Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Official: High Priests of Austerity Can't Add Up - the wrong maths that made us suffer
Date: Wed, 2013-04-17 20:44
Unless you're a economics geek you've probably never heard of Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff. But that doesn't mean their work isn't affecting your life. A paper by these two prestigious Harvard economists has been a key justification for post-2008 austerity policies, with its oft-repeated claim that a national debt level of over 90% of GDP is fatal to growth. Yesterday we found out that paper was based on a spreadsheet that doesn't add up. Epic maths fail.
The CAHWT in Kildare: A locally-led national campaign
Date: Wed, 2013-04-17 14:44
Since the foundation of the Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes, WSM members have been pushing for a strengthening of grassroots democracy in the campaign, and we believe that the more democratic the campaign is the more likely it is to succeed. In this article, Brian A., a WSM member involved in the campaign in Kildare, outlines his experience of being involved in building the campaign in his local area.
A Question of Choice: The X case is not enough
Date: Wed, 2013-04-17 12:06
I remember when I was 13 trying to work out my view on abortion. Abortion was in the news, a pro-life referendum had just been passed. Most of my friends’ mothers had campaigned on the ‘pro-life’ side. Abortion was in the classrooms. I remember a teacher, walking between our desks, saying ‘abortion, abortion’, rolling the rrrs, making the word stretch. “Aborrrrrrtion - even the word is ugly”. I remember sitting there, too afraid to question.
Workers Solidarity 129 April/May 2013
Date: Wed, 2013-04-17 10:59
Issue 129 of Ireland's anarchist Paper Workers Solidarity. This issue was produced for the 13 April 2013 CAHWT demonstration and the May day marches in Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Derry and elsewhere in Ireland. If you live in Ireland and would like to distribute copies contact us.
Croke Park 2 voted down - Conflict with government now looming
Date: Tue, 2013-04-16 18:37
Government efforts to bully public sector workers into accepting further wage cuts and harsher working conditions have been decisively rejected today. SIPTU, INMO and the INTO all announced that they had rejected the deal in votes today. The rejection by SIPTU members was the final nail in the coffin of the deal, the members voting against it despite the efforts of the leadership to force it through, the margin was narrow only a few percent but the INMO recorded a 95.5% rejection and in the INTO almost 70% voted against the agreement.
Why we said No to Croke Park Two
Date: Tue, 2013-04-16 18:37
Vote NO to
- Further deterioration of the public services we all use
- A freeze in pay & increments
- A huge increase in hours for many workers & the subsequent loss of jobs
- The loss of 6 days holidays for many workers
- Unpaid overtime & cuts to overtime
- Restrictions on flexitime & work sharing
Rossport Solidarity Camp bulletin April 2013
Date: Tue, 2013-04-16 12:43
This is the latest bulletin from the Rossport Solidarity Camp about the struggle against Shell in Erris. For the background and history to this stuggle see our huge archive of articles tagged Rossport.
Workers Solidarity 128 - Nov/Dec 2012
Date: Tue, 2013-04-16 12:24
The November / December issue of Irelands anarchist paper Workers Solidarity. This is issue 128
The WSM & fighting the last war - a reply to James O’Brien
Date: Mon, 2013-04-15 14:08
The left is fond of military analogies so I want to open this piece with the observation that poor generals plan for the last war rather than the next one. Those militaries that planned for World War Two by perfecting the trench systems that dominated World War One had their powerful & expensive fortifications quickly overwhelmed in the opening weeks of the war through blitzkrieg. And in turn by 1943 Blizkrieg was defeated though defence in depth at Kursk.