Month: March 2012
Why this really is an Austerity Treaty
The opening salvos of the debate about the Fiscal Treaty from the right-wing political parties and the establishment media have attempted to ridicule the argument that this is an Austerity Treaty. Leo Varadkar called on the Socialist Party not to "lie about the treaty and what it's about" (quite a serious charge, especially considering it's over a week since I wrote to him seeking a public debate and have received no reply!).
Household Tax campaign and the building of a new working class party
The Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes is one of the most significant developments of recent years. Combined in particular with the workers occupations that have taken place (Vita Cortex in Cork is still ongoing), it indicates the emergence of new resistance from below.
Taoiseach must clarify – could government have blocked ‘blackmail clause’ and why didn’t it?
Government spokesperson admits connivance in insertion of 'blackmail clause' into ESM Treaty
Government's big stick for referendum 'seriously undermined'
International Women’s Day 2012 – Remembering the struggles & victories of women workers
For more than a century, 8 March has been the day to commemorate and celebrate the fight of working class and revolutionary women for a better deal and a socialist society. Its origins are in the struggles for equal pay and decent conditions amongst women in the USA in the 19th century.