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Index of Workers Solidarity Issues from 1998
Date: Sat, 1998-01-03 08:43
The articles from the three issues (53-55) of the Irish anarchist paper Workers Solidarity that were published in 1998.
After Apartheid: Anarchism and the 'new' South Africa
Date: Sat, 1998-01-03 00:24
Just three years after the famous elections that ended apartheid in April 1994, South Africa's reforms are in crisis and dissatisfaction is rising. In a wide ranging interview we ask the Workers Solidarity Federation for their views on what has happened since the end of apartheid. Interview by Kevin Doyle.
Review : The Labour Movement and the Internet
Date: Fri, 1998-01-02 15:07
The internet - viewed by some as the highway to the future, dismissed by others as an over - hyped toy with little practical value. Conor Mc Loughlin reviews a new book on the internet and its use by the labour movement.
Anarchists and the trade unions - Be active - be involved
Date: Fri, 1998-01-02 15:04
Trade Unions are important organs of the working-class. Gregor Kerr - a member of the Irish National Teachers Organisation who has been involved in campaigns against "social partnership" and in many strike support groups - argues that trade union involvement should form a central part of the political activity of all anarchists.
The Emergence Of Modern Irish Socialism 1885-87
Date: Fri, 1998-01-02 15:01
It could be argued that modern Irish socialism began with the establishment in 1872 of branches of the International Working Men's Association (or First International). However, these branches (in Dublin, Cork, Belfast and Cootehill) were short-lived because of the intense opposition that they encountered and their demise was followed by a complete absence of socialist organisation until 1885.
Review: Constructive Anarchism
Date: Fri, 1998-01-02 14:45
Despite its relevance, The Organisation Platform of the Libertarian Communists is as controversial as ever. Kevin Doyle reviews Constructive Anarchism, a new pamphlet from Monty Miller Press in Australia that has collected The Platform and some of the early responses to its proposals into one useful edition.
The Russian Revolution: Four October Myths
Date: Thu, 1997-10-16 00:53
Here I am going to look at four myths, widly accepted by the left and right alike on the October revolution and its aftermath. In 1922 Emma Goldman complained Soviet Russia, had become "the modern socialist Lourdes, to which the blind and the lame, the deaf and the dumb were flocking for miraculous cures". And like most religious events that claim a historical valadity many of the myths of the October revolution rather then being historical accounts are written instead to create a blind faith in the leadership of the party.
Loyalist Myths: King Billy Revisited
Date: Wed, 1997-07-16 01:30
The Orange Parades on and around the twelfth of July have long been a bone of serious contention and indeed a source of sectarian conflict in the Six Counties. Members of the Orange Order demand their unalienable right to march the Queen's highway, in commemoration of the victory of King William of Orange at the battle of the Boyne - a victory (as the Orangemen see it) for religious and civil liberty.
WATER CHARGES ABOLISHED in 1996, A VICTORY FOR PEOPLE POWER!!!
Date: Mon, 1997-03-17 14:26
WATER CHARGES ABOLISHED
A VICTORY FOR PEOPLE POWER!!!