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Two Important Updates from Kevin Annett and ITCCS

An important radio show Saturday, and a recent sabotage of communications.

(BRUSSELS) - Saturday May 12: catch 'Banishing and Occupying a Criminal Church' - A special report from the front lines, on Hidden from History: Blog Talk radio program.

Representatives of 'Anti Catholic Church Activists Worldwide' will discuss their May 4th meeting with Archbishop Dermot Martin in Ireland.

Judge orders Boston College to hand over IRA tapes

The saga surrounding the so-called Belfast Project has rumbled on since May, due to the interest of US authorities...

(BELFAST) - Boston College (BC) has been ordered by US district court judge William G. Young to hand over selected contents from its controversial Northern Ireland oral history project.

Before deciding whether or not the tapes should be passed by the US Government to British authorities, however, the judge will review the transcripts in question.

Culture and the Right Hand of the State: Lessons from Filmbase`s `Israeli Film Days`

In describing its mission and operation, Filmbase, by its own account, makes mention of providing cinematic showcases for rogue regimes.

(DUBLIN) - Between 24-27 November 2011, the Government of Israel held “Israeli Film Days” at Filmbase in Temple Bar, Dublin’s “cultural quarter”.In advance of this event, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) requested Filmbase to reconsider its decision to host the festival:

At a time when Irish peace activists have been illegally imprisoned in Israel after their humanitarian ship the MV Saoirse was hi-jacked in international waters by Israeli commandos, hosting these ‘Israeli Film Days’ sends out the worst possible message...

New report says Irish emigration, unemployment set to grow

The ESRI estimates that although unemployment and emigration are both forecast to continue to grow, the unemployment figure will naturally be affected by the emigration figure.

(DUBLIN) - A new Quarterly Economic Commentary report published by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Ireland estimates that with the eurozone crisis continuing to cast a shadow over any possible Irish economic recovery, tens of thousands will continue to emigrate from the country in 2012.

“The financial crisis currently gripping the eurozone, coupled with tightening fiscal policy across the region, are likely to send the eurozone back into recession,” the report reads.

See How Police Treat the Poor and Disenfranchised in England

Brutality just barely begins to describe what happened at Dale Farm, it is the military industrial complex at work crushing the poor, casting families into homelessness, only working for the powerful controlling interests.

(CRAYS HILL, Essex UK) - As relayed in previous reports, the residents of Dale Farm are Irish Travelers, many identify them as Gypsies.

Regardless of what one calls them, they are a people who do not fit neatly into the brainwashed consumer culture. To the contrary, they are a sort of people that are impossible to tame.

Dreams of Democracy

"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven." --H. L. Mencken

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Leno asks questions that anyone with a rudimentary knowledge should be able to answer. The extent of the ignorance of the average public is perfect for a comedian, but disastrous for a democracy.

Returning to the voices for democracy, Arab protesters often don't know what it entails other than a constitution, a vote and representative voices in a parliament or congress.

I write to you from cell 9, of the Apartheid State of Israel

Anishnabe-debuewin, restons humaine, stay human, in love and struggle...

(TEL AVIV) - A group of 21 activists who tried to sail to Gaza in breach of an Israeli blockade of the territory remain in Israeli custody, pending legal proceedings, the interior ministry said on Sunday.

"There are 21 passengers detained who refused to be expelled immediately and are engaged in proceedings against their deportation before an Israeli judge," interior ministry spokeswoman Sabine Haddad told AFP.

Freedom Waves to Gaza Boarded by Israeli Military

The Israeli military reported that the navy has been ordered by IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz to board the ships after “attempts to contact them failed.”

(GAZA CITY) - Canadian and Irish ships sailing with Freedom Waves to Gaza have been illegally boarded by the Israeli military in international waters a short while ago.

The Israeli military stated that “Upon arrival of the vessels at the Ashdod port, the activists will be transferred to the custody of the Israel Police and immigration authorities in the Ministry of Interior”.

Francis A. Boyle`s United Ireland, Human Rights and International Law

An extraordinary new book by Francis A. Boyle speaks truth about the struggle for independence in Northern Ireland.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - During the past three decades, international legal expert Francis A. Boyle has dealt with some of the most difficult problems created by Britain’s continued military occupation of six northeast counties in Ireland.

In so doing, he along with other Irish Americans engaged the formidable Irish American domestic lobby in support of the Irish resistance.

Truth & Lies - Why Dale Farm Matters

Those of us who care about justice should care about the nearly 90 families facing eviction at Dale Farm, this documentary intends to prove why that is the case.

(CRAYS HILL, Essex UK) - The Irish traveler community of Dale Farm in England are facing a forced eviction, they are also facing a racist system that falsely claims that the residents of Dale Farm are flouting the law.

That is a lie, and the truth will be set out in the full documentary set to be released on October 1, 2011.