Over 30 years of anarchist writing from Ireland listed under hundreds of topics
Elaine
Why we must organise to defeat the Household Tax
Date: Fri, 2011-09-09 14:22
The EU and IMF, enabled and supported by our Fine Gael/Labour Government, are imposing a new regressive tax on all of our homes. This tax will take no account of the ability to pay and will almost certainly move in only one direction (upwards) over the years once it is introduced.
The real cost of energy privatisation - a look at the UK
Date: Mon, 2011-10-31 19:52
As temperatures drop and household energy bills soar again this autumn, the PR battle to privatise our energy infrastructure is just heating up. The IMF/EU claim that competition, the favourite euphemism for privatisation, will lower costs for consumers. The Government claims, as usual, that it has no choice but to do what its overlords instruct. So now seems like a good time to observe how that privatisation has been working out for our nearest neighbours in the UK.
