Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Statement from Workers Solidarity Movement - why we are leaving Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes
Date: Wed, 2013-06-26 15:20
The Workers Solidarity Movement has decided to withdraw from the Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes. Please see statement below. We have made a donation of €1,000 towards paying off the debts of CAHWT.
1. It is now clear that the boycott of the property tax has collapsed and with it, any chance of defeating it in the coming period. The tactic of boycott was enough to defeat the household tax, but with draconian powers handed over to revenue to collect the property tax, much more was required.
Dublin: What is Feminist Economics?
Date: Tue, 2013-06-25 17:04
RAG presents 'What is Feminist Economics?' -
A talk by Conor McCabe followed by discussion.
Venue: Seomra Spraoi, 10 belvidere Court (Off Gardiner Street), Dublin 1
Date: Wednesday, 17th July 2013
Rossport - Spy cameras & pirates
Date: Tue, 2013-06-25 16:11
Day 3 (Monday) of the week of action against Shell in Erris saw more spy cameras on the perimeter of the Shell compound at Aughoose destroyed overnight & anti-Shell slogans was painted on the walls and gates. During the day itself a Shell survery boat was successfully blockaded by Shell to Sea Kayaks although a couple of Kayaks were dragged along by the boat and capsized.
Anarchist eyewitness to Turkey's Uprising
Date: Tue, 2013-06-25 13:59
Andrew Flood, member of Workers Solidarity Movement, will give an eyewitness account of the state brutality against people in Istanbul, where he spent a week recently. Sevinc Karaca, an anarchist from Turkey, will give details of the background of the struggle. The talks will be accompanied by photos & video from Gezi park.
Right wing students try & scab on transport strike in Stockholm but defeated by counter action - UPDATED
Date: Tue, 2013-06-25 11:27
So this morning, a strike by Stockholm’s bus drivers union Kommunal began in protest against pay cuts and the lack of security in new contracts for workers. Seems like a legitimate grievance? Not according to the right wing Swedish students group, Fria Moderata Studentförbundet (FMSF), who have decided to attempt to break the strike. Or more accurately, to troll ordinary people trying to stand up for themselves and their families livelihoods by driving mini-buses on two of the routes.
Guest Writer: EM
8 years of intense struggle against Shell - June 2013 week of action
Date: Mon, 2013-06-24 22:17
The first direct actions of the Erris struggle against Shell took place 8 years ago when 6 locals were injuncted and then 5 of them jailed for refusing to allow Shell onto their lands. In the 8 years that have passed there have been countless direct actions, dozens of arrests, about two dozen jailings and hundreds of people attacked by Garda or Shell's security company IRMS. But as the first two days of the week of action demonstrated that intense level of repression over so many years has yet to end effective resistance.
Shell compound breached, equipment destroyed in 2nd day of action
Date: Sun, 2013-06-23 20:00
The second day of the week of action saw an unexpected success when Shell to Sea campaigners managed to breach Shells fortified compound and force security to retreat to the inner compound. While this happened much of the equipment, in particular the spy cameras, in the outer compound was damaged or destroyed
Shell pipeline construction preparations destroyed in direct action in Erris
Date: Sat, 2013-06-22 17:51
This morning around 50 Shell to Sea campaigners kicked off the Week of Action against Shell's experimental high pressure gas pipe in Erris by tearing up the bog road Shell has laid as part of its attempt to finish the pipeline. They also destroyed the sandbag dam that Shell were attempting to build across part of the estuary in order to be able to work on the pipeline route regardless of the tides. This was accomplished in full view of about 15 security from IRMS - the security company hired by Shell to repress protest.
Tear Gas & Twitter in Taksim - an anarchist eyewitness analysis from Gezi Park, Istanbul
Date: Fri, 2013-06-21 14:20
Tear gas is a very good place to start trying to understand what is happening in Turkey. The main purpose of tear gas is to terrorise and thus break up large crowds of people. In Istanbul over the last weeks huge quantities have been used over and over to prevent large anti-government demonstrations developing. This wasn't about 'riot control' - generally there was no riot to control. In this piece I'm going to put the Gezi park revolt in the context of the cycle of struggles that began in 2010 and of the specific economic, politcal and historical situation of the Turkish republic to try and draw out the lessons for all of us fighting global capitalism.
Fermanagh G8: Capitalist Smoke Screen and Mirrors
Date: Thu, 2013-06-20 12:04
Monday's Anti-G8 march and rally through Enniskillen should undoubtedly be viewed as a huge success by everyone who attended it. Giving the fact of how the media, both the press and television, has played a full role in subjecting the population to weeks of sensationalist scare stories, it was a surprise that anyone even left their homes on Monday as the G8 leaders flew into Fortress Fermanagh.