Ireland

The Real Irish American Story Not Taught In Schools

March 17, 2015 Bill Bigelow, www.zinnedproject.org Educate! Education, History, Ireland

“Wear green on St. Patrick’s Day or get pinched.” That pretty much sums up the Irish-American “curriculum” that I learned when I was in school. Yes, I recall a nod to the so-called Potato Famine, but it was mentioned only in passing. Sadly, today’s high school textbooks continue to largely ignore the famine, despite the fact that it was responsible for unimaginable suffering and the deaths of more than a million Irish peasants, and that it triggered the greatest wave of Irish immigration in U.S. history. Nor do textbooks make any attempt to help students link famines past and present. Yet there is no shortage of material that can bring these dramatic events to life in the classroom. Let’s make sure that our schools show some respect, by studying the social forces that starved and uprooted over a million Irish—and that are starving and uprooting people today.

The Slaves That Time Forgot

March 17, 2015 gjohnsit, www.dailykos.com Educate! History, Ireland, Slavery

For some reason, history likes to call these Irish slaves as 'indentured servants'. As if they were somehow considered better than African slaves. This can be considered an attempt at whitewashing the history of the Irish slave trade. There does exist indentured servitude where two parties sign a contract for a limited amount of time. This is not what happened to the Irish from 1625 onward. They were sold as slaves, pure and simple. In reality, they were considered by some to be even lower than the blacks. African slaves were still relatively new, and were expensive to transport such a long distance (50 sterling in the late 1600's). Irish slaves on the other hand, were relatively cheap in comparison (5 sterling).

Large Anti-Water Charge Protests Across Ireland

February 1, 2015 Staff, www.thejournal.ie Resist! Government, Human Rights, Ireland, Water

TheJournal.ie was out on the streets of Dublin asking people why they were marching today. Lorraine from Tallaght, who was walking on crutches said that people have had enough with the current government. “They have tried to blacken protesters as they have nothing else on us. We are just normal people, everyday people, who are saying no more. We are in debt, we are losing our homes, people are taking their lives, and enough is enough. We won’t take it,” she said. “Every age group is here, it is a peaceful protest,” she added. John from Finglas said that the slogan today is “No way, we won’t pay”. He said that he is broken by the taxes he has to pay, but said while he has no problem paying his taxes, this one is just “too far”. He said that the government are “shooting themselves in the foot” by not listening to the people, but said that message will be delivered to them “loud and clear” at the ballot boxes.

Mass Protests Across Ireland Against Water Charges

November 2, 2014 Staff, www.bbc.com Resist! Ireland, Water

Almost 100 separate demonstrations were staged in towns and cities on Saturday, over charges introduced last month. The controversial austerity measure is a key part of the government's plan to pay back the international financial bailout the state had to seek in 2010. It was one of the largest ever mass protests over Irish government policy. Irish state broadcaster, RTÉ, reported that more than 120,000 people attended demonstrations throughout the day. Protests took place in towns and cities across the Republic, including Letterkenny in County Donegal, where up to 7,000 people are believed to have taken to the streets About 20 protests were staged in Dublin, culminating in a crowd of about 10,000 who gathered outside the General Post Office (GPO) building in the city centre. It is not just about water charges, it is about all these taxes that have been forced by the greedy and paid for on the backs of the needy” Éamonn Campbell. RTÉ estimated that another 10,000 protesters took to the streets of Cork city, while in excess of 8,000 people marched in both Letterkenny and Drogheda. Demonstrations in Limerick, Waterford, and Dundalk were estimated to have attracted about 5,000 people each.

Mass Irish Protest: Water Is A Human Right

October 14, 2014 Kitty Holland, www.irishtimes.com Resist! Human Rights, Ireland, Water

Upwards of 50,000 people marched against water charges in Dublin today in one of the largest demonstrations seen in the capital in years. The marchers took one hour and twenty minutes to pass the Spire in O’Connell Street as they made their way from Parnell Square, around the city finishing at the GPO in O’Connell Street. While the Garda press office could not give a figure for the numbers in attendance, one garda observing the march estimated they could be as high as 100,000. “Enough is enough,” said Kathleen McWilliams, a woman in her 50s from Artane.

Irish Protest Charges For Water

October 4, 2014 Michelle Hennessy, www.thejournal.ie Resist! Human Rights, Ireland, Water

WATER CHARGE PROTESTS continued today with Anti Austerity Alliance representatives staging a demonstration outside Irish Water headquarters earlier today, urging people to send their registration pack back incomplete. Speaking at the protest today, activist Paul Murphy said there is a “revolt” taking place against what he said were “completely bogus” charges. "The vast majority of people have so far not returned the application packs from Irish Water properly filled out. We returned today to Irish Water a wheelie bin of packs which people have given to us in protest against water charges."

Anti-austerity Protesters Occupy Revenue Office In Dublin

April 1, 2014 Patsy McGarry, www.irishtimes.com Resist! Austerity, Direct Action, Ireland

A group of six anti-austerity activists are occupying the Revenue Commissioners’ offices in Dublin’s Cathedral Street, off O’Connell Street. The occupation began at about 11.15am today when the five men and one woman began a sit-down protest in the Revenue offices as people dealt with their tax affairs - some making their Local Property Tax payments ahead of the deadline. Gardaí were called to the scene and the offices were closed to the public at about 12.10pm. A spokesman for the group, Ciarán Carr, told The Irish Times the six were “all independent and not members of a political party”. Their “anti-austerity sit-in” was “on behalf of those who can’t pay the property tax”, he said. “We won’t give up the fight no matter how small,” he said.

The History of Boycotts: Ireland, and Justice for Palestine

March 19, 2014 Conor McCarthy www.electronicintifada.net Educate! Ireland, Palestine

It entered the English language during the Land War of the 1880s — the struggle across the Irish countryside between impoverished tenant farmers and their often absentee landlords. When Captain Charles Boycott, an agent of a major landowner in County Mayo, sought toevict tenants for non-payment of rent, he was shunned by the local communities: his workers went on strike, local tradespeople refused to deal with him; even the local post office refused to take his mail. So it is fitting that Irish people have undertaken a number of significant boycott campaignsas a means of fighting injustice.

Michael Hudson: Neoliberalism Has Damaged Ireland, Europe

February 19, 2014 Staff www.meltingpress.com Educate! Europe, Ireland, Neoliberalism

Prof. H: The housing bubble has nothing to do with the corporation tax at all. It has to do with the absence of a land tax on real estate. If the land value was taxed then you would not have had all of this free rental income and the prospect for capital gain that was paid over. I mean this was what Henry George wrote about the Irish land question, back in 1880. Great book, just read Henry George and the Land Question and you’ll get everything you need to know about why Ireland should have had the tax base on the land instead of turning over all the rental income to banks, that then essentially lent it to crooks, or stole it. G: And as you said the land value tax, which is very interesting policy, which was proposed to the new government, Fine Gael, the government that came in afterwards, instead of implementing a land value tax they just implemented a flat property tax which is regressive, and has in no way made any difference. As a result we see another property bubble may be developing at the moment, just like we see occurring in the UK.

Dail Lockout: Irish Say “No” To Austerity On September 18

August 31, 2013 Staff, www.directdemocracyireland.ie Organize! Austerity, Government, Ireland, Poverty

In response to the complete lack of lack of respect for the Irish people, all the broken political promises, and the utter failure to represent the interests of the Irish people, the people have begun to take matters into their own hands to demand members of the Oiréachtas honour the wishes of those who employ them.. Hence, there will be a peaceful LOCK OUT on SEPTEMBER 18TH outside DAIL EIREANN (both gates). The goal is to remind all TDs and Senators that they are there to do as WE THE PEOPLE of Ireland demand, and not bow down to vested corporate, banking and European interests. The LOCK OUT has been proceeded by letters of warning, telling TDs that they are not required to work on that one day, because we the people are aware that they are not working for US. This is an opportunity for TDs and Senators to show who they stand with and on which side of history they wish to fall.

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