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# Civil Disobedience

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'Extinction Rebellion': London climate change protests enter fourth day
428 people have now been arrested in the UK capital.
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Apr 18th 2019, 8:11 PM
'Brendan Howlin was wrong: civil disobedience is a valid weapon in the fight for a better Ireland'
Those who benefit from the way Ireland is organised would love us to believe we have no power, that we can’t win, that there’s no reason to act, writes Siobhan O’Donoghue.
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Sep 21st 2018, 7:00 AM
Opinion: 'Ireland has become a pollution haven due to neo-liberal model of light-touch regulation'
We need people-power campaigns to stop environmental harm, writes Cian Prendiville.
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Mar 1st 2017, 7:00 AM
FactCheck: Is Regina Doherty right to say she didn't support the use of civil disobedience?
The Government Chief Whip denies having made some controversial comments. We put that claim to the test.
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Jan 24th 2017, 8:30 PM
Column: Peacemakers like Margaretta D’Arcy uphold the greater moral law
Margaretta, in her peaceful act of civil disobedience, was seeking to highlight our own government’s failure to uphold both Irish and international law. We should applaud her courage, writes Joe Murray.
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Jan 28th 2014, 7:00 AM
6 political activist celebrities (other than George Clooney)
These temporary jailbirds put their star power behind issues from the Vietnam War to nuclear power.
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Mar 22nd 2012, 11:26 PM
Column: Does the Occupy movement have a future?
Occupy’s moment may have passed it by – but that is not to say that it could not have a lasting impact, writes Dr Sarah Campbell.
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Mar 18th 2012, 6:00 PM
Column: Occupying NAMA buildings isn’t just a gesture – it’s essential research
Such is the obscurity around NAMA’s operations that protesters are forced to commit acts of civil disobedience just to uncover the paper trail, writes Conor McCabe.
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Jan 30th 2012, 8:30 PM
TEEU to debate civil disobedience motion today
One of Ireland’s largest trade unions, which is calling for a general election, will vote on a motion of civil unrest today.
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Nov 20th 2010, 11:44 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Crisis talks continue between Ireland, the IMF, EU and ECB; The High Court will decide if a HIV positive mother should be forced to give her child anti retro-viral drugs at birth; and New Zealand waits for some signal from 29 trapped miners.
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Nov 20th 2010, 9:00 AM