filed in Int on Ara.08, 2009
On the cancellation of the Dec 3rd strike and the disasterous ICTU negotiating position
This is a table of what public sector workers in Ireland really earn based on the data
given in the reply to a Dail question in Feb 09. —- The cancellation of the December 3rd
strike is a blow to the developing movement against [...]
filed in Int on Ara.02, 2009
The Budget is going to be a massive attack on ordinary working people and the poor across
Ireland. Lets show our anger in huge number outside the Dail on Dec 9th as they waffle
within. The Social Solidarity Network is joining the protests that day at 5pm to demand
“Reverse the Cuts Make the Rich Pay” and “Tax [...]
filed in Int on Ara.02, 2009
In the WSM we’re often asked why we spend so much time talking about the working class.
Even the title of our paper, Workers Solidarity, seems a bit odd to some – why are we
talking so much about workers? Isn’t anarchism for everybody? And aren’t we all middle
class now? — Questions like these are based on [...]
filed in Int on Ara.02, 2009
During his recent visit to Dublin, Workers Solidarity took the opportunity, over bad
coffee, to chat to 93 year old Roma Marquez Santo about some of his experiences of the
Spanish revolution. In 1936 Roma was a metal worker and a member of both the UGT trade
union and the POUM, an anti-Stalinist communist party.
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What was it like [...]
filed in Int on Ara.02, 2009
In October, Anti-Fascist Action successfully prevented a large European neo-nazi gig from
going ahead in Kerry. Dozens of Slovakian, Polish and Czech neo-nazis were planning to
spend a long weekend in Ireland to celebrate the birthday of a leading fascist living in
Dublin whos originally from Prague. AFA managed to stop the gig from taking place and
even had [...]