Fair Hotels is an initiative of hotel workers employed in Fair Hotels throughout Ireland and trade union representatives. Hotels listed on www.fairhotels.ie were invited to participate in the Fair Hotels campaign by their own staff and their staffs' representatives. Each of the hotels listed on www.fairhotels.ie has agreed to participate. Our objective is to support and promote quality employment in the hotel industry in Ireland.

Related Links:
Fair Hotels Website | Siptu Fair Hotels Iniative (from Cedar Lounge Revolution) | New Ethical Template for Quality Jobs (from Mandate.ie)

Who's Endorsing Fair Hotels:
IUF - Uniting Food, Farm and Hotel Workers World-Wide | Irish Congress of Trade Unions | Trade Union Congress | Fairtrade Mark Ireland | National Women's Council of Ireland | Consumers Association of Ireland | Lynch Hotels | Irish Federation of University Teachers | Migrant Rights Centre Ireland | Immigrant Council of Ireland | Community Platform | Sport Against Racism Ireland | Hotel Solutions

The Occupy movement has grown steadily in the past 4 weeks in Ireland. It is part of the global Occupy movement. As to what it is about is best summed up by the OccupyGalway statement:

Occupy Galway is part of the international movement against austerity measures imposed on ordinary people around the world. We are all part of the 99% who, so far, have been subject to economic inequality and social injustice from the 1% who control the world's resources. We, the 99% demand:
1 - The removal of the IMF and ECB from all Irish financial affairs;
2 - That the national debt imposed on Irish people from the bank bailouts be lifted;
3 - The return of Irish resources (gas, oil, forestry) to the people of Ireland;
4 - Real particpatory democracy.

THIS IS NOT A RECESSION, IT'S A ROBBERY!!!

Related Links: Tahir comes to Spain |helicopters, gunshots, riot vans screaming, armed cavalcade blocked and turned away... M15 > J15 |The American Revolution is underway, #occupywallstreet takes it to the belly of the beast | Occupy Dame Street - Oct 8th - Bring tent | Occupy:#OccupyDameStreet | #OccupyCork | #OccupyGalway | #OccupyBelfast | #OccupyWaterford | #OccupyLetterkenny Other Links: An Analysis Of The OccupyWallStreet (OWS) Movement in USA
UK Occupy: News review with Occupy Bristol | As the Occupations go Global, Nine are Ongoing in the UK

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ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN

"it shall be for the house (Dail and Senate) to determine the appropriate balance between the rights of persons and the public interest..." Okay this is pretty basic - A referendum is needed every time a government wishes to change our constitution - this is because the constitution theoretically exists to protect people from the excesses of any government i.e. any elected government can only work within the confines of what the constitution sets out. This means the constitution belongs to the citizens (i.e. us) not the Government. Whatever government is in power has to get our permission to change it. Lots of things in our constitution are outdated and need to be changed BUT and it's a big BUT we should be really careful of letting it be changed for trivial issues.

External Related Links:
Eight Former Attorney General Oppose Referendum | Dail Technical Group urging referendum No vote | Vote ‘Yes’ for political kangaroo courts | Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in warning over 'kangaroo courts' | Green Party urges No vote | Vincent Browne: Why I will vote ‘no’ to this flawed referendum | Mary Davis (presidential candidate) to vote against 30th amendment

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NEW YORK TIMES: Updated, 3:35 a.m. Sunday | In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested more than 700 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon. (After a 2 week corporate media blackout, #occupywallstreet direct action is now front page news)

Related Links:

It seems like in about a week or two's time, most of the western world will be occupied…
Occupy Everywhere | Occupy Together | Occupy-Dublin | #OccupyDameStreet | occupy den haag | 1% network Ireland Indy: Occupy Dame Street - Oct 8th - Bring tent

Some #hashtags you might want to follow:
Occupy Wall Street - #occupywallstreet | Occupy Everywhere - #occupy | Occupy Dame Street (Dublin, Ireland) #occupydamestreet - #oct18

Websites to read up on:
Original Occupy Wallstreet website | Democracy Now!'s coverage | Occupy Wall St | The original call to #OCCUPYWALLST from Adbusters (13 Jul 2011) | (New York Times) Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge | (ROAR- Reflections on a revolution) New York police arrest 700+ protesters on Brooklyn Bridge | (ROAR- Reflections on a revolution) Wall Street protests swell, spread and go viral across US | (Democracy Now) Cornel West on Occupy Wall Street: It’s the Makings of a U.S. Autumn Responding to the Arab Spring | (Democracy Now) "Something Has Started": Michael Moore on the Occupy Wall St. Protests That Could Spark a Movement | (Guardian) Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge | (Naomi Klein) Open Letter From Arun Gupta on the Wall Street Occupation: The Revolution Begins at Home | (Al Jazeera) Wall Street protests spread to other cities | (Guardian) Occupy Wall Street | Revolution in Spain, spreading to Ireland: homage to plaza catalunya | (Indymedia Ireland) Tahrir comes to Spain

Who's Tweeting About it
Occupy Dublin | Occupy Dame Street | Occupy Ireland | Contact.ie | Soundmigration | Irish Anti-War Movement |

Photos:
Cryptome Occupy Wall Street Photo and Video Series
Videos:
Occupy Wall Street: Dr Cornell West: "We the people have found our voice | Michael Moore 'Occupy Wall Street will only get Bigger' (MOXNEWS) | Occupy Wall Street: American Spring (Russia Today) | Occupy Together | Police Arrest More Than 700 #occupywallstreet Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge (We are Change) | Occupy Los Angeles - We are the 99% - The Beginning & In Depth HD

It seems like in about a week or two's time, most of the western world will be occupied…
Follow Occupy Wall Street Live on Livestream:

On this 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks there are many things to reflect on and in this article we are going to focus on the relationship between 9/11 and the political 'Left'. Today 10 years later, the public particularly in the US seems quite dividved as numerous polls show that a majority of US citizens don't accept the official story and a significant portion believe the government was involved in one form or another. The mainstream media though is still very much on page with the official version of events. The details of the topic itself are divisive and two clear camps have arisen with opposing views and very little common ground between. At this stage many people are simply tired of discussing it and wish to move on. This article does not intend to dwell on the mechanics of the event itself but examine the wider political effects.

At this remove, there are several clear groupings around the interpretation of 9/11. We have of course the US government which used 9/11 to usher in the War on Terror, a war in which Cheney and Rumsfeld said may last indefinitely. Behind them are the corporate and state media as well as most governments especially those of Western Europe who whatever doubts they may have had, quickly fell into line when George Bush declared. 'You are either with us or against us'. As you move to places like Russia, parts of Asia and Africa, they are not so forth right, but they all in common eagerly instigated their own Wars on Terror and imposed draconian measures on civil liberties and greatly increased represssion.