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Protest at Dail for abortion legislation
Date: Mon, 2012-11-26 13:59
*What: Protest at the Dail @ 7pm
*Why: The Government is set to debate the Expert Group recommendations - we will be streaming audio live outside.
*How: As before, people will gather. Most likely we'll have some opening speeches, then we'll simmer down for the Dail debate, then we'll have closing statements.
*What's different: As we're going to spend some time listening to the debate, bring camping chairs / a flask of tea/coffee to keep warm, and be sure to wrap up.
Over 15,000 March against Austerity in Dublin
Date: Mon, 2012-11-26 11:33
On Saturday, more than 15,000 people marched through Dublin to demand an end to austerity and to oppose the State’s transferring of the financial crisis on to the shoulders of the working class. Organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions and the Campaign against the Household and Water Taxes, the march offered people an opportunity to pressure the government prior to the budget and to raise the profile of the CAHWT, already the most popular act of civil disobedience since the foundation of the state.
Galway Pro Choice Were Approached by Savita’s Friends - 'pro life' lie exposed
Date: Wed, 2012-11-21 15:21
Anti-choice groups have been engaged in a protracted campaign of spreading FUD (Fear - Uncertainty - Doubt ) ever since the tragic fact of the death of Savita Halappanavar after she was refused an abortion in Galway hospital emerged. Because they know that it is too soon for them to be seen to attack her husband Praveen for his courageous public stance they have focused on attacking those supporting the families demand for a change in the law.
One tactic has been to suggest that pro-choice groups found out about the death in an underhand manner. A smear that last weekend's Sunday Independent disgracefully republished - despite being informed of its false. This morning Galway Pro-Choice issued the press release that follows which demonstrates not only that it was Savita's friends and family who initatied contact and that GPC then went though a full range of possibilites with them including not releasing the story of what had happened at all.
Build the boycott of the Property Tax - Join the protest on 24th November
Date: Tue, 2012-11-20 16:33
On Saturday 24th November, thousands of people will march from Parnell Square to the GPO in Dublin behind the slogan “Boycott The Property Tax. Fight Austerity”. This protest, jointly organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, Communities Against Cuts and the Spectacle of Defiance and Hope, will give people the opportunity to show their opposition to the introduction of the property tax and the further entrenchment of the austerity agenda which will come in the budget on 5th December.
Gaza Solidarity protest in Dublin with Gaza & Anarchists Against the Wall speakers - video
Date: Tue, 2012-11-20 13:34
Saturday 17th Nov 2012 saw a Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) protest in the center of Dublin against the attacks on Gaza by the Israeli state. Speakers at the protest on O'Connell street included a Gaza resident and a member of the Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall group - both speeches are in the embedded video.
Dub: Anarcho xmas bash red^2 curated by Dr Groove
Date: Tue, 2012-11-20 11:49
Dr Groove is curating a night of musical mayhem for the WSM xmas party with funds raised being used to keep Seomra knee deep in rent & bring student agitators from Quebec to Ireland to help stir things up here
Huge pro-choice Never Again march for Savita in Dublin
Date: Mon, 2012-11-19 23:52
On Saturday saw an estimate of fifteen thousand to seventeen thousand people marching in Dublin from the Garden of Remembrance to the Daíl in solidarity with Savita Halappanavar's family and for abortion rights. Savita Halappanavar was a woman in Galway who had died after being refused an abortion.
The march opened with a speech from Ruth Coppinger from the United Left Alliance, who spoke about motion that was tabled in April to legislate for X, but said that legislating for X is not enough, as no woman should have to be put through pain and agony in order to receive a life saving abortion. She also noted that the cases of rape and incest should also be grounds for abortion, when considering the X case.
Nine in Court in Cork over peaceful prisoners rights protest
Date: Mon, 2012-11-19 15:19
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Nine men appeared in Cork's District court charged with offenses alleged to have occurred at a whiteline picket in the city on June 30th. The charges essentially argue that the men were obstructing traffic. Whiteline pickets are a common feature of protests across the country and are most often used in relation to prisoner issues. A whiteline picket is where a number of protestors stand on a continuous whiteline in the middle of a street holding placards highlighting the particular issue.
Never Again - Abortion Rights Now!
Date: Sun, 2012-11-18 18:17
Today we are marching in protest at the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, a pregnant woman who died after being refused a termination, despite requesting one several times.
For years many people have been aware that the failure of successive governments to legislate could result in a tragedy. Whether through cowardice or callousness, since the X case ruling and three referendums allowed for abortion under restricted circumstances 20 years ago, no laws have been drafted to allow doctors to carry out those abortions.
Savita’s death should not have happened. Just as her husband Praveen has pledged to fight for a change in the law to ensure that no other woman dies in the way that Savita did, so every one of us here should pledge to fight for that law change.
WSM activity in late 2012
Date: Sat, 2012-11-17 14:37
Our members in Cork and Dublin have been active in the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, at local, regional and national levels, helping with stalls, leafletting and demos, and arguing for greater grassroots democracy within the campaign.