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dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday October 03, 2003 - 16:42 by Oscar The Grouch
 23 comments (last - monday october 06, 2003 - 12:31)
Picket Dublin City Council. Anti Bin Tax Demo, City Hall, Dame Street, Monday, 6 October, 6.30 pm. Let the councillors know what you think of them. Lets have a mass demonstration. We faced them down last night in Grangegorman but Dublin City Council are seeking to have 25 anti bin tax campaigners imprisoned. Contact the following councillors who support the Bin Tax and the imprisonment of protesters: Cllr. Ryan Meade, 93 Clonmacnoise Road, Dublin 12 (Green) 086 817 6657(M) email: cllr_ryan.meade@dublincity.ie Electoral Ward: Rathmines ------------------------------ Cllr. Claire Wheeler, 27 Oaklands Park, Dublin 4. (Green) Ph. 660 8582 Mobile No. 086 3831335 Email: cllr_claire.wheeler@dublincity.ie Electoral Ward: South East Inner City ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday October 03, 2003 - 14:28 by Sean
3 comments (last - saturday october 04, 2003 - 11:56)
A representative group from the Cork Householders Against Service Charges Campaign will visit Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins in Mountjoy Prison tomorrow (Saturday). The group are are all activists in the Cork Campaign and have all been jailed on the water / bin tax issue . ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Thursday October 02, 2003 - 17:15 by Sylvia Pankhurst
Details of public meeting in Galway with Mary Kelly, the Pitstop Ploughshares, Nuria Dunne and Adam from Gluaiseacht. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-capitalism Thursday October 02, 2003 - 14:38 by W MC CORMACK
21 comments (last - saturday october 04, 2003 - 19:57)
The famous picture of Che Guevara has once again become a icon for a new generation of ani/capitalists and anti/imperialist.But the mass of workers of CUBA played little part in the downfall of BASTISTA and no part in the construcion of the post revolutionary state.On sat 4th of oct at 3pm in An SPAILPIN FANACH bar,south main st. cork city,a MARXIST FORUM will take place on CHE GUEVARA AND THE POLITICS OF REVOLOTION. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday October 02, 2003 - 02:09 by Friends of the Irish Environment
2 comments (last - thursday october 02, 2003 - 14:02)
-There should be no exemptions from the tax for the large polluters. There have been proposals that the biggest polluters should be exempted from the tax in order to protect their economic position. This would lead to a greater burden on all other economic sectors and consumers. It would both be unfair and lead to higher emissions than would be achieved on a level playing pitch. -Poorer households must be compensated. Because poorer households spend a higher percentage of their income on energy than wealthier households, they must be compensated. This should be through changes to the social welfare and tax systems and investment in insulation and other energy efficiency measures. -Money raised should be used to fund a transfer to a low-carbon economy. A substantial part of the money raised should be used in a decarbonisation fund, to bring about a rapid change to a more energy-efficient, renewables-based economy. ... read full story / add a comment |
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