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'Common Law' halts land seizure
27 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Ireland
By Declan Cullen
On the 20th of February 2012 Mr Ben Gilroy and others halted the seizure of a farm in Co. Laois by using the Constitution and 'Common Law'. He explained to the Sheriff, who was trying to seize the property using old British Shire Reeve Law, that he (the Sheriff) was acting in an unlawful manner.Tags: Common Law, property seizureShell to Sea spokesperson sentenced to prison
25 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland
On Tuesday Shell to Sea spokesperson Terence Conway was handed two 3-month prison sentences for protesting against Shell's Corrib Gas Project. Throughout the week local residents have been protesting on the roads while many of their supporters are up in court in Belmullet, which so far has resulted in fines totalling 5,825 euro.
Virginia footballer Joseph Williams on hunger strike
24 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By Steve Yanda, Washington Post
Virginia junior football player Joseph Williams was at the school’s library late Sunday night when he noticed another student fast asleep at one of the tables. A friend mentioned to him that the student was participating in a hunger strike organized by the university’s chapter of the Living Wage Campaign, a group with which Williams previously had been involved.Tags: Joseph Williams, VirginiaIrish Anti War Movement Statement On Syria
22 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Ireland, Syria
The Irish Anti War Movement (IAWM) strongly condemns the killing, injuring, arrest and torture of civilians by the Assad dictatorial regime in Syria and in particular condemns the onslaught by the Syrian army on the city of Homs over the last three weeks and more recently on Deraa.
Minister to sign trade and investment agreements with China
19 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Ireland, China
The Government will later this evening sign two agreements aimed at improving Ireland's trade and business links with China. Both agreements will be signed by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton and by China's International Trade Representative and Vice-Minister of Commerce, Mr. Gao Hucheng, at Dublin Castle following the bilateral talks between the Taoiseach and Vice-President.
IAWM Expresses Concern At 'Indulgent Welcome' By Irish Government Of Xi Jinping
19 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Human Rights, Ireland, China
In a statement released today the Irish Anti-war Movement expressed concern at what is said was 'the indulgent manner' in which China’s vice president Xi Jinping was being welcomed in Ireland by the Government and the media.
Tags: IAWM, Xi JinpingWhy Students Are Hunger Striking in Virginia
19 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
Twelve students at the University of Virginia on Saturday began a hunger strike for a living wage policy for university employees. They've taken this step after having exhausted just about every other possible approach over a period of 14 years. I was part of the campaign way back when it started. I can support the assertion made by hunger-striking student A.J. Chandra on Saturday, who said: "We have not spent 14 years building up the case for a living wage. Rather, the campaign has made the case over and over again."Under six in a 100 Irish homeowners register to pay new Household Tax
17 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Ireland
John Lyons, a People Before Profit/United Left Alliance representative, has welcomed the release of figures this week that show that less than 6% of Irish homeowners have registered to pay the new Household Tax: "The figures this week are not surprising really as throughout the last month the campaign has really stepped up a level. The anger at the imposition of yet another austerity measure and the determination to resist it has been there from the start of the campaign, at every meeting. What has changed more recently is in the numbers of people attending their local meetings: before the Budget was announced last December meetings were in the range of fifty to sixty people, now there are in their hundreds."
Tags: household taxEU Court rules against web censorship measures
17 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - European Union, Ireland
The Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock haswelcomed the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Court in the Sabam v. Netlog case. The Court ruled that an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system, covering all its users, in order to prevent the unlawful use—copyright infringement—of musical and audio-visual work.
Single parents continue fight against budget cut
17 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Ireland
S.P.A.R.K. is a diverse group of single parents living in Ireland who have united together to protect our children from the radical policy changes introduced in Budget 2012. We are here to raise awareness of the many challenges one-parent families currently face and to identify the essential supports needed to allow us equal participation in society. We assert the rights of our children to be treated equally and demand acknowledgement and recognition of our family status. We actively challenge stereotyping of our familes. We oppose any economic, social, legal or political policies that have a detrimental effect on our children or on us as single parents. We seek equality for children regardless of their family circumstances.
Tags: single parents, SPARKCampaign to end factory farming
15 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Ireland
A new Irish animal rights campaign dedicated to bringing about an eventual end to factory farming has been established. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS—bringing factory farming into the open—will focus solely on the issue of factory farming as this is where the greatest exploitation and abuse of animals occurs worldwide.
Tags: Factory farmingGovernment publishes Action Plan for Jobs 2012
14 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Ireland
Government's plan to rebuild the economy and create jobs
The Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation today launched the first annual Action Plan for Jobs, the Government's plan to rebuild the economy and create jobs. The plan, which contains over 270 actions to be implemented in 2012 by all 15 Government Departments as well as 36 State agencies, will improve supports for job-creating businesses and remove barriers to employment-creation across the economy.A 1-Percenter Puts Over $200 Million into the Peace Movement
14 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
I'll tell you who did this below. First read part his rather unusual letter:"I have transferred to you as trustees $231 million in bonds, the revenue of which is to be administered by you to hasten the abolition of international war, the foulest blot upon our civilization. Although we no longer eat our fellow men nor torture prisoners, nor sack cities killing their inhabitants, we still kill each other in war like barbarians. Only wild beasts are excusable for doing that in this, the Twenty First Century of the Christian era, for the crime of war is inherent, since it decides not in favor of the right, but always of the strong. The nation is criminal which refuses arbitration and drives its adversary to a tribunal which knows nothing of righteous judgment. . . .
RAWA commemorates the 25th anniversary of Meena's martyrdom
11 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Afghanistan
Although, we still mourn the loss of a great leader, her short life is a bubbling spring of inspiration for us and for freedom-loving women all over the world.
Learning From La Venezuela
11 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Venezuela
By David Swanson
Imagine that your son, your darling little boy, was killed during the past eight years in a war that served purely to kill a whole lot of Iraqis and enrich a small number of billionaires, while causing horrible environmental damage, stripping away our civil liberties, and poisoning forign relations elsewhere. And imagine that, instead of avoiding this reality or lying about it, you confronted it. Further, imagine that you became so famous confronting it, that everybody wanted to be your friend, at least for a minute. You might even get invited to Venezuela by President Hugo Chavez, and you might go with a mind open to hearing what he had to say.Tags: Venezuela, Cindy SheehanUS chair of Kimberley Process limits blood diamond regulation reforms scope
11 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Africa, African States, South Africa, United States
In her first conference call with journalists since becoming chair of the Kimberley Process (KP), US Ambassador, Gillian A. Milovanovic has moved to limit the scope on any reform of the KP definition of a “conflict diamond”. Ambassador Milovanovic said: “I do not foresee within the Kimberley Process, per se, going beyond the question of rough diamonds.[1]”
Statewatch launches online historical archive of EU Justice and Home Affairs documents
09 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Human Rights, European Union, United Kingdom
Statewatch has today launched a unique online archive of over 4,500 official documents (rising to over 6,500 by the end of 2012) that chart the development of EU justice and home affairs policy over three decades.
Single parent group to stage protest against budget cuts
08 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Ireland
SPARK,a group campaigning on behalf of single parents,have called a protest for Saturday 18 February, meeting 2pm at Garden of Remembrance. Group organisers say thecampaign has been growing in support and numbers, and this week after Minister Joan Burton issued her letter to single parents in Ireland, more parents are looking to vent their anger. Single parents were the group the government taught was an easy target to cut, they underestimated angry parents.
Tags: single parents, SPARKDo We Approve of Murder Based on Political Party?
08 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - United States
Pollsters Don't Want You to Know
By David Swanson
A poll published on Wednesday at the Washington Post finds that a majority of even "liberal Democrats" approves of Obama killing US citizens. Of course, this would almost certainly be different if Obama were a Republican.Tags: state murderICE Director Confronted on Intimidation of Nonviolent Citizen Activism
08 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
John Morton, Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, spoke on Monday at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Here's the University's report. Here's the local newspaper's. Both report only on what Morton said, without mentioning what he was asked about by members of the audience following his opening remarks.
Bradley Manning Faces WikiLeaks Court Martial
05 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - International
The US Army has confirmed that Bradley Manning, the US soldier charged with passing thousands of secret documents to WikiLeaks, will face court martial and the risk of life imprisonment.
Tags: Bradley Manning, WikileaksThe Betrayal of the Nobel Peace Prize
05 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - International
By David Swanson
Alfred Nobel's will, written in 1895, left funding for a prize to be awarded to "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."Tags: Nobel Prize, Theodore Roosevelt27 of 35 Bush Impeachment Articles Apply to Obama
04 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
When Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush on 9 June, 2008, the 35 had been selected from drafts of nearly twice that many articles.Single parents unite to fight budget cuts
03 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Ireland
This week Minister Joan Burton will send to thousands of one parent families a letter to review existing one-parent claimants. As 65% of the poorest children in Ireland live in one parent households, this letter will terrify many single parents. The budget cuts for 2012 discriminated against single parents with mulitiple cuts. Single parents across Ireland on social media have been organising, and have set up a campaign SPARK to oppose these cuts. A protest is called by SPARK for 18 February at 2pm, meeting at the Garden Of Remembrance. Minister Burton attacked single parents, as they were seen as an easy target. She underestimated angry parents, and they will continue to protest and campaign to highlight her discrimination, and demand a reversal of the cuts that will inflict poverty for thousands of lone parents.
A Crazy Republican Attack That Obama Himself Agrees With
01 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
Imagine if a bunch of the craziest war-hungry Republicans in the House filmed themselves in a nutty bat-guano video packed with lies addressed to the President of the United States. And then imagine President Barack Obama almost immediately agreeing with them. I can think of two ways in which such a series of events could go unnoticed, as it just has.Tags: military budgetOnline report published on excavations on Skellig Michael
01 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - Ireland
An online publication of the archaeological stratigraphic report for excavations carried out by the National Monuments Service on Skellig Michael has now been published on-line.
Tags: Skellig MichaelAppeal court rules police kettling protesters 'lawful'
01 Feb 2012; posted by the editor - United Kingdom
Kettling protesters is lawful, appeal court rules—Metropolitan police win appeal against high court ruling criticising violent tactics at the G20 protest in 2009 (Guardian, link): http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/19/kettling-protesters-lawful-appeal-court/print and see: Full text of the judgment: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2012/jan/uk-kettling-judgment-full-text.pdf
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