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1. Ireland: Political arrests target water protesters

   attending a peaceful rally against water charges last November, amid claims of “political policing” and ... newly introduced water charges that took place in Jobstown, Tallaght – an area in south-west Dublin. ... "There were no early morning arrests or prosecutions. The contrast with the treatment on anti-water ...

2. Ireland: Huge water protest keeps pressure on government

   Economy Environment Duroyan Fertl Sinn Fein Water Nearly 90,000 people took to the streets of ... water charges by the Irish government. The sea of flags, banners and placards was addressed by a range ... of politicians, community activists and union leaders. The protest was organised by the Right2Water ...

3. Irish gov't drowning in water scandals, protests

   Workers & unions Democracy Economy Duroyan Fertl Anti-water charge protests in Letterkenny, ... County Donegal on November 1. The Irish government’s unpopular public utility, Irish Water, has been ... opposition parties and the huge anti-water charges movement. The government revealed on July 15 that of ...

4. Ireland: Government drowns under water revolt, rising Sinn Fein

   Economy Duroyan Fertl Faced with growing public revolt against the introduction of water charges ... people, skilled workers and families, have emigrated in search of work and a better lifestyle. Water ... new charges on water use, levied via new state-owned company Irish Water, has brought years of ...

5. Ireland: Huge water protest brings Dublin to standstill

   city on December 10 in the latest mass demonstration against the introduction of water charges. ... Right2Water campaign – was the third major protest against the charges in two months. It came after a 100,000 ... 200,000 in dozens of towns and cities. The introduction of new charges on water use, levied via new ...

6. Ireland: Call for new left force gathers steam

   Fein Water SYRIZA Leading trade unionists, Irish republican party Sinn Fein and a range of other left ... — have emigrated in search of work and a better lifestyle abroad. Water charges Over the past year, ... however, the situation has changed markedly. The introduction of new water charges has brought years of ...

7. Ecuador: Mining, debt and indigenous struggles

   consequences of a number of proposed new laws — including laws relating to mining, water and the introduction ... chernobyl" after 18 billion gallons of polluted water were released into the water system by oil-giant ... needs to first pass a food sovereignty law, a water law and a biodiversity law. Then we can have ...

8. Ecuador: Chevron found guilty of eco-vandalism

   billion gallons of polluted water, oil and toxic waste released between 1972 and 1990 by oil company ... and the water table — as well as huge economic loss. So deadly has the impact been that it has been ... of a Cofán tribe in the area who lost two young children due to contaminated water, told the BBC on ...

9. Ecuador: Indigenous, government clash over mining

   will cause environmental destruction and may result in water privatisation. They also believe the law ... to water and grants specific rights to the environment. The new law allows for the expansion of ... other. Correa has called for calm and assured protesters there are no plans to privatise water, saying ...

10. Requiem for a river system?

    natural impacts on the river system. He tells of the over-allocation of water permits, of unpopular, ... length of the river, they will have no lasting impact unless water use patterns are changed the length ...

11. Ecuador: Chevron battles government, indigenous people

    environmental damage — poisoning animals, plants and the water table. The court case, on behalf of over 30,000 ...

12. Ecuador to leave oil in ground

    Citizens’ Assembly in 2007 and adopted in 2008 — guarantees the right to clean water, and grants enforceable ... legal rights to the environment. Widespread distrust of Correa’s mining and water policies remains among ...

13. Germany: Two party system unraveling

    a peaceful demonstration, using batons, capsicum spray and water cannons. A 66 year-old pensioner, Dietrich ... Wagner, was almost certainly permanently blinded when police hit him in the face with a water cannon. ...

14. Ecuador: Correa vows to ‘radicalise revolution’

    Democracy Duroyan Fertl In the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on September 30, left-wing Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has vowed to deepen his “citizen’s revolution” in the small Andean country. After the coup attempt by �鶹��ý of the police an ...

15. Germany: Record demo, Green vote rejects nuclear power

    the state capital. The violent repression of protests last year — including the use of water cannons ...

16. Ecuador: Correa vows to deepen the citizens' revolution

    wage and social welfare, introduced new laws on rights for nature and a legal right to drinking water ...

17. Colombia, Ecuador dispute deepens

    spraying has occurred illegally in Ecuador, however, poisoning water tables, destroying rainforest and ...

18. Cuban permaculturalist to tour Australia

    cooperatives. Multi-cropping, worm-farms, appropriate crops and water efficiency have led to an explosion in ...

19. Behind the coup in Ecuador

    contains laws guaranteeing access to clean water, giving groundbreaking legal rights to the environment and ... mining, oil extraction and water. Rather than negotiate, he has described these groups as “infantile” and ...

20. Ecuadorians vote for radical change

    poisons the water table and causes birth defects. Correa has also set about repairing Ecuador's key ... litres of oily waste-water. Other companies are being investigated for corruption, and breaches of human ...

21. Germany: A ‘hot autumn’ of protests

    used tear gas, pepper spray and water cannons without restraint. Similar images of police brutality ...

22. Britain: Hillsborough disaster forged in ruling class hate

    Toxteth riots in 1981. When the inquiry’s report was published, Thatcher immediately took steps to water ...

23. Ecuador: New constitution vote as conflict rises

    Correa-ally Alberto Acosta unsuccessfully proposed a ban on open-pit mining, as well as including water ...

24. Ecuador: New progressive constitution adopted

    university level; equal rights for same-sex relationships; a universal right to water and prohibition of its ...

25. The fight for football: Is the ’world game’ the people’s game?

    also provided funds for sports, water and health projects in the Chiapas region of Mexico run by the ...

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