Former Guatemalan dictator convicted of genocide and jailed for 80 years
Efraín Ríos Montt held to account for abuses in campaign that killed an estimated 200,000 and led to 45,000 disappearances
March against Monsanto in Dublin, Cork and Clare
Join us on a worldwide march against MONSANTO on May 25th in Dublin and Cork at 2pm and Clare at 2:30pm.
Press Release from the Africa Centre Ireland
The Africa Centre is facing the threat of closure due to lack of funding and is now calling on all stakeholders who can help to secure an office and meeting space for the organisation to facilitate its good work and to prevent closure.
Seminar: Development Education - Responding to the Global Crisis?
When: 17th May, 2013, 8:45am - 4:15pm. Where: Bewley's Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Dóchas and the Irish Development Education Association in conjunction with the Development of Europeans' Engagement for the Eradication of Global Poverty (DEEEP 4), cordially invite you to an exciting seminar, which will explore opportunities and challenges for European civil society to engage in a debate on our collective future.
Political Declaration from Colombian Refugees Meeting in Dublin
Political Declaration of the "European conference in solidarity with the agrarian and popular struggles, and in support of the talks for Peace with Social Justice in Colombia."
Dublin, April 20-21, 2013
Update on Progressive Film Club - Special screening of the Angel's Share
There's been a slight change of plan for this event. We have been sent a very interesting short (30 mins) film from Italy. We feel that this work is a fine supplement to the main feature but it means that we will be starting at an earlier time (2pm). The other films will still be starting at the scheduled time. The new programme is:
Support Colombian political prisoners! Release the Marina eight!
For 17 months, eight agrarian leaders, organisers of Astracatol, a peasant union in the central department of Tolima in Colombia, have been subject of arbitrary imprisonment and unspeakable abuse. All for their commitment to the right to land of poor peasants and their opposition to a hydroelectrical project in the region which would affect their lands.
Venezuela Ireland Update - US Complicit in Destabilization Efforts
Source: Paul Dobson in Venezuela
"The U.S. intervention in Venezuelan internal affairs in recent months, and particularly during the election campaign, has been brutal, vulgar" denounced President Maduro this week, in response to interventionary statements from the White House, from the US sponsored Human Rights Watch, and from private US media outlets which openly called for a coup d'état against the democratically elected President.
Did Chávez’ Pick Steal the Election in Venezuela?
By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine - Leer el artículo en español aquí.
The guy in the cheap brown windbreaker walking up the dirty tenement steps to my New York office looked like a bus driver.
Launch of LAW Photo Exhibition
Wednesday 1st May @ 6pm in the Irish Aid Centre, 31 Upr O'Connell St, Dublin 1. For more details on the photo exhibition launch click here.




