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dublin / anti-war / event notice Wednesday August 27, 2008 19:20 by Grace Walsh   image 1 image
The money raised from the proceeds of this gig will bring together Israeli and Palestinian activists in Northern Ireland to explore the lessons and possibilities of bringing about peace in their communities. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / other press Wednesday August 27, 2008 14:03 by tomeile
A senior Russian military analyst warned yesterday that the U.S. and NATO had used the conflict in Georgia as a dress rehearsal for a future military operation in Iran. Col. Gen Leonid Ivashov, president of the Russian Academy of Geopolitical Studies, speaking at a news conference told the Russian news and information agency , Novosti :
"We are close to a serious conflict - U.S. and NATO preparations on a strategic scale are ongoing. In the operation the West conducted on Georgian soil against Russia - South Ossetians were the victims or hostages of it - we can see a rehearsal for an attack on Iran. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / event notice Monday August 25, 2008 13:41 by Michael Gallagher   text 3 comments (last - wednesday august 27, 2008 13:59)
it's with regret that I have to cancel the upcoming (photo exhibition) fundraisers planned for the 28th August and 5th September.

Looking at things realistically, the amount of funds needed (over €2,000) for the project is too much to raise in such a short space of time, and with that in mind, it wouldn't be fair to ask people for any more of their time and cash.
I would like to return any one-off donations we recieved and am open to suggestions of charities that could benefit from the remainder of the funds. The total received to date is €417.
I'd like to thank you all for your efforts, whether it was your generosity, time, advice etc.

Michael Gallagher. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / event notice Monday August 25, 2008 13:34 by Michael Gallagher
it's with regret that I have to cancel the upcoming (photo exhibition) fundraisers planned for the 28th August and 5th September.

Looking at things realistically, the amount of funds needed (over €2,000) for the project is too much to raise in such a short space of time, and with that in mind, it wouldn't be fair to ask people for any more of their time and cash.
I would like to return any one off donations we recieved and am open to suggestions of charities that could benefit from the remainder of the funds. The total received to date is €417.
I'd like to thank you all for your efforts, whether it was your generosity, time, advice etc.

Michael Gallagher. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / event notice Monday August 25, 2008 06:29 by Catholic Worker   text 3 comments (last - monday august 25, 2008 23:54)   video 1 video file
Anti-War Vigil *GPO Monday August 25th. 4pm-6pm
"Stop Irish Participation in the War!"
"U.S. Military Out of Shannon & Iraq!"

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international / anti-war / other press Sunday August 24, 2008 18:24 by pat c   text 3 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2008 14:04)
The ex chief of Mossad gives his opinion of Ahmadinejad. And it aint pretty! Ahmadinejads very existence makes it more difficult to build solidarity against US aggression towards Iran. Full text at link.

"Ahmadinejad is our greatest gift," Israel's Haaretz newspaper quoted ex-Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy as telling the US-sponsored Al-Hurra Arabic satellite channel on Tuesday. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / press release Friday August 22, 2008 13:12 by MichaelY   text 1 comment (last - thursday august 28, 2008 15:35)
Irish Anti War Movement statement – Press Release

August 21st 2008 read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / event notice Thursday August 21, 2008 14:45 by Ronan
Would you like to come along to a Dublin Branch meeting of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign? read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / event notice Thursday August 21, 2008 14:09 by Ronan

Get some mountainy fresh air into ya for a good cause! read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / event notice Thursday August 21, 2008 13:57 by Ronan
Would you like to come along to the next Dublin Branch meeting of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / other press Wednesday August 20, 2008 18:27 by Y   text 4 comments (last - saturday august 23, 2008 21:47)   image 1 image   video 3 video files
Here is some good background from activists and writers on the left about the current situation in Georgia.

Mark Almond is especially interesting as he is very knowledgeable on Georgian democracy.

These speeches are from an SWP meeting held in Central London recently under the banner of the Stop the War Coalition. read full story / add a comment
"Life in Beirut carrying on as usual"
galway / anti-war / other press Wednesday August 20, 2008 13:46 by TD   text 7 comments (last - friday august 22, 2008 16:14)   image 6 images
Barak Ravid is reporting in today's edition of Haaretz newspaper that Israel would, according to PM Ehud Olmert, "unleash more massive firepower" and to "hit back harder than before," if Lebanon were to become a "terrorist state" under the domination of Hezbollah. Israel "did not use all means to respond then, but if Lebanon becomes a Hezbollah state, then we won't have any restrictions in this regard ... gone are the days when wars are fought on remote and hidden battlefields while life in the cities carries on as usual," he said. read full story / add a comment
What did Orwell call Britain?
clare / anti-war / other press Monday August 18, 2008 18:19 by redjade   image 1 image
Maybe in the future
the only consistant revenue
to keep Shannon Airport alive
will be from the killing? read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / event notice Sunday August 17, 2008 15:32 by Catholic Worker   text 2 comments (last - saturday august 23, 2008 08:10)
Anti-War Vigil *GPO Monday August 18th. 4pm-6pm
"Stop Irish Participation in the War!"
"U.S. Military Out of Shannon & Iraq!"
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national / anti-war / opinion/analysis Friday August 15, 2008 12:03 by Mark Conroy   text 7 comments (last - sunday august 17, 2008 22:06)
My wife was pregnant with twins this time last year and it got me thinking about Avril Monaghan, the woman who died, pregnant with twins, in the Omagh bombing. This is a short piece that I wrote at the time, remembering that tragic day in general, and those hugely unfortunate twins in particular. I'm sharing it here to commerorate these people on the tenth anniversary of their deaths. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-war / event notice Friday August 15, 2008 01:08 by Michael Gallagher   image 1 image
MUSICIANS AGAINST WAR

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This is to help fund the anti war photography exhibition,'Images of Resistance -inside and outside of Iraq.
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international / anti-war / opinion/analysis Thursday August 14, 2008 19:51 by john throne   text 28 comments (last - wednesday august 20, 2008 23:10)   image 2 images
The US puppet regime in Georgia thought it could retake S. Ossetia and Abkhazia. It underestimated the revival of Russian power. Now its US and Israeli military has been crushed and the regime is in tatters. This represents a change in world relations. Russia has now shown it is prepared to intervene militarily beyond its borders. This will mean that the russian minorities in the former Soviet republics will become much more assertive. this in turn will mean that the governments of these countries will have to pay more heed to Russia. And the sige of Bush only able to wring his hands in china while his boy was getting whipped in Georgia will strengthen all Anti uS forces worldwide. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / other press Thursday August 14, 2008 13:55 by tomeile   text 7 comments (last - thursday august 21, 2008 16:51)
Galway Alliance Against the War argues that the conflict in the Caucasus has implications not only for Ireland, but also for the whole world . I'm not a member of the Galway Alliance Against War , but think that this press release is important so I'm posting a link to the IAWM website where it is featured. The IAWM as a body hasn't issued any statement .
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dublin / anti-war / event notice Wednesday August 13, 2008 15:31 by Ronan
Would you like to come along to the next Dublin Branch meeting of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign? read full story / add a comment
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