Using the Organiser Model to Beat the Household Tax

Alan Morkan
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:38:36 +0000
Household tax, Organising, Community, National, Magazine, Analysis

The new year brings a new tax from the Irish government and a new fight in the shape of the campaign against this household tax. Although we have beaten such taxes in the past, past victories are no guarantee of future success. In the light of the current low level of organisation and self-confidence amongst our class, we need to re-assess our methods of organisation if we aim to achieve the levels of mass participation needed for a victory. The argument of this article is that the existing traditional models of building local campaigns are not sufficient to the task and that we need to look to a new model of organising - the organiser model.