General strike - Protest or process?

andrew
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:17:59 +0000
Capitalist crisis, Croke Park, EU periphery, Strikes, Workplace, National, Magazine, Analysis, Mark Hoskins

On Merrion square, an evacuation is in progress. Thousands of people scatter in all directions; panic is etched across their faces. To the casual observer, this is a life or death situation. There is however, no crazed gunman, no volcano, no earthquake nor alien invasion. They are fleeing the catastrophe that is the Irish Congress of Unions (ICTU) bank debt protest.