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That's Capitalism
Date: Mon, 2011-04-25 19:09
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The state of Wisconsin has become the site of a very high profile showdown; the conservative governor there has been trying to introduce harsh new laws which would seriously harm public sector unions, laws which amount to an outright attack on workers' rights. Under these proposals state employees would lose the right to bargain collectively, union dues would become voluntary and wouldn't be deducted from pay cheques, unions would face a recertification vote every yea,r with the union needing to win the votes of a majority of employees and not just of those voting.
The media and the Garda rape remarks
Date: Mon, 2011-04-25 12:36
The media narrative regarding the Corrib Garda rape remarks played out with sickening predictability. Sticking as closely as possible to the Garda Press Office line, the news media decided that this was an isolated incident: yes, it was inappropriate for Gardaí to joke about raping captive women, but the matter is under investigation, and anyway it's all just a bit of private banter between colleagues. No need for a wider discussion about societal attitudes towards women, or about the militarised policing of political protest in North Mayo and elsewhere. Up popped Kevin Myers to explain why men are the real victims here, oppressed by the 'politically-correct' thought police, while Vincent Browne informed us that rape jokes “are just part of the lingo of Irish males” and that's that.
May Day in Cork
Date: Fri, 2011-04-22 11:20
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Cork WSM are mobilizing in support of the May Day March called by the Independent Workers Union.
Later in the day Solidarity Books on Douglas St celebrates Mayday with two talks and a free community meal!
Fighting the ‘Bailout’ – why a referendum is not the answer
Date: Tue, 2011-04-19 11:53
Approximately 300 people attended a meeting in the Gresham Hotel in early April which “endorsed the formation of a campaign, called "Enough!" to resist the IMF EU deal and to demand a referendum.”[i] At first thought it seems to be a campaign which should be enthusiastically supported by anarchists and libertarians. After all we’re always going on about grassroots democracy and about involving people in decisions about things that affect them. And didn’t the people of Iceland have not one but two referenda on their ‘bailout’ in the last 13 months? If they can have two, why shouldn’t we have at least one!
James Connolly on the British Royal visit 1911
Date: Mon, 2011-04-18 19:02
Monarchy is a survival of the tyranny imposed by the hand of greed and treachery upon the human race in the darkest and most ignorant days of our history. It derives its only sanction from the sword of the marauder, and the helplessness of the producer, and its gifts to humanity are unknown, save as they can be measured in the pernicious examples of triumphant and shameless iniquities.
Erris: Annual Shell to Sea gathering May bank holiday
Date: Thu, 2011-04-14 10:45
Erris: The Rossport Solidarity Camp have called the annual Shell to Sea Summer Gathering for the May Bank Holiday weekend this year so that it happens while key construction is still underway. Shell to Sea campaigners from around Ireland will be travelling to the camp for a weekend of protest and meetings, come and join us. Local Shell to Sea groups will be helping people to travel, already Dublin are running a bus down on the Friday.
Erris: Dublin Shell to Sea mobilisation for May Day bank holiday
Date: Thu, 2011-04-14 10:26
Dublin Shell to Sea have called a mobilisation for this Mayday bank holiday to bring large numbers of people down to the Rossport Solidarity Camp weekend of protests and meetings beside the Shell compound under construction in Erris. A bus will leave Dublin on Friday night or if your driving or looking for a life earlier or later contact Dublin Shell to Sea to arrange car sharing.
Rabbitte threatens Public sector workers with wage cut
Date: Tue, 2011-04-12 10:05
Labour party Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has threatened public sector workers with further wage cuts if they don't deliver cost savings under the Croke Park agreement. He claimed that since the country "was broke" in his words it is up to the workers to make savings by agreeing to redundancies and increasing their workload.
Cork: Boardgames at the Bookshop, every Sunday! from 7-10pm in Solidarity Books
Date: Sun, 2011-04-10 07:42
Boardgames at the Bookshop every Sunday from 7-10pm in Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street (across from Fionn Barra's), Cork. New faces always welcome! Event date and time: Sun, 2011-04-10 19:00 -22:00
Film Night: Food, Inc (2007) Wednesday 13th April at 8pm, at SolidarityBooks
Date: Sun, 2011-04-10 07:34
—Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner uses reports by FAST FOOD NATION author Eric Schlosser and THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA author Michael Pollan as a springboard to exploring where the food we purchase really comes from, and what it means for the health of future generations. By exposing the comfortable relationships between business and government, Kenner gradually shines light on the dark underbelly of the American food industry.