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Gaza Solidarity protest in Dublin with Gaza & Anarchists Against the Wall speakers - video
Date: Tue, 2012-11-20 13:34
Saturday 17th Nov 2012 saw a Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) protest in the center of Dublin against the attacks on Gaza by the Israeli state. Speakers at the protest on O'Connell street included a Gaza resident and a member of the Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall group - both speeches are in the embedded video.
Dub: Anarcho xmas bash red^2 curated by Dr Groove
Date: Tue, 2012-11-20 11:49
Dr Groove is curating a night of musical mayhem for the WSM xmas party with funds raised being used to keep Seomra knee deep in rent & bring student agitators from Quebec to Ireland to help stir things up here
Huge pro-choice Never Again march for Savita in Dublin
Date: Mon, 2012-11-19 23:52
On Saturday saw an estimate of fifteen thousand to seventeen thousand people marching in Dublin from the Garden of Remembrance to the Daíl in solidarity with Savita Halappanavar's family and for abortion rights. Savita Halappanavar was a woman in Galway who had died after being refused an abortion.
The march opened with a speech from Ruth Coppinger from the United Left Alliance, who spoke about motion that was tabled in April to legislate for X, but said that legislating for X is not enough, as no woman should have to be put through pain and agony in order to receive a life saving abortion. She also noted that the cases of rape and incest should also be grounds for abortion, when considering the X case.
Nine in Court in Cork over peaceful prisoners rights protest
Date: Mon, 2012-11-19 15:19
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Nine men appeared in Cork's District court charged with offenses alleged to have occurred at a whiteline picket in the city on June 30th. The charges essentially argue that the men were obstructing traffic. Whiteline pickets are a common feature of protests across the country and are most often used in relation to prisoner issues. A whiteline picket is where a number of protestors stand on a continuous whiteline in the middle of a street holding placards highlighting the particular issue.
Never Again - Abortion Rights Now!
Date: Sun, 2012-11-18 18:17
Today we are marching in protest at the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, a pregnant woman who died after being refused a termination, despite requesting one several times.
For years many people have been aware that the failure of successive governments to legislate could result in a tragedy. Whether through cowardice or callousness, since the X case ruling and three referendums allowed for abortion under restricted circumstances 20 years ago, no laws have been drafted to allow doctors to carry out those abortions.
Savita’s death should not have happened. Just as her husband Praveen has pledged to fight for a change in the law to ensure that no other woman dies in the way that Savita did, so every one of us here should pledge to fight for that law change.
WSM activity in late 2012
Date: Sat, 2012-11-17 14:37
Our members in Cork and Dublin have been active in the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, at local, regional and national levels, helping with stalls, leafletting and demos, and arguing for greater grassroots democracy within the campaign.
Celebrating 21 years of Anti-Fascist Action in Ireland
Date: Sat, 2012-11-17 13:47
On the weekend of 5th-7th October, Anti-Fascist Action Ireland held a series of events to celebrate their twenty one years in existence. The organisation was founded in 1991 with the aim of fighting fascism both physically and ideologically as and where the need arises.
Student Loans = Student Debt
Date: Sat, 2012-11-17 11:14
This college year has seen a large increase in the number of students taking out loans in order to go to college. As part of an aggressive advance into the student debt market, Bank of Ireland has already agreed schemes to provide “discounted loans” to students in DCU and Trinity, and to postgraduate students across the country (in this case the scheme was negotiated directly with theState) .BofI is also said to be in “advanced discussions” with over 10 other 3rd-level institutions.
CAHWT defeats attempt to stop student grant in Clare
Date: Sat, 2012-11-17 11:05
Despite increasingly desperate attempts by the government to extract their pound of flesh from householders,the Campaign against Household and Water Taxes (CAHWT) continues to rack up victories.
Abortion Legislation - "We owe it to Savita and the bravery of her husband in making this story public"
Date: Fri, 2012-11-16 13:19
One of our members who has been active in pro-choice struggles since the 1980's and who was one of the organisers of the X-case march gave this interview to Ideas & Action. "I think the expert group is a joke. I know that an abortion law was drawn up over 15 years ago. A law was proposed in the Dail in April and rejected by all the leading parties. It is absurd to say that the politicians need more expert advice. In fact all the various political parties have done in the last twenty years has been to commission a report. .. the group has little to do with expertise and a lot to do with political avoidance and cowardice."