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Political policing
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Maurice McCabe and the rot inside the state
By James McCabe Whistleblower Maurice McCabe’s efforts to expose corruption in the local Garda force in Cavan was…
Protesting is not a crime: #JobstownNotGuilty
The heinous targeting of Maurice McCabe and other Garda whistle blowers and the targeting of the Jobstown protestors…
Maurice McCabe smear campaign: Rotten state exposed
By Conor Payne The revelations about the smear campaign against Maurice McCabe have lifted the lid on the…
#JobstownNotGuilty trials begin… State criminalises right to protest
First JobstownNotGuilty trial begins. Defend the right to protest!
#JobstownNotGuilty trial: Criminalising protest must be resisted
The clock continues to tick down towards the biggest political trial in decades. In April 2017, the first trial of adults for the false imprisonment of Joan Burton and her assistant will commence in the Criminal Courts of Justice. In advance of that, on 19 September, a 17 year old will go on trial in the Children's Court for the same offences.
Anti Austerity Alliance: Public enemy No.1
Why is the capitalist establishment attacking the AAA?
Jobstown is not guilty: Fight this criminal injustice
Text of the Socialist Party leaflet given out a #JobstownNotGuilty protest today. The criminalisation of those who…
Establishment criminalises protest : Defend the Jobstown 27
AAA TD and Socialist Party member Paul Murphy on the political policing against anti-water charges activists
The State – a tool to defend the rule of the 1%
The Occupy movement that began in the US in 2011 coined the terms, the 1% and the 99%. The movement was evocatively referring to the existence of a ruling class, encapsulated in the term the 1% a – the super-rich elite that owns and controls the key global wealth, resources and means of production.
Jailings of anti-water charges protesters: A disgrace!
The Anti-Austerity Alliance has today condemned the jailing of anti-water meter protestors at the behest of Denis O’Brien’s…