Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Thoughts on the crash and the alternatives
Date: Tue, 2009-02-10 14:25
Our government has become more and more open about their plans for us. Cowen wants to drive down our living standards 12% and has already cut all our wages through the tax levy and slashed the wages of workers in the public sector further through the so called ‘pensions levy’. He openly talks of “four more years of even steeper cuts”. He is so confident of us taking this lying down that he had the cheek to announce his intention to drive down our living standards at what even RTE referred to as the “Dublin Chamber of Commerce's lavish AGM dinner which cost €160” a head.
Waterford Crystal Workers Speak Out against plant closure
Date: Tue, 2009-02-10 13:14
Noel Atkins and Pat Phelan, Waterford Crystal workers and Unite Shop Stewards, travelled to Cork last night to speak out against the attempted closure of the plant. They spoke from the heart as workers tossed on the scrap heap after decades of service.
Dublin: National meeting of Public Sector Trade Unionists
Date: Mon, 2009-02-09 18:06
NATIONAL PUBLIC MEETING OF TRADE UNIONISTS IN PUBLIC SECTOR
SATURDAY, FEB 14, 11.30 to 2.30, Davenport Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin
RESIST THE PENSION LEVY !
ICTU must call a One Day National Stoppage to begin a real campaign!
Cork: Public Meeting - Waterford Crystal Workers Speak Out!
Date: Sun, 2009-02-08 19:19
Public meeting in support and solidarity with the Waterford Crystal workers in occupation of their place of work in defiance of the receivers' plans.
Meeting happening at 8 p.m., Monday 9th February, Victoria Hotel, Cork.
An Israeli refusenik on Israel and Israeli activists work against the Occupation of Palestine
Date: Sat, 2009-02-07 17:42
Media coverage of events in Israel and Palestine often depends on well-worn clichés that depict a bitter struggle between two homogenous and mutually exclusive cultures. The truth of course is far more complex and there is a small, but very vocal, opposition within Israel to the military Occupation of Palestine. One of the most visible and courageous forms of this opposition has been the refusal to serve in the Israeli army.
Dublin meeting of grassroots education workers - F28
Date: Sat, 2009-02-07 17:31
At all levels, the education system is under attack from the present government.
The savage cuts already announced at primary and second level appear to be just the first steps in what will be a sustained attack on the public sector in general and education in particular – both from the point of view of the provision of the service and the wages and working conditions of those employed in it.
Bray: Capitalism Is Failing ... Anarchism Is Fighting Back
Date: Fri, 2009-02-06 19:30
Cutbacks? Fight For a Real Alternative
An introduction to Anarchism by the Workers Solidarity Movement
Tuesday 24th February 2008 at 8pm.
Venue: Villa Pacis (next to Queen of Peace), Putland Road, Bray.
Support Industrial Action by the Bus Workers!
Date: Fri, 2009-02-06 16:44
Dublin Bus is slated to see huge cuts in both staff and services. As many as 290 workers and 100 buses will be cut. This means fewer routes and less frequent service. If the Dublin Bus workers go on strike, it will mean an inconvenience for a few days. However, if they take action and force the company to back down, it will in the long run save us all time and money and will help the environment. It will also serve as a message to the politicians. If they want cuts, they can start by tightening the belts at the top, not the bottom. The politicians are giving bailouts to bankers while they hand out cuts to workers and commuters. It's clear where the money to support public services should come from. It should come from the people who created the crisis!
Resisting the 2009 education cuts - fighting to win
Date: Wed, 2009-02-04 15:22
The Education Cuts announced in the Budget have unleashed a wave of protest across the country. 12,000 parents and teachers protested outside the Dail on Wednesday 29th October. Regional protests have since been held in Galway (attended by over 8,000), Tullamore (4,000), Cork (30,000) and Donegal (8,000). The national demonstration in Dublin on 6th December brought a massive 60,000 people onto the streets. All in all, over 120,000 people have joined the protests to say loudly and clearly that our children should not have to pay for the financial crisis. In addition there have been local demonstrations and pickets outside the clinics of Fianna Fail and Green Party TDs across the country.
Student activism in 2002/3 - the CFE
Date: Wed, 2009-02-04 15:15
The CFE was the Campaign for Free Education. It existed the summer of 2002 and the summer of 2003 and was predominantly based in UCD. Mary (MOF) spoke to two activists from the CFE campaign to find out what student activists today can learn from their experiences.