Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Neoliberalism & the restructuring of Education
Date: Thu, 2011-11-03 12:30
In mid-August, Labour Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn announced both further increases to the “registration fee”, which currently stands at €2000, and the return of tuition fees, which will be payable at point-of-entry, for third level education. Coupled with the massive cuts already to the grants system, this will make it prohibitively expensive for many students to enter and complete third level education, and impose a substantial financial burden on those that do. The implications of this will be further falls in the standard of living of ordinary families and increased indebtedness for young people as they begin their adult lives. For many prospective mature students, their hopes of getting back to education will be ruined.
Reports from the first anti-Household tax campaign meetings in Dublin, Cork & Galway
Date: Thu, 2011-11-03 12:27
Reports from the first anti-Household tax meetings in Cork, Dublin & Galway.
Review: A Wee Black Booke of Belfast Anarchism
Date: Wed, 2011-11-02 16:01
Irish anarchism is a relatively new movement. We do not yet enjoy the popular understanding of anarchist ideas that can be found among thousands of militants and the wider working class in countries like Spain and Italy and across Latin America. However, this is slowly changing, partly as we begin to uncover forgotten events. This pamphlet provides a small glimpse of the history of Belfast anarchism, an idea that continues to grow, spreading the message of radical working class direct action on the streets of Belfast.
WSM activity in the late Summer of 2011
Date: Wed, 2011-11-02 15:55
Despite the distraction of the presidential election charade, the past couple of months have been busy ones for WSM members as government spending cuts continue to bite.
London Burns - PDF pamphlet on the August 2011 UK Riots
Date: Wed, 2011-11-02 15:06
We are making the text of our popular analysis 'London burns - causes & consequences of the riots - an anarchist perspective' available online as a PDF file. A limited number were produced for the WSM stall at the London anarchist bookfair but rapidly sold out. By making the PDF available we are inviting you to print out and distribute copies where you are.
The pamphlet is 28 pages in length and can be printed on the popular A4 (Europe) or US Letter (North America paper sizes). The text has already been translated into French, if you are aware of additional translations use the contact form above to let us know about them.
Poppy day, militarism, imperialism and the promotion of intolerance
Date: Wed, 2011-11-02 12:33
The poppy is used as a fundraising appeal by the British Royal Legion and can be traced back to American ex-service men returning home from world war one. It was particularly associated with a poem written by a Canadian doctor, John McCrae (he died of pneumonia in January 1918). His poem begins:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below....
Workers Solidarity 123
Date: Tue, 2011-11-01 17:25
Issue of Ireland's anarchist paper Workers Solidarity Issue 123 September October 2011.
WSM activity summer 2011 - Galway branch formed
Date: Tue, 2011-11-01 16:53
The major development for the WSM of late has been the establishment of a Galway branch, which is now up and running and meeting fortnightly in the city. We have had contacts with various anarchists in the city for a number of years and are delighted to now have a core of people in Galway campaigning and promoting anarchism in the West.
Greece bargin outlet
Date: Tue, 2011-11-01 16:48
Don’t visit Greece this summer, boycott it. This is not an order by the invisible hand of the markets, but a mere suggestion from someone who was born in the so-called Greek territory.
Anarchist Economics and the Occupy X Movement
Date: Tue, 2011-11-01 13:26
There’s a lot of folks taking to the streets (and a Park) in the capitol of capital right now—Wall Street—and all over the world in response. The general sentiment seems to be that folks are fed up with a tiny elite controlling the lives of the rest of us—now on an unprecedented scale. This is made possible, in part, by a system of economics and government designed to enrich a few folks at the expense of the majority of us. That is, the social systems we’ve collectively built, and that we collectively maintain and reproduce, allow for this state of affairs.