April 2008

Dublin: Kilmainham Shell Picket

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Shell picket

Rockin' Rag Gig

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Don't miss it!

Successful public meeting on the future of trade unionism in Belfast

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Jointly organised by Organise!, WSM and National Union of Journalists

Galway Saturday Afternoon Stall - Organising For Anarchism

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Anarchists will be getting together this Saturday afternoon in Galway city centre to give out leaflets and promote anarchist ideas ahead of the public meeting later in April on Organising For Anarchism. If you want to help in any way or get involved then come along ...

Galway Meeting - Organising For Anarchism In Ireland

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Anarchism is about building a society with maximum freedom and maximum equality. However, to achieve this we must first of all destroy capitalism. How can we achieve this aim and how can we do it sooner rather than later? Anarchist ideas link a vision of a new world with the practical methods of getting there - through direct action and solidarity. Come along to the talk. All very welcome!

Belfast; JUSTICE FOR THE SACKED AIRPORT WORKERS

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JUSTICE FOR THE SACKED AIRPORT WORKERS
Rally 1pm Wed 9th April
Outside Transport House, High St Belfast
Come & hear the TRUTH

Dublin protest to save life of former Black Panther

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Join the protest in Dublin on Saturday April 19th
2pm, Ballsbridge.

Journalist and former Black Panther, Mumia Abu-Jamal, still faces execution by the US state. Last month the Appeal Court in Philadelphia ruled against a new trial. They have called for a new sentencing hearing, which will result in either an execution or life in prison without parole.

This man has been on death row since 1982. It is widely believed that he was railroaded to jail because of his radical views and personal history. Among those who have taken up his case are:
The National Union of Journalists, the Graphical, Paper & Media Union, International Organisation of Journalists, Nelson Mandela, Salman Rushdie, Rage Against the Machine, Christy Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Proinsias DeRossa MEP,, Joe Higgins (Socialist Party), Workers Solidarity Movement and the Connolly Youth Movement.

Protests in Ireland and around the world can have an effect. In 1995 a wave of international protest prevented Mumia's execution, even after a date had been set.

March for a Decent Public Health Service report

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Appoximately 5,000 people turned out for the “March for a Decent Public Health Service” held on Saturday, 29th March in Dublin. Various Trade Unions, patients groups from around the country and political organisations were represented.

American Soldiers Speak Out Against The War

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While in Florida, Andrew Flood of the WSM attended a local 'Winter Soldier' hearing. These are public meetings where United States ex-soldiers of the Iraq testify against the war.

Cork: Mayday March

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March for your rights at work

Cork: Public Meeting - "Mayday: Workers' Struggle - Historical and Contemporary"

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Date: Thursday 24th April 2008
Time: 8.00pm

Belfast Airport Workers Suspend Hunger Strike outside Union offices

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Former airport workers, Gordon McNeill, Madan Gupta and Chris Bowyer suspend their hunger strike after the Unite guarantees that their demands will be met. Despite refusing to speak to the strikers face to face and embarking on a deliberate scaremongering campaign of disinformation to undermine the strike (see http://www.indymedia.ie/article/87081), trade union officials from Unite at HQ at Transport House in Belfast have finally caved into the demands of the striking Airport workers.

Grassroots Gathering Fundraiser

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Thursday 24th April 8pm Lower Deck, Dublin

The Grassroots Gatherings are open get-togethers for people who want to transform Irish society and the world in radical ways – 'grassroots' ways, in their focus on real democracy, and bottom-up methods. Reclaiming the streets, building social centres, resisting war, environmental destruction and EU neoliberalism, since 2001 the network around the Grassroots Gatherings has taken part in the global uprising against an equally global capitalism gone out of control. Check out

http://www.wsm.ie/story/2799

Rebel Worker Issue #1!

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Issue #1 of Cork's newest anarchist publication, the Rebel Worker will be appearing bimonthly (when possible) and will be distributed both on its own and as an insert in the WSM's long-standing free newspaper, Workers Solidarity. The current issue features articles on the health service, May Day, abortion rights in Ireland and info on the WSM's involvement in ongoing workers' and community struggles.

 

Dublin's May Day march

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Meet at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square at 7.30pm and march to Liberty Hall.

Celebrate May Day in Belfast

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Assemble outside the Art Collage, York Street

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Galway protest at University College Hospital, 1pm-2pm

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Galway Council of Trade Unions have called a lunch time demo for Thursday 1st May, in University College Hospital Galway in protest against the recruitment ban, cut backs, privitisation and co-location in the health service.

Vote No to the Lisbon Treaty - WSM Leaflet

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Lisbon - So What’s It All About Then?

Over recent months, there’s been endless talk about the Lisbon Treaty. Most political parties advise us that we’ll be embarrassed and economically ruined if we don’t vote ‘Yes’. Groups advocating a ‘No’ vote tell us that we will lose our democracy and sovereignty if we do vote ‘Yes’.