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Public meeting The drugs crisis
Saturday 28 July, 2 p.m.
Drugs from crop to community:
A working-class response
Speakers:
Cllr Cieran Perry;
Pepe Gutiérrez (the Latin American experience);
Cllr Anna Quigley.
Chairperson:
Tom Redmond.
James Connolly House
43 East Essex Street, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2
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| Articles from the ISN |
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| Take back the unions - and take back the streets |
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| As the economic crisis gets worse, the fighting spirit of Ireland’s trade union movement is slowly draining away. This has to change—and fast. In 2009 Ireland saw more than 120,000 workers.... |
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| In 2009, France’s Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) dissolved itself into a ‘broad’ organisation, the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA). Where does the new party stand today? Bigger .... |
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| BOOK REVIEW - New Parties of the Left: Experiences from Europe |
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| New Parties of the Left: Experiences from Europe – Daniel Bensaid, Alda Sousa, Alan Thornett and others – Resistance Books, 2011 - €9
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| Scottish independence key issue for Left |
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| As the battle lines are drawn for the upcoming referendum, the issue of independence and its consequences has taken on a new urgency for the Left. The radical left in Scotland is united in support for.... |
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| Ireland's elite laughing all the way to the bank |
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| In 2008, Ireland was brought to its knees by our own Axis of Evil: builders, bankers and their Fianna Fáil cronies. It’s now a good time to ask who the winners and losers in the crisis ha.... |
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| Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes Cant Pay, Wont Pay |
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| The Campaign Against the Household Tax is currently a precursor coalition of political and community activists, including trade unionists, tenants association organisers, TDs, and others come togeth.... |
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| Irish Ship to Gaza - Freedom Flotilla 2 |
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| Support Irish Ship to Gaza efforts to send a large Irish contingent on Freedom Flotilla 2 by donating towards the cost of an Irish ship.
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| Asbestos - The Silent Killer |
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| Local leaflet distributed by Belfast ISN.
ASBESTOS - THE SILENT KILLER
Dear Resident,
It has been brought to our attention that asbestos is contained within a building site located at 1.... |
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| The 420 Billion giveaway: How Ireland is losing its valuable natural resources |
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| An information pack on Ireland’s offshore oil and gas and the Corrib Gas controversy, prepared by Dublin Shell to Sea November 2009. Download a PDF file (46mb) of the information pack
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| 1% Network demands that the rich pay for their own crisis |
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| Ireland: Shock, austerity, Sinn Féin and the United Left Alliance |
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| Des Derwin in forensic detail gives his analysis of the state of the Irish left. He checks the balance sheet of ULA progress to date and how it fits in to what is happening in Ireland at the pre.... |
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| NAFTA on Steroids |
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| The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would grant enormous new powers to corporations, is a massive assault on democracy. Lori Wallach reports .... |
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| Greg Palast: Fracking in Ireland and Being Dependent on Halliburton’s Mud |
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| Greg Palast was in Dublin recently to give a talk about oil companies and their interest in fracking in Ireland. Here in an article, he gives some background to their shady dealings. They\.... |
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| New Hope in Ireland |
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| The Irish election returned five TDs for the United Left Alliance, with 2.8 per cent of the first preference votes. But this victory for the Left is only part of a bigger picture of political change.... |
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| Occupying Dublin: Considerations at the Crossroads |
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| Helena Sheehan who was active in Occupy Dame Street from it\'s beginning on October 8th 2011 recounts her experiences of the camp. Its a serious analysis of the local branch of a worldwide.... |
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"The Irish Socialist Network has published pamphlets on the North of Ireland, the financial crisis and South Africa - you can buy them for €2 each or €5 for three. Contact us at irishsocialistnetwork@dublin.ie to get your copies" |
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| THE IRISH SOCIALIST NETWORK |
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