Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Should men vote for Repeal - a canvassing story from Navan
Date: Mon, 2018-05-21 15:34
"Yesterday on the street in Navan, I had a rather fascinating conversation with a very intelligent, articulate young man. The first time he passed by, he didn't take a leaflet or engage, but when I offered him a leaflet as he passed by a second time, jokingly telling him that he had escaped the first time, we ended up having a long, if rather frustrating, conversation.
All Polls shows Yes lead for Repeal but it could still be close if previous patterns hold
Date: Mon, 2018-05-21 12:00
Two new opinions polls were out Sunday morning on next Fridays referendum to remove the hated 8th amendment to the constitution that equates the life of a woman with that of a foetus. Both this mornings polls are good news for the Yes to Repeal campaign with an increased Yes vote since the same companies' previous polls.
Canvassing in the Repeal referendum - Kildare view
Date: Thu, 2018-05-17 15:39
"I'm pretty sure I could clear that gate in one bound if I get chased down the driveway by a dog...".
This is what you think to yourself as you walk up a very long driveway that had a 'Beware of the Dog' sign on the gate that you respectfully closed behind you on your way in.
Nevertheless, you push on because the Yes side must win out over the ICBR fetusphiles, the American evangelicals and the assortment of women hating Irish fundamentalists.
Our photographer threatened & assaulted at Rally for Life as an angry No campaign steps up hateful rhetoric
Date: Wed, 2018-05-16 11:11
On Saturday one of our photographers was assaulted and threatened at the ‘No’ campaigns’ anti-choice Rally for Life. He wasn’t injured and although his camera was punched (see video) no damage was done but this is yet another example of how the No campaign, having failed to make any impact in the polls, are becoming nastier in their desperation.
The ‘Love Both’ anti-choice rally itself was very poorly attended, attracting around 1500 people. The feeling in the crowd was one of tiredness and demoralisation with a few people even admitting out loud that the turnout was miserable. Radical Queers Resist were holding a small silent counter protest opposite the entrance to the rally so after counting the crowd we headed over to this.
100s of Yes posters torn down by organised gang in County Cork
Date: Tue, 2018-05-15 16:47
In a pattern all to common across rural Ireland hundreds of Yes posters were torn down in an organised fashion by what had to be No activists across Country Cork last night. This anti-democratic rage typifies the No campaign which has has so much wealth that it is printing 10 No posters to every Yes. All across Ireland the few Yes posters there are to distribute have been torn down, in one case we have heard of in the west they have even been discovered in the houses of No campaigners. This is ahead of the May 25th referendum to remove the article of the Irish constitution that equates the life of a women with that of a foetus.
A super canvass for Repeal in Swords
Date: Tue, 2018-05-15 16:10
On Sunday I was fortunate enough to have the time to spend canvassing Swords for a Yes in the upcoming referendum on the 8th amendment with great gang of volunteers. This was a weekend when Together For Yes was organising big canvasses in towns that we knew had to be covered. Naas, Swords and Navan along with other towns were all being canvassed this weekend.
Belfast activists canvass for Yes in Cavan
Date: Mon, 2018-05-14 12:22
With just under two weeks to the Repeal referendum pro-choice activists from Belfast travelled across the border to help canvass Cavan for Yes this weekend.
The bishops - no more credible on abortion than on divorce referendum
Date: Sun, 2018-05-13 16:27
In the week before the 1995 divorce referendum the catholic bishops put out a statement commanding their flock to vote No. The WSM reacted to this by putting up posters reading 'The bishops; They hid priests who raped children and now they want to lecture us about morals.." illustrated with a photograph of Father Brendan Smyth who had raped at least 143 children and whose religious order had hid these actions from the police. The enquiry had found that "..despite knowing his history of abusing children, the Norbertine religious order moved Smyth to different dioceses where he abused more children.."
The weirdness of the Save 8 roadshow in Newbridge
Date: Thu, 2018-05-10 16:07
"Oh, you're going to start quoting the pro-choice Irish Times are you?! Why don't you come over here and I'll give you some *real* statistics!".
Finance, SIPO & the repeal referendum
Date: Thu, 2018-05-10 11:26
If you’ve been following online debates about Repeal you will have seen many, many references to Soros as supposedly funding the Yes campaign, even though much of the money was raised very publically when Together for Yes held an online fundraiser that brought in 550,000 euro from over 10,000 people. The use of the George Soros’ name by right wing ideologues to discredit left wing movements is nothing new and speaks to an racist stereotype, one associated in particular with the Nazis, of the Jewish financier influencing political decision-making through shadow channels and dirty tricks.