Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Interview with militant anti-fascist organisation Antifa.
Date: Wed, 2008-08-20 22:44
Over a period of several months Sean Matthews interviewed a representative from the anti-fa organisation in relation to their current activity in combatting the far-right, building support with migrant workers and lessons we can learn in Ireland both North and South plus lots more......
Anti-fa is committed to physically and idealogical opposition to fascism. The 'Antifa' initiative has come from members of the Anarchist Federation, Class War Federation, and No Platform. Although coming from the anarchist tradition, antifa are open to work with any group/individual that is serious about militant anti-fascism, but will NOT work with any state affiliated groups. Image: *eightball* - http://flickr.com/photos/kola1965/
The Irish Peace Process and the Working Class
Date: Wed, 2008-08-20 12:04
The progress of the Irish Peace process has been both a long and turbulent one. It had seen the development in recent times of the once unimaginable, with Ian Paisley the leader of the DUP and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuiness sharing Power within the local administration. Since then, Paisley has stood down and Peter Robinson has taken over such leadership roles. No doubt in the years ahead many will attempt to pull the threads together of how such in it’s entirety had been moved to happen. Yet with now seeing such an administration up and running, has it delivered beneficial change for working class communities, and more importantly what change, if any, has there been for working class communities since the ending of the ‘war’.
An introduction to the WSM
Date: Tue, 2008-08-19 10:29
Meeting The WSM believes that the world can be made a much better place, and that millions of ordinary people like ourselves can take on that job. And that puts us into conflict with the bosses.
We are anti-capitalists because capitalism can never satisfy the needs of the majority. It is locked into a cycle of boom and slump. It is based on a division of society into bosses and workers, order-givers and order-takers. Its unwritten motto is ‘greed is good’.The world we live in is capable of feeding, housing, clothing and providing for the leisure and scientific needs of the world's population yet capitalism means that there can be a shortage of good public housing while building workers are unemployed. It means tax reliefs for the super-rich while public services like hospitals and schools suffer spending cuts.
Interview: NYC anarchist at the G8 in Japan
Date: Tue, 2008-08-12 15:34
The 34th G8 summit took place in Japan July 7th to 9th 2008. Andrew Flood interviewed Diane K. a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the (US) Northeast Federation of Anarchist-Communists (NEFAC) who traveled to Japan from New York to take part in the summit protests and counter summit.
New Gallery Opening - Dublin
Date: Mon, 2008-08-11 16:51
You are cordially invited to Take a Picture It'll Last Longer: the launch of The Joy Gallery, a new artist-run space located in Dublin City Centre.
在日本與其他世界所有的地方
Date: Mon, 2008-08-11 15:42
毫無疑問，在日本與其他世界所有的地方一樣存在兩個充滿矛盾的境界相衝突著。一邊是八國集團， 地球上最強大的政府們。加拿大，法國，德國，日本，英國，意大利，俄羅斯和美國。另一邊是其他成千上萬的普通百姓，這些普通百姓們很大部分是這些國家的公民。
八國集團首腦會議的決定您和您的孩子將生活在什麼的世界裡。在他們那些關起門的會議中，他們決定了我們的環境要為商業利潤犧牲，我們的健康服務開始減少跟私有化，數以百萬計的人每天繼續因為沒有乾淨的水和基本的醫療服務而死去。
八國集團首腦會議將計劃的指示國際貨幣基金（ IMF ）和世界銀行，會以通過“結構調整方案”再次削減更多花在的教育和保健的經費。據trocaire “南撒哈拉非洲每天仍然需要支付3,700萬美元的債款，因為強大的負債缺少資源，同時間每年有 7百萬兒童死亡” 。這就是八國集團主導的新自由主義（或自由市場）專政的結果。
在1998年，世界20 ％的人口生活在最高收入國家裡，其消費支出佔了全世界的86 ％，而世界人口中最貧窮的20 ％，其消費支出只佔了全世界的1.3 ％。而這樣的情況只是越來越糟，在30年前，最窮的20 ％人口的總消費事實上佔了2.3 ％ 。
Sinn Fein at the West Belfast Feile - the bureaucratic spin machine
Date: Sun, 2008-08-10 19:13
When it comes to ‘spin’, ‘bling’ and ‘mantra’ Sinn Fein are masters in disguise and a mouthpiece of New Labour......
During this year’s West Belfast Feile Talk Back we were once again greeted with the sight of Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness in a dazzling, articulate performance that left the unionist opposition in a limbo and would make former Labour spin doctor Alistair Darling proud. Beneath the hollow words from the platform on the need to ‘work together’, ‘building an Ireland of equals’ or ‘we face many challenges’ lies a much more sinister side based on cut-throat Thatcherite capitalism that Sinn Fein and all the other political rulers seek to promote and impose.
Reclaim Glengad Beach from Shell!
Date: Tue, 2008-08-05 12:18
Action against Shell's entirely illegal fencing off of public beach in a Special Area of Conservation in Mayo.
A summer of Discontent?
Date: Thu, 2008-07-31 22:59
As we as workers and unemployed continue to bear the brunt of the rising cost of living and economic downturn weasel words from current British prime minister Gordon Brown and local administration that they understand ‘our concerns’ and tighten our belts is ok for some with their fat cat salary and the perks. It’s seems that our bosses including trade union bureaucrats are clearly divorced now more than ever from the everyday realities and concerns facing our class.