Workers Solidarity No 63 now online
Workers Solidarity No 63 has just been added to the struggle site. You can read the articles on the web at http://struggle.ws/ws/2001.html or print out the entire issue as a PDF file via http://struggle.ws/ws/pdf.html
Contents:
Politicians - 57 varieties,
all unfit for Human consumption 26 county secondary teachers, Aer Lingus workers and bricklayers are just a few groups of workers who have been lectured by TDs about "excessive" and "unrealistic" pay claims. Meanwhile 6 county ‘term time’ workers in the education system have been fighting for payments during school holidays.
Sweatshops, unions and Fortress Europe The EU is continuing the exploitation of the people of North Africa through creating a special trade zone of some of the North African countries similar to the free trades zones North America has created in Mexico.
The anarchist struggle in South America Anarchists are once again on the march, their voices are being heard in mass social movements after many years of silence, and their message of self-organisation against capitalism is being listened to by an ever growing number of workers.
Bin Charges - a strategy to win The key tactic which guaranteed success in the anti-water charge campaign was the refusal to pay. In the initial stages of the campaign, activists in local communities went from door- to-door encouraging their neighbours to join the boycott campaign.
Bin Campaign Set To Escalate In Cork Cork Corpo. plans to jail bin charges activists it has fined under the Litter Act
Dublin Bin charges - Liars and Cheats The vote to implement bin charges in Dublin Corporation in mid-January once again proved what a bunch of liars and cheats politicians are - no matter what party they come from
Thinking about anarchism
- Democracy In Our Unions? Trade unions were set up to defend and advance the interests of workers, but over the years have become more and more dominated by a largely unaccountable bureaucracy.
10 years after the Gulf War
- Their New World Order is as deadly as ever 10 years after the Gulf War offically ended Britain and the US continue to bomb Iraq. It only occasionally gets into the headlines, normally when civilians are killed.
That's capitalism Saving democracy?, NAFTA, deportations, 590 billionaires, bananas, oil profits
Oppose Deportations If money can travel why can’t people? The simple answer is that the bosses want to profit from a global economy. Racism is good for business. It’s vitally important that we let the Irish Government and the State know that we will not allow them to get away with the deportation of people.
RWG : Defend Freedom of Speech On the morning of Wednesday 7th February, Anthony McIntyre - a member of the Irish Republican Writers Group (IRWG) - was physically attacked and injured by one of the leading participants in the recent Sinn Fein led pickets on his home in West Belfast.
Review: The Corrosion of Character This is a thoughtful and thought provoking book. It describes a section of society that is affluent and yet hollow and empty.. Anyone working in a Celtic Tiger computer company will find much to think about in this book.
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