New magazine from Organise!

national | miscellaneous | press release Sunday May 01, 2005 21:12 by Al - Organise! organiseireland at yahoo dot ie

In order to help raise funds for the ongoing Just Books Campaign, Organise! have just published a special 16 page edition of Working Class Resistance!

Contact us for your copy.

Contents

Class War: the attack on working people. page 3

Cutbacks, charges, poverty and division are the
hallmarks of an increasingly confident capitalist
assault on working class people. This is a class war
– a war we must fight with all the resources at our
disposal.

Election Time is Here Again:
building a working class alternative. page 4

Politicians won’t tackle the real issues eating away
at the heart of society. We need to build real
alternatives ourselves.

Symbols Explained: Red and Black flags and Wild Cats.
page 5

The origin and meaning of the red and black flag and
the black cat.

Education, Education, Education. page 6

Al looks at how the mantra of Tony Blair measures up
with reality in the north.

Asylum Seekers on Hunger Strike
As Opposition to Irish State Racism and Deportations
Grows. page 7

The increasingly grave situation surrounding the Irish
governments deportations and inhumanity, Ann Kay
argues for humanity, solidarity and a free world –
against racism, deportations and all governments.

May Day – International Workers Day. page 8

Garth McClure looks at the origins of May Day, origins
that lie in the execution of four anarchists in
Chicago in 1886 for organising workers in the fight
for the eight hour day. In 1889 the International
Working Men’s Association (the First International)
declared May 1st an International Working Class
holiday commemorating these victims and all victims of
the bosses opposition to workers struggle. The
struggle continues today.

Migrant Workers Fighting Back. page 10

GAMA workers take on fraud and brutal exploitation.

IWA-AIT XXII Congress. page 10

The Anarcho-Syndicalist International held its XXII
Congress in December 2004.

Sympathy for the Devil – the death of a Pope. page
11

Saint or Devil? A look at the reign of Karol Wojtila
as Pope John Paul II.

Just Books – looking for a new home. page 12

More than just a bookshop – the project started by the
Belfast Anarchist Collective in 1978 is looking for a
new premises.

Organise! Who We Are – a statement of aims and
principles. page 14

Contacts & Merchandise. page 16