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Dublin OpinionLife should be full of strangeness, like a rich paintingTHE WRATH OF KANE: BANKING CRISES AND POLITICAL POWER 09:32 Fri Jan 30, 2015 ALWAYS THE ARTISTS: WEEK THREE OF THE BANK INQUIRY 23:11 Thu Jan 22, 2015 FIANNA FÁIL AND THE BANK INQUIRY : SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS 21:04 Mon Jan 12, 2015 PETER NYBERG BANK INQUIRY EVIDENCE, 17 DECEMBER 2014 18:05 Sun Dec 28, 2014 For Some Vicious Mole of Nature: Making Sense of The Irish Bank Crisis 21:07 Fri Dec 26, 2014
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A massive eviction is underway in Dublin. It is at the complex of occupied houses and former factory spaces in Grangegorman. Reports indicate that at 7am in the morning a very large number of private security angle grinder their way through one of the metal gates, invaded the area en massed and are erecting barriers (pictured) inside and trying to evict the occupants.
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Squatting Eviction Underway in Grangegorman |
Aljazeera: Residents resist eviction, clash with police in Dublin suburb |
From May 2014: Eviction attempt defeated in Grangegorman |
Squat's the Story? Political squat facing eviction in Grangegorman
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday February 20, 2015 16:34 by anti-austerity alliance
The Anti-Austerity Alliance has today condemned the jailing of anti-water meter protestors at the behest of Denis O’Brien’s company GMC Sierra. Related Links: Right2Water campaign shocked at jailing of water protesters| Stop poitical policing - Stop the arrests now! | Right to Plunder the Economy, Not Right to Protest | Free the Jobstown 4! - Socialist Party Press Release | Paul Murphy TD arrested on trumped up charges designed to discredit Anti-Water Charges campaign
national / consumer issues Friday February 20, 2015 16:29 by missing our buses already
Just three weeks ago the National Transport Authority (NTA) officially started the tendering for 2016 of initially 10% of Dublin Bus routes and a further 10% of all Bus Eireann routes with most of the routes in Waterford City, and a number of Dublin commuter routes are to be privatised. In the original plan a number of Cork City routes were to go but these will probably happen later. This process has been the culmination of a relentless effort by Fine Gael (FG) in the present government and their predecessors and fellow Neo-Liberal ideologists, Fianna Fáil (FF) in the last government where they have consistently pushed for the break up of both Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann so that it can be handed over to their friends in the private sector to run on a profit basis. The NTA is used as a sort of cloak of respectability to give the impression that they will actually be a regulator with teeth of which we know very few regulators have any teeth, with the banking regulator during the Celtic Tiger coming to mind, plus many other examples and the function of NTA is really for propaganda value to convince the middle class. However this whole scheme is about ideology and is NOT about competition but about privatisation. Related Links: Prices rises are on the way for public transport users... | Joe Higgins TD seeks topical issue debate tomorrow in Dáil on Bus Eireann strike | Government to fund private bus companies! - Jobs, wages & services under threat | Rivermeade residents wage war to defend the 40B bus
international / anti-capitalism Saturday November 29, 2014 17:45 by Shane Cassidy
This article examines the Transatlantic Free Trade agreement and it's potential repercussions. In 2010 the US mining and gas company, Renco, managed to successfully avoid having to pay compensation to Peruvian locals who were harmed due to pollution by their companies by successfully using a provision of the Peru-US Trade Agreement[1]. Not satisfied with avoiding having to pay compensation, the company has since demanded $800 million from the Peruvian government as they argue that one of the companies they own, Doe Run, was forced into bankruptcy due to an expensive pollution clean-up which the Peruvian government required Doe Run to conduct [2].
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Wikileaks Publishes Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) |
Surround The European Business Summit! |
Peoples News issue No. 110 Date: 21 – 9 – 14 -See TTIP related articles |
PEOPLES NEWS ISSUE NO. 106 DATE: 22 – 6 – 14 -See
P 2. The world’s largest trade union demands a halt to TTIP negotiations |
PEOPLES NEWS Issue No. 103 -See P2. Could TTIP contain an Internet censorship plan? |
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Debate in Dublin – Weds 5 Nov |
Galway meeting highlights the insidious nature of TTIP |
Water Charges and TTIP! |
TTIP: Democracy on trial
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday November 02, 2014 00:07 by T
Over 100 separate local demonstrations took place today (Sat Nov 1st) against the Water Charges and for the Right 2 Water. Organisers estimate conservatively that over 150,000 were out on the streets today to send a message to this government that they won't accept paying for water twice and having it privatised later.
Related Links:
Water Charge FAQ - your questions answered |
Right2Water National Day of Local Protests - Sat Nov 1st |
Right2Water National Protest against Water charges - Sat Oct 11th @ 2pm |
No-one will be safe from water charges if we don't stand and fight | Why Irish Water Will Be Sold Off | The New Water Barons | Blockades of Water Meter installations in Cork and Dublin | The Irish water debacle: a timeline |
http://www.Right2Water.ie/
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Sat 27 Jun, 18:04 Mexican navy in uniform invade Dublin 21:10 Wed 17 Jun 4 comments About 6 uniformed naval officers in complete uniform walked Grafton street around 21.00 hours on the 17th of June 2015. Three Cases of Very Rare Blood Disorder Reported after Gardasil Vaccination..In One Week! 22:01 Mon 15 Jun 9 comments The REGRET Group recently received a list of all the adverse reactions "Fast Track" Hurdles and Development Concerns Remain After House Trade Votes 21:41 Fri 12 Jun 1 comments A package of trade bills stalled today when the US House of Representatives defeated one portion of the package while voting in favor of another. Trade Adjustment Assistance, a program to assist US workers who lose their jobs because of trade agreements, failed by a vote of 302-126. This worker assistance is part of the Trade Act of 2015 which would give President Obama Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to move international trade agreements through Congress without amendment. Congress must pass trade assistance within two remaining legislative days in order for TPA or "fast track" to be sent to President Obama's desk. Various Groups in the Philippines Conduct a Peace March 14:42 Fri 05 Jun 0 comments Various groups unite and conducted a peace march from Sandiganbayan to the House of Representatives in support of the immediate passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and for lasting peace in Muslim Mindanao. Commission defends inclusion of Health in EU-US TTIP trade talks 23:29 Mon 01 Jun 1 comments The EU's negotiating team for pharmaceuticals, medical devices and cosmetics in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) met with civil society organisations inside the Commission on Wednesday (27 May) to defend the inclusion of the health sector in the trade deal. Islamic Extremist Lectures in Cork 08:22 Tue 26 May 12 comments I'm writing in to bring to your attention a Muslim extremist who was speaking in Cork, Governments Negotiate UN Agreement on Global Development 18:07 Wed 13 May 0 comments The United Nations, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and finance ministries are meeting in New York to finalize an agreement for the Financing for Development Conference (FfD) to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in July. Philippine President Aquino no longer deserves any support from workers and trade unions 12:53 Mon 11 May 0 comments THE workers and the trade unions throughout the world mark today the International Labor Day – 125th anniversary globally and 112th celebration here in the Philippines. This historic and revered day has been an enduring and stirring symbol for the working class despite serious setbacks caused by multipronged and systematic neoliberal attacks against the workers, the masses and their organizations, which have seriously threatened to dilute if not totally wipe out the hard-fought sociopolitical gains achieved by the labor movement in the past hundred years or so. Sentenced to six years 7 of the 28 Basque youth tried in December 16:25 Wed 06 May 0 comments The National Court has sentenced to six years in prison to seven of the 28 young court in December on charges of "membership of an armed band", according to legal sources NAIZ.INFO has known. Aftershocks Pummel Highly Indebted Nepal 16:46 Mon 27 Apr 0 comments As Nepal experiences aftershocks from Saturday's earthquake, it may find relief in the IMF's Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust, a fund that cancels the debt of poor countries in crisis. more >>Coalitionism Jun 24 0 comments The very clear lessons on coalition with the right that now must be re learned by the left in Ireland all over again. The failure so far to rule out a coalition involving Fianna Fail, Labour and Fianna Gael is a failure to learn the lessons of historical compromises of the past. The left in Ireland must set out to build a real alternative to the narrative of austerity propagated by the capitalist parties in Ireland and supported by Labour. #NAMA – Vulture Funds Win, Taxpayer Loses… Jun 23 0 comments The drip feed of questionable deals carried out by NAMA is well under way. Regularly now, we see information reaching the public domain whereby NAMA have sold stressed assets at less than their real value and the purchasers are turning them over within 2 years, at profit ranging from 30% to 40%/ The purchasers are mostly foreign investment funds – ‘vulture funds ‘ – who have picked on the carcass of the stressed Irish property market. Many of them have retained the assets, and become serious players in the residential rental market in Ireland, especially Dublin, and have developed a controlling influence, managing to drive up rents astronomically in our capital city. This all doesn’t make them evil people – they just do what they do, it’s called unfettered Capitalism - our problem as Irish citizens is that our Government have allowed a situation to develop whereby the vulture funds win and the Irish tax payer loses. And our present Neo Liberal Government think that this is all fine. I believe otherwise. Here’s my Leader’s Questions with Taoiseach Enda Kenny this week, who knows that all is not well. - Privatisation of Postal Services - A great little neoliberal country to do business in… Jun 21 0 comments Privatisation of Postal Services - A great little neoliberal country to do business in… Principles for a Left Alternative. May-June 2015 Jun 01 0 comments The following statement, as a contribution to the debate at the conference organised by the R2W unions on June 13, has been agreed between the People Before Profit Alliance,the Anti-Austerity Alliance, and some independent left-wing activists including Cllr Brendan Young. Trade Agreement represents the sovereignty of Capital May 25 0 comments Nathan Stuart with a short piece on the transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Nathan is an RNU student activist from Armagh, currently living and studying in Belfast. He has been heavily involved in numerous campaigns on student, socialist and republican issues. more >>EU’s ‘trade secret’ protection risks health, environment and freedom! Corporations will have right t... Jun 24 0 comments A new Trade Secrets law to be voted on next week by the European Parliament threatens a massive clampdown on journalists and whistle-blowers, write Anne Friel & Anaďs Berthier, giving corporations the right to sue those who disclose private information even in the public interest to protect health, safety and environment. Free Water Charges Protestor Stephen Bennett Jun 23 0 comments The Solidarity Times facebook page is reported today that Water charges protestor Stephen Bennett is being sent to prison. Here is their report. Transcend Ireland Support Forum Jun 20 0 comments www.transcendireland.com Visual Artists Ireland shows confidence in the vibrancy of the visual arts of Northern Ireland Jun 19 Visual Artists Ireland 0 comments Visual Artists Ireland [NI] will open a new dedicated Northern Ireland office on Friday, July 3rd in 109 – 113 Royal Avenue, Belfast BT1 1FF. The office will be a focal point for the advocacy and support of Northern Ireland’s visual artists and will be managed by Rob Hilken, Northern Ireland Manager reporting directly to Noel Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Visual Artists Ireland who will also have a base there. Integrity Ireland Spokesperson Stephen Manning ‘Excluded’ From ‘New Grassroots Political Process’ Jun 18 0 comments In an increasingly bizarre turn of events that raises fundamental questions about the credibility of the much - publicised ‘1st Independent MAYO’ political initiative, prospective candidate Stephen Manning of Ballhaunis, Co. Mayo was advised last Wednesday by project organiser Eddie Farrell that a decision had been made to exclude Mr Manning from participating in the process. |