There’s a good report from Andrew Flood on WSM.ie about the eviction yesterday of the occupiers of the Central Bank plaza, known as Occupy Dame Street as well as an initial assessment of ODS and…
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Occupying Dublin: Considerations at the Crossroads
Another global wave of critique and resistance would come, I told myself and anyone who asked. For many years I watched and waited. Not passively, but actively, keeping alive the social memory of movements past,…
#occupydamestreet statement on 100 days of continuous occupation of the Central Bank plaza
Today marks Occupy Dame Street’s 100th day of occupation in the shadow of the Central Bank of Ireland building in central Dublin. It is a good time for us to reflect on where we are now, and…
Food for Thought: A member of #occupydamestreet reflects on what it still stands for
Lately there has been some obscurity around what ODS actually stands for and what it’s internal principles or tenets are as a movement. This obscurity is to blame, in part, by aggressive attempts at ‘pushing…
#Occupythefourcourts: Eviction Notice to be Served Against OccupyDameStreet
Statement from one of the occupiers at Occupy Dame Street…Please Share widely We are 6 weeks at Occupy Dame Street and it looks like residents of the camp are going to be taking a break at the residence…
#occupyuniversity working group statement on events at the 16/11/11 USI demonstration
#occupyuniversity working group statement on events at the 16/11/11 USI demonstration: The #occupyuniversity working group at #occupydamestreet salutes those who took to the streets of Dublin today to protest government attacks on third level education,…
Occupy Dame Street: A positive development but lacking a class understanding
On 8 October 2011 a group of people pitched tents on the plaza outside the Central Bank in Dame Street and began a protest against Irish and international finance. Inspired in part by events in…
Christy Moore @ OccupyDameStreet Monday 14th, 2pm and OccupyUniversity talks
Christy Moore, a veteran supporter of activism and protest, will be visiting the ongoing occupation of the Central Bank Plaza on Monday the 14th November at approximately 2pm. This weeks talks at Occupy University. Keep…
OccupyDameStreet Carnival From 3pm Friday 11/11
Tomorrow is Carnival at OccupyDameStreet. Earlier today I listened to George Atherton reading Manuel Castells’ essay on nolesvotes, the acampadas, the 15-M movement and the processes of real democracy being explored in Spain – I…
Getting beyond Dame Street – DCTU and Occupy v SWP from farce to tragedy
This was originally posted yesterday on Anarchist Writers. Republished with permission. What do you do when the people making the right arguments are manipulative idiots who have so alienated people that opening their mouths amounts…
Occupy & Democratic decision making – consensus v majority – SWP v ODS
It is worth reading this long and very thoughtful post from Andrew Flood at Anarchist Writers on the decision making processes (that should be a plural) involved in the Occupy Movement, but with particular reference…
Leading With The Chin
The progressive political parties represented in the Dáil, Assembly and Council chambers around the country have been slow to understand the potential opened up by the Occupy movement. During the recent Presidential election, with all…
We have a dream: towards a Euro-Mediterranean social strike
The following was first published in Spanish by Madrilonia, a Madrid-based blog that writes about and participates in social movements. Madrilonia has been involved in the 15-M movement, which began with the mass protest organized by Real…
Stop The Billion Dollar Heist March This Saturday 29th of Oct. Meet at Garden of Remembrance @2pm
From #occupydamestreet Stop The Billion Dollar Heist: On November 2nd 2011, next Wednesday, a $1,000,000,000 bond comes due at Anglo Irish Bank. This bond is unsecured, unguaranteed, a bond we have absolutely no obligation to…
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