Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Bloody Sunday in Derry - Origins & Consequences of a Massacre
Date: Wed, 2012-01-25 12:23
On the 30th January 1972 British soldiers opened fire on protesters in the city of Derry, north-west Ireland. Twenty six unarmed protesters were shot, 13 died immediately or within hours, one more died just over four months later. Derry was in the section of Ireland claimed by the British state and the shootings happened in the context of the suppression of a growing civil rights movement demanding equality for Catholics in the 6 of Ulster’s counties claimed by Britain.
Bloody Sunday 40 Years On – March For Justice - press release
Date: Wed, 2012-01-25 11:56
The Derry Anarchists and the Workers Solidarity Movement support the call for people to attend and support all Bloody Sunday commemorative events over the upcoming weekend, including the 'March for Justice' leaving Creggan shops at 2.30 pm on Sunday 29 January.We stand in solidarity with and salute the courage and dignity of all of the members the Bloody Sunday families and the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign in their long struggle for justice and truth.
A quick introduction to Occupy Dame Street
Date: Tue, 2012-01-24 16:39
Over the last year, from Tahrir Square in Cairo to New York, a new movement sprung from the discontent of millions. It brought down a dictatorship in Egypt, re-awakened the libertarian spirit in Spain and affected a sea change in American politics. The Occupy movement, as it has become popularly known in English speaking countries, shook the world in 2011.
The crisis is changing politics
Date: Tue, 2012-01-24 16:37
If the recent budget highlighted anything, it was the fact that the working class in Ireland is under severe attack. Services, too numerous to mention here, are being cut or removed entirely, while the real living standards of many of us are being driven down and down. Meanwhile the banker-thieves and investment-gamblers still live the highlife.
Belfast - Fighting The Cuts And The Anarchist Alternative public meeting - Press Release
Date: Tue, 2012-01-24 15:29
‘We need to build a united militant campaign against the cuts being imposed by London and their lackeys at Stormont’(Sean Matthews)
Class struggle anarchist organisation, Workers Solidarity Movement will be organising a public meeting against the cuts and the anarchist alternative at 2pm in the Na Croisbhealaí workers co-operative, 48 King Street, Belfast this Saturday 28th January at 2pm.
Occupy Belfast send defiant message - ‘We are not here today to plead for crumbs from the tables of the rich’
Date: Mon, 2012-01-23 12:13
Up to 100 people listened to a rousing speech by former civil rights activist Eamonn McCann on Saturday in defence of the liberated former bank of Ireland building in Belfast followed by a spontaneous march to the city hall without a police permit chanting ‘Whose streets our streets.'
The writer and journalist emphasised the international nature of the Occupy movement and how the occupation must build links with others in struggle and the beginning of a wider fightback. A statement was also read out on behalf of the Independent Workers Union who have been solid in their support and solidarity of the occupation since the beginning.
Cork - Veg Out Cafe! Tuesdays 7pm @solidaritybooks
Date: Thu, 2012-01-19 17:11
Delicious Vegan food (..not just for Vegans!), at the Veg Out Cafe
Every Tuesday from 7pm in Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street (across from Fionn Barra’s)
Suggested donation: 5 euro – all welcome!
Fundraiser for Occupy
Workers Solidarity 125
Date: Thu, 2012-01-19 12:23
Issue 125 of Ireland's anarchist paper Workers Solidarity January / February 2012.
Cut Stormont not services- Time to get these parasites off our backs
Date: Thu, 2012-01-19 11:35
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ecent figures uncovered by the Irish News show that almost 41 million of taxpayers’ money was handed over to our local NI politicians in salaries and allowances - including childcare -while the assembly was suspended between April 2003 and May 2007. Yet, only a few weeks ago we listened to the SDLP leader pleading ‘poverty’ and warning of ‘millionaire clubs’ only forgetting to mention that he was born with a silver spoon and remains so. As well as his wage as an MLA and MP (excluding expenses topping at least 150,000 a year) he has a large list of privilege and perks including his part time wage as a GP and rental from several properties including his farm.