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Video of my talk on Gezi park protests 23 Jul 2013 | 07:13 pm
I booked a short trip to Istanbul at the start of June because of a growing interest in the Ottoman Empire. Just after I booked the flight the cops launched the massive tear gas attack on Gezi park an...
Proudhon: Neither Washington nor Richmond 16 Jul 2013 | 11:29 pm
“every individual is a child of his time” (Hegel) The British anarchist Albert Meltzer once noted that since Marxists find it hard to critique anarchism, they usually attack anarchists. In the case o...
Anti choice extremists defeated in Ireland but new abortion legislation is worthless 15 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
Despite spending in the region of a million euro and getting the backing of the catholic church its now clear that the anti-choice extremists of Youth Defence & the Pro Life Campaign were resoundingly...
To be watched, inspected, spied upon - Shell's law in Erris 12 Jul 2013 | 04:28 pm
Shell to Sea campaigner Naoise Ó Mongáin asking Garda to stop videotaping his grand daughter during a protest at Shell's refinery on Saturday. read more
Garda use violence & arrests to suppress Rossport protests 12 Jul 2013 | 04:27 pm
Yesterday (27 June) five people were arrested by the Garda as violence was used to break up protests against the continued imposition of an experimental gas pipeline on the community by Shell. In the ...
8 years of intense struggle against Shell - June 2013 week of action 5 Jul 2013 | 08:07 pm
The first direct actions of the Erris struggle against Shell took place 8 years ago when 6 locals were injuncted and then 5 of them jailed for refusing to allow Shell onto their lands. In the 8 years...
Shell compound breached, equipment destroyed in day of action against pipeline 5 Jul 2013 | 07:38 pm
The second day of the week of action saw an unexpected success when Shell to Sea campaigners managed to breach Shells fortified compound and force security to retreat to the inner compound. While thi...
Shell pipeline construction preparations destroyed in direct action in Erris 5 Jul 2013 | 07:33 pm
This morning (Sat 22 June) around 50 Shell to Sea campaigners kicked off the Week of Action against Shell's experimental high pressure gas pipe in Erris by tearing up the bog road Shell has laid as pa...
Tear Gas & Twitter in Taksim - an anarchist eyewitness analysis from Gezi Park, Istanbul 1 Jul 2013 | 06:12 pm
Tear gas is a very good place to start trying to understand what is happening in Turkey. The main purpose of tear gas is to terrorise and thus break up large crowds of people. In Istanbul over the l...
The revolutionary web site as an engagement tool & means of forging collective identity 30 May 2013 | 07:25 pm
The revolutionary paper used to be at the centre of activity of almost every small revolutionary organisations. Every member would be expected to play a role in relation to that paper and because of t...