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ireland / britain / community struggles / news report Wednesday August 01, 2012 16:47 by Andrew Flood   image 1 image
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
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ireland / britain / anarchist movement / anarchist communist event Monday July 02, 2012 06:43 by Costas Avramidis   image 1 image
Schedule of speaking tour in Ireland with Finnish comrade Antti Rautiainen. read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / economy / news report Wednesday June 27, 2012 17:03 by Sean M.   image 1 image
David Cameron plans to end housing benefit for claimants aged 16-24. The ‘proposal’ forms part of wider recommendations to begin being implemented next year as part of the new Welfare Act. Further plans being rolled out including linking regional play with regional benefits, breaking the link between benefits and inflation, and considering linking benefits to average earnings and cost of living amounting to a further attack on worker’s rights and conditions. read full story / add a comment
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Ιρλανδία / Μεγάλη Βρετανία / Αναρχικό κίνημα / Γνώμη / Ανάλυση Thursday June 21, 2012 21:48 by Anarkismo Editorial Group   image 1 image
Την 1η Μάη 2012, μια νέα αναρχική κομμουνιστική οργάνωση με το όνομα Collective Action (Συλλογική Δράση) εμφανίστηκε στη Βρετανία, μέσω της δημιοσίευσης μιας Δήλωσης. Σε μια προσπάθεια να ξεκαθαρίσουμε μερικά σημεία που παρέμεναν αξεκαθάριστα στη Δήλωση αυτή ή μερικά ζητήματα σε άλλα ντοκουμέντα που ήδη δημοσιεύτηκαν από την εν λόγω οργάνωση, το Anarkismo.net πήρε αυτή τη συνέντευξη στην οποία οι απαντήσεις στις ερωτήσεις μας αντανακλούν τις από κοινού συμφωνημένες θέσεις των μελών της Συλλογικής Δράσης. [English] read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / miscellaneous / news report Friday June 15, 2012 17:46 by Workers Solidarity Movement   image 1 image
Welcome to Irish Anarchist Review issue 5, produced by the Workers Solidarity Movement. In this magazine we look to explore theories, thoughts and ideas about political struggle. We set out to analyse where we are aiming for as a revolutionary movement and explore how we might get there. The purpose of ‘Irish Anarchist Review’ is to act as forum for a sharing of ideas about revolutionary struggle. Building a successful revolution demands genuine discussion, debate and sharing of ideas. We hope that the articles in here will help to stimulate discussion and provoke debate and perhaps even motivate some of our readers to respond with articles of your own. read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / anarchist movement / interview Thursday June 14, 2012 21:27 by Anarkismo.net   text 2 comments (last - friday june 15, 2012 18:27)   image 1 image
On 1 May 2012, a new anarchist communist organization called Collective Action was launched in the UK, together with the release of a statement (Where We Stand: Formation of a new Anarchist Communist project in the UK). In an attempt to clear up some points that were not clear from the statement or from the other documents published by the organization, Anarkismo.net has carried out this interview, in which the answers to our questions represent the jointly-held positions of Collective Action's members. [Eλληνικά] read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / history of anarchism / opinion / analysis Thursday June 14, 2012 17:19 by Alan M.   image 1 image
There is a myth about John McGuffin carrying the Belfast Anarchist Group‘s banner singlehanded on the Belfast to Derry civil rights march organised by Peoples Democracy in January 1969. read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / community struggles / opinion / analysis Thursday June 14, 2012 17:04 by Mark Hoskins   image 1 image
Almost a month has passed since the national conference of the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes (CAHWT). While on the surface things look pretty quiet, this is a critical juncture for the campaign. The momentum that has been lost by the attachment of the CAHWT to the unsuccessful No referendum campaign will only be rebuilt when the government make their next move, but those active in the campaign need to use the coming weeks to prepare for that eventuality. read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / community struggles / opinion / analysis Thursday June 14, 2012 17:00 by Mark Hoskins   image 2 images
There’s been a lot of talk lately about participatory and direct democracy. Renewed interest in alternative forms of organising society has arisen from increasing dissatisfaction with mainstream politics and the domination of the economy by a few corporations. This dissatisfaction has found its expression in the Arab spring, the May 15th movement in Spain and the Occupy movement in the English-speaking world. Where the anti-capitalist movement of the last decade focussed almost exclusively on the power of the corporations and finance capital, this current tendency is to also focus on politics and the state. read full story / add a comment
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irlanda / gran bretagna / la sinistra / opinione / analisi Monday June 04, 2012 19:05 by Andrew Flood   image 1 image
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
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ireland / britain / the left / opinion / analysis Friday June 01, 2012 20:18 by Andrew   image 1 image
With votes still being counted in the referendum in Ireland it has become clear that the largest block of potential voters refused to take part in the fiscal compact referendum, rejecting the arguments that they could either vote for 'stability' or against 'austerity'. Quite possibly more people chose to boycott the referendum then the combined Yes and No voters. On top of this some 17% of the population who live and pay tax in Ireland were excluded from voting at all in the referendum. This means as many as 2/3 of the adult population did not vote in the referendum. [Italiano] read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / miscellaneous / opinion / analysis Thursday May 31, 2012 16:26 by Costas A.   image 3 images
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 read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / the left / press release Saturday May 26, 2012 16:01 by Costas A.   image 1 image
Socialist Party MEP to debate whether voting in the referendum is “a waste of time” at Anarchist Bookfair this weekend read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / economy / opinion / analysis Saturday May 26, 2012 15:50 by Sean Matthews   image 1 image
The sectarian row over the former Girdwood army barracks site in North Belfast is part of a larger picture of sectarianism and segregation forming the bedrock of the status-quo, with our local political class depending on it for their very political survival. read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / culture / anarchist communist event Thursday May 24, 2012 16:21 by Costas   image 1 image
Organisers of the Dublin Anarchist Bookfair have announced that the Bookfair, to be held this Saturday (26th May) in Liberty Hall, will include a major Photographic Exhibition entitled “ A Decade Of Resistance: Images of Struggle 2002 – 2012”. read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / community struggles / news report Tuesday May 22, 2012 16:54 by Costas   image 1 image
In a new twist to the decade long struggle against Shell Rossport Solidarity Camp has revealed that Mayo County Council (MCC) has issued an eviction notice to the landowner of the field where the Rossport Solidarity Camp is located. Mayo farmer Gerry Burke has been threatened with fines of over €12,000 and two years in prison. Despite these theats the annual June Bank Holiday solidarity gathering will go ahead in a couple of weeks. read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / miscellaneous / opinion / analysis Tuesday May 22, 2012 16:50 by Costas   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 24, 2012 21:24)   image 1 image
Anarchist organisation, Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM), has claimed that voting in the Fiscal Compact Treaty referendum “will not make one whit of difference”. read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / miscellaneous / opinion / analysis Sunday May 20, 2012 17:41 by Costas A.   image 2 images
Standing with one foot in Ireland and the other foot in Greece and having an interest and a natural curiosity for all "things", I listen, watch and follow events that take place in both countries regarding all aspects of human life, social-political-economical and not only. read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / community struggles / opinion / analysis Saturday May 19, 2012 15:19 by WSM   image 3 images
The National Conference of the Campaign Against the Household and Water Taxes this Saturday will be making some key decisions that will determine the future success of the campaign. The ultimate objective of our campaign should be to ensure that everyone who gets involved in it can have an equal input into our decision-making. This will make for a more democratic and far more efficient Campaign which large numbers of people will feel direct ownership of. That will mean a far stronger Campaign and one capable of winning. On Saturday we will be distributing this text which explains the case for direct democracy as a leaflet to those attending the conference. read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / economy / opinion / analysis Friday May 18, 2012 16:15 by Fergal Rowe   image 3 images
On the 31st May, the Irish people will be asked to vote in a referendum on the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, commonly known as the Fiscal Compact Treaty. The YES side in the campaign argue that this is necessary in order to maintain stability across the EU, and the NO side argue that this treaty represents an enshrinement and continuation of the austerity we have faced since 2008. However, both sides, either through ignorance, cynicism or malice, portray the limitations of people's agency and power as the ticking of a box on a piece of paper.

Putting aside the neo-liberal talk of 'stability' for a moment, it is interesting to examine the crux of the NO campaign's argument. The ULA refers to it as the 'Austerity Treaty' in most of its literature and Sinn Fein have put out posters bearing the words 'Austerity isn't working; Vote NO'. There are a number of reasons why this is tactically inept; but primarily, to put across the idea that the agenda of the ruling class, the agenda of austerity and neo-liberalism, can be halted by ticking a box is the worst possible message to disseminate. read full story / add a comment
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