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offsite link Is Facebook Really Committed to Free Speech? Fri Jan 10, 2025 18:25 | Rebekah Barnett
Depending on which echo chamber you get your news from, this week Mark Zuckerberg took steps to either save democracy or to end it. But how far is he really going in his new commitment to free speech, asks Rebekah Barnett.
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A housing officer was sacked for being a Reform UK candidate and reposting a Daily Telegraph cartoon after being told Reform?s policies on immigration and Net Zero were "in direct conflict" with his employer's "values".
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offsite link Trudeau?s Prorogation of Parliament is a Mistake He Must Be Allowed to Make Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:18 | Dr James Allan
Justin Trudeau wants to prorogue Parliament to buy time before the election. Voters will punish him for it, says Prof James Allan, but it's a mistake he must be allowed to make without activist judges getting in the way.
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Tears and fury as institutional abuse survivors march on Dáil
national / crime and justice / news report Monday June 15, 2009 15:22 by Richard Whelan   text 13 comments (last - wednesday june 17, 2009 19:54)   image 16 images
Tears and fury as institutional abuse survivors march on Dáil last week read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Monday June 15, 2009 09:54 by Dave Donnellan   text 13 comments (last - tuesday june 30, 2009 17:22)   video 1 video file
A demonstration in memory of the victims of clerical sexual abuse was held in Dublin on the 10th June. The demonstration was organised by Christine Buckley, of Aislinn, John Kelly, of Survivors of Abuse in Ireland, Noel Barry, of Right of Place and Michael O'Brien former mayor of Clonmel. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday June 14, 2009 23:09 by Michael Gallagher
Early next week, the House and Senate will vote on the Supplemental Appropriation of $105 billion more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Antiwar forces in Congress are within a handful of votes of defeating this bill. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Sunday June 14, 2009 22:08 by Contaminated Crow
A landfill, a quarry and two concrete plants read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday June 14, 2009 19:07 by TD   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Heartened by recent successes in the ongoing Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions campaign in the field of corporate responsibility and ethical compliance, , http://www.bdsmovement.net/ where giant French multinational company, Veolia Environnement SA, following a global campaign over its activities in the West Bank, is poised to withdraw from its participation in the construction and management of the illegal light railway in Occupied East Jerusalem and the announcement of Belgian-French financial group Dexia that it will no longer finance Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories through its Israeli branch Dexia Israel ... read full story / add a comment
Bob Bickerdike in 2004
cork / miscellaneous / news report Sunday June 14, 2009 10:42 by John Jefferies   text 17 comments (last - sunday july 05, 2009 01:28)   image 3 images
The death occurred on Friday night at his home in Youghal, Co. Cork of veteran peace campaigner and socialist activist Bob Bickerdike at the age of 89 years.

Regular Indymedia readers will recall that Bob featured here after receiving the "Working Class Hero 2009" award from the Cork May Day committee last month in recognition of his many decades of struggle on behalf of and with working people and his lifetime involvement in the peace movement. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Sunday June 14, 2009 01:24 by The Fox   text 1 comment (last - sunday june 14, 2009 14:35)
national / anti-capitalism / news report Friday June 12, 2009 18:15 by peter brekka   text 2 comments (last - monday june 15, 2009 17:50)
Support Shell to Sea from your local area- please organise benefits and fundraisers now! As well as solidarity and raising awareness of the Shell to Sea campaign, help is needed now to raise funds for the action camp. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Friday June 12, 2009 17:26 by london   text 9 comments (last - tuesday june 16, 2009 09:44)   image 5 images

The main doors at Shells headquarters were closed to staff at 9am today, 12 June as protesters dressed as ‘thugs' turned up for a job interview. Shell security locked all doors as protesters tried to enter the building for what they said was a job interview "we hear Shell are hiring thugs to sink ships in Ireland". read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 11, 2009 23:13 by Emma Clancy
The campaign against the extradition to Spain of Belfast-based Basque pro-independence activists Iñaki de Juana and Arturo ‘Beñat’ Villanueva was launched on Wednesday 10 June at a press conference in An Chultúrlann in west Belfast. Civil rights activist Fearghas Ó hÍr outlined the campaign on behalf of the committee and launched an online petition against the extraditions, which can be signed at http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/dont-extradite-the-....html. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 11, 2009 21:36 by Jen Debender   text 5 comments (last - monday june 15, 2009 00:43)
This letter was hand delivered to the workers of the 'safety boats' owned and operated by Belcross Enterprise Ltd who have been subcontracted by Shell to impose 'health and safety' in the area in Broadhaven Bay where dredging work is underway in preparation for the controversial Corrib gas pipeline. read full story / add a comment
Joe Higgins MEP wants to use his new platform to assist community struggles
national / environment / news report Thursday June 11, 2009 21:09 by Joe Higgins.eu   text 19 comments (last - friday june 19, 2009 02:09)   image 2 images   video 2 video files
Joe Higgins MEP (Socialist Party) has publicly condemned the sinking of the Iona Isle fishing boat this morning near Rossport. This boat, owned by Pat O'Donnell, a prominent Shell to Sea activist in Mayo and fifth generation fisherman, was boarded by four masked men in the dead of night. They held Pat and his crewman hostage for an hour and a half, before leaving them stranded on a sinking boat. The fishermen only barely managed to inflate their lifeboat in time to escape alive before the boat sank. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Thursday June 11, 2009 07:45 by Card
MasterCard Israel offers tour of Jerusalem organised by the Elad settlers read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday June 10, 2009 22:08 by Shannonwatch   text 5 comments (last - friday june 26, 2009 14:01)   image 2 images
Every day more evidence comes to light in relation to Shannon's role in the illegal and immoral wars of the US. The latest information indicates that it may be part of a new weekly supply route for the US army in Afghanistan, using chartered planes. read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday June 09, 2009 15:14 by J.S   text 5 comments (last - thursday june 11, 2009 01:43)   image 1 image   video 3 video files
As many people know Willie Corduff (from Rossport 5 fame) was recently assaulted whilst undertaking a protest action against Shell's illegal work in Glengad. There has been much discussion, debate and spin, to the highest levels of national media and politics. In these short video interviews Willie tells the story in his own words.

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Ken Saro-Wiwa
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday June 09, 2009 01:07 by Cathar   text 13 comments (last - tuesday june 09, 2009 22:43)   image 2 images
In the landmark case in New York Shell have agreed tp payout $15m dollars settlement to realtives of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other Ogoni nine and others killed in Nigeria. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 08, 2009 23:56 by Paula Geraghty   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 09, 2009 00:05)   image 15 images
Siptu and Impact organised a breakthrough demonstration of community development workers and service users. Gardaí reported 2,000 attended. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Monday June 08, 2009 20:33 by from CWI wesbite   text 15 comments (last - monday june 15, 2009 22:29)   1 attached file
Joe Higgins’ stunning victory in the Dublin Euro Constituency, getting 12.5% of the first preference vote, out polling Sinn Fein and defeating two sitting MEPs, was the final part in a weekend of drama and great election results for the Socialist Party in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 08, 2009 04:56 by Free Palestine!   text 4 comments (last - tuesday june 16, 2009 19:31)   image 1 image
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTIONS AGAINST HOUSE EVICTIONS AND DEMOLITIONS IN PALESTINE
- Monday 13th July 2009
THE COMMUNITY OF SHEIKH JARRAH CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT read full story / add a comment
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