Haiti – disaster compounded by capitalism
Here we post Joe Higgins' article from Wednesday January 27th's edition of the Daily Mail, on the crisis in Haiti. We apologise for the delay in posting the article online.
Meeting & Discussion – building a new anti-water charges campaign
MEETING: "No Re-Introduction of Water Charges! Boycott the Charge – Boycott Meter Installation!", due to take place on Saturday, February 13th from 12pm to 3pm in the Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square West, Dublin 1.
Determined fight from unions needed to stop government onslaught
The Budget will, if the Government gets its way, mark the first of four where working people, the unemployed and those who depend on public services will be crucified over an economic crash they did not cause. The palpable anger this is causing in society generally can be seen in the threat by the Garda Representative Association to ballot for industrial action.
Union leaders discuss sell out despite historic strike
250,000 public service workers took part in the one day strike on 24 November in opposition to the threatened cut of €1.3 billion from the public service pay bill in next month’s budget on top of similar sized cuts in Social Welfare payments and in public service provision itself.
This is the second of a series of videos on what Joe Higgins stands for. Here Joe outlines why he stands for defending workers rights and public services. He argues the Trade Unions must be forced to take action to fight the attacks. More videos of his key demands will be put on the campaign’s YouTube channel, available here so make sure to subscribe or check back regularly. READ MORE
Our election campaign relies completely on the support, help and generosity of supporters like you. We don’t have the same resources as the establishment parties, and we don’t take donations from big business, so we are appealing to people to help out by volunteering, and giving a donation so we can fight an effective campaign . READ MORE
Mary Raftery’s documentary, States of Fear, which gave rise to the Child Abuse Commission was first broadcast just over ten years ago, on Tuesday night, 27th April 1999. It was a shocking story, powerfully told but what happened the next morning in the Dail cast an interesting light on the ‘states of consciousness’ of the main political parties about the seriousness of what it had unearthed. READ MORE
The main leaflet for Joe Higgins’ Euro Election Campaign has now been produced, and is available online.We hope to distribute this leaflet to 200,000 homes throughout the city. However, we don’t have the resources of the establishment parties, so to do this we need your help. If you can take a bundle of leaflets for distribution in your neighbourhood, workplace etc or if you can help us leaflet other areas fill in the form below. READ MORE
Joe Higgins is hosting a forum for young people this Saturday, 3:30pm in the Central Hotel, Exchequer Street just off George’s street. There will be a Q&A session discussing the elections, the EU, Lisbon and the economic crisis. It will focus in particular on how these issues effect young people. READ MORE
Full video from the live, online Q&A session with voters done by Joe Higgins on Sunday the 25th of May. It was a chance for people to ask Joe any questions they like and have Joe reply live on air. Joe took about 90 minutes of questions as part of the Social Media Press Conference, which also involved a press conference for bloggers. READ MORE
There is fear and loathing in the vegetable patch. The greens are nervous and restive. Inclement environmental conditions have sapped their once bright emerald hue leaving them looking pale and sickly. But worse is to come. READ MORE
