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ireland / britain / workplace struggles / opinion / analysis Friday March 22, 2013 19:17 byAndrew Flood
We have to ask ourselves how we have found ourselves in unions where the leadership was allowed take such an approach. And we have to work out how we create unions that we control and which will help us organise together to defend our common interests. How has it come to this? read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / workplace struggles / opinion / analysis Wednesday March 20, 2013 19:09 byAndrew Flood
The government says if we Vote no to Croke Park they will impose it anyway. Many of the union leadership try and scare us into voting Yes with this threat and by saying the only alternative is strike action. Both are right. If we just vote no than the government will attack us. And when they do the only way we can win is if we are willing to fight back - that will mean industrial action. It will almost certainly mean at least the credible threat of an indefinite strike. read full story / add a comment
internaţional / anarchist circulaţie / opinion/analysis Wednesday January 30, 2013 10:27 byAndrew Flood
În ultimul deceniu, o critică generalizată a civilizației a fost formulată de către un număr de autori, predominant din SUA. Unii dintre aceștia au ales să se identifice drept anarhiști, deși auto-indentificarea generală este de primitivist (sau din păcate “anarho”-primitivism). Argumentul lor general este că “civilizația” în sine este problema care duce la incapacitatea noastră de a trăi o viață plină de satisfacții. Astfel, lupta pentru schimbare este o luptă împotriva civilizației și pentru un pământ unde tehnologia a fost eliminată. Critica primitivistă a anarhismului se bazează în jurul susţinerii că ar fi descoperit o contradicție între libertate și societatea de masă. În alte cuvinte, ei văd ca o imposibilitate orice societate care implică grupuri mult mai mari decât un sat să fie o societate liberă. Dacă acest lucru ar fi fost adevărat, atunci ar face propunerea anarhistă a unei lumi a “federațiilor libere formate din municipii, orașe și sate o imposibilitate. Astfel de federații și centre de populație sunt în mod evident o formă de societate de masă/civilizație. [English] read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / gender / news report Wednesday December 19, 2012 17:40 byAndrew Flood
This afternoon the government had finally confirmed that it is to legislate for abortion access under the conditions of the X-case. While we can welcome the failure of the anti-choice movement to stop this announcement, despite frantically spending a quarter of a million dollars euro in ten days, this is so little so late that it is almost meaningless. read full story / add a comment
internazionale / movimento anarchico / cronaca Tuesday September 04, 2012 19:09 byAndrew Flood
Un paio di migliaia di anarchici da tutto il globo si sono radunati a St-Imier, la piccola città che ospitò nel 1872 la fondazione dell'Internazionale Anarchica, per commemorare questo evento con dozzine di eventi politici, organizzativi e culturali. Quale componente di questo raduno, la rete internazionale Anarkismo, di cui il WSM è la sezione irlandese, ha tenuto sia una conferenza europea che un raduno mondiale. [English] read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / the left / review Thursday August 23, 2012 16:10 byAndrew Flood
The Social Solidarity Network came into existence in the Autumn of 2009 in Dublin as an initiative of the Workers Solidarity Movement. It faded out of existence a few short months later and never amounted to all that much in the interim beyond a couple of meetings, a leaflet distribution at a mass ICTU march and a badly organised and executed protest at the Dail on budget day. Nevertheless there are some useful lessons (mostly of the ‘how not to do it variety’) to be taken from its short existence. read full story / add a comment
international / anarchist movement / news report Wednesday August 22, 2012 16:13 byAndrew Flood
August saw a gathering of a couple of thousand anarchists from all over the globe in St Imier, Switzerland. This small town was the site of the founding of the Anarchist International in 1872, the gathering was organised to commemorate this event and involved dozens of political, organisational & cultural events. As part of this gathering Anarkismo, the international network that the WSM is the Irish section of, held both a European conference and a global gathering. [Italiano]
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ireland / britain / community struggles / news report Wednesday August 01, 2012 15:47 byAndrew Flood
A huge secretive Garda security operation last night swung into operation in Dublin Port as Shell's Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) left the port as part of a huge convoy of Garda vehicles. News of the operation had leaked at the last minute meaning that with only an hours notice a handful of Shell to Sea campaigners managed to get down to the port entrance despite the pouring rain. Most of us were pulled over and questioned by Garda at least once and the Garda helicopter stayed overhead as various Garda vehicles including a van load of riot cops with the door open drove past us repeatedly. read full story / add a comment
irlanda / gran bretagna / la sinistra / opinione / analisi Monday June 04, 2012 18:05 byAndrew Flood
Con lo spoglio ancora in corso, è chiaro che un amplissimo numero di aventi diritto si è rifiutata di andare a votare per il referendum sul fiscal compact, sottraendosi alla scelta obbligata di chi diceva che si doveva votare o per la "stabilità" o contro la "austerità". Appare possibile che il numero di coloro che ha scelto di astenersi sia maggiore della somma dei votanti per il "SÌ" o per il "NO". [English] read full story / add a comment
irlanda / gran bretagna / lotte sul territorio / cronaca Friday March 09, 2012 19:19 byAndrew Flood
Una consistente forza composta da polizia e operai comunali è stata impiegata alle 3.30 dell'8 marzo, Giornata Internazionale delle Donne, per sgomberare la tendopoli di Occupy Dame Street. La tendopoli è stata del tutto demolita nel corso dello sgombero, intimiditi i camperisti e sequestrati i loro beni personali. Uno spiegamento di forze del tutto sproporzionato rispetto ai numeri presenti nella tendopoli a quell'ora (circa 15 persone) e fortemente in contrasto con la addotta mancanza di risorse da impiegare per le indagini su cosa è successo alla Anglo-Irish Bank, il cui collasso ha lasciato un debito di €26.000 pro-capite per ogni irlandese. [English] read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / community struggles / news report Thursday March 08, 2012 21:19 byAndrew Flood
A large force of Garda and council workers were deployed at 3.30am today, International Women's Day, to clear Occupy Dame Street (ODS) camp. The camp was completely demolished in the course of the eviction, campers intimidated and their personal property stolen. This was a level of force way out of proportion with the numbers in the camp (about 15 people) and stands in contrast with the lack of resources put into investigating what happened at Anglo, the collapse of which has left a debt of 26,000 Euro on every single person in the country. [Italiano]
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ireland / britain / education / news report Friday November 18, 2011 00:17 byAndrew Flood
Over twenty thousand students demonstrated in Dublin today against the introduction of student fees and the cutting of student grants. The main demonstration organised by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI)also included a Free Education for Everyone (FEE) bloc comprised of rank & file students in disagreement with the passive lobbying tactics of the USI leadership. USI stewards formed a line with Garda to prevent FEE rejoining the demonstration after they led a breakway protest at Fine Gael HQ.
(Pic: From FEE twitterstream USI stewards form 3 rows to stop USI members in FEE joining march) read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / economy / opinion / analysis Friday October 28, 2011 00:10 byAndrew Flood
An Irish anarchist perspective on today's EU crisis summit decision to reduce Greek debt by 50%, in the face of the recent resistance by the Greek working class. Particularly as contrasted with the differing levels of resistence in Ireland and the corresponding dictat of making the people of Ireland pay 100% of the debts incurred in the Irish property boom casino by globalised finance. read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / community struggles / news report Wednesday October 12, 2011 23:56 byAndrew Flood
The 'Occupy X' movement arrived in Ireland over the weekend when a core group of around 50 people set up camp at the Central Bank Plaza on Dame street. Numbers grew to a few hundred at times over the next days and nights as supporters came down to join in for a while and the curious stopped to see what was going on. Issues highlighted by participants included the bank bail out, IMF intervention & the ongoing Great Oil & Gas Giveaway.
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nordafrica / imperialismo / guerra / opinione / analisi Monday September 05, 2011 20:14 byAndrew Flood
L'improvvisa caduta del regime di Gheddafi, circa 6 mesi fa in seguito alla rivolta libica, solleva alcune domande difficili a cui la sinistra non ha saputo rispondere. La determinazione di Gheddafi nel reprimere fisicamente la rivolta, l'ha invece trasformata in una guerra civile che ha visto un notevole intervento imperialista dalla parte dei ribelli, decisivo per una loro eventuale vittoria. Questo intervento e il ruolo storico di Gheddafi hanno portato certa sinistra a prendere le sue parti nel corso della guerra civile, mentre altre organizzazioni hanno cercato di bilanciare l'appoggio della "primavera araba", giunta anche in Libia, con l'opposizione all'imperialismo. [English] read full story / add a comment
north africa / imperialism / war / opinion / analysis Thursday August 25, 2011 21:29 byAndrew Flood
The sudden end of the Gaddafi regime some 6 months after the start of the Libyan revolt leaves some difficult questions unanswered for the left. Gaddafi’s determination to physically crush the revolt quickly transformed it into a civil war, a civil war that saw considerable imperialist intervention on the rebel side, intervention that was essential to their eventual victory. This and Gaddafi’s historic record led to some on the left taking his side in the civil war while other organisations tried to balance support for the ‘Arab spring’s’ arrival in Libya with opposition to imperialism. [Italiano] read full story / add a comment
irlanda / gran bretanya / economia / opinion/analysis Thursday November 25, 2010 16:15 byAndrew Flood
Ja és oficial, l’Estat irlandès està en converses amb la UE i el FMI per al que es denomina com "pla de rescat" per salvar el capitalisme irlandès del desastre creat per la crisi internacional del sistema econòmic capitalista. Una crisi agreujada a Irlanda per la corrupció del capitalisme clientelar local i per la dependència econòmica de l’exterior. [Castellano] [English] [Ελληνικά] [Italiano] [Nederlands] read full story / add a comment
ierland / groot-brittannië / economie / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 23, 2010 23:10 byAndrew Flood
Het is nu officieel, de Ierse staat is in gesprek met de EU en het IMF over een zogenaamd "reddingsplan" om de Ierse kapitalistische klasse uit te kopen uit de ramp die is geschapen door de internationale ineenstorting van het kapitalistische economische systeem. Een crisis die in Ierland werd verergerd door de corruptie van lokaal boezemvrienden kapitalisme aan de ene kant en de afhankelijkheid van de economie van "globalisering" aan de andere kant. [English] read full story / add a comment
irlanda / gran bretaña / economía / opinión / análisis Tuesday November 23, 2010 19:25 byAndrew Flood
Ya es oficial, el Estado irlandés está en conversaciones con la UE y el FMI para lo que se denomina como “plan de rescate” para salvar al capitalismo irlandés del desastre creado por la crisis internacional del sistema económico capitalista. Una crisis agravada en Irlanda por la corrupción del capitalismo clientelar local y por la dependencia económica del exterior. [English] read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / economy / feature Friday November 19, 2010 20:23 byAndrew Flood
It's now official, the Irish state is in talks with the EU and the IMF about a so called 'rescue plan' to bail out the Irish capitalist class from the disaster created by the international crash of the capitalist economic system. A crisis that was magnified in Ireland by the corruption of local crony capitalism on the one hand and the dependency of the economy on 'globalization' on the other. Trapped between such a cast of crooks and idiots it is perhaps not surprising that many in Ireland hope things will be improved when the running of our lives will be handed over to those who many hope might have a clue. [Italiano] [Ελληνικά] [Castellano] [Nederlands] [Català] read full story / add a comment |
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