Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Reducing pupil teacher ratio to 10:1 “will not bankrupt the country” says Lenihan
Date: Wed, 2010-09-08 23:19
The €25 billion cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio in all primary schools to 10:1 for the next 20 years is “manageable” and will not bankrupt the country, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has contended.
Following consultations with his government colleagues and with the EU Commission, Mr. Lenihan said that the children of Ireland had had to live with the problems caused by the economic policies of his and previous governments and had had to “navigate some very difficult waters”.
Death risk for NI workers ‘higher’
Date: Wed, 2010-09-08 23:17
A new report has revealed that workers in the North are twice as likely to die as their counterparts in the UK because of a high accident rate. However, Northern Ireland does have a higher proportion of tradespeople. Work-related ill health and accidents costs around £250 million a year with seven people losing their lives in work-related accidents in 2009, which is a 60% reduction on the previous year's figure.
Workers Solidarity 117
Date: Tue, 2010-09-07 12:21
September - October 2010 Edition of the Workers Solidarity freesheet.
A New Beginning for Haiti?
Date: Tue, 2010-09-07 09:54
The earthquake that devastated Haiti and shook the world could have heralded a new start for the perpetually impoverished Caribbean nation. But the reconstruction plans have made it clear that local and global elites wish to continue the policies that lie behind Haiti’s history of violence and deprivation.
Ardoyne Riots
Date: Tue, 2010-09-07 09:53
This summer’s Belfast riots must have been the most anticipated for some time, being widely predicted throughout politics and the media. The August rioting in Ardoyne (and Short Strand, the Markets, Lower Ormeau, New Lodge, Broadway; and Lurgan, Derry & Armagh) saw three days of trouble, shots fired at police and a landmine attack in South Armagh.
BMW owners “sharing the pain”?
Date: Mon, 2010-09-06 23:52
As ordinary people continue to suffer the consequences of the economic collapse – through wage cuts, job losses, short term working etc., politicians are fond of telling us that we must all share the pain.
However figures for new car sales released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that not everyone is sharing the pain. The most popular car sold in August was the BMW 5 series which has a starting price of €50,000.
Words: Gregor Kerr
Thinking About Anarchism: But People Are Selfish
Date: Mon, 2010-09-06 15:58
“Human nature being what it is, you could never have an anarchist society – not one in which both individual freedom and co-operation exist anyway”. How often have people who are fighting for real change heard statements like that?
That's Capitalism
Date: Mon, 2010-09-06 11:54
Dublin jewellery shop Weirs know the recession isn’t hitting most of the rich. The Grafton Street business is currently taking orders for a limited edition Patek Phillipe watch that costs more than €250,000. This summer Weirs sold one watch for €454,000.
FÁS says ‘Work for No Pay’
Date: Mon, 2010-09-06 10:32
The state employment and training service, FAS, is telling the unemployed to work for nothing. On the 29th July 2010 they had 484 work experience positions on offer. Not only do these jobs pay no wages, they are allowing bosses to get rid of staff and replace them with free labour.
Spanish Celebrate 100 Years of Anarchist Trade Unionism
Date: Sun, 2010-09-05 19:19
2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the National Confederation of Labour (CNT), a militant anarchist union in Spain.
When General Franco led his fascist revolt in 1936 workers rose up throughout the country, Where anarchist ideas were popular (as in Catalonia and Aragon) a social revolution occurred, showing that society could indeed function along anarchist lines. In hospitals, factories, mills, bus & train services, water & electricity, the workers of the CNT reorganised and administered production, distribution, and public services without bosses, managers, or the authority of the state.