Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Cork - Parade in Defiance
Date: Fri, 2011-12-02 11:55
Occupy Cork invites everyone opposed to the current austerity regime out in force on Saturday, Dec. 3rd. Similar actions on this date will be co-ordinated with Occupy camps in Dublin, Waterford and Galway. A solidarity action from Occupy Belfast has also been proposed. Assembling outside the opera house at Emmet Place at 1:30pm, we will march down the quay, up Patrick St. and down South Mall, back to Emmet Place. There we will hold a general assembly at which anyone can speak.
Breivik Psych Report: An Alibi for Hate
Date: Thu, 2011-12-01 12:15
The court psychiatrists evaluation of Norwegian neo-fascist killer Anders Breivik as paranoid schizophrenic follows in a long line of similar evaluations of recent far-right murderous attackers in Western Europe and gives the lie to the notion that the political abuse of psychiatry was a phenomenon of the former USSR alone. By rendering his crimes "apolitical" the official version of "not bad, just mad" absolves the propagandists of the hate that motivates Breivik and other far-right extremist killers of any responsibility for their violence. The Daily Mail's Melanie Phillips, whose vile stream of hate-propaganda against muslims was extensively quoted in Breivik's manifesto for murder, will doubtless be toasting the Norwegian psychiatrists verdict with champagne. (Pic: Passport photo of Breivik released by Norwegian police for press use)
Derry anarchists say all out on the 30th
Date: Thu, 2011-12-01 12:05
On November 30th the Derry Trades Union Council have called on workers to rally in Derry's Guildhall Square at 1pm. Many Public Workers will be holding pickets outside their place of employment then marching to the Guildhall Square.
Coverage of the N30 strike in northern Ireland
Date: Thu, 2011-12-01 11:50
WSM members & supporters in northern Ireland provided live coverage of the N30 Pension strikes via our Twitter feed. Anarchists in Derry put a banner up in the city centre in solidarity with today's strike and a WSM leaflet (below) was distributed across the north.
The strike was part of the UK wide public sector strike against attacks on public sector pensions, attacks similar to those imposed on public sector workers in southern Ireland over the last couple of years. They are part of a Europe wide offensive against the pensions rights of workers.
(Pic: Anarchist solidarity banner at Derry rally)
Shell to Sea Day of Solidarity in Erris, Co. Mayo
Date: Thu, 2011-12-01 11:14
Dublin Shell to Sea are helping to organise transport from Dublin for the national day of Solidarity in Mayo Saturday 10th December. Shell has begun peat removal from the tunnelling compound in Aughoose. They hope to remove up to 175,000 tonnes of peat from the site and replace it with stone from nearby quarries.
N30 Strike - Unite against the cuts- Solidarity is Strength
Date: Tue, 2011-11-29 23:19
Today’s industrial action builds on the momentum from the education and healthcare strike last month and sends out the message that we mean business. Congratulations to all who have taken part and especially to those who have over the past few weeks and months built for today’s action.
We are relied on every day to run the hospitals, schools, fire service, and all other public services that society depends on to function. Today we have demonstrated that when we withdraw our labour and stand together in defence of our rights we have real strength.
Pensions & corporate tax - the reality behind the public sector pensions strike
Date: Tue, 2011-11-29 11:54
Despite a concerted propaganda campaign waged by the mainstream media and the corrupt political class tens of thousands of public sector workers in Northern Ireland will be taking to the picket lines this Wednesday joining millions across the UK in the biggest single strike action since the 1926 general strike.
Anarchists welcome public sector strike and calls for “a mass militant campaign against all cuts and attacks on services” - press release
Date: Mon, 2011-11-28 17:40
Anarchist organisation Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM) has welcomed Wednesday’s public sector strike and called for this to be “the start of a sustained campaign of opposition to the government’s attacks on workers and the unemployed.”
Disappointing turnout for DCTU anti-cuts demonstration
Date: Mon, 2011-11-28 17:34
In the region of 2,500 people took part in Saturday's Dublin Council of Trade Unions demonstration in Dublin. Although this made it the biggest anti-austerity demonstration in the city since the massive ICTU demonstration of last year the small number attending was a wake up call for anyone on the left or in the unions who is optimistic about significant resistance to the crisis emerging in the short term.
Poll supporting IMF/ECB austerity deal shows need for left to offer alternative vision
Date: Mon, 2011-11-28 16:02
An opinion poll in todays' Irish Examiner newspaper shows the depth of resignation and pessimism that has engulfed a large section of the population. The Red C poll found "almost half the country believes Ireland should continue complying with the terms and conditions of the EU/IMF bailout, which is one year old today. A smaller but still sizeable number are against compliance, believing the bailout agreement represents a bad deal". 48% of those polled favoured continuing on the current path; 33% opposed, even though some 45% think the new government is doing a bad job of managing the economy.