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ireland / britain / community struggles / news report Wednesday April 23, 2008 - 05:42 by Alan Ó Murcháin
Appoximately 5,000 people turned out for the “March for a Decent Public Health Service” held on Saturday, 29th March in Dublin. Various Trade Unions, patients groups from around the country and political organisations were represented. ... read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / repression / prisoners / press release Tuesday April 15, 2008 - 06:26 by Alan MacSimoin
Join the protest in Dublin on Saturday April 19th
2pm,US Embassy, Ballsbridge.
Journalist and former Black Panther, Mumia Abu-Jamal, still faces execution by the US state. Last month the Appeal Court in Philadelphia ruled against a new trial. Thee will now be a new sentencing hearing, which will result in either execution or life in prison without parole.
This man has been on death row since 1982. It is widely believed that he was railroaded to jail because of his radical views and personal history. Among those who have taken up his case are: The National Union of Journalists, the Graphical, Paper & Media Union, International Organisation of Journalists, Nelson Mandela, Salman Rushdie, Rage Against the Machine, Christy Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Proinsias DeRossa MEP, Joe Higgins (Socialist Party), the Workers Solidarity Movement and the Connolly Youth Movement. ... read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / anarchist movement / news report Wednesday March 26, 2008 - 20:19 by Gregor Kerr   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 26, 2008 - 20:34)   image 1 image
The Dublin Anarchist Bookfair – held this year on the weekend of 14th and 15th March – has firmly established itself as the biggest and most exciting event on the political left in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / community struggles / news report Friday March 14, 2008 - 06:24 by Peter O Sullivan
Sicko is the name of the new Michael Moore film exposing the US health service for what it is – a profit hungry machine that puts money first and people second. In the good ol’ US of A, if you don’t pay when you get sick then it’s tough luck. ... read full story / add a comment
İrlanda / büyük britanya / workplace struggles / news report Tuesday March 11, 2008 - 18:38 by Belfast WSM
Belfast WSM (İşçilerin Dayanışma Hareketi), Organise! (Örgütlen!), sendika aktivistleri, diğer sol gruplar ve bazı Delaney's işçileriyle birlikte Delaney's restoranının önünde Perşembe ve Cumartesi günleri boyunca başarılı eylemler yaptı. [ English] ... read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / workplace struggles / news report Tuesday March 11, 2008 - 18:35 by Belfast WSM
Belfast WSM, along with members of Organise!, trade union activists and other left groups as well as workers from Delaney's itself, took part in successful pickets outside Delaney's restaurant on Thursday and Saturday. [ Türkçe] ... read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / miscellaneous / news report Thursday February 14, 2008 - 23:58 by Alan M.
Roughly 300 people turned up to the launch of the 'Campaign for a Decent Public Health Service' on the evening of the 11th February in Liberty Hall. The public meeting was organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions and the campaign hopes to bring together health workers and their trade unions, patient groups, hospital campaigners, the trade union movement in general and the general public to demand a civilised health service. ... read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / education / news report Sunday January 06, 2008 - 00:56 by x   image 1 image
In early December classroom assistants in the North returned to work after a series of strike actions which had gone on since September. This action by the classroom assistants showed in stark form the two faces of the trade union movement.

On the one hand there was the tremendous bravery and solidarity shown by the workers themselves in standing up to attempts to bully and harass them back to work. On the other hand was the duplicitousness and skulduggery of some trade union bureaucrats who not alone did their best to undermine the dispute but actively worked with management and politicians to betray the workers. ... read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / repression / prisoners / news report Sunday December 23, 2007 - 18:58 by Gregor Kerr
Over 200 people packed into the Royal Dublin Hotel on Dublin’s O’Connell Street in early December for a public meeting on the topic ‘Democracy and Policing: How accountable are the Gardaí to the Irish people?’ ... read full story / add a comment
Keep it local.
ireland / britain / workplace struggles / press release Monday December 10, 2007 - 12:19 by IWW NBS   image 1 image
The IWW is fighting a major campaign against the centralisation and cuts within England's National Blood service. This release relates the latest phase of the wobbly campaign, which aims to reverse the plans. ... read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / miscellaneous / news report Monday December 03, 2007 - 23:44 by Workers Solidarity
In Ireland we like to think that we’ve long ago abolished the death penalty; that we’ve progressed beyond such primitive practices, that we’re too civilized for that. But Irish people are still being sentenced to death, and not even for crimes they have committed but for the crimes of our murderous health system. ... read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / community struggles / news report Monday November 26, 2007 - 22:27 by Seán
While Martin McGuiness was flying off to ‘sell’ the North to American investors with promises of low corporation tax, we are in the midst of wee bit of class war with classroom assistants and posties taking action to defend their interests against ‘the new era’ of the bosses. ... read full story / add a comment
irlanda / gran bretagna / movimento anarchico / comunicato stampa Friday November 23, 2007 - 22:23 by Segretario Nazionale WSM
Si è svolto a Dublino il 3 e 4 novembre 2007 il Congresso Nazionale - Autunno 2007 del Workers Solidarity Movement. Il Congresso Nazionale si svolge ogni sei mesi ed è la prima istanza decisionale dell'organizzazione sulle questioni di teoria e strategia. Ogni militante del WSM può partecipare e, individualmente o collettivamente proporre e votare mozioni e emendamenti. [ English ] ... read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / community struggles / news report Saturday November 17, 2007 - 00:54 by Various WSM members   image 5 images
Friday 9th November saw hundreds of people travel from around Ireland to show solidarity with dozens of local Corrib protesters in the latest 'day of action' against the attempt by Shell to impose a dangerous experimental gas pipeline on the community. WSM members from Dublin and Cork took part in the protests, here we present their account of what happened along with a selection of photographs from indymedia.ie. ... read full story / add a comment
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ireland / britain / community struggles / news report Thursday November 01, 2007 - 22:57 by Alan MacSimoin   image 1 image
The Workers Solidarity Movement is urging anarchists and other supporters of Shell To Sea to get to Rossport for the day-of-action on November 9th. WSM members will join people from around the country in showing, one year since Gardai batoned protesters, that we will not be intimidated. ... read full story / add a comment
Pity the Green Voting Hare
ireland / britain / environment / news report Wednesday October 10, 2007 - 20:35 by James   text 1 comment (last - thursday october 11, 2007 - 20:02)   image 1 image
Green Party Minister John Gormley has given the green light for the Irish Coursing Club to capture hares for the coming enclosed hare coursing season. ... read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / anti-fascism / press release Friday July 20, 2007 - 19:01 by KSL
The Kate Sharpley Library have just published "Anti-Fascist Action – an Anarchist perspective", part history and part political analysis by a comrade who was there. ... read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / workplace struggles / news report Monday July 09, 2007 - 10:22 by Joe King
A recent WSM public meeting in Dublin about anarchism saw something a bit different; members of Fine Gael turning up to defend capitalism. We were told it’s a great system and the rich are simply enjoying the rewards of hard work. ... read full story / add a comment
ireland / britain / workplace struggles / news report Monday July 09, 2007 - 09:02 by Pat Garrett   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 10, 2007 - 17:09)
An Post workers have been on the receiving end of a series of substantial blows which have held down pay rates and undermined rights with regard to status. ... read full story / add a comment
irlanda / gran bretagna / movimento anarchico / cronaca Thursday May 31, 2007 - 23:55 by WSM National Secretary
Il Workers Solidarity Movement ha tenuto alla fine di aprile la sua Conferenza Nazionale della primavera 2007 nei locali del Teachers' Club. Alla conferenza hanno partecipato circa il 70% dei militanti con molte facce nuove rispetto alla precedente conferenza di 6 mesi fa. ... read full story / add a comment
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