Dublin
The lessons of the bin tax struggle
The opening years of the century saw a mass community based struggle against the shifting of taxation further onto the working class in Dublin. Thousands of households were paid up members of the campaign and tens of thousands refused to pay this new tax over a period of years despite prosecutions, media hysteria and the jailing of over 20 activists.
Anarchist Youth leaflet the Alliance Francaise Cultural Institute
The Irish group Anarchist Youth leafleted the Alliance Francaise Cultural Institute in Kildare Street Dublin,on Thursday 23rd March. Source: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/74964
Union steward sacked for wearing a union badge
Retail outlet Dunnes has achieved a new low in union-bashing by sacking shop steward Joanne Delaney in November 2005 for wearing a union badge.
Many trade unionists around the world will remember the Dunnes Stores Strike against Apartheid which ran for almost three years from June 1984 to April 1987. In the face of an intransigent employer, the union eventually persuaded the Irish government of the day to implement economic sanctions against the old Apartheid regime in South Africa.
