Political policing Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

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 met with vicious reprisals from the national leadership of An Garda Síochána. Misconduct and corruption are nothing new for the police force of this

Nov 14, 2018

Protesting is not a crime: #JobstownNotGuilty

The heinous targeting of Maurice McCabe and other Garda whistle blowers and the targeting of the Jobstown protestors by the state are two sides of the same coin. On one side a sinister smear campaign waged to silence McCabe and others by

Mar 12, 2017

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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 workings of the tops of the Gardai and the establishment as a whole. Despite talk of incompetence and ‘administrative errors’ the reality is clear:

Feb 14, 2017

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#JobstownNotGuilty trials begin… State criminalises right to protest

First JobstownNotGuilty trial begins. Defend the right to protest!

Sep 15, 2016

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#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

Jul 14, 2016

News & Analysis

Anti Austerity Alliance: Public enemy No.1

Why is the capitalist establishment attacking the AAA?

Oct 11, 2015

News & Analysis·Water charges battle

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 protested against Joan Burton in Jobstown last November is a disgrace. This largely spontaneous protest by residents of a working class community was directed

Sep 19, 2015

Establishment criminalises protest : Defend the Jobstown 27

AAA TD and Socialist Party member Paul Murphy on the political policing against anti-water charges activists

Sep 4, 2015

Theory & History

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

Mar 16, 2015

News & Analysis

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 company GMC Sierra. Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy said “The jailing of these protestors and the arrests in Tallaght is an attack on the

Feb 19, 2015

Political policing

Maurice McCabe and the rot inside the state

Protesting is not a crime: #JobstownNotGuilty

Maurice McCabe smear campaign: Rotten state exposed

#JobstownNotGuilty trials begin… State criminalises right to protest

#JobstownNotGuilty trial: Criminalising protest must be resisted

Anti Austerity Alliance: Public enemy No.1

Jobstown is not guilty: Fight this criminal injustice

Establishment criminalises protest : Defend the Jobstown 27

The State – a tool to defend the rule of the 1%

Jailings of anti-water charges protesters: A disgrace!

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden