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Dub: Seomra Spraoi fundraiser punk gig! Twisted Mass and Complan
Date: Fri, 2012-03-02 12:21
A fundraiser for Dublin's Autonomous Social Centre Sat 3rd March - Seomra Spraoi is hosting some deadly local Dublin punk rock! Fundraiser for our Autonomous Social Centre, come rock out and throw in a few quid to help pay them persistent rent bills! This is the first in a series of monthly gigs in Seomra, on the first Saturday of each month.
Successful Household Tax meeting in Dublin's north inner city
Date: Fri, 2012-03-02 11:40
The latest in a series of meetings in the Dublin 1/3/7 area took place in the Mount Carmel Centre on Nelson St on Wednesday evening, covering the Dominic St, Dorset St and Blessington Basin areas. Despite the competing attractions of the “boys in green” and Olly Murs, about 25 people were in attendance.
Opinion: Is the 'austerity referendum' where the real battleground is?
Date: Thu, 2012-03-01 16:21
Ireland is to have a referendum after all on the EU austerity treaty and a lot of the left is getting unreasonably excited about this. I say unreasonably because my opinion is that the referendum will not really, as the likes of the ULA claim, be a meaningful ballot on austerity. Austerity is not something simply being imposed on us by Europe through this referendum but something our domestic ruling class are already imposing and have been for a few years. Of course they have used the ECB/IMF as the 'bad cop' to scare us with and when passed will use the EU austerity treaty in the same way. But we need to recognize and organize around the fact that our local politicians and capitalist class are not really a 'good cop' eager to help us avoid the attentions of the 'bad cop' making threatening gestures at us across the room.
ECB gives banks 6,250 years worth of Household Tax
Date: Wed, 2012-02-29 16:48
Today the European Central Bank (ECB) gave out 530 billion euros in 3-year term loans to the private banks of the Eurozone. Together with the 490 billion they doled out last December, that's over 1 trillion euros. If pigs could fly and politicians never lied and every household in the country was magically able to pay the hated Household Tax, the total receipt would be 160 million euro. At that rate, it would take 6,250 years to amount to 1 trillion. It would also take 20 years to amount to the 3.2 billion euros the state are handing over to the Anglo bondholders on the 31st March coming.
Cork: Veg out! @solidarity books this Tuesday at 7pm - all donations to CAHWT
Date: Mon, 2012-02-27 13:01
We had a mad mardi gras, lots of banana pancakes. We're now officially in the season of Lent. We're not into giving 'bad' things up, but we are in favor of taking 'good' things on. If you feel like you need to participate then why not start to eat well and look after your community by coming along this Tuesday, from 7pm till 9pm, and join us in a home-made meal (sweets, teas and coffees too if you like) for only five euros (or whatever you can pay/swap/donate). The money collected will go to supporting the Campaign Against Household and Water Tax.
Cork: Government Tax Put In The Bin!
Date: Sun, 2012-02-26 17:36
In Cork the mobilisation for the National Day of Action against the Household and Water Tax saw a lively and noisy crowd of over 500 hundred march through the centre of Cork City. At the rally beforehand members from some of the local areas involved in the Campaign in Cork took advantage of the open mic forum to explain why they opposed the tax. Speakers from Farranree, Bishopstown and Cobh declared their intention not to register or pay the tax. The fact that the tax is unjust and will rise sharply in a short period of time was highlighted. It was also pointed out that the proposed Water Tax which will follow shortly on the heels of the Household Tax is also a major threat. The proposed Water Tax in itself will be a major burden and one that will hit the majority households harshly.
Household Tax Campaign welcomed by County Mayo locals - Campaign Grows in Mayo
Date: Sun, 2012-02-26 15:30
As part of the National Day of Action activists from various towns and villages across Co.Mayo gathered in Castlebar on Saturday to host an information stall in the county town center. The mood from passers by was one of defiance and fear. The vast majority of people stated the had not registered and do not wish to do so.
Mayo marches against school closures - 1000's demonstrate in Castlebar
Date: Sun, 2012-02-26 15:23
Anger at threatened closure of smaller rural schools
Thousands rallied and marched through the streets of Castlebar on Saturday 25th to protest the governments plan to further destroy rural life by closing small schools.
Dangerous, false & misleading ‘legal advice’ on household tax exposed as fake
Date: Sat, 2012-02-25 11:56
An email which has been circulating widely and has appeared on facebook and on many other social media sites, claiming to be from McCann Fitzgerald solicitors has been exposed as being fake. The email claims that people won’t get a bill for the household tax because “the charge is a statute”. It goes on to claim that because the tax is a statute it “only carries the force of law upon you if you consent to it” and that “If you do not consent [it] cannot affect you in any way whatsoever.”
UNITE union back non payment of household tax
Date: Fri, 2012-02-24 20:48
"The UNITE trade union has formally pledged its support to the Campaign against the Household Charge. It will urge its members not to register and support national and local protest movements where it has a density of members around the country. - "The following comes from the UNITE circular today 24/2/12