You can tell a lot about someone from what they worry about. The Housing Minister Simon Coveney isn’t so much worried about people sleeping on the streets at the moment. He is losing sleep about the thought that other people might fill their swimming pools with free water!
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Apple owes 13 billion to the Irish state – solidarity means abolishing the tax avoidance ‘republic’
A bit of great news as the year closes – Apple have been told they owe 13 billion to the Irish state. Great news now in terms of housing, healthcare and eduction where that money is badly needed. But also great news in the long term for workers everywhere as its a blow against corporate […]
Video tour of previous Dublin eviction by injunction sites on the morning of Apollo House hearing
This video was shot on the morning of the Apollo House injunction hearing at the High Court, 21st December. As well as footage from outside the courts on our way there we had earlier visited the sites of other occupied buildings evicted in the last 20 months. We discovered all of them were still vacant […]
Apollo house receives eviction by injunction notice
About an hour ago the Apollo house occupation received a finally crafted piece of legalistic bullshit designed to divide homelessness activists from the professional services on ‘Health & Safety’ grounds. Health & safety has become the go to excuse for pushing people onto the streets, when the Halston street (ex) prison was occupied over the […]
RTE Drivetime’s hostile click bait against Apollo House falls flat on its face
RTE Drivetime engaged in some shameful clickbait trolling on Twitter last night to try and get a few more listeners. While they have congratulated posh schools for engaging in token sleep outs they decided to directly attack the occupation of Apollo house and its bringing into use as an emergency shelter for homeless people.
Trump & the myth of the progressive but misled ‘white working class’ voters
Once it became clear that Trump was going to become the president of the USA, my Facebook feed became cluttered with attempts to understand how that could possibly happen. How could a white supremacist, misogynist and utterly transparent snake oil salesman accumulate so many votes? Those on the left both inside and outside the borders […]
Rojava revolution – A look at Co-operatives & assemblies – video with commentary in the text
As they have driven ISIS back in northern Syria / Rojava the Kurdish YPG and their allies in the SDF have won increasing visibility in western media. While such reports often mention the key role in this fight played by women in the YPJ, there is otherwise little examination of the revolution happening behind the […]
Why elections fail to bring about real change – the 10 filters that make them ineffective for the radical left
Why can’t the 99% simply vote in a government that acts in their interest and not that of the 1% At a simple level parliamentary elections sound like the ideal way for the mass of the ‘have nots’ to use their numbers to overcome the power and influences of the tiny number of have’s. Occupy […]
Video & audio from the 10th Dublin anarchist bookfair
These are the videos and audios I recorded at this years Dublin anarchist bookfair
11 initial reactions to the election of Trump
Our inital reaction once it became clear that Trump was going to carry the electoral college vote. These 11 points were sent out via the WSM Twitter. 1. Reacting to Trump – part of pattern with Brexit – revolt against established neoliberal order led by reactionary super wealthy 2. Need to organise for massive transformation. […]