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category national | anti-capitalism | other press author Monday November 22, 2010 22:22author by Rise Like Lionsauthor email riselikelionsafterslumber at gmail dot com

Collecting stories and reports of Direct Action around the country.

Have you seen anti-Fianna Fail, anti-IMF or anti-bank bailout graffiti? Send us your pictures.

Have you heard of occupations of colleges, workplaces or government offices? Send us in your details.

Have you heard of government offices being egged, cheesed or bricked? Let us know.

Are you organising demo's or other actions? Tell us.

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time to move from protest to power
author by Jamespublication date Mon Nov 22, 2010 22:29author address author phone

Fair enough, the blog is a good idea, but as long as opposition to the status-quo is limited to things like grafitti and egging buildings it will represent no real threat. We need to move on from protest, the left I mean, to rallying around an alternative platform for taking power, which everyone can work towards, using the power of strikes and other forms of civil disobedience that can actually hit the ruling class where it hurts. Sometimes when I see the Guards beating the shit out of protesters or think of the wannabe Banksys out there spraying their little protest in the dead of night when there's no-one around, I think the fat cats must be happy enough to see people 'venting' their anger in this way rather than focusing it in any really dangerous way.

@James
author by Rise Like Lionspublication date Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:00author address author phone

The blog can only cover what's happening on the streets. At the moment this seems to be blockading government cars, occupations (as we saw at the student demo) and small acts of graffiti and vandalism.

When the day hopefully comes that we see mass acts of civil disobedience (walkouts, strikes etc...) then the blog can cover and promote those events.

fair play - every little helps ...
author by shane ocurry - LASC - the Latin America Solidarity Centrepublication date Tue Nov 23, 2010 16:29author address author phone

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If anyone can be in Dublin on Wed 1st dec. There is to be a public meeting on a response to the IMF/ECB intervention, from a justice perspective:

The meeting will be held at the:

Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin at 6.30 PM

Chair: Nessa Ní Chasaide, Debt and Development Coalition

Speakers: Michael Taft, UNITE, on the mechanics of the crisis and the intervention.
Jose Antonio Gutierrez, LASC, on the lessons from Latin America.
Siobhan O'Donoghue, Tax Justice Campaign, what are our alternatives?

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/98269

This Blog is deadly!
author by Mickpublication date Wed Nov 24, 2010 14:48author address author phone

Thanks for doing this, its great to have an instant picture of what's going on.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/98256

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