Bin Tax

by Justin Moran - Sinn Féin Wed Aug 27, 2003 17:40 maigh_nuad at yahoo dot com

Anti Bin Tax Protest will take place next Monday 1st September at 6.00pm outside City Hall, Dame Street. The protest is in response to the City Managers attempt to intimidate those who have refused to pay the charges. A huge volume of letters has been sent over the last number of weeks threatening court action and non-collection of household waste.

by gerry - the campaign to clean up sligo. Wed Aug 27, 2003 19:45

in keeping with sinn fein policy no sligo people should turn up as they should be forced to pay a double tax for bins.thank for your time and we promise that our new range of i'm a 2 faced populist sinner badges will be available soon.

by Tiocfaidh Armani - Na Fianna Eireann Thu Aug 28, 2003 16:15 info at fiannaeireann dot com Dublin

..they implimented privatisation in the health and education services in the 6 counties.
I'm interested to hear about the situation in Sligo. I'm told there was a betrayal of the people of Sligo. Would i be correct in saying that?

by republican watcher Thu Aug 28, 2003 16:40

The only difference between RSF/Fianna Éireann and the Provo SFers is their differences on the question of abstentionism and the Agreement etc. There is NO evidence whatsoever that if RSF were in the same position as SF in Sligo they would not sell out too. I'm sure if you look closer at a the RSF councillours you will find they are indistinguishable from the FF and FG cllrs.

by Tiocfaidh Armani - Na Fianna Eireann Thu Aug 28, 2003 16:57 Dublin

How do you know we would be the same? I can not offically speak for the movement, but I'm sure if put in the situation, we would people first, before ourselves. You cannot judge us on what PSF do.

by republican watcher Thu Aug 28, 2003 18:10

I am not judging you by what SF do. I am judging you by your politics. RSF are no different on social issues to SF. This is fact. The split back in the 80s was on the question of taking seats in the Dáil, it was not a 'left-right' split.

If you can show me some evidence of how your public reps are different to SF then please do so. For example, what have RSF members doen in the bin tax campaign?

by Tiocfaidh Armani - Na Fianna Eireann Thu Aug 28, 2003 18:23 info at fiannaeireann dot com Dublin

Well the only evidence that I have is, well we never sold anybody out, like they did in Sligo.
RSF members are active in their communities against these bin charges, which is what they should be doing. People need to be informed on this to reject thise double taxation and it needs people in parties such as RSF etc to tell them, and thats what their members are doing.

by republican watcher Sun Aug 31, 2003 01:24

"well we never sold anybody out"
Maybe that's because you have simply stayed on the sidelines of every single movement going? The hurler on the ditch etc...

"RSF members are active in their communities against these bin charges"

News to me, I am active in the anti bin tax campaign and I have never heard of any RSF member being active in the campaign. If I am wrong please correct me. What areas are you active in?

by RSF watcher Sun Aug 31, 2003 17:31

RSF are not active in the bin tax campaign (neither are the SWP by the way- but that's another story).

RSF are a bunch of old men that are completely divorced from the growing radicalisation. During the anti-war demos we were given the pleasure of their company when they proudly boasted on this website that their ard comhairle went on the demo at their lunch break from their meeting!

This is a joke of a party that have not tryed to build anything at all in the anti-war movement or anti-bin tax work.

by republican watcher Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:43

Do people reckon that RSF are the republican version of the sparts?

Always on the sidelines but retaining their 'purity' full of their own self importance and convinced that history is on their side.

This is sectarianism.

by pat c Mon Sep 01, 2003 15:58

Not all are old men. A couple are involved in AFA and campaign against the Bin Tax.