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Build the boycott of the Property Tax - Join the protest on 24th November
Date: Tue, 2012-11-20 16:33
On Saturday 24th November, thousands of people will march from Parnell Square to the GPO in Dublin behind the slogan “Boycott The Property Tax. Fight Austerity”. This protest, jointly organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, Communities Against Cuts and the Spectacle of Defiance and Hope, will give people the opportunity to show their opposition to the introduction of the property tax and the further entrenchment of the austerity agenda which will come in the budget on 5th December.
Never Again - Abortion Rights Now!
Date: Sun, 2012-11-18 18:17
Today we are marching in protest at the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, a pregnant woman who died after being refused a termination, despite requesting one several times.
For years many people have been aware that the failure of successive governments to legislate could result in a tragedy. Whether through cowardice or callousness, since the X case ruling and three referendums allowed for abortion under restricted circumstances 20 years ago, no laws have been drafted to allow doctors to carry out those abortions.
Savita’s death should not have happened. Just as her husband Praveen has pledged to fight for a change in the law to ensure that no other woman dies in the way that Savita did, so every one of us here should pledge to fight for that law change.
WSM activity in late 2012
Date: Sat, 2012-11-17 14:37
Our members in Cork and Dublin have been active in the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, at local, regional and national levels, helping with stalls, leafletting and demos, and arguing for greater grassroots democracy within the campaign.
Student Loans = Student Debt
Date: Sat, 2012-11-17 11:14
This college year has seen a large increase in the number of students taking out loans in order to go to college. As part of an aggressive advance into the student debt market, Bank of Ireland has already agreed schemes to provide “discounted loans” to students in DCU and Trinity, and to postgraduate students across the country (in this case the scheme was negotiated directly with theState) .BofI is also said to be in “advanced discussions” with over 10 other 3rd-level institutions.
Oppose the internment of Marian Price despite the reactionary politics of the 32CSM
Date: Fri, 2012-11-16 12:21
In August 400 people marched through Dublin to protest the internment without trial of a 58 year old woman in ill health for over a year. In May her husband told the Belfast Telegraph she “is so ill that she had to be taken to a recent visit in a wheelchair. Her hair is falling out, she has lost a lot of weight, and her arthritis has got worse. She is suffering from severe depression after a year in solitary.”
Video of Savita demonstration at the Dail
Date: Thu, 2012-11-15 11:26
An 8 minute video from the demonstration last night at the Dail which 3000 people attended.
March on Saturday at 4pm from Parnell Square, bring a candle to light at the Dail at 5, the same time candles are being lit in Galway and elsewhere.
Child referendum passes by large majority on tiny turnout
Date: Mon, 2012-11-12 12:44
Once it became clear that the Children's referendum was going to be passed Twitter came alive with outraged Yes campaigners complaining about the low turnout. It demonstrated that no one, it appears, was willing to 'think of the children.' Pop singer Sinead O'Connor went so far as to suggest that it should be made a criminal offence not to vote.
Image by infomatique License CC by-sa
DUB: National pre-budget protest organised by CAHWT & DCTU
Date: Wed, 2012-10-24 15:19
Jointly organised by the campaign Agfainst Household & Water Taxes and Dublin Council of Trade Unions, this protest is an opportunity for all those opposed to the household tax, property tax and all the other austerity measures of the current government to come together and show your opposition.
Meet at garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square
1000s march for Choice in Dublin - photo slideshow
Date: Mon, 2012-10-01 16:28
Saturday 29 September saw thousands march through Dublin as part of the March for Choice
This is a selection from the 180 photographs we published in our Facebook album of the March for Choice.
The United Left Alliance and the Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes – inside, alongside or trying to control?
Date: Mon, 2012-09-24 11:20
On Wednesday last, 19th September, the United Left Alliance held a press conference at which it announced “plans to launch a public campaign of resistance to property tax and austerity”. For those of us who have been working alongside ULA members for over 12 months now to build the broad-based Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes (CAHWT), this announcement came as something of a surprise. CAHWT already is a ‘public campaign of resistance to property tax’ so why do the ULA (who are part of CAHWT) feel the need to ‘launch’ something that already exists?
