Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Croke Park II - the view from the north
Date: Wed, 2013-03-13 14:48
The Croke Park 2 deal soon to be voted on in the republic will force all public sector workers there to accept 1 billion cuts to be delivered through wage cuts & longer working hours leading to fewer jobs. So far only a few unions balloting their members are calling for a NO vote to the extension of the Croke Park agreement. By most unions the deal is being sold as the only way to avoid worse cuts. Instead, a walkout and a indefinite strike is what needs to happen. Public sector workers can reclaim the Unions from so called realpolitik and keep hold of the hard won collective bargaining rights for workers not yet lost in Croke Park one.
Mass Civil Disobedience in North Illuminates Role Of States In Abortion Discussion
Date: Mon, 2013-03-11 13:21
In an act of mass civil disobedience directly challenging the legitimacy of the state to regulate women’s reproduction against their own will, over 100 people in Northern Ireland under the banner Alliance for Choice have signed an open letter declaring they have taken, or supported others to take, a pill to induce an abortion.
An Irish emigrant in Sydney - life, work & radical politics
Date: Mon, 2013-03-11 12:15
In Sydney's Sun Herald there's a graph of unemployment in Europe with the title "Painful Recovery" it has percentages from Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and the overall EU.It says "Monthly unemployment. Ireland's unemployment is no longer surging but that is largely because 1600 people emigrate every week to find work". So apparently all that guff about how generous social welfare is in Ireland is a lie, as thousands seek work elsewhere and quite a few in Australia. (Sunday March 10th page 29).
Voting NO to Croke Park - what happens next?
Date: Fri, 2013-03-08 17:01
The government says if we Vote no to Croke Park they will impose it anyway. Many of the union leadership try and scare us into voting Yes with this threat and by saying the only alternative is strike action. Both are right. If we just vote no than the government will attack us. And when they do the only way we can win is if we are willing to fight back - that will mean industrial action. It will almost certainly mean at least the credible threat of an indefinite strike.
NUI Students have massive pro-choice vote in referendum on union policy
Date: Fri, 2013-03-08 14:32
Some great news for International Womens Day. The students of NUI Galway have voted Yes in a pro-choice referendum by close to a massive 70%. The wording (below) was very clear and included a mandate for action. Well done to all who campaigned in this referendum.
Cork International Women's Day 2013 at Solidarity Books
Date: Fri, 2013-03-08 00:24
This Friday, March 8th sees the fourth year of celebrations on Douglas Street to mark International Women’s Day. We’ve got a programme covering the whole day, taking in quilting sessions, film screenings, dance and theatre performances, food and of course enough time to catch up with one another in between. With some help from our neighbours in Cork Open Centre and Very Healthy Food, the programme will run from 10am until 8pm. Give it a glance and drop down at some stage (if not for the whole day). All our events are free to attend, but as ever, donations are really appreciated.
International Women’s Day – Friday March 8th, Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street, Cork
Was Croke Park “the best deal available?” And more importantly why?
Date: Thu, 2013-03-07 16:33
INTO (Irish National Teachers Organisation) general secretary Sheila Nunan and other union leaders have said that the Croke Park extension deal is “the best deal available through negotiation” and that the negotiators “left nothing at the table”. And they are probably right. But saying that this is the best deal available through negotiation is not quite the same as saying that it is the best deal achievable.
Dub: Anarchism & Environmentalism
Date: Thu, 2013-03-07 10:49
Friendly free discussion for people who are new to anarchism & seek answers to basic questions. The 2013 Conversations about Anarchism start off March 7th in the WSM space in Seomra Spraoi. The topic is Anarchism & Environmentalism
Education workers to hold rally for No vote to Croke Park 2 in Dublin
Date: Tue, 2013-03-05 18:52
A Rally of education workers to call for a rejection of the Croke Park 'extension' deal will be held in the Gresham Hotel, Dublin, on Saturday next 9th March at 12 noon. The rally is bring organised as a result of an initiative from 5 branches of the Teachers Union of Ireland which called an organising meeting last week. This meeting was attended by over 60 union members, mainly branch and district officers, from the 4 teaching unions (TUI, ASTI, INTO and IFUT) as well as representatives from SIPTU's Education branch and from some other public service union.
Hundreds picket EU Health Ministers meeting demanding Action on X
Date: Tue, 2013-03-05 18:39
Several hundred people took part in a demonstration in Dublin last night demanding the government legislate for abortion access as laid down in the X-Case judgement over 21 years ago. Government after government have refused to introduce this legislation due to politicians own conservatism and their fear of the huge resources of the US funded anti-choice movement. But the massive mobilisations that followed news of the death of Savita Halappanavar after she was refused an abortion in a Galway hospital in the Autumn have forced the Labour Party & Fine Gael to finally begin the process of introducing legislation.