OscailtCPIR Statement on Children's Referendum
"A lot of people say we have no control over how this country is run"
These are the opening words of the current television advertisement campaign being run to convince people to vote in Saturday's referendum, and they reflect what most of us already know about the political system which operates in Ireland. The advert however does not go on to explain how only those living in 26 of Ireland's 32 Counties will be given a vote and that a quarter of Ireland's population will be automatically excluded
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2012-11-09T13:41:38+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=102694http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifWe are tired of being treated as Herd Animalshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/102694#comment2930532012-11-09T13:41:38+00:00An DraighneƔn DonnIt may be that a large section of the Irish people feel more secure and safe, wh...It may be that a large section of the Irish people feel more secure and safe, when they are treated as sheep by their betters. That may even still be the majority of Irish people, but, it's clear that there is a very great feeling of rejection to the sheepishness of representational democracy building up. As the statement above says, nearly 50% of Irish people are showing their rejection of this system by refusing to take part in it. The next step needs to be taken, i.e. the building of civilian structures based on Direct Democracy. This can only be done outside the bourgeois regime. The Masters of Men are very happy with their system of representation, i.e. the exclusion of the people. They will do nothing to help any rival system. This is work we must do ourselves.