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Was Croke Park “the best deal available?” And more importantly why?
Date: Thu, 2013-03-07 16:33
INTO (Irish National Teachers Organisation) general secretary Sheila Nunan and other union leaders have said that the Croke Park extension deal is “the best deal available through negotiation” and that the negotiators “left nothing at the table”. And they are probably right. But saying that this is the best deal available through negotiation is not quite the same as saying that it is the best deal achievable.
Dub: Anarchism & Environmentalism
Date: Thu, 2013-03-07 10:49
Friendly free discussion for people who are new to anarchism & seek answers to basic questions. The 2013 Conversations about Anarchism start off March 7th in the WSM space in Seomra Spraoi. The topic is Anarchism & Environmentalism
Education workers to hold rally for No vote to Croke Park 2 in Dublin
Date: Tue, 2013-03-05 18:52
A Rally of education workers to call for a rejection of the Croke Park 'extension' deal will be held in the Gresham Hotel, Dublin, on Saturday next 9th March at 12 noon. The rally is bring organised as a result of an initiative from 5 branches of the Teachers Union of Ireland which called an organising meeting last week. This meeting was attended by over 60 union members, mainly branch and district officers, from the 4 teaching unions (TUI, ASTI, INTO and IFUT) as well as representatives from SIPTU's Education branch and from some other public service union.
Hundreds picket EU Health Ministers meeting demanding Action on X
Date: Tue, 2013-03-05 18:39
Several hundred people took part in a demonstration in Dublin last night demanding the government legislate for abortion access as laid down in the X-Case judgement over 21 years ago. Government after government have refused to introduce this legislation due to politicians own conservatism and their fear of the huge resources of the US funded anti-choice movement. But the massive mobilisations that followed news of the death of Savita Halappanavar after she was refused an abortion in a Galway hospital in the Autumn have forced the Labour Party & Fine Gael to finally begin the process of introducing legislation.
Dub: Abortion Rights Campaign: Artists Talk
Date: Mon, 2013-03-04 23:32
As part of the Abortion Rights Campaign 10 days of Action an artist's talk will be held in conversation, with Leszek Wolnik & Emma Campbell, who will be discussing their current exhibitions "10 weeks" at The Copperhouse Gallery. Daniel Jewesbury will facilitate the conversation. The talk will feature audio and written responses by the public to '10 weeks' and the artists welcome audience engagement and comment.
Dub: Queer Ball for Choice
Date: Mon, 2013-03-04 23:30
Celebrate International Women's Day in a deliciously queer fashion at Seomra Spraoi!
An evening of food, performance, discussion and dancing...
We'll start at 6 pm with a workshop called "Gender and Choice: Binaries, Bodies, and the State."
Abortion - The Lives and Health of Women in Ireland
Date: Mon, 2013-03-04 21:25
In the week of International Women's Day and the Abortion Rights Campaign 10 days of Action, the National Women's Council of Ireland will host a joint event with Doctors for Choice on Abortion - The Lives and Health of Women in Ireland.
Who's afraid of the invisible PIG?
Date: Mon, 2013-03-04 21:13
Over a quarter of a million people demonstrated against government austerity and Troika rule in Lisbon this Saturday gone. Hundreds of thousands more demostrated in towns and cities the length and breadth of Portugal. The biggest demonstrations against austerity yet in the Eurozone. Who's afraid of the Eurozone's most rebellious PIG? The Irish media, apparently, given the failure of RTE, Irish Times or the INM stable to cover the story. Maybe they think we'd get funny ideas? In any case, the next time someone tells you about media censorship in place like Russia, China and North Korea, don't forget to mention the Irish media's coverage of Portuguese resistance to the Troika.
DUB: Vote “NO” to Croke Park 2. Defend Education. Defend Public Services
Date: Mon, 2013-03-04 17:50
A grass-roots rally of public servants in the education sector will take place in the Gresham Hotel Dublin at 12:00 on this Saturday 9th March 2013.
Swiss vote Yes to curb top executives pay
Date: Mon, 2013-03-04 15:11
This Sunday, 3rd March, Swiss voters, by a whopping majority of by 68%, struck fear into the corporate world by backing a citizen’s initiative referendum to curb top executives pay. Over two-thirds of the citizenry backed a package of proposals including a ban on “golden hellos” and “golden parachutes”, making shareholder votes on pay binding on corporate boards, requiring yearly term limits to board membership and requiring pension fund shareholder votes to be transparent, along with jail terms for executives that break the rules. The citizen’s initiative passed against the background of vocal screeching from the united ranks of the corporate elite, Switzerland’s largest multinationals including Nestlé, Credit Suisse, Novartis, ABB and nearly all the political parties.