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Occupy Belfast hold its first public meeting in the 'Peoples Bank'
Date: Mon, 2012-03-26 20:04
Occupy Belfast held its first public meeting in the occupied building on Saturday explaining why it decided to take the building and outlining future plans for the self-managed space. Around 20 people listened to two speakers from Occupy who provided an up-to date account of work underway including the building of a stage, meeting space and a library.
Interview & report from packed National rally against Household tax - with photo slideshow
Date: Mon, 2012-03-26 14:10
Saturday's National Rally against the Household Tax in the National Stadium was literally filled to overflowing. As well as nearly 3,000 people crammed into every possible space in the Stadium another 4 to 500 were in the car park at the side, unable to fit into the building. And the thousands who attended were angry, energized and expectant of victory. The National Stadium normally hosts boxing marches but the atmosphere on Saturday topped that of watching a home fighter coming out on top in a close fought bout.
Dub: CAHWT - National Rally
Date: Fri, 2012-03-23 17:10
Campaign Against Household And Water Taxes - National Rally
National Boxing Stadium, South Circular Road, Dublin
Saturday 24th March, 1:00p.m.
What next for Occupy Belfast?
Date: Thu, 2012-03-22 11:16
The forcible eviction of Occupy Dame Street has once again shifted the spotlight on Occupy Belfast who have moved from their original camp at Writers Square to an iconic and listed vacant former bank building in the heart of the city centre. WSM member and Occupy Belfast activist Sean Matthews asks what next for Occupy Belfast and whether it has reached a critical mass.
Workers Solidarity 126
Date: Wed, 2012-03-21 12:13
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Issue 126 of Ireland's anarchist paper Workers Solidarity March / April 2012.
The La Senza and Vita Cortex Occupations Making the Boss Pay
Date: Wed, 2012-03-21 12:13
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“When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose’ - Bob Dylan
Last year the word and action, “Occupy”, was imprinted on our minds, from Tahrir Square in Cairo to Zucotti Park in New York. This year Occupy has come home to us in Ireland. Sure, we’ve had the valiant efforts of people bringing attention to the great injustice being visited on us all by camping outside the Central Bank, but the amoral character of the boss class is never better displayed than when you get made redundant.
How the DEIS cuts were reversed in primary schools
Date: Wed, 2012-03-21 11:58
Following his announcement that many of his proposed cuts to teacher numbers in schools serving areas of social disadvantage (“DEIS schools”) are to be reversed, Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn, has admitted that protests work and that he made the decision because of the huge protests faced by himself and his colleagues on the government backbenches. “[I]n relation to the area where all the pressure was coming from and all the protests was [sic] coming from …. I reflected on the impact on those schools…. and I reversed that decision,” he said.
What is the Fiscal Compact: Smoke & Mirrors
Date: Tue, 2012-03-20 17:22
As the flames from the latest round of rioting in Greece die down, the incapacity of the mainstream media to tell the story of the current Eurozone crisis leaves us as much in the dark as before the Molotov’s lit up the nightly news.
Stormont healthcare cuts to blame for tragic death of hospital patient
Date: Tue, 2012-03-20 12:05
The tragic death of a 77 year old man who died alone and unnoticed waiting for treatment on a hospital trolley for 22 hours in Belfast’s main A&E ward in the Royal Hospital, is the result of savage healthcare cuts and the reduction of A&E services such as the closing down the ward in the Belfast city hospital last November.
Anti-Household Tax Campaign Gathers Momentum
Date: Tue, 2012-03-20 11:40
Over the past two months the Campaign against the Household and Water Taxes has grown from strength to strength. Since the start of government registration in January, campaign meetings across the country have been packed out. 500 attended a meeting in Cork city, only to be surpassed by a meeting of 700 in Waterford city a week later. Likewise, across Dublin dozens of meetings have been held in parish halls and community centres, all with the clear message of “Don’t Register, Don’t Pay”. Building on this support, the campaign has now distributed nearly 750,000 leaflets explaining the tax and why we must refuse to pay it.