(en) Anarkismo.net, Why did the union leadership cancel the Dec 3 national strike in Ireland? by Andrew – WSM
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...
(en) Ireland Budget day: Social Solidarity Network* say: “Show You’re Angry; Make Lots of Noise”
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...
(en) Ireland, Anarchist Workers Solidarity #112 – Thinking About Anarchism: Workers Have the Power by Ray Cunningham
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? —...
(en) Ireland, Anarchist Workers Solidarity #112 – A veteran anarchist speaks of revolution, war and bad coffee
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...
Ireland, Anarchist Workers Solidarity #112 – Fascists Get the Boot by J. Carax
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 who’s originally from Prague....