Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
What's wrong with the World Bank?
Date: Sun, 2007-11-11 20:48
The World Bank and its sisters organisations of global capitalism, the IMF and WTO have their origins in the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in July 1944. Although the World Bank attempts to present the goal of the organisation as “reducing poverty”, this has never been their objective. Their main objective is to fund large-scale power and infrastructure projects in the third world to prepare the way for the exploitation of these countries natural resources and cheap labour by northern corporations.
Limerick Meeting: What Is Anarchism
Date: Fri, 2007-11-09 17:01
Forthcoming meeting on anarchism ...
Workplace Educational Archive
Date: Fri, 2007-11-09 01:30
This is an archive of some talks given to WSM meetings between 1991 and 2007 on the general subjects of class politics, trade unionism and the changing nature of the working class. For more articles and talks check the relevant subject indices
Israeli Anarchist Speaks in Cork
Date: Tue, 2007-11-06 15:49
On last Thursday night the Cork branch of the Workers’ Solidarity Movement hosted a talk from Leiser Peles, an anarchist from Israel who is active with the Anarchists against the Wall. The talk was held at the Metropole Hotel and was attended by about forty people.
Old WSM Environment & Animal Rights position paper - replaced 2007
Date: Tue, 2007-11-06 13:11
This is the text of the old 'Environment & Animal Rights' position paper. It was removed at the 2007 National Conference and is kept here for archiving purposes. You can read the current paper 'The Environment'
Break the World Bank street party - Monday 12th November
Date: Sun, 2007-11-04 21:06
Meet at 12pm Connolly Station - Assemble at 1pm at the Grand Hotel Malahide.
Turkey: Modernisation, authoritarianism & political islam
Date: Wed, 2007-10-31 15:25
Turkey has been under the spotlight this year, due to the threats of the Army against the possibility of an Islamist party taking the presidency. This move came to pose a number of questions to the European establishment, as Turkey has been negotiating its entry to the EU. The apparently uneasy two alternatives of government in Turkey are political Islam or the old fashioned authoritarian Kemalist secularism, which has the army as its vigilante sector of the ruling block. The European bourgeoisie has been quite keen to support the ruling AKP Islamist party, instead of the military, sending a clear message that they won’t favour a dictatorship in the vein of that of 1980. Actually, they have compared the authoritarian tradition of Turkey to Greece, saying that entry to the EU would eventually help to democratise it.
Gluaiseacht Skill Share Weekend
Date: Tue, 2007-10-30 22:06
A weekend of workshops, talks and films will be held in Seomra Spraoi from 16th-18th November. The purpose of the weekend is to get people new to activism from various backgrounds and groups to meet up, get to know each other and learn from the experience of the current Gluaiseacht activists and others. We hope to create enthusiasm for the various campaigns and some formal and informal networks which would kick-start some serious activism through Gluaiseacht and the other groups invited to participate.