Dublin - Food Fight Café, Seomra Spraoi

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'Food Fight' Café with talk on local struggles and food sovereignty in latin America by Alberta Cariño Trujillo

Report from the Belfast Visteon occupation

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Interesting article with background information about the occupation of the West Belfast Ford Visteon plant, and how Ford ran it down.

Letters of support from German ex-Visteon workers

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Two letters of support from workers at Tedrive - formerly Visteon - car plants in Germany.

Letter from Worker at Tedrive, formerly Visteon in Wuelfrath, Germany

Why we have occupied Visteon, Enfield

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The text of the leaflet produced by workers in occupation of the Ford Visteon factory in Enfield, London explaining why they had joined the occupations in Belfast and Enfield.

Waterford then Belfast - workplace occupations spread

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Following on from the occupation of the Waterford Glass plant in February which managed to save some of the jobs and improve redundancy conditions workers in Belfast at Visteon occupied their factor last week. With plant closures happening across the island both these occupations provide an example of workers taking direct action to preserve jobs and/or force employers to improve on redundancy conditions. Here we present reports from WSM members from these occupations and background articles.

Hundreds rally in support of Visteon workers occupation

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Over 200 people marched today from Andersonstown to the factory in Finaghy for a rally, which was addressed by Unite Shop Stewards Charlie Maxwell and John McGuire, including representatives from the SDLP and Sinn Fein.

The Budget – More of the Same only Worse: Where’s the Reaction?

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Lenihan’s budget has continued the political strategy of defending the wealthy. Where is the reaction? Where is the anger?

Stanley Aronowitz on Popular Education in a Time of Struggle' - Audio

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This is a recording of Stanley Aronowitz speaking on 'Popular Education in a Time of Struggle' to a Workers Solidarity Movement meeting in the Seomra Spraoi Social centre, Dublin the end of March 2009. Stanley Aronowitz is professor of sociology, cultural studies, and urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is also a veteran political activist and cultural critic and an advocate for organized labor.

Dublin: Iranian Revolution – the hidden history

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Date: 23 April 2009
Venue: Teachers Club, Parnell Square, Dublin
Time: 8pm

Anarchist Panther Ashanti Alston in Dublin -Video

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In March Ashanti Alston, a former member of the Black Panther Party and a Black Liberation Army solider, came to Ireland to speak at the Dublin anarchist bookfair. This is the video of his presentation. In it he talks about his experiences in the Black Panthers and BLA, the lessons he draws from them and what he thinks of revolutionary politics in Ireland.