Two of the shop stewards who were sacked six years ago by airport security company, ICTS, are to begin a hunger strike at Transport House in Belfast on Monday 7 April, demanding that their union, Unite (formerly the TGWU) honour commitments made to them last summer.

Gordon McNeill and Madan Gupta have pledged that they will remain on hunger strike until their demands are fully met.

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My new banner head on the blog is not just about funky design, it is the radio glass as one would view through it looking out on the world. Metaphorically speaking or not radio still offers one of the best outward looking world views.

via MW SW LW internet streaming radio & podcasting and via the much unloved radio transponders of the Clarke Belt radio crackles and bubbles news from corners of the world closer to conflict that we are.

My first ever perma post I put online was in 1995 called global warning and was all about media slant, long before blogging was a glint in any one’s eye.  Since then the net itself has assisted in the democratisation on media but only if it is used.

News is made and two thing happen, its reported by large media or agency and fed to the filter of the subordinate network where it is edited to suit local consumption including the cutting room floor or blatant censorship. Or its reported locally where the news happened, and by its neighbours, likewise this news is slanted for its intended output, no surprise there.

But what happens when the later is received far beyond its intended audience / geography and sampled and mixed with the available western/first world (for want of a better word) view point. You get a mash up of the story that was never intended, conflicting stories about conflict.

This has me working steadily in the background on two new media / programming  ideas that could end up on podcast or stream or both. News Views Information Slant Bias Censorship - the listener decides no additional slant added. Based on an original idea of SW on FM via RadioActive 101FM Dublin (credit to the station 1992-1996)

When they hatch they will be plugged here. subscribe today.

ABC News Reported Thu Apr 3, 2003 11:46am AEST

Irish police wearing riot gear have clashed with protesters outside the gates of the country’s parliament in central Dublin, a spokesman said.

“Two people have been arrested in connection with public order offences,” the spokesman said.

About 400 anti-war activists staged a sit-down at the Kildare Street entrance of the Dail, the lower house of Parliament.

They were protesting against the Iraq war and the continued use of Ireland’s Shannon Airport to transit and refuel US troop-carrying aircraft on their way to the Gulf and bombing missions in Iraq.

Riot police cleared the way for legislators leaving Parliament by car.

Amongst those lifted out of the way by police was the Socialist Party’s only MP, Joe Higgins, a strong opponent of the war.

Hats off to TCM breaking news video looks good I added two features myself. NO AUTOSTART (please TCM) and I added a default still image. TCM please enclose (enclosure tag) the rich media in your RSS so I can see/hear it in my RSS reader.

Taoiseach embroiled in scandal will depart May 6th.

The audio track of a BBC TV news report about the upsurge in ‘pirate activity’ on the airwaves of Dublin. This was broadcast on 31st May 1978. Hear a ‘young’ Kate Adie visit the Dublin stations in those early full time days.
tnx & 73’s to the irish era for the clip