A Public Meeting to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Sligo branch of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union (I.T. &.G.W.U.) will take place in the Glasshouse Hotel, Sligo on this Saturday the 17th September at 8.00.p.m.
Speakers at the event, which is being organised by the People First/United left Alliance will include Dr [...]

‘Reclaiming Our Trade Unions’ - Conference

Trade Union Activists Network

11 am Saturday 1st October 2011
Teachers Club, Parnell Square, Dublin.
Order of Talks

The September edition of An Phoblacht is out now.

Public Meeting
Understanding the Euro Crisis
Thursday 15 September 7pm
Speakers:
Pearse Doherty TD
Yanis Varoufakis (Greek economist)
Fintan O’Toole
St Stephen’s Suite, Shelbourne Hotel, D2
All Welcome

The September edition of the Socialist Voice is out now.
This edition includes an article by Conor McCabe on the myth of a middle class majority in Ireland. The article is replete with fascinating data, including the fact that
“With regard to wage distribution, the top 1 per cent of PAYE earners had a combined wage that [...]

The recently formed Peter Daly Society Wexford will unveil a memorial stone to the Socialist Republican Peter Daly in Monageer (Enniscorthy) Co. Wexford on Saturday the 3rd of September at 6.00 pm.
Peter Daly fought and died with the Irish contingent of the International Brigade in the war against fascism in Spain in September 1937. [...]

2011 Desmond Greaves School
Friday to Sunday, 9 to 11 September 2011
The Pearse Centre, 27
Pearse Street,
Dublin 2

Friday, September 9th at 7.30 pm
The International Economic crisis:
The Crisis of 21st Century Capitalism - A US View
Speaker: Fred Magdoff
Monthly Review Magazine
Chairperson: Catherine Connolly
Saturday, September 10th at 11.00 am
Is Ireland a Democratic Republic?
Speakers: Sinéad Pentony
Kevin McCorry
Harry Browne
Chairperson: Fionnuala Ní Bhrógáin

Deeper cuts on top of less growth will lead to spiral effect
The UNITE trade union has condemned comments made by Minister for Finance Michael Noonan today as ‘economic vandalism’.
“We have a broken economy, with ever rising unemployment and no growth,” said UNITE Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly, “yet the Minister insists that if growth is less [...]

The Dublin City Council passed the following resolution:
“That this Council supports the Irish Peace Movement’s campaign to terminate the use of Shannon Airport by US troops on their way to and from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and calls for Shannon Airport to be established an an international hub for the storage and distribution [...]