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Scuffles at Mountjoy prison as Maura Harrington brought in
Date: Thu, 2009-03-12 12:51
Last evening after the news of the 30 day sentence imposed on 55 year old Shell to Sea protester Maura Harrington filtered through supporters converged on the gates of Mountjoy prison. By the time the van carrying Maura came into view over 30 supporters were waiting at the prison gates, matched by a similar number of Gardai.
Clear as Crystal … Waterford shows how to fight
Date: Wed, 2009-03-11 23:05
The workers at Waterford Crystal occupying the plant are an example to us all. Rather than accept the closure of the business, the loss of all the jobs and the destruction of the area’s premier industry; workers seized the buildings making liquidation impossible for the receiver.
Campaigning to Defeat College Fees
Date: Wed, 2009-03-11 23:04
Free Education for Everyone held its first National Conference on Saturday, January 31st. Over forty student activists traveled from UCD, TCD, Maynooth, Galway, Limerick and Cork.
Dublin: 'A World in Crisis: Seizing the Opportunity for Radical Change
Date: Wed, 2009-03-11 13:23
Invitation to Public Meeting Hosted By Bloom: Movement for Global Justice and the Seomra Spraoi Collective
'A World in Crisis: Seizing the Opportunity for Radical Change'
Africa Centre, 9c Abbey Street Lower (Methodist Church Building), Dublin 1
Wednesday, March 18th, 6.30pm
An Anarchist response to the British Army Barracks Attack
Date: Wed, 2009-03-11 11:49
A member of the Belfast branch of the WSM gives his opinion of the March 2009 attack on Massereene British Army barracks by armed republicans.
Belfast : OUR PEACE – OUR FUTURE
Date: Tue, 2009-03-10 18:08
Organised by the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions
WSM activity in early 2009
Date: Tue, 2009-03-10 14:02
In February, the WSM continued its series of public meetings about why capitalism is in crisis and why working people should refuse to make sacrifices to benefit the rich. Limerick and Bray were the latest. We will be continuing our efforts to spread anarchist ideas in this vein over the coming months, with meetings planned for Drogheda, Galway, Derry, Navan, Tralee, Tipperary and Ballina. Also, our next radio show will be appearing on NEAR 90.3 FM, a Dublin community radio station, in the near future.
Dublin: Organising the fightback
Date: Tue, 2009-03-10 10:40
Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square Tuesday 19.30hrs March 10th.
Meeting to discuss uniting public and private sector workers
Date: Thu, 2009-03-05 23:40
A public meeting to be held as part of the 2009 Anarchist Bookfair will bring together a representative of Waterford Crystal workers, an Executive member of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) and a representative of the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) Campaign to discuss how workers – public and private – and students can unite against “government attempts to pin the blame for the financial crisis on the backs of ordinary workers”.
Former Black Panther Ashanti Alston in Ireland - audio interview
Date: Thu, 2009-03-05 12:32
These are two audio interviews with US anarchist Ashanti Alston who the WSM have brought to Ireland to speak at the Anarchist bookfair. Ashanti describes himself as a former member of the Black Panther Party and a former soldier in the Black Liberation Army, in connection with which he served 14 years in prison in the US. Today he is an active US anarchist who speaks at events all over North America, giving him a valuable perspective on the state of the movement today.