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national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday December 11, 2005 06:43 by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group
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national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday December 09, 2005 15:16 by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group
 Polish Workers Against Exploitation  Thronged Crowd preparing to leave Parnell Square  An Injury To One Is The Concern of All  ICTU Youth and Migrant Rights Center  Kid supporting decency  UNISON N.Ireland 150,000 Workers March Against Exploitation
Today, December 9th, 150,000 workers took to the streets all across Ireland in the biggest working class mobilisation since the 1970's. They were protesting against the treatment of their fellow workers in Irish Ferries, who the company want to replace en masse with hyper-exploited immigrant labour, earning less than half the minimum wage. The protest's aims were more broadly defined by ICTU to include a general opposition to exploitation, racism and 'the race to the bottom'. it clearly struck a chord. Dublin 50-100,000 march
From the banners: "Unity is Strength ... "Polish against exploitation" ... "divided we are sunk" ... "Sink That Idea - 3 euro ph" ... "Bertie We're Not Impressed" ... "INTO Stop Exploitation" ... "Belfast Unemployed Centre .. Health Dignity Peace" ... "An Injury to one is the Concern of All" ... Background Info & photos and reports from the March in: Cork: "Thousands on the Streets"
"In our thousands we fell in behind the banners of our unions. TEEU, SIPTU, IMPACT, IWU, CWU. etc a few Starry Ploughs, Anarchist flags, Socialist party banner, Labour, Shinners.... The speakers on Connolly Hall played Luke Kelly. People shook hands met old friends made new ones. Men and women who had know hard struggle to beat poverty and oppression mingled with the children of the Celtic Tiger. There was grim determination on faces all around." Galway: "1000+ brave the rain"
"Listening to Michael D. powering it out, Countess Markievicz's description of Big Jim Larkin speaking during the industrial dispute of 1913 came to mind: "Sitting there, listening to Larkin, I realised that I was in the presence of something that I never came across before, some great primeval force rather than a man, a tornado, a storm-driven wave, the rush into life of spring, and the blasting breath of autumn, all seemed to emanate from the power that spoke." Belfast: 100 attend Solidarity Rally
Limerick Report: 10,000 - 15,000
"To be honest, I was afraid that the whole thing was gonna be a bit of a damp squib, with just a few union heads around the place, but when I arrived at ten to one it was already obvious that it was gonna be big" Read more from "St John's" report here Thousands also marched in Sligo, Limerick, Athlone, Rosslare & Waterford
We have heard estimates for the crowds in Sligo (3,000) and Limerick (20,000) but these are not confirmed. If you have any pictures or reports from any of these marches, add to our coverage, by publishing them on our Open Publishing Form
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national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday December 09, 2005 01:06 by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group
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Add to Indymedia's Blog HereWe will update the front page of the site with photos and text messages sent in by readers Today, Friday December 9th, the Irish trade union movement is mobilising for a national day of action. This protest aims to defend the jobs of the Irish Ferries workers and to say no to the exploitation of immigrant labour and the race to the bottom that this type of capitalist greed will lead to. This blatant attack on workers' conditions has struck a chord with Irish workers across the country and today's demonstration promises to be the biggest Trade Union protest in decades. Demonstrations & Rallies
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dublin / miscellaneous Wednesday December 07, 2005 23:42 by Ireland From Below
At a series of meetings with tenants in the late 1990s, Dublin Corporation set out to persuade the people of Ballymun that demolition and rebuilding were the best – and only – options for the future of the area. A Dublin suburb with the population of Sligo was to be torn down while the people were still living there; at the same time a replacement town was to be built around them.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 06, 2005 20:04 by BP
Start Transcript: "Now I, ehm, I usually have a lot to say and my speech, I have it in my mind and I can rattle it off at any given moment, but, eh, I'm going to be completely honest with you, I've been on a mission and I've been seeking.
In a deep, dark space in my heart, I realised today that I am a war criminal. I never wanted to admit that. I knew what I did it was a violation of the Geneva conventions and International Law. But when you tell it to Americans and you explain the scenario of what happens, the Americans dismiss it as 'fog of war' or 'collateral damage'.
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This story detailing the way in which the "regeneration" of Ballymun in Dublin is turning out to be a free-for-all for private investors, property speculators, builders and landlords, at the expense of the local community is written by Mick Burke, a community activist from Ballymun. It is taken from the first issue of 'Ireland From Below', a non-profit, community newspaper written, produced and published by a voluntary collective which will report on community struggles all over the island of Ireland. Contact details for the paper are included at the end of the article.
In the Marine Corps my primary mission was to seek and destroy, pretty cut and clear. I think the phrase, somebody mentioned the phrase to me today and, eh, it's still with me and I'm going to share that with you, this phrase that was, eh, presented to me today - I was called a criminal. And, eh, you know it really hit me because it is something I have been running from, and then I got a double dose today when I was in the Irish court. The Irish court and the American court are like night and day. And over the course of listening to the prosecutor and the defence, and especially the testimony that the Doctor of International Law and the Geneva conventions, when he got up and gave his spiel. 
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