Month: February 2013
Interview with striking electricians at St. James’ Hospital
Seven electricians, members of the TEEU (www.teeu.ie) have been out on strike at St. James’ Hospital since Tuesday 19 February. socialistparty.net interviewed three of them, John McMahon, Geoff Mell and Alan O’Connor.
Why the Property Tax must be boycotted
In March the Revenue Commissioners will post property tax demands to 1.9 million homes. People will be asked under threat of penalty to register by 7 May (forms) or electronically by May 28. The Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes (CAHWT) is calling on householders to ignore the forms and to refuse to register.
ROSA International Women’s Day Protest
International Women's Day Protest - 6pm at the Spire, Friday 8 March
- Stand up for women's right to choose
- Stop violence against women
- Rage against rape
- Oppose austerity & the assault on the public sector
Croke Park talks – walkouts justified and welcome
Walkout by four unions from Croke Park 2 talks justified and welcome - new alliance of fighting unions needed to campaign for 'no' vote across the public service.
Come on the 1913 Lockout historical walking tour
2013 will be an important year for the socialist and workers’ movement in Ireland as we celebrate the courageous sacrifice displayed by the Dublin working class in their battle against the bosses in the 1913 lockout.
New Croke Park deal has nothing positive to offer
On the surface it looks like the talks for an extension of the Croke Park deal are in troubled waters. With the walk out of the Garda rank and file association and the nurses trade union threatening to walk with the 24 / 7 frontline alliance.
World economy: Optimism at Davos based on reality?
After this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, with 2,500 politicians and capitalists from around the world, the media reported an, "increasing optimism about the world economy". But this in no way means the crisis is over.
CF drug welcome – profiteering pharmaceutical industry repugnant
A new drug, Kalydeco, will be made available to Cystic Fibrosis sufferers in Ireland. The drug, which treats a mutation specific to 10% of CF patients, will lead to a significant increase in quality of life.
Debunking Fianna Fail’s so-called ‘recovery’
The latest Irish Times (IPSOS/MRBI) opinion poll has been widely discussed in the media in recent days, with claims being made that it heralds the rising from the grave of Fianna Fail. In reality, this is a gross spinning of the facts and an attempt by the media and the establishment to demoralise anti-austerity activists, and rehabilitate Fianna Fail.
Past and present crimes
A strange paradox emerges in the posture struck by the political and media establishment in response to two major issues dominating the news over the past two weeks – the treatment of women in the Magdalen Laundries and the continuation of the saga of the former Anglo Irish Bank.