Workers Solidarity Movement

The Afghan hunger strike brought into sharp focus the new Ireland into which our country has been transforming over the last 10 years. Our booming economy and relatively high wage levels have drawn many thousands of immigrants into the country in search of a better life here. Much as the Irish once looked to America for the promise of a happier future, so many people from less well off countries now look to Ireland.

‘The Liberties’ gets its name from a number of areas which were outside the medieval walls of Dublin City. This doesn’t mean that they were somehow free - it just means that instead of being under the city’s jurisdiction they were ruled by a different group of masters. The Archbishop of Dublin was the boss of one section, the Earl of Meath was in charge of another, and so on. These men of wealth and power taxed the areas they controlled and made money from them but didn’t really care about anyone who lived there.

Issue 2 of the WSM newsletter for the Liberties and Portobello.

• The Liberties -then and now – same as it ever was
• The Afghan Hunger strike and immigration in Ireland
• Asylum Seekers blamed by the rich and lying politicans
• Facts about Asylum Seekers in Ireland

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Coming out of discussion at the Revolutionary Women's Day School in June, RAG (Revolutionary Anarcha-feminist Gang) took on the organisation of a women-only day school.

A benefit for Abolishing Borders From Below a bi-monthly bulletin with information on different political and cultural anarchist/anti-authoritarian activities in Eastern Europe.

in the Lower Deck Next Tuesday

The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) and the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), called for a national demonstration against Israeli war crimes. This is a brief report of the march.

The IWU are holding a fundraiser and social this Friday night in Lloyds Bar on Amiens St.

We'll be showing Ken Loach's excellant 'Bread & Roses' @ 8, followed by some tunes after that.

5 euros in.

The IAWM and Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign have called a protest for Saturday 29th in Dublin. 2pm at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square.

The Jack White branch of the WSM has created this anti-racist poster which you can download and display locally.