Campaigns
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 United Left Alliance Rally
RESIST THE BUDGET- SOCIETY BEFORE BONDHOLDERS
8pm, Tuesday 13th December
Speakers: United Left TDs
Followed by social afterwards
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Choice Ireland held a protest today to demand that the government act to bring in legislation in line with the ABC rulings of the European Court of Human Rights. The court ruled that the human rights of a woman (C) had been breached because the state has not introduced legislation which permits abortion in circumstances where a woman's life may be at risk. The ruling required that the government should act by last June. Fine Gael and Labour pushed the matter back into another 'expert group', despite the fact that there have been Supreme Court rulings, referendums, and three Dáil Committee Reports supporting this provision. In June, the government said that the latest 'expert group' was to be put in place by the end of November. But Minister Reilly has refused to say what the remit of this group will be, who will be on it and when it will report. Indeed in a letter today he says all of this information will be published ... in another six months' time. This is an insult to Irish women – and a further denial of their human rights. People Before Profit and the ULA are working with Choice Ireland to bring pressure for action upon Fine Gael and especially Labour – who supposedly support legislation for the X Case ruling but evidently won't do anything about it. We will be working with Choice Ireland and others to launch a campaign for legislation early next year. |
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Protest in Solidarity with Freedom Waves at 6pm today A protest will take place at 6pm at the Spire, O'Connell St., Dublin in solidarity with the MV Saoirse and Tahrir intercepted by the Israeli navy 48 miles from Gaza. Richard Boyd Barrett TD calls on the Irish government to intervene immediately and to demand the safety of passengers aboard the MV Saoirse. At 10.58 am (Irish time) Dr. Fintan Lane, who is aboard the MV Saoirse, alerted the the Irish Ship to Gaza campaign here in Dublin via satellite phone to say that two Israeli warships were rapidly approaching the MV Saoirse and Canadian boat the MV Tahrir. At approximately 11.15am the ship had radio contact from the Israeli's demanding to know their destination and after that there has been no communication with the MV Saoirse. Richard Boyd Barrett TD calls on the Irish government to intervene immediately and to demand the safety of passengers aboard the MV Saoirse. People Before Profit Councillor Hugh Lewis from Ballybrack in Dublin (pictured below). 
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A protest took place against cuts in the number of special needs assistants (SNAs) and in resource teachers’ hours outside the Dáil yesterday, September 14th. Over 1,000 parents, teachers, children and community representatives marched from the Central Bank in Dublin to the Dáil gates, where a similar protest took place in July. Speakers on the day included parents, children with Special Needs, representatives of Special Needs Organisations and of the Alliance Against Cuts in Education. People Before Profit/United Left Alliance TDs Richard Boyd Barrett & Joan Collins and Cllr Melissa Halpin and Socialist Party/United Left Alliance TDs Joe Higgins & Clare Daly were on the demonstration to show their support for the campaign. |
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 Protest – Weds Sept 14th as the Dail re-opens
Enough is enough! The Fine Gael/Labour government came to power promising change from the disastrous policies of Fianna Fail and the Greens. They have betrayed those promises and are continuing the failed policy of bailing out banks, while crushing ordinary people with cut-backs and austerity. Their brutal policies so far include:
Here in Ireland and across Europe, it is absolutely clear that these polices are not working. Our government has been forced to borrow more than €100 billion at over 5% interest, to pay off the gambling debts of bankers and speculators. This means that billions that should be invested in jobs, schools, hospitals, vital infrastructure and enterprise is going down a black-hole. |
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 Contact details for Dublin Shell to Sea: dublins2s@gmail.com 086 7362417 or www.dublins2s.com.
Additional information can be found on www.rossportsolidaritycamp.org and www.shelltosea.com
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Around 1,000 people took part in the Enough Campaign‘s protest against EU/IMF austerity programme.  The Campaign is supported by People Before Profit Alliance TD’s Richard Boyd Barrett and Joan Collins, Unite Trade Union, Waterford Trades Council, Spectacle of Defiance, Socialist Workers Party, People’s Movement, Afri and a number of Independent TDs. Speakers on the day included Special Needs parents, bus cuts campaigners, trade unionists, community activists, representative of Rachel Peavoy Campaign and more.
 People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett, an organiser of the march, said the campaign was about mobilising mass opposition to the austerity programme and bringing the spirit of Greek, Spanish and Egyptian-style resistance to Ireland. “This day, it’s not just going to be about speeches – we have had too much of that stuff where it is a few speeches and everybody goes home and that’s the end of it,” he told protesters. “This has to be the beginning of building a movement.” Richard Boyd Barrett encouraged those in attendance to rally support for what he hope will be a much larger demonstration on September 14th, when the Dáil resumes after summer recess. |
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