-capitalism / feature Wednesday December 05, 2007 22:17 by Ed
![]() ![]() Sunday's referendum defeat may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for the Venezuelan Left
An analysis of the recent Venezuelan referendum including coverage of the issues by both alternative and mainstream media. This article includes some factual data about the reality of Venezuela’s economy which effectively counters the “conventional wisdom” arising from propaganda spread by much of the mainstream media. The article also draws some interesting contrasts between the political situation in Venezuela and its next door neighbour, Colombia. read full story / add a comment![]()
national / environment / feature Monday December 03, 2007 02:46 by Blazes Boylan
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Energy & Environment Conference, Dublin 1st December. Senator Al Gore & Bono save the world (again). read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / history and heritage / feature Sunday December 02, 2007 23:07 by Pat Muldowney
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RTE broadcast a 'Hidden History' programme on 23 October 2007, about the IRA shooting of Richard and Abraham Pearson of Coolacrease, near Cadamstown, Co. Offaly, in June 1921, during the War of Independence. It was made by Niamh Sammon and featured (unelected) Senator Eoghan Harris of the Sunday Independent. The programme was accused of editing interviews to encourage a view that the IRA in Offaly were sectarian, land grabbing, Catholic peasants. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Sunday December 02, 2007 03:22 by kbranno
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With only three shopping weeks left in the Christmas shopping season, the Pavilions shopping centre in Swords, Co. Dublin experienced its first bout of ‘Workers Action’ today with Argos employees, who are members of the Trade Union Mandate, abandoning their tills and making for the picket line. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / feature Friday November 30, 2007 16:16 by Seán Ryan
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A meeting with representatives of the Rossiter family, the Wheelock family, the maloney family and the families of Rossport Co. Mayo who ask an audience of more than 200 people why the Garda Síochána are above the law. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Friday November 23, 2007 13:03 by ec
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'Route Irish', a feature length verité/essay film on the campaign(s) against Irish facilitation of the US/UK Invasion of Iraq, is now available as this bittorrent download. read full story / add a comment |
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