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Ireland
The campaigns against the Bin charges
This page contains articles about the resistance to the introduction
of refuse charges in Ireland from the Workers Solidarity Movement.
The articles chiefly concern Dublin and Cork.
The fight against the Water Charges
In Ireland PAYE workers pay almost all the tax and so pay for
all the state services. The rich and large companies pay very
little tax. In the early 1990's the state tried to increase
the tax burden on workers by introducing local service charges.
This is the story of how one such charge, the Water Charge
was defeated in Dublin.
Winning the Water War
Ireland is famous for being a place where
you can get all four seasons in the passing of one day. The predominant
season here
is the rainy season which extends through spring, summer, autumn
and winter . The one thing we are not short of on this island
is water. But then, since when did our 'leaders' or the authorities
let the facts get in the way of further exploitation. Over
the last three years in Dublin a battle has raged between the
councils, trying to implement a charge for the supply of water
and the people opposed to this policy. This is the story of
the campaign against the imposition of this double tax.
The latest issue of Workers Solidarity is now online
Workers
Solidarity is an anarchist paper produced in Ireland by the Workers
Solidarity Movement. It has been produced since
1984 although this page currently only has articles from 1988
onwards.
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