Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Hundreds of Garda deployed to protect Shell's machine from the people of Ireland
Date: Mon, 2012-07-30 09:58
A huge secretive Garda security operation last night swung into operation in Dublin Port as Shell's Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) left the port as part of a huge convoy of Garda vehicles. News of the operation had leaked at the last minute meaning that with only an hours notice a handful of Shell to Sea campaigners managed to get down to the port entrance despite the pouring rain. Most of us were pulled over and questioned by Garda at least once and the Garda helicopter stayed overhead as various Garda vehicles including a van load of riot cops with the door open drove past us repeatedly.
The Spanish revolution and its relevance today
Date: Fri, 2012-07-27 14:26
This year marks the 76 anniversary of the ‘Spanish Civil War’ which is one of the most mis-understood conflicts in the 20th century. For some particular those wedded to a traditional view of history the war was merely between the forces of fascism and those committed to defending the democratically elected Republican Government. It is also this time of year when we will be greeted with a range of lectures and talks organised by the Communist Party inspired International Brigades Commemoration Committee across Ireland which deliberately distorts the reality of the 'civil war'. However, for anarchists nothing could be further from the truth. The social revolutionary upheaval was not just a battle against fascism but a new society in the making-libertarian communism.
Eyewitness from the anti-austerity struggle in the Spanish state
Date: Mon, 2012-07-23 10:55
Something is changing in Spain. On Thursday 19th July, hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people took to the streets against the greatest attack on Spain's welfare state in its history, in the form of cutbacks announced by the Partido Popular government. Public servants, trade unions, left wing political parties, worker organisations and unemployed people marched in 83 cities across Spain. A WSM member who returned on a visit to Toledo during Friday's protests reports on the struggle.
Dub: Pro Choice Open Planning Day
Date: Fri, 2012-07-20 11:00
A day of networking and workshops organised by the Irish Choice Network which brings together several pro-choice groups and individual activists including from Choice Ireland, Action on X, RAG, Lashback and WSM. Timetable is to be finalised but there will be two sets of workshop sessions with a few choices of workshop in each session. Most will have a very practical activity focus, some will be about direct actions
Hundreds march on the Dail to protest Household tax threatening letters
Date: Thu, 2012-07-19 10:12
About 700 people from all over Ireland took part in a evening march to the Dail last night to highlight the ongoing resistance to the attempt to impose the Household tax. Although smaller than recent CAHWT protests because the march was at 5 o'clock on a working day in July it was still of significant size. The timing was because this was the last day the Dail sits. Below is a slideshow of photos our photographer took on the demonstration, many more photos will be found in our Facebook album of the march which you are encouraged to share. There is a video of the march in the body of the article, click through to view it.
Bel - Living Utopia: Anarchism in action and its relevance today
Date: Sun, 2012-07-15 18:51
Film showing and discussion afterwards in the Peoples Bank, Royal Avenue. Belfast city centre
Pro Life Pro Mass Murder? - arrested for protesting fascist on 'Rally for Life' march
Date: Mon, 2012-07-09 15:17
Saturday's Youth Defense march in Belfast saw a WSM member arrested for protesting the presence of Michael Quinn, the fascist who told the Sunday World that he would "he would have "no problem" with an Anders Breivik style-massacre" in Ireland. When Quinn was pointed out to stewards on the so called 'Rally for Life' they protected him and allowed him to continue on the march. On Sunday Youth Defence deleted posts of the picture of Quinn on the demonstration from their Facebook page and banned people who posted the picture or demanded to know why they had allowed Quinn to march.
Eyewitness from the anarchist movement in Russia - public meetings in Ireland
Date: Thu, 2012-07-05 10:45
The Ireland segments of a European speaking tour with an Anarchist from Moscow who will talk about the anarchist movement in Russia, its successes and failures. Antti Rautiainen lived in Moscow for 13 years, participating in anarchist activities. His residence permit was revoked in March of this year, allegedly because he "called for a violent overthrow of constitutional order, or otherwise endangered the safety of Russian Federation or its citizens". He is member of Autonomous Action and the Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow.
- Cork on Sat July 7th, 5pm at Solidarity Books, Douglas St.
- Dublin on Sun, July 8th, 4pm at Seomra Spraoi, 10 Bevedere court D1
- Belfast on Tue, July 10th, 7pm at Na Croisbhealai Workers Co-op cafe
- Derry on Wed, July 11th, 7pm Castlebar Waterloo street
Bel: Rally for Choice
Date: Wed, 2012-07-04 16:23
A counter demonstration to the anti-women anti-choice demonstration taking place in Belfast on the same day. We are meeting at Belfast City Hall at 1.30 July 7th.
Does the handshake with the British Queen spell the demise of Republicanism as a radical alternative in Ireland?
Date: Wed, 2012-07-04 16:21
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The handshake that lasted 3.7 seconds kept the broadcast media on knife-edge as the crowning moment of the so-called peace process. However, beneath the carefully choreographed piece of political theatre is a settlement built on sand, on managing sectarianism and regulating division, rather than confronting and removing the causes of conflict in our society.