Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
WSM Administration
Date: Tue, 2011-06-14 15:27
WSM administration document, last amended at June 2011 National Conference
WSM Membership & Engagement (outdated as of Oct 2014)
Date: Tue, 2011-06-14 14:31
This position paper was modified October 2014 - read the current version at http://www.wsm.ie/c/wsm-membership-engagement-policy
This position paper outlines the two forms of WSM membership and how we engage with people interested in the WSM
The role of the anarchist organisation - archived version from before Oct 2014
Date: Tue, 2011-06-14 14:13
What the Workers Solidarity Movement see the role of the anarchist organisation as being. How we see its relationship with and as part of the working class. How we see a revolution developing. This is an old version of the position paper - the current version is at http://www.wsm.ie/c/role-anarchist-organisation-policy
Apple Retail Workers Union initiative
Date: Tue, 2011-06-14 10:07
A Union drive in computer giant Apple retail is breaking new ground. Apple showroom employee Cory Moll who works in an Apple computer store in San Francisco has started a drive to unionise retail workers in a rare move at the company. He wants to unionise his fellow workers to fight for better wages and conditions. Unfair practices at the company have spurred him in this struggle.
Lower Corporation tax for the North?
Date: Mon, 2011-06-13 13:15
Our rulers at Stormont are living in fantasy land if they believe a reduction in corporation tax will results in thousands of jobs being created. It will open the floodgates to profit driven bosses resulting in workers rights and conditions being further eroded with a further escalation in cuts in essential public services such as health and education.
Reading Group Night: 'Das Kapital' Marx Reading Group, Thursday, June 16, 7pm @ solidaritybooks
Date: Fri, 2011-06-10 10:55
Starting in Solidarity Books on Thursday the 16th of June is a reading group for Karl Marx's Capital (or 'Das Kapital' in the original German) Volume 1. For 13 Thursdays we will work our way through the book with the help of David Harvey's 'Capital' lecture series, available here: http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/. Whatever your politics, you're welcome to come along and engage with this massively important piece of work.
Hundreds gather in Erris for the Party Against the Pipe
Date: Wed, 2011-06-08 10:39
The June bank holiday weekend saw hundreds traveling to Erris for the Party Against the Pioe festival organised by the Rossport Solidarity Camp. The festival was held beside the Shell construction compound at Aghoose, where the tunnel for the last stage of their controversial experimental raw gas pipeline is to be started. This compound has been the site of many protests, including one earlier in the week when security punched a female Shell to Sea campaigner in the face.
Irish prisons in deepening crisis
Date: Tue, 2011-06-07 14:12
Overcrowding, slopping out, TB infection, pathetic education facilities, Irish prisons are in deep crisis. Judge "Padlock" Patwell recently retired after 52 years on the bench. He was notorious for his hardline attitude and sent many a man and woman to jail. It was on the subject of Cork prison that he remarked whilst being interviewed on radio the other day, he was bemaoning the temporary release system, but refered to the 40 prisoners currently sleeping on matresses on the floors of the recreation room.
The Spanish Civil War - Rebellion and Resistance - Chapter 1
Date: Thu, 2011-06-02 15:50
In the 1930's Europe was experiencing one of its' worst ever slumps. The Wall Street crash came in 1929 and its repercussions were felt far and wide. Spain was no exceptionBy 1936 unemployment had gone over 30% in many of the towns and cities Out of a total workforce of three million, one million were out of work. There was no dole and as prices rose by 80% in the five years up to 1936, many encountered severe hardship.
Chronology of Events in the Spanish Civil War
Date: Thu, 2011-06-02 15:37
1931
April Republic proclaimed. Alfonso XIII goes into exile.
June Election of Republican/Social Democratic government.
1932
November Right wing electoral victory, beginning of Bienno Negro.
1934
October United but isolated workers rising in Asturias crushed by the army.