Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Oppose the internment of Marian Price despite the reactionary politics of the 32CSM
Date: Fri, 2012-11-16 12:21
In August 400 people marched through Dublin to protest the internment without trial of a 58 year old woman in ill health for over a year. In May her husband told the Belfast Telegraph she “is so ill that she had to be taken to a recent visit in a wheelchair. Her hair is falling out, she has lost a lot of weight, and her arthritis has got worse. She is suffering from severe depression after a year in solitary.”
Dub: Never again - March for Savita on Saturday at 4pm in Dublin
Date: Fri, 2012-11-16 11:26
March to protest the horrific state of affairs as it stands in Ireland, where Savita Halappanavar in the year 2012 in an Irish hospital died suffering and in pain after being denied an abortion she and her husband repeatedly requested. Enough is enough. No more women can die.
From the Garden of Remembrance at 4pm to the Dáil, where we will hold a candlelight vigil in conjunction with Galway Pro-Choice to grieve Savita's unnecessary death. Bring a candle to light to mark her loss.
London Anarchist Bookfair 2012 – Anarchist Economics Lecture Review
Date: Thu, 2012-11-15 15:56
The London Anarchist bookfair is the biggest event on the UK anarchist calendar and this year was the first time I was able to go. Getting to the Mary's University venue in East London was a bit of an adventure and made more difficult with the underground being partially closed. Although I missed the lifestyle anarchism lecture earlier in the day, I did get to the other main talk that piqued my interest – the two hour Anarchist Economics lecture in the Mason Lecture Theatre with the speakers posted as “David Graeber, Michael Albert and others”.
Video of Savita demonstration at the Dail
Date: Thu, 2012-11-15 11:26
An 8 minute video from the demonstration last night at the Dail which 3000 people attended.
March on Saturday at 4pm from Parnell Square, bring a candle to light at the Dail at 5, the same time candles are being lit in Galway and elsewhere.
20 years of inaction on abortion access - now a tragedy
Date: Wed, 2012-11-14 16:33
There are some stories that are hard to cover - the death of Savita Halappanavar, a pregnant women, from septicemia whose life might have been saved if an abortion was not delayed is a hard as they come. According to the Irish Times Praveen Halappanavar, the husband of Savita said she had asked for a termination several times over a three day period only to be told "this is a catholic country."
For years we were aware that the failure of successive governments to legislate could result in a tragedy but when the first reports started to circulate that this had happened we were horrified. How did we come to this point?
Marching will not defeat Austerity
Date: Tue, 2012-11-13 13:41
As general strikes and unrest erupts across Europe last week it is important to reflect on our recent day of action against Austerity. On the 20thNovember tens of thousands of people marched in cities across the UK against austerity and the recent passing of the devastating welfare reform bill. In Belfast, several hundred took part in a similar rally organised by the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
Far from showing any potential power these ritual marches from A-B ending with various sound bites and pitfall speeches from our trade union officials serve to reinforce a pervading cycle of powerlessness and are solution to defeating austerity.
100's of women have medical abortions in republic but what of those who can't?
Date: Mon, 2012-11-12 15:53
Anti-choice bigots are going into a frenzy to try and prevent the Irish government legislating for abortion provision in the republic as required by the X and C judgements. But they are ignoring the reality that 1000 plus women are already obtaining abortions in the republic every year and are simply making that decision for themselves. The bigots 'keep Ireland abortion free' crusade was fake even before the opening of Marie Stopes in Belfast, the false slogan is presumably designed to fool the US donors whose donations the bigots salaries and offices depend on. But it is having tragic consequences for women in Ireland as those unable to access abortion pills are left without access to abortion.
Child referendum passes by large majority on tiny turnout
Date: Mon, 2012-11-12 12:44
Once it became clear that the Children's referendum was going to be passed Twitter came alive with outraged Yes campaigners complaining about the low turnout. It demonstrated that no one, it appears, was willing to 'think of the children.' Pop singer Sinead O'Connor went so far as to suggest that it should be made a criminal offence not to vote.
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Dub: Anarchism & Feminism - Conversations about Anarchism
Date: Tue, 2012-11-06 11:26
The next of the 2012 Conversations about Anarchism will take place Nov 7th in the WSM space in Seomra Spraoi. The topic is Anarchism & Feminism.
Political implications of Facebook damaging Pages for advertising revenue
Date: Wed, 2012-10-31 01:00
Recent changes Facebook has made to Pages & Events have greatly reduced its usefulness for radical political organising. Here I reject the idea that the reason for these changes is political censorship and examine what the actual reasons & effects are. In doing this I'm building on my article of last week that argues that Facebook should be a collectively owned public utility and not a private company - in part because of the way it has sabotaged its own usefulness in the search for advertising revenue.