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national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday December 05, 2014 19:33 by irate
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I'm reproducing this post here because I think it needs wider circulation. I hope the original poster will forgive my boldness but It is an important message that should get out to the widest possible audience. Basically, under instruction from the EU, we will be giving private investors the interest on 28 billion of bank debt instead of paying it back to the Irish central bank as is currently the case, all with barely a murmur from the Irish media. Meanwhile the distraction storm rages on over a piddling 280 million which MIGHT be repaid to junior bond holders some of which MAY actually be local credit unions etc who are very beneficial to our economy. Furthermore If interest rates rise in the future we WILL be crucified by huge wasted interest repayments to greedy vulture capitalists. Meanwhile the media have us pissing and moaning over a hypothetical 280 million which MIGHT be repaid mainly to the likes of our own credit unions which will be peanuts compared to these other interest payments most likely going to foreign vulture capitalists read full story / add a comment 
cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Friday December 05, 2014 19:16 by Eric
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You are invited to join us at a meeting / film showing, titled: “If water were a person, it would be an anarchist: An anarchist view on the water charges”, next Tuesday 9th December, 8pm, in the Cork Community Printshop, Oliver Plunkett Street Lower ( behind the Bus Station ) read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / other press Tuesday December 02, 2014 23:28 by wsm
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This article was written by the WSM and appears on their website and is the text for a 4 page PDF leaflet which you are encouraged to print and distribute. In the face of massive opposition to the water charges, the government have made several clumsy attempts to placate us, while their partners in the media seek to frighten us off the streets. The latest attempt, delivered by Alan Kelly, Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government in the Dáil on the 19th of November, is the plan to charge us €160 per year for our water and to give ‘eligible households’ a water conservation grant of €100. read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday December 02, 2014 20:07 by CPOI
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Talk addressing Communism and contemporary society. organised by the Communist Party Of Ireland
Trade Union Office
55 North Main St. Cork
Fri Dec 5th 2014 @ 7pm read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday December 01, 2014 08:03 by Walden Bello
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How do we bring fundamental reforms about at a time when organized minorities and disorganized, quiescent majorities appear to be the norm in both the North and the South? read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / feature Saturday November 29, 2014 17:45 by Shane Cassidy
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This article examines the Transatlantic Free Trade agreement and it's potential repercussions.
In 2010 the US mining and gas company, Renco, managed to successfully avoid having to pay compensation to Peruvian locals who were harmed due to pollution by their companies by successfully using a provision of the Peru-US Trade Agreement[1]. Not satisfied with avoiding having to pay compensation, the company has since demanded $800 million from the Peruvian government as they argue that one of the companies they own, Doe Run, was forced into bankruptcy due to an expensive pollution clean-up which the Peruvian government required Doe Run to conduct [2]. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Friday November 28, 2014 10:49 by FUSION SUNDAYS
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Dublin's Only World Christmas Market read full story / add a comment 
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Monday November 24, 2014 22:13 by Right2Water
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LOCAL ASSEMBLY 25 November at 20:00 in UTC Mill Theatre Dundrum in Dundrum, Dublin read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Sunday November 23, 2014 01:40 by Campaign for the Abolition of Cruel Sports
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The recent death of ex-senator and architect, Jack Fitzsimons of Kells, County Meath, has been keenly felt by his family and by the many people who knew him in his former professions. Readers of his best-selling book, Bungalow Bliss, will remember him too for his professional and easy to follow advice on affordable house designs. read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday November 17, 2014 19:47 by KM
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"Odessa & Donbass. Tragedy of Ukraine" Photo Exhibition Opening reception 20.11.14 6pm. Witness conferencing by Julia S 22nd of November 2014 at 1pm. Camden Palace Hotel Camden Quay Cork read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / opinion/analysis Monday November 17, 2014 11:37 by anon
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It is clear that the governments is seeking to split the anti-water charges campaign by modifying the water charges and publicly attacking any violence surrounding the protests. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday November 16, 2014 22:43 by WISE Up Wales
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Policing for the G20 summit in Brisbane this past weekend was of overkill proportions. There was very little in the way of serious resistance, the Guardian reported that cops (6,000) outnumbered protesters and only 14 arrests were made. One of these was Irish-Australian Manning and Assange solidarity and anti-war activist Ciaron O'Reilly, who has been held in custody all weekend and will be brought before Brisbane Magistrates on Monday morning. read full story / add a comment 
international / bin tax / household tax / water tax / other press Sunday November 16, 2014 01:15 by T
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This is a repost of an important article on the Irish Left Review website and goes into detail on the connection between the Water Charges and the upcoming Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) which is currently being concluded in secret by the EU and US. *** The water charges can and must be defeated by resistance and non-payment but water, as a human right, must also be secured as a publicly owned and controlled resource universally available. Remember, we had to fight water charges in the 1980’s and again in the 1990’s so let’s make this win a permanent one. read full story / add a comment 
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday November 14, 2014 22:33 by ipsc
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Saturday 15th November | 14.00 | Free and Unticketed | Crawford Art Gallery This programme of short artist’s film works looks at Palestine from various perspectives – external, embedded and provocative. Each of the filmmakers go beyond mainstream media representations of Palestine to interrogate the emotional and political landscape through uncanny juxtaposition of image and text. This screening will be followed by a panel discussion about film media and the current situation in Palestine including Laurence Davis (Dept of Government UCC), Rola Abu Zeid O’Neill (Dept of Sociology UCC), Harry Browne (School of Media DIT). Curated and chaired by artist/filmmaker Aoife Desmond. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday November 13, 2014 21:10 by Laurence Cox
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Details of this annual event read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Wednesday November 12, 2014 22:05 by no to Irish Water
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The next major Right2Water event is a National Assembly outside the Dail on International Human Rights Day. This will take place on Wednesday, 10th December 2014 at 1pm. We will reaffirm our demand that water is recognised as a human right and that the Irish government abolish domestic water charges. Please spread the word.. EVENT: National Assembly LOCATION: Dail Eireann, Leinster House, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 UPDATE: Merrion Street blocked off by Garda. Go around to Kildare St. TIME: 1pm read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media / press release Thursday November 06, 2014 23:06 by Internationalist Group
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Get the journal of revolutionary Marxism -- contact an Internationalist supporter or send US$0.50 to Mundial Publications, Box 3321 Church Street Station, New York, NY 10008 USA. Five issue/one year subscription $10. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday November 05, 2014 13:14 by Peter Simple
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A response to Miriam Lord in the Irish Times 23 October 2014: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/this...73438 The big man protecting the little woman. That explains the sexist picture dominating the Irish Times front page on 23 October, of Taoiseach Enda Kenny looking out for Mairia Cahill. In our patriarchal society men hold the material and physical upper hand. Women often fight back with emotional and psychological weapons. These are being exploited in this fight, but not by men on the one side and women on the other, but by men and women on both sides. The spouse of First Minister Peter Robinson, Iris, was in an exploitative relationship with a younger man. He is forgotten (I forget his face and name), while Mrs Robinson was publicly rehabilitated by President Mary McAleese and the Queen of England at a live televised public event in Dublin. She received therapy and expiated her sins, while he was left to his own devices. Who cares, f**k him. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday November 03, 2014 11:06 by FUSION SUNDAYS
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DUBLIN'S ONLY ETHNIC BAZAAR read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / feature Sunday November 02, 2014 00:07 by T
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Over 100 separate local demonstrations took place today (Sat Nov 1st) against the Water Charges and for the Right 2 Water. Organisers estimate conservatively that over 150,000 were out on the streets today to send a message to this government that they won't accept paying for water twice and having it privatised later. People realize that all the false promises and allowances will eventually be dropped and the long term result will be that a privatised water company will prey on the people with massive hikes in charges and big fat bonuses for themselves. There were protests from Cork & Kerry to Wexford to Dublin to Limerick to Galway to Sligo to Donegal to Cavan to Dundalk and all over the Midlands. There has never been anything like it perhaps since the foundation of the state. The people are truly fed up and are determined and will not be abused by the political technocrats of big Capital that is robbing every social gain our forebears fought hard to get over the past century. read full story / add a comment |
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