OscailtGarda smash glass door in woman's face protesting against water charges at Fingal Co CoGarda action benefits companies that plan to buy Irish Water by crushing resistance
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.2015-05-12T22:01:46+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=105360http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifWhat Water privatisation looks like: Detroit begins new round of water shutoffs...http://www.indymedia.ie/article/105360#comment3002652015-05-12T22:01:46+00:00anonWhen the state isnt beating protestors and selling of public assets to their cap...When the state isnt beating protestors and selling of public assets to their capitalists backers, it will standby when those assets are sold off and then denied to the public.<br />
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In a good example of what privatisation of our water will look like, the city of Detroit in USA has begun a new round of water shutoffs as reported over on wsws.org<br />
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<strong>Detroit begins new round of water shutoffs</strong><br />
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The city of Detroit began a new round of water shutoffs Monday, hanging shutoff notices on the doors of hundreds of residents who are unable to pay their water bills. As many as 25,000 households, or one in ten in the city, are threatened with losing one of the most basic necessities of life<br />
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Residents who are two months behind on their bills or owe more than $150 will receive shutoff notices. They will be allowed only 10 days to apply for a payment plan or pay their bills before their water is turned off.<br />
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Last year the city carried out tens of thousands of shutoffs, prompting worldwide condemnation, including from the United Nations, which called the water shutoffs a human rights violation. The city had temporarily suspended water shutoffs over the winter, as freezing temperatures made the procedure impracticable.<br />
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The city has already begun shutting off water to accounts that it claims are illegal, of which there are some 8,000.<br />
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Residents visiting the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) payment center on the city’s west side said that the department has been sending shutoff notices for weeks before the official resumption of shutoffs, prompting workers to scramble to catch up on their water bills<br />
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For many, this means falling behind on other bills. “You’re robbing Peter to pay Paul,” said Charlene Paris, a full-time caregiver for her disabled daughter. Charlene had to borrow money to even sign up for a payment plan to keep her water from being shut off....<br />
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Full text at link belowAnother water meter protestor jailed.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/105360#comment3002742015-05-21T23:27:11+00:00BeTheMediaO'Connell at bridge has been blocked by water charge protesters demanding the re...O'Connell at bridge has been blocked by water charge protesters demanding the release of Stephen Bennett who was remanded yesterday for a week for resisting the installation of water meters