Workers Solidarity Movement

A consortium of Shell, Statoil, and Marathon do a deal with the government allowing them exclusive exploitation rights to the Corrib gas field, off Mayo. Not only that, but they are allowed to write off their costs against taxes, meaning that the whole project is being funded by the PAYE taxpayer, who will receive nothing, not even lower gas prices. It may sound a bit iffy but there is no garda investigation into possible bribery or corruption.

Workers Solidarity 94 is now available online including the PDF file of this issue.

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Among our recent activities was the ‘Change Not Chaos’ mini-festival organised by a Derry WSM member. Saturday September 30th saw the Dunlgoe Bar play host to a day of anarchist talks, films and music. 

After more than a year of searching for a suitable venue, the Seomra Spraoi collective has finally taken possession of a space at 6 Ormond Quay, across the river from Bono’s Clarence Hotel. Despite the long wait, the hard work of the collective seems to have paid off, as the Seomra’s calendar struggles to fit all those who wish to use the space. Every week it hosts meetings for the Revolutionary Anarcha-Feminist Group, Anarchist Prisoner Support, the Revolt Video film collective, as well as the regular Thursday assembly of the Seomra Spraoi collective.

Hearing or reading about ecology or our natural environment isn’t an exciting proposition for most of us. The inevitable emphasis on destruction and likely catastrophe isn’t what we want to face into when our day-to-day lives are already tough enough. Graham Purchase in this book never dwells too long on the possible or likely results of centuries of disregard for ecology in the pursuit of profits, resources and land.

While it can be hard to come across political documents that inspire, entertain and amuse, Ramor Ryan‘s Clandestines succeeds in doing just that. Some may know Ryan from his articles in “We Are Everywhere” and “Confronting Capitalism” but Clandestines is his first published book. It is, for the main part, a travel diary and a readable mixture of personal memoir and political essay written over his many years as an anarchist activist. The book covers his journeys to a broad gamut of societies in struggle, from Berlin to Northern Ireland, Nicaragua to Turkey and many places in between.

The month of October saw the community of Rossport occupied by the Gardai Siochana. This occupation is the State response to a community trying to protect themselves against Shell: a multinational with a track record for maltreating communities which they operate in.

Η ΤΑΞΗ Γιατί το ζήτημα της τάξης είναι τόσο σημαντικό για τους αναρχικούς; Γιατί μιλάμε συνεχώς για τις τάξεις και την ταξική πάλη; Μερικοί από τους αντιπάλους μας μάς κατηγορούν ότι ζούμε στο παρελθόν, ισχυρίζονται ότι η εργατική τάξη πεθαίνει. Τελικά, δεν βλέπετε πάρα πολλούς εργαζομένους γύρω με γαϊδουροσάκακα, καλύμματα υφασμάτων και βαριές μπότες. Έτσι λοιπόν, αυτό απαντά στο ερώτημα, έτσι δεν είναι; Όχι, δεν απαντά. Έτσι, αφήστε μας να διώξουμε τις ανόητες καρικατούρες και να μιλήσουμε με τα βασικά.

Παλιό άρθρο αλλά αρκετά επίκαιρο ακόμα και σήμερα Πάνω από 20 χρόνια με δάνεια από το ΔΝΤ, σχέδια διαρθρωτικών ρυθμίσεων και «μεταρρυθμίσεις ελεύθερης αγοράς», επιφέροντας την ιδιωτικοποίηση πρακτικά όλων των δημόσιων υπηρεσιών, άφησαν την Αργεντινή -κάποτε μία από τους πλουσιότερες χώρες στον κόσμο- με μια οικονομία σε έσχατη χρεοκοπία. Πάνω από το μισό του πληθυσμού της χώρας ζει κάτω από τα όρια της φτώχιας και η ανεργία έχει φτάσει στα ύψη αφήνοντας πάνω από έναν στους πέντε ανθρώπους χωρίς δουλειά.

Grevdeki Gama işçileri, ücretlerinin işverenleri tarafından gasp edilerek bir Hollanda bankasında saklanan kısmını geri aldılar; ve Mayıs ayı sonunda fazla mesaiyle ilgili şartları içeren sözleşme lehinde oy kullandılar. Bu çokuluslu büyük kabadayı inşaat şirket sayısız numaraya başvurmuştu.