Workers Solidarity Movement

Τα 73 λεπτά της διάρκειας το φιλμ, με συνεντεύξεις και έμφαση στα κυριότερα σημεία της απεργίας αυτής. Ο προφανής κίνδυνος που υπάρχει για κάθε ντοκουμέντο που παράγεται από μια πολιτική οργάνωση είναι μπορεί εύκολα να μεταβληθεί σε μέσο προπαγάνδας με σκοπό το όφελος της όποιας οργάνωσης. Αλλά με το DVD αυτό, δεν συμβαίνει κάτι τέτοιο. Για πάνω από ένα χρόνο Τούρκοι εργαζόμενοι έχουν αρχίσει ένα αγώνα ενάντια στην πολυεθνική κατασκευαστική εταιρία Gama για να αναγκαστεί να αυξήσει τους μισθούς, να βελτιώσει τις συνθήκες εργασίας και να πετύχει την αποπληρωμή των χρημάτων που πάρθηκαν από τους μισθούς τους και κατατέθηκαν σε ξένη τράπεζα χωρίς να το γνωρίζουν οι ίδιοι οι εργαζόμενοι.

The Workers Solidarity Movement held its Autumn 2006 National conference in Seomra Spraoi, a social centre in Dublin. The conference saw around two thirds of the membership attending with greetings sent from our comrades involved in the struggle in Rossport.

Red and Black 11 to be launched

Anti-War Ireland, in which WSM members in Dublin and Cork are participating, are holding a series of talks and demonstrations over the next week. There are three all former US army interrogators at Abu Ghraib and members now of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Joshua Casteel, Stephen Lewis and Tony Lagouranis who willing be speaking around the country over the coming week.

Short (1.5 min) interview with a WSM member involved in the Dublin based Revolutionary Anarcho-Feminist Group who have just launched a magazine with some photos of the Dublin launch.

The Irish government’s explicit support for Shell’s proposed development in Rossport, against the demands and wishes of a large proportion of the locally affected community, exemplifies not only the highly organised and funded public relation strategy that Shell and its partners have used. It also highlights the massive democratic deficit in this country. In a broader sense corporate Public Relations, and it’s close links to government, is perhaps one of the most potent factors in curtailing meaningful democracy.

This text looks at the successful fight against water charges in Dublin a decade ago (the author was Secretary of the Federation of Dublin Anti Water Charge Campaigns) and asks what lessons campaigners preparing to fight water charges in the North can take from that campaign. (Image: The strength of the campaign: working people)

I wonder am I alone in thinking, when presented with a collective picture of career politicians smiling on the steps of the Dail, that the elected members of that house might have difficulty finding their arse with both hands. It is little wonder that the grinning gombeens are smiling like a cats after a bowl of cream. The facts around what our politicians get paid and what they do for that money is a reason for them to grin and us to grimace.

On Wednesday August 9th anti-war protesters in Derry stormed into the local plant of US missile manufacturer Raytheon. They were protesting against the use of Raytheon technology by the Israelis and used by them for their attacks in Lebanon.

Among our activities over the summer was a day of discussions about the role of women in revolutionary politics. About 60 women and men debated the experience of women in movements as diverse as the 1916 Rising and the 1930’s Spanish anarchist ‘Free Women’ organisation.