Dublin Anarchist Bookfair recorded events (links)

ireland / britain | miscellaneous | opinion / analysis Thursday May 31, 2012 15:26 by Costas A. - Workers Solidarity Movement

Old Media In the Age of The Internet - Why Bother With Radical and Underground Publishing-My Life in Politics: Women Speak-WSM & SP MEP Paul Murphy debate fiscal treaty & what the left should say

Old Media In the Age of The Internet,Why Bother With Radical and Underground Publishing- This session of the 2012 Dublin Anarchist Bookfair looked at the value of paper and ink when the net is usually declared the real frontier. We asked our panel to track some of the connections between todays underground radical press, and what went before.
My Life in Politics: Women Speak- This session at the 2012 Dublin Anarchist Bookfair was held in memory of Sue Richardson, a Dublin anarchist who was a friend to many of the bookfair organizers and who had died earlier in the year. The panel was women speaking of their experiences as activists and consisted of.
WSM & SP MEP Paul Murphy debate fiscal treaty & what the left should say- Mark Hoskins of the WSM debates MEP Paul Murphy on what positions the left should take on the Fiscal Compact to be voted on in Ireland May 31st. The SP is arguing for a No vote, the WSM argues that the vote doesn't matter, what matters is resistance to austerity. This debate took place at the 2012 Dublin Anarchist Bookfairin Liberty Hall.
Each speaker got 20 minutes to explain their position followed by 40 minutes of questions and discussion from the floor.
Many on the left see a vote against the 'Austerity treaty' as a contribution to building resistance against the austerity agenda. But does participating in the referendum campaign just sow illusions in a democratic sham, and is the referendum in reality a no-win situation for those who want to build resistance to austerity and who have a vision for a socialist world?

To listen and view all the above please visit our website www.wsm.ie