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People Before Profit has called on local authorities in Galway to remove monuments, which the party claims glorify slavery and racism. It wants a monument to Christopher Columbus in Galway to be taken down. It is also seeking the removal of a plaque in Tuam honoring Major Richard “Dick” Dowling, who served with the Confederate army in the US. The Columbus monument, close to the Spanish Arch, was erected to mark the quincentenary of his 1492 voyage to America. The explorer is reported to have visited Galway around 1477 and the sculpture references his trip to the west of Ireland....

Politicians and activists in Ireland have pledged to protest against Donald Trump when he visits in November. On Friday, the White House announced the visit to Ireland would take place as part of a European tour that would also see the US president travel to Paris for a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice after the first world war. A White House statement said Trump’s visit would “renew the deep and historic ties between our two nations”. The Irish Labour party, Greens and Solidarity – People Before Profit all pledged to organise protests surrounding the visit, within an...

SLOGAN: "PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT" Stuart Butler - The Washington Times Excerpt Today's tax law bars member-owned mutual insurance companies, like Mutual of Omaha, from functioning as a nonprofit health insurance company. If Congress changed that we would at last see mutual insurers teaming up with organizations to offer private co-op health insurance as an alternative. Link: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/24/coop-detat-an-acronym-does-not-a-co-op-make/