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Voice - Bin Tax special now online
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Tuesday October 14, 2003 21:11 by Binning the Tax - Socialist Party
A special four page edition of the Voice, the newspaper of the Socialist Party, is now available online. It contains reports from around Dublin on the bin tax campaign as well as articles on the strategy of the protesters. Bin Tax Jailings: Unions Must Act |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5will this get deleted like when people post from other news sources.
Far from being deleted, the piece should get the widest possible circulation. We cannot obviously, depend on the establishment to do it for us.
Actually it is common and accepted practice to post summaries of and links to new online publications here. A range of political organisations do it and as long as thay aren't cutting and pasting the whole articles it hasn't caused a problem.
not calling for its deletion.
Some very good articles there. The Community Direct Action one is particularly good. The main part of it I agree with entirely. Good name too, community direct action exactly sums up what this campaign is all about.
"The blockading of bin trucks with a view to getting all bins collected or to cause disruption to the council was implemented within minutes of Fingal County Council imposing non-collection. These tactics which have now been used in all areas have proved controversial for some.
Without these tactics the bin charges would not be the number one issue in Irish society nor would the Dublin Trades Council be calling a demonstration. Those who have opposed the widespread use of such blockades either on tactical or legal grounds have failed to provide any other means of protesting effectively. The choice was between a militant campaign that attempted from the word go to put the councils and the government under real pressure or a more passive campaign which for some was a tokenistic stepping stone to a challenge in next years local elections.
That the state has intervened with the jailing of twelve protestors shows their determination to smash this movement but it also shows that they fear the movement's potential. It is essential that the movement now goes on the offensive. To step back now with the jailing of ten activists would have disastrous consequences. It is a tribute to the movement that the people on the ground are prepared, if necessary, to replace the ten with another hundred, just as the ten replaced Clare and Joe.
It is vital that workers force their unions decisively into this battle."
There's some other stuff in there about standing in the local elections that I'm not sure if I agree with. I'll have to think about it, arent the powers now with the city managers anyway? But the main thrust of the article is spot on.