Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Second Thoughts on Work-life Balance Day
Date: Tue, 2011-03-01 13:04
Today is work-life balance day. "Hurrah!" you think. Think again. Despite how friendly it sounds, work-life balance is not something to celebrate. There are three things to know about work-life balance.
Fianna Fail signed off on gas give away on last day in power
Date: Tue, 2011-03-01 12:34
Oh the last day of his brief spell in power the replacement Minister of Energy Pat Carey signed the consents on the final stage of Shell's experimental gas pipeline in Erris despite continued opposition from the local community and people all over the island concerned with both safety and the Great Oil & Gas Giveaway. It is increasingly clear that the haste on pushing the project thorough is because the Bellanaboy refinery is intended to take not just the relatively small deposits of the Corrib field but also the hundreds of billions of oil and gas found off the atlantic coast.
Inside Egypt: An Interview with Mohamed Abdelfattah, Alexandria.
Date: Sun, 2011-02-27 16:00
This is the first of a series of interviews with Egyptians speaking directly of their experiences within the revolution and ongoing struggles. I hope to cover some themes not covered by the traditonal/mainstream press, and allow space for Eygptians themselves to talk about aspects of the recent uprising they feel is important. The bias toward experiential knowledge is a conscious choice, simply because it is often the most neglected form of knowledge in political story telling. Ordinary voices are held as a poor sibling to powerful deterministic political forces and quickly subsumed into an unbending tide of formal history, which cannot speak to the lived experience of people themselves as agents of change and shapers of their own destiny.
Review of Irish Election 2011 - When the Joke's over?
Date: Fri, 2011-02-25 15:37
Tragedy dressed as comedy, that’s what I am going to remember from this election. It's funny to watch Fine Gael part with huge sums of money to some clever marketing interweb company under the title of 'social viral advertising' only to be presented with a game on their website where Enda Kenny runs around like a grinning ninja rat despatching opponents with the Fine Gael stars and the catch phrase ‘On your bike’, picking up token votes along the way.
The election changes nothing - effective resistance needs to be built
Date: Fri, 2011-02-25 13:18
Today, in an even more meaningless exercise then normal, a minority of the population of Ireland will choose between two almost identical options as to who will implement the ECB / IMF austerity plans for southern Ireland. Outside of this plan the wealthiest 1% will continue to set economic policy tomorrow as they did yesterday and have throughout the last decades. The electoral circus we are now going through provides the rest of us with the illusion of control even though deep down almost everyone acknowledges the ritual as having no real impact on what policies are actually implemented.
Change Won’t Come From the Ballot Box
Date: Fri, 2011-02-25 10:57
Fintan O’Toole appears to want us to be listened to as citizens and believes that political reform is crucial. It is a natural reaction after witnessing the cronyism of Fianna Fáil in power over the last 13 years and how they’ve acted in favour of the ruling elite. The fact that I, as a taxpayer on €40,000 p.a., will pay exactly the same amount of tax as one on €300,000 p.a. puts that sharply into focus.
Dub: Street Theatre, Music & 1% network Open Meeting
Date: Thu, 2011-02-24 11:06
The 1% Don't Need to Stand In Elections - Whoever Forms The Government We'll Still Be pulling The Strings'
The election will be over, the new government will be formed. But what will have changed?
The 1% elite will still own 34% of the wealth.
10 March · 18:00 - 19:00
Location : Central Bank, Dame Street, Dublin 2
Clarion hotel in Cork and Davenport in Dublin: Fighting for solidarity the key
Date: Wed, 2011-02-23 12:21
T
he attack on workers at the Davenport Hotel in Dublin had highlighted the greed and bullying in the hotel business. A similar case to that at the Davenport has come to light here in Cork. But so far fear has ruled the day.
The Clarion describes itself as one of “Cork’s premier 4 Star City Centre Hotels”. Although it’s well able to charge for its rooms it cannot find its way to granting its workers a 29 cents per hour pay rise.
Wealthy Elite will still have political power after election
Date: Tue, 2011-02-22 13:18
No political party would be allowed to take power on a platform of taking their riches from the wealthy 1%. Their huge wealth gives them political power. The power and wealth cannot be taken from the elite through the ballot box, it can only happen by a massive social upheaval.
Revolt Spreads - Libyan Dictator on brink
Date: Mon, 2011-02-21 17:36
Libyan leader Gaddafi is in the final throes of his dicatatorship as mass demonstrations take place across the country,as tribal leaders , political allies and army units switch sides. The courageous actions of the mass of protestors despite brutal murderous attacks by security forces still loyal to the regime, have confounded the dicatorship. Much as in Egypt people have not broken under the attacks but become more enraged. Bahrains monarchy is teetering. Even China is now feeling the effects of this wave of protest and defiance with protests at a number of centres yesterday.