Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
100's of women have medical abortions in republic but what of those who can't?
Date: Mon, 2012-11-12 15:53
Anti-choice bigots are going into a frenzy to try and prevent the Irish government legislating for abortion provision in the republic as required by the X and C judgements. But they are ignoring the reality that 1000 plus women are already obtaining abortions in the republic every year and are simply making that decision for themselves. The bigots 'keep Ireland abortion free' crusade was fake even before the opening of Marie Stopes in Belfast, the false slogan is presumably designed to fool the US donors whose donations the bigots salaries and offices depend on. But it is having tragic consequences for women in Ireland as those unable to access abortion pills are left without access to abortion.
Child referendum passes by large majority on tiny turnout
Date: Mon, 2012-11-12 12:44
Once it became clear that the Children's referendum was going to be passed Twitter came alive with outraged Yes campaigners complaining about the low turnout. It demonstrated that no one, it appears, was willing to 'think of the children.' Pop singer Sinead O'Connor went so far as to suggest that it should be made a criminal offence not to vote.
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Dub: Anarchism & Feminism - Conversations about Anarchism
Date: Tue, 2012-11-06 11:26
The next of the 2012 Conversations about Anarchism will take place Nov 7th in the WSM space in Seomra Spraoi. The topic is Anarchism & Feminism.
Political implications of Facebook damaging Pages for advertising revenue
Date: Wed, 2012-10-31 01:00
Recent changes Facebook has made to Pages & Events have greatly reduced its usefulness for radical political organising. Here I reject the idea that the reason for these changes is political censorship and examine what the actual reasons & effects are. In doing this I'm building on my article of last week that argues that Facebook should be a collectively owned public utility and not a private company - in part because of the way it has sabotaged its own usefulness in the search for advertising revenue.
Facebook destroys page & event effectiveness for advertising gain - make it a utility owned by the people
Date: Thu, 2012-10-25 16:22
Over the last few months changes made by Facebook have greatly reduced the effectiveness of Events and Pages because it has become much less likely that someone following a page will see posts made by that page. According to Facebook on average only 12% of followers will see a given post. In 2011 Facebook did the same to events, multiple changes in the way events work saw response rates to event invitations decline from around 80% of those invited responding to this figure often being less than 20%.
DUB: CAHWT protest at Dublin City Council
Date: Wed, 2012-10-24 16:10
The first round of letters from Dublin City Council to people in Dublin who have boycotted the unfair and unjust Household Tax are starting to land. Last month we had a very lively protest at the monthly meeting of Dublin City Council.
We were there to remind them that the Household Tax is an Unjust Tax!
This month we are going back to remind them that we are still here and we won't be bullied by Hogan's threatening letters.
DUB: National pre-budget protest organised by CAHWT & DCTU
Date: Wed, 2012-10-24 15:19
Jointly organised by the campaign Agfainst Household & Water Taxes and Dublin Council of Trade Unions, this protest is an opportunity for all those opposed to the household tax, property tax and all the other austerity measures of the current government to come together and show your opposition.
Meet at garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square
DUB: Teacher unions' protest: Value Education, Fight The Cuts
Date: Wed, 2012-10-24 15:18
Protest against attacks on the pay and allowances of Newly Qualified Teachers and against threatened increases in class size. Organised by the 3 teacher unions
Molesworth St., opposite the Dáil
LON: The Struggle for Abortion in Ireland (AF & WSM)
Date: Wed, 2012-10-24 14:22
In Ireland, both North and South, it is impossible for women to have an abortion. When we need the support of being in familiar surroundings, forcing women to make this journey is simply wrong. This should not be the case. Under the Irish constitution, abortion is not
Plan B is no alternative - time for an anti-capitalist Plan C
Date: Wed, 2012-10-17 15:15
We are publishing the following interview with David Harvie of the new English group "Plan C" carried out by Shift Magazine earlier this year. This interview has since been republished on Plan C's new website (www.weareplanc.org) launched this week. But we thought that although the interview is specifically addressed at political actors in England and the UK, the arguments over Austerity (Plan A) and a possible "New New Deal" or neo-Keynesian "Plan B" are also relevant to Ireland, where today organisations like Claiming Our Future are campaigning to build support for an Irish Plan B. We think the following is a useful contribution to that debate. Reprinted with permission from David Harvie.