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Belfast Anarchist Bookfair
12 - 6 pm
Saturday 1st September.
at the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre
45/47 Donegall Street
Hosted by Just Books Collective and Organise!
Public Meeting
The Anarchist Alternative to Capitalism
Wednesday 6th June at 8pm in the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Organised by the Dublin 8 Branch of Workers Solidarity Movement
The 'Miss D' case put in context with the struggle in Ireland for women to have full control over their own bodies and the position taken by the WSM on this issue. A few weeks ago, a 17 year old girl, 4 months pregnant, known as 'Miss D' was brought before the courts to determine whether or not she should be allowed to travel to England for an abortion. The baby she was carrying had been diagnosed with anencephaly, a condition that leads to still-births. The longest an infant has survived outside the womb with this condition is a few days. Yet the Irish government were unwilling to let Miss D have an abortion, denying Miss D's basic human rights under the guise of 'letting the baby die with dignity'.
The situation at present as I sit in the convergence centre is that several large demonstrations have taken place in Rostock and elsewhere and the police presence has been heavy and aggressive.
Choice Ireland are organising a demonstration on Saturday 30 June in support of abortion rights in Ireland. The theme of the demonstration is:
Fight For Womens Right To Choose.
Called by Choice Ireland to bring together pro-choice forces and discuss how best to advance the struggle for abortion rights in Ireland.
DAY OF PROTEST
1-2pm
WEDNESDAY 6th JUNE
HANDS OFF OUR POST OFFICE
These three pieces were written by WSM members for indymedia.ie about the results of the 2007 election and its impact on the left. See our Election 2007 page at http://www.wsm.ie/election07 for what we had to say in advance of the election.
Common Ground - The Path So Far...
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The playwrite Sean O'Casey was the first secretary of the Irish Citizen Army and in 1914 had drafted its constitution . He wrote this history of the Citizen Army in the period after the 1916 rising. By the time of the rising he had resigned from the ICA in protest at its decision to allow joint membership with the Irish Volunteers. O'Casey played no part in the rising although with other civilian men he was interned in the course of the rising.