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national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday September 18, 2003 - 13:21 by Andrew
 18 comments (last - friday october 03, 2003 - 21:59)
The service charges that are being brought in north and south of the border are part of a process of further increasing the proportion of tax paid by workers. The trend in global capitalism is to replace 'progressive' taxes (like income tax) with flat-rate taxes (like VAT, service charges, etc) to further shift the taxation burden from rich to poor. This is the policy advocated by the world bank, IMF, WTO and virtually all of the institutions of global capitalism. ... read full story / add a comment 
donegal / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday September 17, 2003 - 16:58 by Ruairi
4 comments (last - sunday september 21, 2003 - 21:36)  1 image
The below is a speech given by Elizabeth Stamm of the Second Flag Salute project in Philadelphia. She was speaking as part of the Donegal Peace Group's 'War on Trial' Public Forums. http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=60832 ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday September 17, 2003 - 04:55 by john throne
27 comments (last - monday september 22, 2003 - 14:31)
The occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are not going according to the Whitehouse plan. A quagmire and defeat is increasingly looking to be the fate that faces imperialism. For the international working class and anti capitalist movement a victory for ther islamic fundamentalists in these countries would enormously complicate the world situation. In this statement from Labors Militant Voice we argue that the working class movement internationally should be linking with the workers movement in Iraq with the view to help is to take the leadership of the struggle to defeat the occupations and to build a new middle east free from imperialist domination and based instead on societies where the wealth is owned and utilised collectively and where decisions are made on the basis of the needs of the population and taken collectively and democratically. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday September 15, 2003 - 22:38 by James Pinkerton
3 comments (last - wednesday september 17, 2003 - 03:43)
The Greens and their allies remind me of another globally ambitious movement with committed cadres: Communists. And like the Reds in their day, the "Green-Grays" are inspired by visions of a better world. If the free traders are to resist such a coup, they must study the tactics of the anti-traders. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday September 13, 2003 - 17:26 by iosaf / ipsiphi / O as if
7 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2003 - 12:57) 1 image
Try Once, Fail Once, Try Again, Fail Better. :- Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) Irish writer, dramatist, cricketeer, resistance activist and Nobel laureate. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Saturday September 13, 2003 - 15:06 by No 2 Bin Tax
26 comments (last - sunday september 14, 2003 - 19:27)
The Labour Party's support for non collection and their vocal opposition to the blockades says a lot about Rabbitte's 'radical' image ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Friday September 12, 2003 - 13:23 by Johnny Cash Appreciation Society (Irish Chapter)
9 comments (last - friday september 19, 2003 - 16:20) 1 image
Fell for Johnny at the age of 6. A Boy named Sue. He died this morning age 71. Gone to join Elvis, Sam Phillips, Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins. Jerry Lee must be feeling lonely today. Buy his last three records - American Recordings / Unchained / Johnny Cash and play them for your kids. ... read full story / add a comment |
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