To Lessa, "dollar is over" and it’s necessary that a new "Bretton Woods" establishes new parameters to global economy. read full story / add a comment

"Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and in-human to impose the Jews on the Arabs" (Mahatma Gandhi)

"I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence for fighting for our cause, but by non-participation of anything you believe is evil" (Albert Einstein)

In weather, more the revenge of Gaia than ultra bad, after their testimony at the Galway Inter-Faith Alliance organised; A Commemoration of the Life and Work of Mahatma Gandhi, three Palestinians joined Free Palestine Campaign activists at their Shop Street info stall last Saturday, Dr. George Rishmawi, Director of Siraj, Center for Holy Land Studies, Dr. Mohamed Altawil, Dr. of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, UK and Tareq Natsheh of the Palestine Progressive Youth Union. read full story / add a comment

What is 42 day detention?

42 day detention is part of the new counter terrorism bill that the British government is trying to pass. The bill successfully made it’s way through the House of Commons thanks to the last minute help of the Democratic Unionists. We do not know what the Democratic Unionists were offered in return for their votes but it has been suggested that honours and titles may have been on the shopping list. The bill aims to extend the amount of time that a terrorist suspect can be held without charge from 28 days to 42 days. The bill needs to pass through the House of Lords before it becomes law. To date it has received its first and second reading and is to go through it’s review stage this week. read full story / add a comment

Alliance for Choice is an organisation that campaigns for the extension of the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland. It is made up of women and men, from both Catholic and Protestant communities in the North of Ireland, who want to see equality and self-determination for women here. read full story / add a comment

Water extraction, waste, quarrying and some court reports read full story / add a comment

Seomra Spraoi, the Dublin social center project, is back once again. This afternoon I visited and splashed some paint on the walls of the new premises at 10 Belvedere Court, 1 lane North of Mountjoy square. read full story / add a comment

It is everywhere. The talk of the bail out. And now the talk of the extra $140 billion they bribed the politicians to pass it. Meanwhile tens of millions of American workers are watching their savings, pensions, homes and jobs vanish before their eyes. The anger about the bail out prevented it being passed the first time. There has been a fundamental shift in consciousness in the US working class. It will not go back to having the same trust in the Republicans and the Democrats and the system. However a much greater shift could have taken place if the union leaders instead of trailing with their heads down after the Democrats and the bail out had taken an independent stand. read full story / add a comment

A evening of solidarity and networking for people who want to change the world will take place in manorhamilton, Leitrim on Friday 17th October 2008. The event starts at 8pm and will continue until late, with stalls, speakers and a film. The event is free admission.

Contact: nwsolidarity@yahoo.com read full story / add a comment

The Remembrance season is approaching. We will be called upon yet again to show maturity, to support reconciliation, to advance peace --- by participating in ceremonies which celebrate aggression, violence and war crimes!. read full story / add a comment

More than two years have passed since these two cases began. On Thursday last, Conor was at a special sitting of Ennis District Court for the finale. read full story / add a comment

This is our sixth statement. read full story / add a comment

We're looking for strong hi-res images from the Mayo struggle, to add to our 'Shell's Wild Lie' exhibition (http://www.artnotoil.org.uk/gallery/v/Shell/). Faces of those involved are good, but so are land/seascapes from the struggle etc.

Please write to info@artnotoil.org.uk if you might be able to help.

Thanks,

Mark

PS. We'd love any other images to consider, Shell-related or beyond, for the main Art Not Oil gallery, and here's some info we've sent to artists asking them to respond to the production of the Shell-sponsored 'Oedipus' in London: read full story / add a comment

Outlined below is the divey up of electrical contractors and their employee’s pension monies taken in a highly questionable manner. All this information is taken from the attached company office returns of Pensions and Conditions Limited (EPACE)
It explains to gusto which TEEU use when trying to drag Electrical Contractors into the Labour Court to force them into the bad value for money CWPS.

If we were to make an award for the Gusto Used who would get the Prize Man ?????
See List of directors below to explain this

ALL THIS MONEY COMES FROM AN UNAUTHORISED €0.38 PAYMENT TAKEN FROM ELECTRICIANS AND THEIR EMPLOYEERS.
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Hundreds attended a mass meeting organised by the INTO, the Irish National Teachers Organisation last night at the RDS, a part of the ongoing campaign to highlight the fact that primary school classes in Ireland are still the second most overcrowded in the EU. read full story / add a comment

Republican Sinn Fein today issued an alert to the people of Ballinacurra Weston in relation to the night time activities of a mysterious stalker who enters the bedrooms of young women. read full story / add a comment

Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire of the Peace People was among a party of internationals waiting in Larnaca, Cyprus recently for a sea-worthy boat to take them to Gaza with food and medicines. The venture has been postponed because near deals with boat owners fell through repeatedly and also because of high seas. However the 22 people involved including five Palestinian doctors, intend to return to Gaza and invite others to join them
Here is the full text of a statement by Mairead Maguire concerning the venture. read full story / add a comment

A Concern video on rising food prices in Kenya has notched up over 100,000 views read full story / add a comment

Shell to Sea activists responded with puzzlement yesterday to the deletion of the campaign's page on the popular social networking site Facebook. read full story / add a comment

The article below presents some initial thoughts on the Irish govt's plan to support the banks up to 400 billion euro and its wider implications an whether it can help solve the crisis or just solve it for Ireland alone. read full story / add a comment

RSF have said that the Provos must accept collective responsibility for the disastrous endorsement of deadly Tasers. read full story / add a comment