Workers Solidarity 62 is online
Issue 62 of the Irish anarchist paper Workers Solidarity is now online on the web and as a PDF file for you to print out and distribute. The contents of the latest issue are at the end of this message and articles can be accessed at http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/ws/2001.html
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ARTICLE SUMMARIES FOLLOW
Anarchism and the struggle for Freedom
We're told we live in a free society. We have freedom of speech, we can work where we like, travel where we like, and can vote in elections. But how free are we?
The media and the anti capitalist globalisation movement - Learning from Nice
You may remember back in early December the news being dominated for several nights by coverage of the European Summit in Nice. An endless stream of politicians and political experts offered us their opinions on what new voting arrangements might be introduced. You might even be aware that there was some opposition on the streets of Nice to the summit, on December 7th most TV news items started with brief footage of a bank being set on fire
Fighting racism is not a crime
On 28th March 2000 a group of eleven anti- racists occupied the Taoiseach's constituency office, in protest at proposed draconian measures against asylum seekers. The government was planning to introduce prison ships (so- called 'flotels'), forcible fingerprinting and the introduction of police from abroad to catch people fleeing injustice in their own countries.
Africa, anarchism & neo-liberalism
Many African countries are chronically broke. They must regularly borrow money to finance the public sector and to service their existing debt. The IMF is willing to provide loans as long as the government will carry out a neo- liberal reform package, known as a Structural Adjustment Program (SAP).
Bin charges struggle continues
Reports from the struggle against the bin charges in Dublin and Cork
Why can't you all get together?
Last November about 70 or 80 people, from a number of left wing groupings, attended a conference in Dublin calling for 'Left Unity'. The organisers of the meeting wanted to set up an alliance like the Socialist Alliances in Britain, or even a new party like the Scottish Socialist Party. This would be an alliance, based on Leninist groups, coming together primarily to contest the next general election.
What is anarchism? Who are the WSM
Anarchism is a very simple idea - basically society should not be divided into order-givers and order-takers, instead it should be organised in a non-hierarchical way. We don't need bosses, politicians, bishops or anybody else to tell us how to live our lives. Anarchists look to a society which will be based on the idea of 'from each according to ability, to each according to need'.
Refugee Act - denying rights
On Monday November 20th the Refugee Act came into force. The main purpose of the act appears to be to ensure that asylum seekers do not even temporarily attain the most basic rights of Irish Citizens and that they be kicked out as soon as possible.
If TDs can get a £10,000 pay rise, why can't the rest of us?
Secondary teachers, rail signal workers and Aer Lingus cabin crew are just some of the workers who have taken on both their own bosses and the government. They aren't buying into the nonsense that we are all equal partners with our bosses and are all getting a fair share of the booming economy. Suddenly there is a chorus of very rich employers and their paid economists telling us that the great Tiger economy won't stretch to a wage rise that you might actually notice in your pay packet.
ASTI: teachers show the way but we need solidarity, not 'special cases'!
The secondary teachers took more than a few politicians by surprise. Regarded as the most conservative of the three teachers' unions, they were not expected to be leading a movement to break the PPF wage limits. Yet, that is exactly what they have done.
Review:Analysing the Celtic Tiger
Kieran Allen's study of the Celtic Tiger was published with almost perfect timing as the bosses, the government and the trade union leaders lined up to tell workers that if they did not moderate their pay demands we might kill off the 'Celtic Tiger'.
News from the WSM
A thank you letter from the Czech anarchists for Irish support for the people arrested at the S26 demonstrations in Prague
--- Articles at http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/ws/2001.html
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