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The Networked Individual in Why its Kicking Off Everywhere - audio of discussion on Paul Mason's book
Date: Thu, 2012-03-15 12:04
Andrew Flood looks at Paul Mason's recently published book 'Why its kicking off everywhere' and in particular what Mason has to say about the internet and the emergance of the 'Networked Individual'. The recording is of a WSM supporters meeting in Dublin and the 20 minute presentation is followed by 30 minutes of discussion on the ideas outlined, roughly as summarised below.
The talk was part of the preparation for an 18,000 word review & discussion of 'Why its kicking off everywhere'.
Primark workers strike this weekend - Don’t cross picket lines!
Date: Wed, 2012-03-14 17:32
Workers at Primark stores in Northern Ireland are to strike this weekend. USDAW union members voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in protest at the company’s decision to impose a two-year pay freeze. Union representatives at Primark met last week to confirm industrial action by staff following a ballot which showed 88% of members in favour of going on strike.
Breaking News : the picket has been postponed due to management offer.
Hundreds attend Belfast public meeting to demand the release of Marian Price
Date: Tue, 2012-03-13 12:30
Hundreds of people packed Conway Mill in West Belfast last Thursday in one of the largest gatherings in years to mark International Women’s Day against the continuing internment of Marion Price who has been held captive by the British state because of her political beliefs.
International Women's Day 2012 Celebration at Solidarity Books
Date: Tue, 2012-03-13 11:22
As has happened for the last two years, Solidarity Books and Cork WSM hosted an event on the 8th of March to celebrate International Women's Day. This year, Cork WSM members and other activists got together to put on an evening of food, film and discussion in the city's premier radical bookshop and meeting space. Meals were prepared on site and served by Veg Out! and Lentil Disorder, and was enjoyed by a multitude of women and men from the Cork activist scene and beyond. The food fuelled an hour or more of convivial chat, as people reminisced over previous celebrations and cast an eye over feminist-themed displays in various places about the shop space.
Sucessful anti-household tax public meeting in Kildare Town
Date: Mon, 2012-03-12 16:41
A report on the sucessful Campaign against the Household and Water Taxes (CAHWT) public meeting in Kildare:
Upon arriving at the meeting in the Derby House at around 7:30pm I found a number of members of the Kildare CAHWT branch making final preparations in the function room. A projector was playing a recording of an interview describing the continuing mismanagement of the Irish economic crisis.
Belfast Anarchist Bookfair
Date: Sun, 2012-03-11 19:16
To take place in the Centre(Warzone) at Little Victoria Street. Organised by Just Books and Organise! More details to follow.JPG)
Campaign to demilitarise Queens University cancels British Army event
Date: Sun, 2012-03-11 19:16
Troops off our campus sends out clear message that British Army recruiters will no longer be able to publicly organise without significant opposition, after the Officer Training Corps were recently forced to cancel their event in the PFC fitness centre in Belfast.
As Cllr Claire Heaney said after an unsuccessful motion proposing to ban British Army recruitment in Queens in November: “This would be a very public demonstration in support of peace. The British Army are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians, for extraordinary renditions.' Since than Troops off campus have stepped up their activities and action as only popular pressure will deliver results.
200 march against the Household Tax in Newbridge
Date: Sun, 2012-03-11 17:58
At half past one on Saturday March 10 there were 4 members of the Newbridge Campaign Against Household and Water Charges assembled in the driveway of the Patrician Brothers monastery.We had two megaphones and a placard between us. Needless to say we were eagerly looking around for other members and people to bolster our numbers as the start of the march was scheduled for 2pm.
Community Action Against Vigilante Group in Derry
Date: Sun, 2012-03-11 10:53
Today’s protest rally in Derry against the vigilante group Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) went ahead despite calls for it to be cancelled. Hundreds of people filled Guildhall Square to voice their rage against the recent shooting of two teenage cousins earlier in the week.
Relatives of those recently targeted, attacked and murdered by RAAD also attended the city centre rally calling for an end to the attacks.
Shell construction halted for five hours by road 'lock on'
Date: Sat, 2012-03-10 17:41
Despite heavy sentencing in Belmullet district court two weeks ago, people continue blocking roads in Mayo. At 7.30am on Thursday 8th March, a group of people from the Rossport Solidarity Camp blocked Shell's haulage route between Ballinaboy refinery and Shell's tunneling compound in Aughoose. They set up a concrete lock-on which two people inserted their arms into, making it very difficult for gardaí to remove them.