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Welcome to issue seven of the Irish Anarchist Review, published by the Workers Solidarity Movement. One hundred years on from the great Dublin lockout, the labour movement in Ireland stands at a crossroads. In this issue, we look at some of the struggles of the past that lead us to this moment in history and consider ways that we can progress the reconstruction of working class organisation. We don’t think there is a magic formula for success; rather we hope this magazine can be a forum for debate for activists who are involved in the struggles that are going on in 2013.

Locked Out: Dublin 1913
General Strike - Protest or Process
Urban Politics & The Dublin Housing Action Committee 1968-71
Anarchism in Brazil
Capital's Shadow
On the RAG
The Politics of Voices: Notes on Gender, Race & Class
Avoiding Burn out – Self Care and Support in activism
Review of Volume 2 of Anarchist FAQ

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While UN Security Council Readies a Policing Force
France's National Assembly and Senate have voted to extend the country's military intervention in Mali. A resolution passed both houses of parliament on April 22. Not a single vote was cast in opposition. Three days later, the United Nations Security Council approved Resolution 2100, creating a policing mission beginning July 1, 2013. The mission is called by its French acronym MINUSMA. Its projected size is 11,200 soldiers and 1,440 police.

While UN Security Council Readies a Policing Force
France's National Assembly and Senate have voted to extend the country's military intervention in Mali. A resolution passed both houses of parliament on April 22. Not a single vote was cast in opposition. Three days later, the United Nations Security Council approved Resolution 2100, creating a policing mission beginning July 1, 2013. The mission is called by its French acronym MINUSMA. Its projected size is 11,200 soldiers and 1,440 police.

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The transfer pressure in area C and the 1948 borders Negev intensifies. The colonialist settlers increase their terror, backed by the Israeli state forces. The increased popular struggle intensifies too and rightist calls for harsher repression are becoming louder. Not all those involved with the grassroots popular struggles are happy with the joint struggle together with Israelis, preferring to do without the relative immunity from harsher repression that we provide, and without our contribution for world public opinion. The ferment in the region has already decided that things will not be the same, but only popular struggle and international pressure will channel the changes to the better. [http://www.anarkismo.net/article/25488]

The transfer pressure in area C and the 1948 borders Negev intensifies. The colonialist settlers increase their terror, backed by the Israeli state forces. The increased popular struggle intensifies too and rightist calls for harsher repression are becoming louder. Not all those involved with the grassroots popular struggles are happy with the joint struggle together with Israelis, preferring to do without the relative immunity from harsher repression that we provide, and without our contribution for world public opinion. The ferment in the region has already decided that things will not be the same, but only popular struggle and international pressure will channel the changes to the better. [http://www.anarkismo.net/article/25488]

Κείμενο αλληλεγγύης για τη δίωξη του ολικού αρνητή στράτευσης Δημήτρη Νιώτη (δίκη στις 21/05, στρατοδικείο Ιωαννίνων), από την Πρωτοβουλία για την Ολική Άρνηση Στράτευσης. Συγκέντρωση αλληλεγγύης, 21/05, 9πμ, στο στρατοδικείο.

Campaigners against the property tax have condemned government “spin and intimidation aimed at trying to force people to pay the property tax” and said that it is clear that huge numbers of people are prepared to resist the threats and refuse to pay the tax.

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 A discussion & planning session for everyone who thinks that any attempt by the government to implement pay cuts on public service workers after the Croke Park vote should be met by effective strikes & civil disobedience.

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Event date and time:  Wed, 2013-05-08 19:30 - 21:00

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If you are not familiar with the infamous Come Here to Me blog then you should really have a look at it or the book and join thousands of other readers finding out about social history in Dublin. There are over 2,000 stories on the site addressing many different facets of everyday life and culture in Dublin from forgotten lanes, to overlooked monuments through to stories about the Gards, the eating habits of Dubs, and clubbing in the 50's and everything in between. The site has won a number of awards over the years and two of the authors spoke at the Dublin Anarchist Bookfair to a crowd of academics, librarians, archivists and many interested members of the general public.

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El Domingo 1ero de Mayo de 2005 Nicolás David Neira Álvarez (11 de octubre 1989-6 de mayo de 2005), joven libertario de 15 años, estudiante de noveno grado del Liceo Hermano Miguel de la Salle, fue asesinado durante las jornadas de movilización obrera y popular del Día Internacional de los Trabajadores y Trabajadoras. Ese día, a las 1:30 de la tarde, el bloque de personas y organizaciones con las que se movilizaba Nicolás, fue atacado por la Policía en la carrera 7ª entre las Calles 16 y 19 del centro de la ciudad. Las personas, corrieron presas del miedo, en medio de gases lacrimógenos, granadas aturdidoras y la violencia policial que les arrojaba con furia el Escuadrón Móvil Anti Disturbios ESMAD.

Nico no pudo correr tanto y cayó al piso asfixiado por los gases, por lo que fue alcanzado por un grupo de agentes del ESMAD, quienes en un número superior a 8, lo patearon y golpearon boca abajo, sádicamente en medio de su más completa indefensión. Tendido en el piso, con sus ojos impregnados de esperanza mirando al cielo, el joven estudiante fue rodeado por agentes del ESMAD, mientras mucha gente se solidarizaba, denunciando el hecho y pidiendo ayuda médica para el muchacho. Finalmente, varias personas solidarias consiguieron llevar a Nico a un hospital, el CAMI del barrio la Perseverancia en el que estuvo toda la tarde sin tratamiento y luego en la madrugada, a la Clínica Jorge Piñero Corpas. Era sin embargo muy tarde. En el parte médico se consigno que Nico presentaba un trauma craneoencefálico severo, una fractura occipital, un enema cerebral y se encontraba en estado de coma. Finalmente el viernes 6 de mayo hacia las 3 de la tarde, el joven se fue de este mundo en medio del dolor de familiares, amigos y amigas.