How many could we house, educate and care for with 19 billion? The Irish government is currently furiously fighting the European Union to prevent Apple paying us back taxes it owes us. There has been a lot of ‘concern’ about government plans to spend 48 million looking after 4000 people fleeing warfare in Syria and […]
Author Archives: andrewnflood
The establishment lives in the past with its fear mongering of the mass movement against the water charge
Ireland is in the midst of a massive popular awakening as hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets to protest the introduction of water charges. After too many years of austerity it would appear the people have decided enough is enough and almost spontaneous rebellion has appeared in every town and city. Confrontations […]
Migrant seriously assaulted during Cloverhill prison riot – release Walli Ullah
A disturbing feature of the prison rebellion in Cloverhill yesterday (30-7-2015) was that, if the prison is to be believed, a large group of prisoners took a fellow prisoner as a hostage seemingly because he was a migrant.
Turkish state launches massive assault on Kurds under cover of finally tackling ISIS
The cartoon on the left is from a few months ago but expresses how Kurds saw the role of the Turkish state towards ISIS and the conflict in Syria. Considerable evidence of support for ISIS from the Turkish state has been published in the international media over the last months. An ISIS commander told the […]
Migrant seriously assaulted during Cloverhill prison riot – release Walli Ullah
A disturbing feature of the prison rebellion in Cloverhill yesterday was that, if the prison is to be believed, a large group of prisoners took a fellow prisoner as a hostage seemingly because he was a migrant. Up to 60 prisoners were initially involved in a protest in the exercise yard. 45 agreed to return […]
Dublin protest against Suruc massacre outside Turkish embassy
Dublin protested last night against ISIS and the support it has received to date from the Turkish state. The protest was called by Lookleft in the aftermath of the Suruc bombing. 32 humanitarian volunteers on the way to help in the rebuilding of Kobane were killed in the bombing, at least 2 anarchists were amongst […]
Avacado squat eviction in Phibsboro Dublin July 2015
This video shows some of the violent eviction of a house on Phibsboro Avenue in Dublin during which the inhabitants were pepper sprayed and arrested on a ridiculous burglary charge. They had been living in the house two months and were of course later released without charge.
Garda arrest pro-choice campaigners at WSM rally in Dublin
A large number of Garda made arrests towards the end of a pro-choice rally in Dublin this evening. Three pro-choice campaigners were arrested, at least one of them was pepper sprayed when they were already on the ground.
Dublin protests in solidarity with the Belfast mother charged with supplying the abortion pill to her daugher
A couple of hundred people came to the pro choice solidarity rally in Dublin last night. It was called to protest against the prosecution of a women in Belfast for supplying her daughter with the abortion pill. Banners reading Drop The Charges and Free Safe Legal Abortion had been prepared the previous evening for […]
Even right wing tabloids outraged by Bertie’s ludicrous fibs to banking enquiry in Ireland
Bertie’s ‘testimony’ to the banking enquiry could hardly have provided a better example of the way politicians in this country understand they are protected from any consequences of their wrongdoing. Apparently we are to believe that he hardly knew any developers. Even the Mail is outraged, but what will be done about it?