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Ss W1No 320. Monday 15 November 2010 1/1 or contribut ion

Socialist Workerwww.swp.ie Text JOIN to 086-3074060

The workers and tdnt Fanc av n tgt.

Intad lying dn and ta-ng an inca in ti pnin

ag, ty av lancd a cialvlt.

Millin av jind t nday ti and t av bn

tngtnd by ma civildibdinc.

rni, aipt and ailaytatin av bn blcadd.

o paticla imptanc abn t invlvmnt yngtdnt av bilt bai-

cad at cnday cl andniviti.In Iland, by cntat t nin

ad did NoThING abt taiing t pnin ag m

65 t 67.Ty baly vn aid a d.N nd t plitical tab-

imnt l ty can gt aayit vn m attac.

ov t lat , tc n attac i bingbilt p in t mdia.

T tat-cntlld rTe and tpivat mdia tlt nd byDni o Bin and Tny orillyav dppd all ptnc atntality.

Ty am dbat in tm :sld it b 5 billin ct 7 billin?

sld ct b ntladd nt?

T dbat a jt xc bang t dm a n c-

nmic a n t p.T mdia a ppaing t

gnd ct in cial la,at cag and t ll- mi-tat cmpani.

rigt-ing anatic, li cn-mit Clm McCaty Bd snip,av bn lt l t cat a nTatcit ty.

T plain act i tat t i

n nd t ct tya nly appning bca ttat ant t pamp and bi-

di t alty lit cad cii.

w cld dcid t tp ptting

50 billin int t ban and in-tad cat n gd tat bantat ld pvid it cditn ncay.

Ti ld man tat bnd-ld ld bca tyldnt gt ti mny bac.

Bt i m imptant: annmplyd amily tat ill actavatin i cial la i ct aalty bndld in kait?

w cld al iz t at t tp bild.

ov t pat ya many big

bild av bn taningti at t ti iv:lBnad McNamaa tand

m i at t i i insptmb 2009.

lsam r Mnlly hmpt t Dblin ppti in ii nam btn Fbay andJly 2009.lGy Gannn, pat n

t k Clb, tand at ti i in 2009.l Liam Call al tand

at t i i in 2009.It i t am ty it san

Fitzpatic, t m b Angl-Ii Ban.

h bilt p a pnin nd v 8 millin bt a tand a

cnidabl amnt t i i.T ma matt , it abn vald tat all t tp bild- billin t NAMA aalld t liv n an allanc p t 200,000 a ya il ty

t ti lan.Accding t t snday Bin

Pt m a vn claiming taxli n intt paymnt tynv paid.

T tt i tat t Ii ica laging in ac.

TheY cad t cii bt adligtd tat we ill pay it.

Ty av bcm cndnttat ty n lng ty t cvti tac.

Bt i t typ ang bingxpd n t tt Fanc

a bgt t Iland, t milld b ipd ti ac.scialit w i t ap-

paling t ad t mbili t imptant vnt tat avbn ganid a:

lon satday Nvmb 13t,t rigt t w Campaign illambl at t Gytn DArTtatin, t m tn sanFitzpatic t tag a mac n ttm: Pay p Fac Jail.l on Tday Dcmb 7t,

t rigt t w campaign illtag a Bdgt Nigt Mac nt Dail, ambling at 7pm Panllsqa.

Lt t TD vt a bdgttat attac t p n y l.

ot p-bdgt dmnta-tin a bing plannd. w gvyn t jin t ptt tbing t piit t Fnc it-anc nt Ii tt.

Onto the Streets!Do it the French Way!

sTuDeNTs AND ta t t tt t ptt againt sazy

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BychriS boyd

A reCeNT Ii Indpndnt aticlby emmt oliv blamd a g imptd t jb cii.

In t am t Ii Tim anan aticl ytically claiming ammaiag, nabl ciminal vnxtmit Ilamic tit t inltatt Iland and tn t eu.

T Ii gvnmnt cat maivdl t migant gainingpmannt immigatin tat inIland.

All immigant pay tax

c a VAT, PAYe and PrsI n tp -pmit and Gada NatinalImmigatin Ba cag.

T Migant rigt Cnt Iland(MrCI) timat tat migant cntibt 3.5 billin t t cnmy.

In pn t ti camnging,Dlpin ok t MrCI aid:

T actal nmb n pmitbing id ti ya i in t gin 0.1% (n in a tand) tc.

M. oliv lctiv gi natinal, ipnibl andndbtdly ill l ang againtmigant .

T al pblm it pmitytm i tat d nt av tigt t ly cang ti mply.

Ti i a lading act xplitatin and ndmin lab

tandad.Ti v t alty and t

plitical lit and nabl tm tdivid and cnq t ma pay ti cii.

wn Ii a cd tmigat t plac li t uk usty nd t gt ti n battmpt t labl tm a ciminal illgal.

At m all , t lcal migant nd t tand in lidaityand it any attmpt t ma pay pting by ban and bigbin.

w ld all dmntat tgtagaint t bdgt ct at t Dail n 7Dcmb.

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By cllr joan collinS,

People Before Prot Alliance

IN oCToBer, PilipLync, cai t plannd

cildn pital at tMat it, ignd nda cld qtin.

Bti An, in n i many plitically dvi- manv, dv tida ti n NatinalCildn hpital.

It a t b bilt in DblinCity cnt, in An ncntitncy.

It ld man cling3 pital: o Ladyhpital sic Cildnin Cmlin; Tallagt hpitalPadiatic Dpatmntand Tmpl st Cildnhpital.

T sav o Lady'C i l d n h p i t a lCampaign (soLCh) a

alay tngly ppdti ppal.

o vic a pacticallycnd a all t xptand many pital cnlt-ant pptd t npital.

hv, m cntlymany t am cn-ltant av aid pblicallyty ng and dnt n ppt it.

Ty d nt blivit pt cildn alt

t.on c cnltant

a t pincipld and

minnt, lat P MaicNlligan.

soLCh a t p bypant and cildn int lcal Dblin 12 aa t city.

T pim aim tcampaign i t tp t -pital m cling dn.

It i a Natinal Cildnhpital, aily acciblm all v t cnty.

It a bilt p a alt xpti and xpinc

n cildn alt and aa tng ppt ntin t cmmnity.

It al pvid mcn d d jb in tcmmnity.

It a bn a lng andtg campaign.

Alng t ay, t hseav attmptd t clad and nly bilttat.

T pant, cildn

and ppt soLChcclly campaigndagaint t ctbac.

T Cai soLCh an calld n Pilip Lynct pblically tat y a ignd.

Ppl p can tillav pital.

F m inmatincntact Cll Jan Cllin086-3888151.

Bypatrick mckenna

soMe MeAsuresin Clm McCatyinam 'Bd snip'

pt bd n tpycpatic.

h pp, xampl, tat cildnit pcial nd ldpay ti tanpt tand m cl.

Bian Lnian cldtin n btt man tic t pivatiatin Dblin B, Ii rail,rTe, esB, and Bd Gai.

sinc Lab andFin Gal agd t ctIland bdgt dcitt 3pc GDP by 2014,t ll- tat atmv t p t

gvnmnt agnda.T al pct,

igt-ing cnmicxpt, a bing lindp t ip p pblic

cnnt.McCaty i and

v in t n mdia i bl, n-nnnmann and i ability tclt t mt nadlyigt-ing ma int langag cmmnn.

h a t mantl diinttd cnmit,bt mnligt a anncial gvnmntmtpic.

ot amng tling lit av vycla ida abt at td it t ca aid.

Pt Bacn t tinitial ppal tdpid NAMA.

h i n mplyda an advi t NAMA,

and i al a dict Ballym Ppti.

o lat a bngantd aitim in nmdia t dmand tatca m t al tat at ld bd t dc ngativqity m n.

In t d, tgnal pplatinld giv p tiat t impv tlan b ban.

T dayligt bbycntin, nabatd.

Childrens

Hospital inChaos

Bypatrick mckenna

The GoVerNMeNT

a badcat itcntmpt migantigt by pvidingGada wit uncckdpw.

Gada will av tpw t ummailydpt ppl it dmunlawully pnt int tat, accding tnw lgilatin paingtug t oiacta.

T Immigatinridncy andPtctin Bill manppl will n lngb abl t ptitin tMinit Jutic lav t main.

It cntmpt ial n diplay in t

buaucatic aamntxpincd by manymigant wn claimingbaic ntitlmnt mt tat.

T public cntlycivd a cillingpviw tcnqunc t Bill.

In octb, stanAdami, m slvakia,

angd iml nai m in Tullw, C.Calw.

hi uicid captudnatinwid attntinn rTe Livlin adiw.

stan dpai van esB bill wa ulldby t Dpatmnt scial Ptctin, wad cut f i diabilityallwanc.

stan lg waamputatd at a wkaccidnt wit a tactin 2008.

T Ii Indpndntptd tat ad ntgn t pital initiallybcau: h ad tIi autiti wuldnd ut wa wkingn a am.

B cmmittduicid, and iwi ad gn witutlcticity and at t day.

Jutic minitDmt AnImmigatin Bill willnu tat t at stan Adami will ballmany m migant.

From Snip to Sell-Off

Time to Tax the RichByjohn lyonS

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a fw ss ss s w : Introduceawealthtaxon

ss vs xg500,000; Taxallincomeover

100,000 70 ; Cutalltaxsubsidiesfor

s gv ss; Imposea0.5percentTobin

taxonnancialtransactions.

Draconian Powersfor Police

Racist Scaremongering byRespectable Newspapers

Bypaul o'brien

Cll hug Lwi t PplB Pt Allianc appd ducing t budgt cuncill cnnc andjunkt xpn t 1000 pcuncill.

only t tw Ppl BPt cuncill upptd tmtin at sptmb mting Dun Lagai-ratdwnCuncil.

All t Labu Patycuncill vtd againt.

Ti i dpit t act tat in

Fingal, a mmb t LabuPaty ppd a imila mtinwit t uppt t Labucuncill.

T Labu Paty nd t taktck.

hw can ty jutiy pnding131,000 n junkt in DunLagai, wil cutting lcalvic?

Labour two-facedon Expenses

Send us your stories

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A nd cialit dbat and dicin

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Bypeadar o'Grady

heALTh MINIsTer May

hany pmi t la1 billin m halt int bdgt.

Intad taxing t ic,tax and cag ictagt dinay abing ppd.

Mdical Cad: a 5pciptin cag (pm 50c) and cancllingmdical cad by lingligibility incm.

hpital Cag: In-patint cag incam 75/day t 90/dayand A&e cag incam 100 t 125.

Ning hm scm:t b man-ttd andt amnt m

val tan incad t22.5%.

1500 jb in altav alady bn ctand ant 4,500 illb tagtd.

Ct t ntlin vica nt aving ty act.

Any gnin avingld b pnt n im-pving alt ca ntpt int ban and d-vlp pct.

Pblic halt acadmicat DCu, D Antny staint in t Ii Tim:

w av a t-tialt vic it a vi-ci bia againt p

ppl...A dciin t tp

bidiing pivat alt-ca ld av a lt

mny.Pivat altca in

Iland civ vy lagannal bidi...

...at lat 500 millin aya and pap a mca 700 millin.

At lat 350 millin ipaid t ppl (pitalcnltant ) alld pblic cntact.

Ti man cldav v 1 billin bygtting id t t-tiytm altgt.

Gtting id pivataltca ld av nt atd pivat accntant, lay and

pital cnltant btal t pap andpt pivat pi-tal and alt inancm.

Ti mny ldb immdiatly pt intdvlping dpatlyndd vic c at dmntia, di-abiliti, cild ptctinand mntal alt.

evyn ld pptt tad nin dmn-tatin n satday 27

Nvmb and a Natinalsti t bdgt-dayptt at t Dail nTday 7 Dcmb.

Byliz burton

More ThAN 800 pplmacd tg wxdTn in a cnd dmn-tatin t av wxdGnal hpital.

T Mtay ActinGp jind t pttand intnd t play a lin t t.

T cant : 35 billin t ban nting t pital, gt a gatpn.

Lcal plitician taydaay and m vn tidt tp t ptt mging aad.

on t mac,Pt rdmnd, tldscialit w:

T lctd pnta-tiv t cnty a ntlitning and ppl illav t gt d t taingti ptt t t ttt b ad.

I tin a ptt tid t opa h n tpning nigt migt avad m an impact.

Ant pttingalt tld scialitw:

T main mag tatI p gt ac tday itat vic i , t av liv, and tatit i ccial tat dntl it...

Ppl ill di i itlt

T baic ting ynd t d y day a in vy t pply.

A ad a cld andt i a lac dignity patint n tlly; iti a digac.

T manag xpcty t divid yl pint many pic t c-tivly giv n-t-n can t i a lag ati patint t n.

Ptt a n plan-ning t mac it tt campaign-againt-ct at t bdgt-day

ptt at t Dail nTday 7 Dcmb.

Ti i nly tbginning.

Byian mcdonnell

uNeMPLoYMeNT Isat 14%, and gadata laving t cntyat a at v 1,000 a.

T unin stdntin Iland (usI) av

calld a natinal tdntptt n wdnday, 3Nvmb.

T nin calld tptt a a aning tt gvnmnt nxtbdgt.

T usI a cncndtat Fianna Fail aplanning t ai tgitatin t3,000 and ct tmaintnanc gant by10%.

usI a lancdit n p-bdgtbmiin.

hv many itdmand a xtmlya.

It nly call a

cap n t 1,500rgitatin F.

usI ld bdmanding t t bcappd altgt.

stdnt vicld b nddntily tg taxingt ic.

w ld al izat li t 450billin in pvn il and

ga v ld tsll a ng.

usI, li anytad nin, i ldby timid caitit an avin tcnntatin.

stdnt ldjin F edcatin evyn (Fee), a lt-ing calitin ic iactiv in mt natinalniviti.

Lt-ing tdntld lp bild timvmnt tat ptp n lcal nin

t igt and g linit ntlin ta.

At t NvmbDm ldbild a tng tdntcntingnt tBdgt-day Ptt att Dail n Tday 7Dcmb.

Fee can b cntactdat nim@gmail.cm.

Bydaryl Southern

IT Is a victy tsav o sant (sos)Campaign.

Dn Lagai ratdnCncil a lad itlng-vd ppal t dvlpmnt Dn Lagai Bat.

Ti ill man a llypblic amnity it aimming pl, ca,pblic viing aa and aalay and t Bat

jining Ntnmit andt eat pi.

Ppl B Pt Cllricad Byd Batt l-cmd t ppal a: A180 dg tn m pvi- migidd cm tbild ig-i apatmntblc cntct tnti ant.

T tnand cam l-ling a dtmind i pblic dmntatinagaint t Cncil ailt pg dvlpmnt t it.

In a tatmnt, Cll BydBatt, al cai tsos Campaign, annncdtat: At lng lat t Cncil

a pt ad a plan tatl mting li att pblic ad .

h dcibd t vala, a victy t pblicand t sav o santCampaign.

Imptantly, t pp-al incld a tct ictain t xiting pavilinand ill nt v-ac txiting igt t batbilding.

hv, t mainaa cncn c acang t t eat piand t Ppl Pa.

Adding t cn-cn Cll Byd Batt aid:Pblic vi ld inmt nal plan b n t bat bgin.

T ppal a d pblic diplay in t cming and ill b n viin t Cnty hall in DnLagai.

Ti victy claly tat Ppl P canin.

F m inmatincntact ricad Byd Batt086-7814520

Bypatrick mckenna

A reCeNT Natin magazinpt vald a matc mad inll.

Blacat, t band m-d mcnai nladby t us n t ppl Iaq,a tamd p it Mnant, tbitc giant ic patnt gnti-cally mdid (GM) d.

Blacat pvid intllignc,taining and city vic tMnant.

It lpd iniltat activitgp Mnant ad ndtblm.

ract

Mnant' cntl cp p-dctin i cd tg pnitiv

itigatin and aggiv lbbying -calld Intllctal Pptyigt patnt.

T tp it all, it call in paamili-tai t nc it ptctinact.

Intllctal ppty actp pt ig.

Bt ty dn't jt invlv la-y and mny ty al invlvgn.

Harney Threatens

1 Billion Health Cuts

People Power Wins in

Seafront Campaign

Wexford Marchers

Plan Dail Protest

S ps

ags Fs

ms

Gs Gs ByjameS o'toole The MouNTJoY pin it

in octb invlvd v 70pin.

It ll n in sptmb pin baicadd tmlv inand d t mv.

wit gtq vcding,dcd acc t amily mmband a z tlanc gim, Ii

pin li Mntjy a a p-d g.

N adlin gvn Ndwlan a tictd pinacc t ti cildn and am-ily mmb.

hi pn t t it a tnd in pin gad it batnand dg.

T a 3,000 ing clappl lcd p in Ii pin nt paying n.

T cnditin ty ac adtiating all t tim.

T intndd capacity Mntjy i 489, yt t a

mtim v 680 lcd p t.Ding n t inpctin it and tat inmat ad t a abct a tilt. Ty ntalld lp t t bct vnigt.

up t mn ld avt a a bct in nt nant.

Pin a bligd t at in

t cll.wit Dcmb bdgt t t

la and bn living cnditin , t amnt p-pl jaild pvty ill maivlyinca.

Any t ct in la pay-mnt yng ppl ill cmany int cim.

wat t ytm pn?Pni t p ti

pvty!

Prison Punishing the Poor

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Byian mac

donnell

INTerNeTserVICe Pvid(IsP), uPC, cntly

n a hig Ctactin; accd bacingcpyigt tgl-aingby it intntbcib.

T Iircdd MicAciatin (IrMA),pnting lablli wan Mic,sny BMG and eMI,ad bn pingIi ct t cIsP t dicnnctt piatintnt .

T cdcmpani ltt ct ca n

t gnd tatIi la d ntcntly all IsP t dicnnct nlinactivity.

Accding tn jdg, PtCaltn, tgap in cntlgilatin i nt inlin it eu la.

A imila ctca a tanby IrMA aliti ya againteicm.

In an t--ct agmnt,eicm cavnlyd t tatn

t ct acc pctd illgall-a andpvid tiintnt (IP)add t IrMA.

ConfictingCapitals

wil cdcmpani illp t ncban n bac cpyigt, IsPav an intt inning tat tymain mliability illgaldnlading.

T IsP

ndtand tatplicing tIntnt ld tap a g amnt ti tim andmny and ltm ctm.

T ald t IsP andt trcd Indty at, lcdin a cmmcialtand.

IsP in Ilanda cntlybligd tcpat itcd cmpaniin t pctin t baing

cpyigt la.Bt t IsP

dn't ant tta t initiativin tamping tpiacy.

T agmntpvidd by tcd cmpanit clamp dn nillgal dnlading

i tandad n-libal nnn.

T gdyald cd cmpania tatdtat timnply vt ditibtin mic i bingndmindtg nlin laing.

hv atdy at havadunivity in 2002callng tatt a lat all.

T accncldd tat:

wildnlad ccn a vat cal,mt alily individal ld ntav bgt talbm vn in tabnc l-aing.

Incenties

T cpatinal claim illgaldnladingdi-incntiviblatd mlti-millinai atitli c gpMtallica mpming.

T ida tat tmny incntiv mician,tball atit i a ncityi callngd byt ig qality,nn-cmmcialat and pt tatxit.

T act tatGAA playdn't civ tbcn alain in pmiiptball dn'tnd GAA l t.

Lii,nn-cmmcialpdct a tna gd i ntbtt qality tanti cmmcialcntpat.

F-ta ia gd xampl.

Linx (a nn-cmmcial PCpating ytm)i cnidd bymany t b mcint andliabl tan itmain cntpat,Mict.

T vatmajity itand atit d

nt bnt mcpat cntl t at andld b ablt an a dcntlivlid inpblic jb i tcpatin pply glatdand taxd.

Pirate Music?

T anm mtd dnlading mic m tIntnt.

on t mtppla i tging p2p(P2P) l-aingta.

Fti in c pic ta at ttp://.ti.cm/.

Lii,ta xit tatall Intnt t dnladYTb l.

on cl i YTbDnlad 2.6.2.

untnatly,dnlading int itt ittbac.

P2P l-aingnt tnd tb inctd itvi.

u qiptmlv itanti-vi ta,c a AGV.

T cdcmpani it bing abt aitatin ppl can bpnid tcim aingti mic lit t vt nt.

svy pblicattitd tng ppt aing and tmajity ppld nt cnid it acim.

Control

T giant cdcpatin t gt lgaldnlad it aa canc t ca inn t gt t intnt.

Tatningppl itpctini ti ay ding ppltad ti lgalpdct.

o c, it illpv xtmlydiclt tcd cmpanit nc tiagnda, givnt lag amnt ppl dnlad and tpd at ic P2Pta dvlp.

T tggl cntl t intnt illcntin ntil, incldingall typ atitand mdia ,nc cntlm t and t ptingcpatin.

Bydonal macFhearraiGh

IN A pctacla gtbacagaint pidnt Nicla

sazy pnin bill, ttad nin in Fanc avcalld t m day gn-al ti.

T attac n pn-in igt a pat tepan atity plan tc t pay tcii cad by t banand mply.

Fnc av -pndd magnicntly.

sazy ant t matm pay m tipnin and t t 67b ty gt a gaantdll pnin.

T Ii mdia ty t blit-tl t tggl by claimingt Fnc a -y andtat t m man nlyt ya m t ag62.

In ality, sazy, alngit t t gvnmntin ep, ant t p ttimnt ag p t 67 68.

T Ii Gvnmnt aalady impd an incat 68 ya.

Mass Stries

Ma ti, dmnta-

tin and tdnt pttav paalyzd Fanc.

rginal capital liMaill, Tl and Lynav n mac a biga Pai.

on Tday 12 octb,3.5 millin ppl jindmac and ti.

T eil T in Pai

ad t cl.330,000 macd in Pai,

230,000 n Maill, 140,000in Tl and tn t-

and in t citi.on wdnday 13 octb,

all-t ti bgan in ilni and ngy -, dc and m tctin tc.

rail- a nly p-viding an cagt (nail)vic.

on Tday 14 octbtand cl t-dnt and m nivitytdnt jind t battl.

Cncil inMaill av dt cllct any bbi .

evn at tLv in Pai jind tti and d t pnt mm.

La Vix d Nd n-pap ptd a nin

mting vt a cntin- gnal ti:

F? All and nt p.Againt? N mvmnt

in t m.Abtntin? sam.

Support

Pll pt p t 75%pblic ppt t p-tt againt t pninm.

on satday 16 octb

Is Sharing aCrime? IRMAThinks So

France show

PeTroL shorTAGes pading a all 12 Fanc il ni jind

a cntin ti.Ttal oil' ix ni

a at a tandtill.sm 2,700 Fanc

12,600 ptl tatin adn cmpltly dy.

T main l lin tPai a ct and it plicav mvd in cllyt ma pict n ldpt.

Bt ti did nt tp tvlt.

stiing pild pty in nt a nyat Gandpit, eat Pai,dying a lgal d d-

ing tm t pn.ot and i-dnt md a mancain t dnd t ny m t plic.

Manil, cltdnt cntind tbattl.

Action to Win

Pi Bat, a dcnin pntativ att pt F-Lava, tldscialit w:

w a nt ppad t livlid tanaay pt.

w d a ad and pyi-

cal jb and a nt gingt ntil dp.T initiativ ti

ti cam m ninmmb.

Ty ant actin tin.

Tat man cntin-

ti, and a gnalti tat cl dnt cnmy and it t

b.T ptal c-

tin t sd-PTT ninannncd:

Facd it t anti-dmcatic btinacy t gvnmnt mttp p t p andgiv lv t man tpaaly t cnty."

T call a gnalti m tan nday i ppla bt it illta immn p nnin lad t gt it.

Bnad Tibalt, CGTgnal ctay aid:

It d nt matc tpactic by ic manag t inca tngt.

Bt many diag.

Ty nd t p adt in it.

We need a continuous general strie

wheN The ptt vpnin bgan in Fancin May, nbdy xpctdtm t bcm c ai vlt.Mt t nin ladn ty ad t pndt c a maj attac.Bt, ay Patic, a alt:Ty xpctd t av a tag-managd p-tt and tn it ldnd.Bt t ntiam anddtminatin t ti- pid vyn.And tn ty (ninlad) ad t call mi actin t catcp.

Viginia, a tac,add:T ptt in Jn andn 7 sptmb pid all.sddnly vyn an t tt!And it cam day at

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by kieran allen

DurING Thedbat n tLibn Taty,t pliticaltablimntagd tat it amly a tidyingp patin tatld av littl

impact n natinalvignty.

oppnnt,v, pintdt Aticl 136ic gavp t t euv mmbtat bdgtaydiciplin and tt t cnmicplicy gidlin tm.

s tday it ipctly clatat t pliticaltablimnt alying and tippnnt cct.

T eu

cmmiin in t ttingIi bdgt plan Dcmb andi initing tatt gvnmntdc t bdgtdcit t l tan3% by 2014.

evn tcnvativecnmic andscial racIntitt tintat ti ill bingdiat.

It a andtat attmpt tct 15 billin m mt cnmy

cld lad ta plngdcin.

T ct gpnt abtn tnt tnti cnmyin n ya andanatic liBd snip ClmMcCaty tin it

jtid.A t li

v t LibnTaty av bnxpd, tplitical lit avcangd tiagmnt.

Ty nggt av

n cic btt ad t teu Gt andstability Pactbca t eui lping vcm tbaning cii.

wittti lp, it i

ggtd, tATM macinld iz p,t ld bn mny t paycial laand t cnmyld ntnctin.

T claim ajt m li.

T Gt andstability Pact i tcnt-pic t nlibal biain eu dciin-maing.

It i dignd tal cnmicplicy mppla infncand giv lcallit t pliticallt t divtg attacn ti npplatin.

wn ty alaing pndingn pital andcl, ty can

ptnd tat tyav n c ic.

Yt, in tpid 1999-2007,t av bn25 bac t Gt andstability pact andnly v cntinv bacd it inclding Ilandand spain.

sinc tcii b tin 2008, Fanc,Gmany, Italyand Bitain avall bn in bac t Gt andstability Pact.

s t claim

tat vy cntyMusT adt ti g iimply a li.

Bt vn i it i ali, i it a ncayli in d t lpcnti gt t diclty?

I nt t eulping Iland bypviding cditn n n lill giv it?

At pnt tIi gvnmnti itingpmiy nt Angl-IiBan and tban.

T nta tan t tepan CntalBan and nctina gaantic all tban t dadn billin incdit.

Ti i ppd

t b t mainay t eu ilping Iland.

hv, ncagain t pliticallit a lying.

Fit, inttat a bingcagd nt pmiynt vntg Lnianand t FF-Gngvnmnt tidt cncal ti actp t cntly.

It amnt tabt 1.5 billina ya.

Ti bill i bingpicd p bypdminantlying-clataxpay andpnt ytant bidy tic Ii ban.

scnd, tmain an yt eu i pvidingti cdit i nt tlp Iland btat t gt tIi pplatin tbidi ignban.

T maincapitalit banin t zncnti av anxp 402billin t banand nancialpclat inIland.

I tdaltd, tyld bing dna cnidablcn t eubaning ytm.

Biticapitalit avan xp 186 billinil Gmanycapitalit av176 billin.

I t Iiban d nt payti dbt, tild tigg ablac l tnancial indtyin t cnti.

s t eu atppd in tma tatIland pay tdbt.

In t d,it ant t fc in Ilandt ma tatic ppl inbt Iland andt eu gt bact mny tygambld.

And t addinlt t injy, teu ptnd it ilping .

t 310,000 pplmntatd in Pai.

v, gat ninmb ant m tan

-day actin.y ant a cntinal ti li t n in5 tat tppd t latin attac by t tn gvnmnt Alainp.

how to fightWill the EU help oercome

Irelands Economic Crisis?

oN TuesDAY 19octb almt 1,000 Fanc 4,300 c-nday cl n ti.

600 cl blcadd.

In val aacl tdnt ba-icadd ad andgt bac againtplic attac.

unin timatv 20,000 tdntmacd in Tl,8,000 in rnn,5,000 in Bdax,3,000 in rim andtand in manyt tn igtac Fanc.

Plic d fa-ball nd a-calld l ltalaltnativ t liv am-mnitin ilyinjing tdnt inPai, Bdax andLyn.

on tdnt at in t acit a bb bl-lt by t plic and

pitalid.Bitany Bidnga,

a 16-ya-ld tdntm Pai, lpdblcad cl a , daggingli bin and ldnit t cat abaicad v tntanc.

s p tscialit w:

sazy nlylitn i t ytfd t tt and

t ptl di p.w'v cm ti

a, y tp n?Iabll, a cl

tdnt aid:w a al

bca atat a dnin attacing trma and by ay-ing yng ppla ciminal.

T npapand m pliticianay a bing

d, bt canma p nmind and can at i appning.

I ld li allcl t tp, andt t.

Ti andtdnt vlt at p t bat atity n-iv i ty cancalat t in.

The student uprising

ptt againtzy attac n ta.vit d t pn-

pvidd by t nin ppt actina t tggl t lvl.mant ping

tin ti in

y indti.tiing and pad-t xampl, a

nly p t an andactivit.y gav t cancnd t it, ay

c.

entbelow

eVerYoNe IN Ilandi cld b mli t Fnc.

evyn ag nd t gt t n ttt and gt id tigvnmnt.

Bt y dnt itappn?

Jt v ya ag adbig ptt jt liin Fanc. 120,000 macd againt t ct.

In t Nt, nin lada lping bild a gtbacagaint Ty ct, bingingtn tand nt ttt.

T p b l m i ladip.

T nin lad andt Lab Paty in tst av ppd call ti t dat tGvnmnt.

Ty av dlibatlydmalizd t mvmnt.

Intad ty bd a

ttn C Pa dal.Bt vn tat antng t b ant till m ct.

T gd n i tatdpndncy i liting.

Ppl a angy againand ant actin.

unin lad in Fanca jt a a and pin-l a .

Bt in Fanc t i atng adical lt and ga-t nin mvmnt tatcan p ti nin ladt ta actin.

Moement

w nd a imila mv-

mnt in Iland.w can impti n ltin t ticii.

A tng itanc mv-mnt nd a tng ltt vcm t pinlcmpmiing Lab and

nin lad.Y can gani by gt-

ting y lcal tad ninbanc t ta actin.

Pa a mtin pptingt ptt againt t ctn satday 27 Nvmbin Dblin and calling nt ICTu t call a tin bdgt day Tday 7Dcmb.

Gt y nin banc

t ppt t Altnativecnmic Actin Pgammtat ma t ic pay t cii.

A nitd mv-mnt can ma t bpay and bild a city ppl cm b pt.

hw w is sghtliketheFrench?

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by Liam Cmmin

AT AN lctin ally, Fncpidnt sazy, dclad: "Inti lctin, it i a qtin t t itag May

'68 ld b pptatd i it ld b liqidatd ncand all."

I lctd, pmid tba it at dcibda t cynicim t "gaccavia" (l i campagncialit).

h blamd t n t Lt a cii "mality, atity, and natinal idntity".

h accd tm ytm-atically taing t id tg,tblma and adtagaint t plic".

In 1968, il tdnt battling t plic, t 13-ya-ld sazy ad t b taindby i mt m jining aigt-ing cnt-mac p

t Camp-ely.Bt sazy atd 1968

i nt jt a matt mality la and d.

At it at ti atd fctt a t Fnc ling cla a mmnt n ty almtlt cntl cmpltly.

It i a a tat a cntib-td t many t victiand m n by t Fncing cla v t lat tyya.

Nn ti i dn t aninnt Fnc tndncy tptt.

In act nly mnt b-and And Gz, a Fncltit, ad ittn tat: In tabl t t ill b

n cii epan capital-im damatic a t div tma t vltinaygnal ti.

In t aly mnt 1968in Fanc, a in many tcnti at t tim, ta a i lt-ld tdntptt.

T lativly mallinitially.

F xampl, in Nantunivity in Pai, n an v-cdd camp 12,000tdnt, nly 142 t pat inan ccpatin t admini-tatin bilding.

Bt it a t actin byt atiti t ti min-ity ic catd id ppt

m t tdnt.T nivity ct and

Minit edcatin an-nncd t tting dn t nivity and nt int plic.

An calating cycl -pin and dmntatinlld, gating incaingppt.

T mvmnt pad tt niviti (c a tsbnn in cntal Pai) andt t cnday cl.

T a al an incainginvlvmnt yng inpid by t act tat t t-dnt ppad t gtand t it t plic.

Bt t ignicant tning

pint a, at a cm tb nn a, 'T nigt tBaicad', 10/11 May.

T plic ald tbidg ac t sin, blc-ing t tdnt int t aaand t Blvad saintMicl.

Taing t lgic t ita-tin, t tdnt dclad t

aa a libatd plic- zn,bilding baicad tgtt aa.

At t in t mning,tand t atd Crspaamilitay plic ntin t ba t baicad.

Ta ga and batn cag mt it itanc.

T plic patdlybatn bac, taing tm v t gain cntl.

A n day natinal ti acalld t 13 May in pttagaint t plic btality. Tdmntatin tat day a tlagt in Pai inc 1944.

hndd tandmacd bind a bann:stdnt, tac, ,lidaity. T dmntatindipd paclly.

And tat ld av bnt nd it.

T nin lad bjc-tiv ad bn t placat tging p m yngmmb.

A lad t CGT ninlat t: T CGT tgttat vyting ld tpt, tat t ld b agd day ti and a gddmntatin.

hv, n t llingday at sd Aviatinin Nant t t actin.

Ty ad bn lding a tnmint ti ac Tdayagaint t-tim ingand l pay.

hv ti tim, at ttn mint tppag, yng in n ctin dt g bac t and macdand t plant gtting p-

pt m t t ctin.Ty blcadd t manag

in i c. Tat nigt t tand

baicadd tmlvin t acty.

N t Nant ccpa-tin pad t t plant.

w in acti in rn,Bavai, olan, Flin andL Man lld by ccpy-

ing ti plac t nxtday.

witin t day t majrnalt Billanct acty inPai a ccpid.

By t Fiday vy rnaltplant in t cnty, tApac indty, ipyadand t mtaling indti cld.

ov t nd ail- bgan t ccpy tidpt.

T lling Mnday aalt in inanc, ban,p and t pint indty.By n btn nin and tnmillin n ti.

Tgt t cntynting mvd.

A lad t CFDT nincndatin lat t:Pt yl in t lad.

In a day ty lantmany ting.

Fit all tat actin payon tp ti a t p

t dmntatin n 13 May:t ad bn nting li itinc t LibatinPplad nv imagind tm tng

T lt a di-cvd it a pibl t gt,and tat n y gt ll,nt nly i t a canc inning, bt t i invlvda qit mall

Fm tat, t actin t -lv ld pblm, a nly amall tp.

T mbiliatin - and tdnt xcid animptant attactiv c nt lay city.

Dct, acitct, cnmicplann and t pin,

vn t clgy, all invlvdin cntting ti l in capi-talit city.

Film-ma itd mt Cann Film Ftival cm-ptitin t ld dicin ni inclding t ct lm indty m t ptmtiv.

Pinal tball c-

cpid t adqat tFtball Fdatin.

T odn, t natinaltat in Pai a ccpidand d a a cnt dbatand dicin.

A bann ng inid d-clad: wn t natinalambly bcm a b-gi tat, t bgitat bcm a natinalambly.

sm 7,000 ppl attndddaily dicin.

F t t qtina: l, t t gvnmnt?

A dal a bd by tnin lad a 35% in-ca in t minimm agand a 7% inca in tag.

Bt an attmpt t ll it ata ma mting 15,000 int rnalt Billanct plantaild.

sning t md, t ninladip ggtd tat tagmnt alld t cn-tinatin t ti it nlcal dmand.

Plant by plant vtdt cntin t ti.

wit all in cii and imPidnt D Gall l tGmany t mt it t ad t Fnc amy, GnalMa.

on i tn t llingday D Gall calld a gn-al lctin.

Ti a a dict callng tt Cmmnit Paty (PCF), tlading infnc in t nin,bt plitical ppctiva pimaily lctal and d-pit it nam, mit.

Ty ad t ind dn t

ti a t appa in cntland pctabl lctalpp.

T ti mvmnt adtatd pntanly, bt itt cntin it qid a dplvl cdinatin it tppctiv callnging p.

T c t vltinaylt ad tat ppctiv t mall and did nt avt t in t ing cla tb abl t pvid an altnativladip t t PCF.

Nvtl altg ig-niicant c did tn t, m ctin cntindn ti almt antmnt.

ultimatly t p 68 nt alid, bt tc ty gav t ytmtill igtn sazy, vty ya n.

Further reading: ChisHmn - Th Fi Lst Tim:1968 nd ft

France: The Spectre of 1968

pss f F 1968 g f f s w gs s.

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Byeamonn mccann

The sINN Fin/DuP plan dal-ng it ctaianim in t Nt i

t p t Catlic and Pttantcmmniti apat.

und ti Chsin, Shing ndIntgtin (CsI) dcmnt, acid ld cnlidat it n pi-tin il pcting t paatdntity t t id.

N cming tgt adingaay ctaian diviin: spaatbt qal Bnign apatid atbt.

Jly CsI i in ping it t1998 Gd Fiday Act qimnt gd latin plici.

T Shd Futu dcmnt 2005 a n bn placd by t

2010 CsI tatgy.T dinc ay mting

min abt t t mainpati av cm t ndtandgd latin.

In 2005, t v-acing aima t ba dn ctaiandiviin.

T 2010 dat t main-tain t diviin in a managablay.

T igly pctd Jprnt Caitabl Tt ntdtat bndai gadd a pm-

abl in 2005 a n a pmanntv ya n.

It nviagd tat t cildn t t ill b bn a itCatlic/Natinalit Pttant/

uninit and v m all b.

T i n ppctiv tpibl mgnc dintn idntity altgt.

Intgatd ing, xampl,ill b n a nt jt naivty, bta cntadicting t appvd n-dtanding Ntn city.

T latt (2009)Lif nd Tims svy attitd tat alag majity in t Nt ldc, i ty cld, t liv and in a mixd nvinmnt

and nd ti cildn t mixdcl.

Plicy-ma cld a: wynt?

T CsI dcmnt, m mn-

danly t a: wy bt? T DuP and sinn Fin av

gttn ty a tday bypnting tmlv a t mtbt advcat ti 'n' cm-mnity intt.

T CsI tatgy migt av bndignd t cnm tat pattn plitical allgianc.

T mag i tat t nnd t plitic any t aytan t ay ty alay av bnn.

sm cnt agmnt

v intgatd dcatin a adivin.

T al intnt t t pa-ti i t b nd in ti ittnppal.

ByVaneSSa o'SulliVan

THe SoCIaL NeTworkicncntatd and havadtdnt Ma Zcbg di tgt n p n city.At bing dmpd by igilind, gt dn and tatblgging abt .A j m i ind, and t

Facb c-nd, edadsavin, cnvinc im t t p ait ating mn in havad.n 4 ad bgt dn

havad l ytm, jt n.

Ppal

T mvi mv itly n t appal m t winlv tin,a pai ic ity n.Ty ggt a bit calld Thavad Cnnctin, a it xclivt havad tdnt.Zcbg dclin t andt p a imila it, in i pinina btt n, it t lp iind.Ti pmpt a lait by t tin,claiming Zcbg tl ti ida.T mvi ct btn t

ttimni givn m t savinand winlv lait.w t nding Facb, itatmat and Zcbg imltg mltipl pint--vi.hv, t mvi in't jt abtFacb.Ti cld av bn abt tnvntin t adi a mdicin

and it till ld av bn antting bca ltimatly it

abt man bavi.T scial Nt all tag, vindictivn, pttin andpain tat can cm it cc.M imptantly tg, it pv

tat n matt ic, ccl ll nn y gt, it i a llvicty i y av abandnd all y t ind am andtn.

BOOk REvIEW

The end ofCapitalism?Boovw patrick mckenna

Slavoj iek, Livingn th end Tms (vrs,2010)

For isolated

individuals in a crisis,self-help books have astrong attraction.

They can promisepersonal salvation forany reader, through

the power of positivethinking. Think the rightthoughts, and things willwork out.

Slavoj ieks latestbook, Living in the End Times, wont appear in theself-help section of too many airport bookshelves.

For one, he believes you should accept thepossibility you might end up dead resisting theforthcoming capitalist apocalypse.

But there is an overriding concern with how youought to think.

The problem, for iek, is that our responses tothe ravages of the capitalist system are formed,by the ideology of that system, in ways we may

never fully grasp.Sadly, we cant just shuck off capitalist

ideology as though it were a boiler suit andsunglasses. As with Marx, the point is to changethe world, but crucially for iek, that means a lotof interpreting.

To show us how we might go about this task,he draws on a bewildering range of culturalreferences, from Kung Fu Panda to Kafka, St.Paul to Sarah Palin, with a fair few wicked jokes

thrown in.This might sound fun; the sort of thing to keep

your friends amused over Sunday brunch.But it also involves getting dragged backwards

through hefty thickets of continental philosophyand psychoanalytic theory.

Can iek show us anything useful about howthe world ought to be changed?

His clownishness is put to good use exposingthe dubious ideology that lurks beneath manyliberal-progressive dreams of harmony.

But since his writing is mostly speculative,he rarely makes a claim that can be evaluatedobjectively.

And he has written far shorter books than thisone, saying more or less the same thing.

Legal sectarianism

Two-faced and anti-social

Enron reiewed madeleine johannSSon

eNroNIs t ty t i and all n t biggt mltinatinal inity.It i al n t gatt xampl t ablt gd and madn nanc capital.

T play pn it t battl tcmpany t btn Cladia rand Jy silling.

T m i xpanin int t tidld by bilding p plant, il tlatt t t in nanc and tcmat tading.silling cnvinc Ceo kn Lay

and y ldnt it? n y canmingly ma pt t nting.enn bcm t mt ccl andinfntial bin mdl t 1990.

Tat i, ntil 2001, n t cmpanycllap valing nm dbt andnimaginabl adlnt activiti.witing a play abt nancial cii, itcnmic tm li dg nd, ma-t-mat and apt, and maing itndtandabl and njyabl at t

am tim, i nt an ay ta.Bt Lcy Pbbl play d xactly tat.

T i pctacla ymblic imagyc a vlciapt dina in tbamnt enn ting p t dbt, t cby tad t nancialdpatmnt.wat i miing i a caact tmpati it, bt pap tat i tpint.A tand Calinian dp tag, and ppl didbca it, enn mad g ptmaniplating t mat.wittn in 2009, enn i ctainly aplitical cmmntay t 90, bt it

m t b vn m itabl tim.wn n t caact a tadinc: D y gy li dgnd? y mind intantanlymv m t enn bilding t tIFsC n t Qay.

T nly dinc i t enn bnt t jail il adt till al.

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Inside: France shows how to fght Pages 4&5

Socialist Worker

Byjohn lyonS

oN sAT 23 octb, v 15,000

ppl macd tg t

tt Blat in angy ptt tGg obn Cmpniv

spnding rvi.

T Ii Cng Tadunin (ICTu) ganid t mac

t ptt t Biti nanc min-

it plannd ct. T ct cld t

stmnt Ambly l 4bn

(4.5bn) v t nxt yaand ca jb l in t gin

30,000 t 50,000 ac t pblicand pivat ct in t Nt.

unin an-and-l mmb

ad tavlld m vy cn t Nt and, vn a t mac

lt st Ann Catdal, t md

t ptt a n ang.A t unin, unit, sIPTu, NIPsA

and t tad nin bann pa-

add tg Blat city cnt,many nl appladd militant

cant, it m jining in.

T ptt macd p ryalAvn in t ping ain tad

City hall a ang pa-

addd t cd m t

tag.Pt Bnting, ICTu aitant

gnal ctay, aid t lit t nancial ld ad cad a ca-

tatp tat t pt ppl

in t uk t t pay .

h tld t ally tat vn tgintnatinal nanci ad catd

t cii, bt t Gvnmnt

ct ld attac t mt vln-abl intad.

ov 30,000 pblic and pivat

ct jb a acing obnax in Ntn Iland, a

la aay at t ntial

vic ic all ly n.ot nin lad lld,

cnting t nain pn-

iing ing ppl t pay

t cim ban.T aty civd a cptiv

pn m t cd.

Bt till t langag a t

vag.It ll t t lat pa t tlin

t actin tat av t b tan

t cclly gt t ct.eamnn McCann, Ppl B

Pt and Dy Tad Cncil

mmb, aid tat nitd ing-cla actin a ndd.

only a ma vlt m bl

ill dat t ppd ct-bacand jb l. sti actin and

a campaign ma civil dibdi-

nc ill b qid in t timaad i t ing cla i t it

t Ty/Lib Dm attac.

Ti i at t cd ad cm

t a, ggtin t gt

aad.

T ln t pat i tatnin lad can b gat n

tic and till ciminally an actin.

It i p t an-and-l mmb

in t Nt t n tat tilad a nt alld t tal li

gt and gt li cad.

T ta a ig: i t Tyattac i alld pcd, tn

30,000 pblic ct ill

b tn n t dl, ic ill

av a nc n ct n t pi-

vat ct, lting in vn m

jb lt.Pblic vic ill b dvatatd

and liv pt at i.

s, it all t t , ntti nin lad, t div ti

nin itanc.

Ty ill l t stmnt tplad n bal t dvlvd

natin a btt dal, a tatgytat can nly nd n ay -

: in dat.

Tad ninit and anti-ct

campaign mt cm tgt

and plan t ay ad, it

c-dinatd nin actin ca ti alay an ptin.

In t piit t ptt in

Fanc, McCann ndd t allyby aning tat:

T ptt tday i nly t

bginning a mvmnt itanc.

T nly ting tat ill datt Ty/Lib Dm calitin ct-t i t a an angy

mvmnt.

the FiGht

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