Solidarity

Solidarity

Budget savages workers

By Stephen BoydTHE FIANNA Fail and Green government would like you to believe that the budget has hit everyone equally, but this is a bared-faced lie. The two budgets we’ve had so far in 2009 have cost the "average family" approximately €7,000
Apr 16, 2009

public meeting: Drynam Hall

As the economic crisis worsens and following the emergency budget at the beginning of the month the urgency to address the issue of Management Companies remains very high. The majority of residents object to paying the charge as a matter of principle. Now with
Apr 16, 2009

Brian Greene Budget comment

‘Fairness must be the cornerstone of all our efforts to achieve economic renewal,’ so said Finance Minister Brian Lenihan in his Budget Speech.  A monstrous political lie because he went on to announce the most unfair, savage and immoral Budget in the history of the State.
Apr 9, 2009

mobile phone mast halted in Bayside!

QUICK ACTION by residents in Bayside Square resulted in Fingal County Council being forced to move to prevent an application for a mobile phone mast by Threefold on the roof of the Squash & Leisure Building as exempted development, as the building
Apr 4, 2009

Golden Circle Developers leave D15 high & dry

By Councillor Ruth Coppinger IMAGINE THOUSANDS of houses left bereft of schools, open space or a community centre for years. Imagine green areas, playgrounds, parks and pitches left unfinished and/or withheld from residents for years while builders move on happily to their
Apr 4, 2009

SR Technics: Fight for re-nationalisation

By Councillor Clare Daly THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the loss of 1100 jobs in SR Technics and the virtual shutting of the operation is a cynical exploitation of the situation in the Irish economy by this wealthy and successful multi-national. The impact on
Apr 4, 2009

Stop subsidising the rich – tax them!

By Ann-Katrin Orr THE GOVERNMENT have come up with yet another outrageous claim; this time we are expected to believe that the rich pay their fair share of taxes! Brian Lenihan is trying to paint the image of a “highly progressive” Irish
Apr 4, 2009

ICTU’s 10 Point Plan: Is it fairer or better?

By Kevin McLoughlin ICTU’s PLAN was to threaten a national strike on 30 March in the hope of forcing new negotiations around their 10 point so-called social solidarity programme There is a better, fairer way. ICTU’s social solidarity programme relates to jobs,
Apr 4, 2009
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Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden

Divide & Rule: Labour & the Partition of Ireland