Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
General Strike needed to take political power from the wealthy elite – 1% Network Press release
Date: Thu, 2010-11-25 00:11
The 1% Network has called on all workers to attend the march organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on Saturday morning next to “show their opposition to the anti-people policies of the Irish government, the European Central Bank and the IMF”.
Why Ireland should default on the loan sharks now
Date: Wed, 2010-11-24 17:28
The so called rescue loan being negotiated by the ECB is really a jacking up of the interest rate Ireland is paying on its debt from the ECB base rate of 1% to a more profitable rate of 5% or more. If we submit to this deflationary programme of structural adjustment being pushed by the IMF our shrinking economy will never generate enough to pay off these debts. The only way out is to push for a default.
The 4 year Plan will further destroy the health service
Date: Wed, 2010-11-24 17:06
While the state continues to be rocked by the result of devastating effects of 10 years of rampant capitalism crashing the focus has been conveniently been shifted from the serious problems within our health service. A common belief is that before things get better they must get worse and under the 4 year plan they are about to get a lot worse. In the case of a health service this couldn’t be further from the truth. The obvious result of a worsening health service is higher national morbidity and mortality. Are we prepared to allow this to occur?
Resistance is Fertile - Radio Solidarity Program 8.
Date: Wed, 2010-11-24 16:34
In this program, Podcast available here on Near podcast site, 
we bring your a report from the Walking tour undertaken by the 1% network through the Golden Circle in Dublin 2,4. A map is contained here.
A radical analysis of the IMF/ECB four year plan and call to action
Date: Wed, 2010-11-24 15:11
Today the government announced the details of the four year plan required as part of the ECB / IMF ‘bailout’ of the banks. There will be five billion worth of new taxes and 10 billion worth of cuts under this so called ‘National Recovery’ which in reality will take 10% out of GDP. As we show below almost all these costs are being dumped on workers, particularly low paid workers, the very sector that gained little or nothing during the boom years. the richest 1% are left with most of their legal tax dodges in particular the ability to avoid paying tax at all if they spend 6 months on holidays out of the country.
Cork: The Land War - Winter Talks Solidarity Books
Date: Wed, 2010-11-24 11:47
Finbarr Dwyer of Irish history podcasts fame, a Dublin based archaeologist and member of the Workers Solidarity Movement he will speak on the subject of the Land War that saw mass mobilisation, direct action and a lot more besides.
The Land War 25th November 8pm - Number 5
8pm Solidarity Books 43 Douglas Street, Cork
Anarchism and Religion
Date: Tue, 2010-11-23 16:42
Workers Solidarity Movement position paper on Anarchism and Religion as ratified at November 2010 National Conference.
Céad míle fáilte to the IMF - protest song audio & video
Date: Tue, 2010-11-23 13:10
With the IMF in Ireland, a WSM member has written a song of 'welcome', a recording of which and the lyrics of which are below. For international readers "céad míle fáilte" means "A Hundred Thousand Welcomes" and is a traditional greeting now strongly associated with the tourist industry. You can read WSM articles about the IMF intervention and the economic crash that led to it in our Capitalist Crisis article listing.
Céad míle fáilte - To the IMF
We hope we meet you on the streets - To fight you to the death.
And we know how you got here - Back room deal and open arms
As you try to suck the life from us - With your structural reforms
Garda attacks TDs - the centre is not holding
Date: Mon, 2010-11-22 18:56
In a further escalation of police repression against anti-bailout protesters, a motorbike Garda attacked at least two Sinn Féin TDs (elected members of the Irish parliament) in front of the world's TV cameras today. The TDs were attempting to push back a small number of demonstrators who had pushed through the gates of government buildings. From TV footage the demonstration seems to have been mostly composed of fellow members of Sinn Féin.
Is causing a Run on the Banks really a strategy that makes sense?
Date: Mon, 2010-11-22 14:06
Eric Cantona, French actor and former footballer, has recently been calling for a run on the banks. The idea is that the bankers generated this crisis and since our democratic institutions are either incapable or unwilling to hold the bankers accountable, we should take matters into our own hands.