Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Intellectual Property in the Age of the Internet
Date: Thu, 2006-04-13 16:04
In this transcript of an educational I gave to the 1st of May branch I attempt to briefly consider how the internet and technology have impacted on intellectual property and what our perspectives on this might be as class struggle anarchists
Report from 2006 Independent Workers Union conference
Date: Thu, 2006-04-13 13:51
An anarchist reports from the conference of the Independent Workers Union held Saturday in Dublin. The IWU broke away from the ATGWU (another general union that admits all workers) in 2002 .
1916, left republicanism, anarchism and class struggle
Date: Thu, 2006-04-13 11:39
This article is an anarchist analysis of the 1916 insurrection and the war of independence in the context of the struggle for socialism in Ireland and internationally. It concentrates on the 'unknown' but intense class struggle that ran alongside the war of independence and the role republicanism played in the suppression of that struggle. It asks 'what is freedom' and shows how anarchism originated amongst earlier European left republicans as an answer to the limitations of republicanism.
Image: O'Connell street after the insurrection
1916 – what are they celebrating?
Date: Thu, 2006-04-13 11:09
There is something very odd with the official commemoration of 1916. The same government which is celebrating an insurrection against imperialism 90 years ago is today – against the wishes of the majority of the Irish people – allowing Irish airports to be used in support of an imperialist war. And whereas the 1916 proclamation referred to “the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland” successive southern governments have shown themselves to be on the side of international corporations. Most recently this has shown itself in the manner in which the Corrib gas fields of Co’ Mayo were handed over to the Shell corporation.
Dublin May Day march
Date: Wed, 2006-04-12 16:00
Celebrate May Day
Saturday April 29th
Assemble 2.30pm at Parnell Square.
March with the WSM
Rossport Solidarity Camp Reopens 2006
Date: Mon, 2006-04-10 15:01
Rosssport Solidarity Camp is re-opening at the moment, in preparation for any attempt by Shell to recommence work, something that they couldn’t do over winter, due to the fatal combination of rain and bog.
The Love Ulster Riot In Dublin
Date: Mon, 2006-04-10 14:58
A small band of fringe nationalists decided to stop the Love Ulster parade. There is no question but that crowd of loyalists are sectarian bigots. During a protest against the release of republican prisoners as part of the Good Friday agreement, their leader, Willie Frazer, was asked about loyalist murder gang prisoners “They should never have been locked up in the first place,” he replied.
Changes in Bolivia: The victory of Evo Morales
Date: Mon, 2006-04-10 14:55
The victory of Evo Morales in the presidential elections in Bolivia in December has underlined once more that across Latin America there is a demand for change. The first significant victory came back in 2002 when Lula, the leader of the Brazilian Workers Party was elected to power after a long and arduous campaign that stretched back almost two decade. It is claimed that Lulu’s victory and his pronouncements about making Brazil a fairer society sent ‘shivers’ through world stock markets.
Wal Mart: Cut Price Employees?
Date: Mon, 2006-04-10 14:48
The supermarket giant Asda, a subsidiary of Wal-Mart, has recently taken over 12 Safeway stores in Northern Ireland. It has also been ordered to pay £850,000 in compensation to staff at their huge distribution centre at Washington in the north east of England
Cartoons and Caricatures
Date: Mon, 2006-04-10 14:45
By now we are all familiar with the cartoons commissioned and published by the Danish magazine Jllands – Posten which aroused such anger in the Muslim world and in Muslim communities worldwide.