Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Occupation of former bank building in Belfast
Date: Tue, 2012-03-20 11:18
The liberation of the former Bank of Ireland building in Belfast city centre by “Occupy” provides a glimpse of what is possible if we organise and fight together using the power of direct action and solidarity. It is about sending out a political message to our local green and orange tories that enough is enough and it is up to us as working class people to take action and organise a fightback because no politician will do it for us.
What is the Workers Solidarity Movement?
Date: Mon, 2012-03-19 18:58
The Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM) is an anarchist organisation in Ireland. We have branches and members throughout the country and are involved in many different groups and struggles.
Transgender liberation, class politics & anarchism
Date: Mon, 2012-03-19 18:28
Trans (or transgender) is a term for people whose gender identity and gender expression are different from the sex assigned to them at birth. Trans people have a history of receiving bigoted responses from some sections of the left, of the lesbian and gay community and some strands of feminism. One attack on transgender people has been based on the idea that trans people, by “changing gender”, reinforce existing rigid gender roles. Moving across borders of perceived gender does not reinforce existing gender-roles, any more than migration across borders of nation states reinforces the system of nation states. Many trans people are actively involved in fighting current, sexist gender stereotypes.
Building Democracy: All Cork Delegate Meeting Against the Household Tax
Date: Thu, 2012-03-15 17:17
The Campaign Against the Household and Water Tax (CAHWT) is on the cusp of a very significant victory – as indicated by the recent announcement that less than 20% of households in the Republic had registered with the Government to pay the new unjust tax. This low level of compliance with Government orders is clear evidence that the Campaign has managed to tap into a rich seam of discontent. Admittedly these are early days and the struggle has a while to go yet, but nonetheless it is an important and notable success.
Creating Solidarity in the slums of Santiago
Date: Thu, 2012-03-15 16:16
In September last year, we held an interview with a comrade from the OCL, a Chilean anarcho-communist (platformist) organisation with a presence in the biggest cities of that country - Santiago, Valpara’so and Concepcion. This organisation has a policy of building up the movement amongst the popular rank and file, organising Frentes (Fronts or Networks) among the traditional popular factors in revolutionary struggle in Chile: workers, students and neighbours from the slums of the cities.
The Networked Individual in Why its Kicking Off Everywhere - audio of discussion on Paul Mason's book
Date: Thu, 2012-03-15 12:04
Andrew Flood looks at Paul Mason's recently published book 'Why its kicking off everywhere' and in particular what Mason has to say about the internet and the emergance of the 'Networked Individual'. The recording is of a WSM supporters meeting in Dublin and the 20 minute presentation is followed by 30 minutes of discussion on the ideas outlined, roughly as summarised below.
The talk was part of the preparation for an 18,000 word review & discussion of 'Why its kicking off everywhere'.
Primark workers strike this weekend - Don’t cross picket lines!
Date: Wed, 2012-03-14 17:32
Workers at Primark stores in Northern Ireland are to strike this weekend. USDAW union members voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in protest at the company’s decision to impose a two-year pay freeze. Union representatives at Primark met last week to confirm industrial action by staff following a ballot which showed 88% of members in favour of going on strike.
Breaking News : the picket has been postponed due to management offer.
Hundreds attend Belfast public meeting to demand the release of Marian Price
Date: Tue, 2012-03-13 12:30
Hundreds of people packed Conway Mill in West Belfast last Thursday in one of the largest gatherings in years to mark International Women’s Day against the continuing internment of Marion Price who has been held captive by the British state because of her political beliefs.
International Women's Day 2012 Celebration at Solidarity Books
Date: Tue, 2012-03-13 11:22
As has happened for the last two years, Solidarity Books and Cork WSM hosted an event on the 8th of March to celebrate International Women's Day. This year, Cork WSM members and other activists got together to put on an evening of food, film and discussion in the city's premier radical bookshop and meeting space. Meals were prepared on site and served by Veg Out! and Lentil Disorder, and was enjoyed by a multitude of women and men from the Cork activist scene and beyond. The food fuelled an hour or more of convivial chat, as people reminisced over previous celebrations and cast an eye over feminist-themed displays in various places about the shop space.
Sucessful anti-household tax public meeting in Kildare Town
Date: Mon, 2012-03-12 16:41
A report on the sucessful Campaign against the Household and Water Taxes (CAHWT) public meeting in Kildare:
Upon arriving at the meeting in the Derby House at around 7:30pm I found a number of members of the Kildare CAHWT branch making final preparations in the function room. A projector was playing a recording of an interview describing the continuing mismanagement of the Irish economic crisis.