Workers Solidarity Movement

The 34th G8 summit took place in Japan July 7th to 9th 2008. Andrew Flood interviewed Diane K. a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the (US) Northeast Federation of Anarchist-Communists (NEFAC) who traveled to Japan from New York to take part in the summit protests and counter summit.

The second annual Belfast Anarchist Bookfair will take place on Saturday 6th September 11 noon until 6.00 pm in the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre (45-47 Donegall Street).

Anarchist guest speaker José Antonio Gutiérrez and native of Chile, will present a brief overview of the current anarchist movement in L. America, the left, its challenges and vision as well as what lessons we can learn here from current struggles such as the campaign against water charges and privatisation.

Anarchists in Galway will be giving out the new issue of Workers Solidarity this Saturday...

As part of this year's West Belfast festival, Just Books will have a stall during the Feile Book sale.

Global day of Action against Starbucks in Belfast

Two pickets- 90 Botanic Avenue & Cornmarket/Aurthur Street

Saturday July 5th 12.00

Called by Organise! and Belfast branch of the Workers Solidarity Movement

A new moderated discussion forum for anarchists in Ireland has been launched as part of anarchistblackcat.org, a growing global anarchist project that a number of WSM members are involved in. The forum is open to anarchists and those interested in anarchism across the island and those elsewhere interested in events in Ireland.

A series of anarchist posters in Cork have begun to make a dent on the deluge of Vote Yes posters that appeared in Cork just over a week ago courtesy of Fianna Fail and the business organisation, IBEC.

 Belfast WSM held its first successful public meeting on ‘Building the Anarchist Alternative’ was attended by about 10-15 people who listened intensely to WSM speaker Alan MacSimoin, who gave a short introduction to anarchist ideas and the politics of the WSM. This was followed by a long period of debate and topics briefly discussed included recent workplace struggles, anarchist-syndicalism, partition in Ireland, the struggle for women’s right to choose as well as combating racism in the North and lots more.......

All welcome