Paul Murphy MEP to campaign with SYRIZA ahead of Greek Elections

by Conor McGuinness

The United Left Alliance and Socialist MEP Paul Murphy will join with other left MEPs from across Europe in campaigning with SYRIZA ahead of the Greek general election this Sunday.

SYRIZA, the Greek Coalition of the Radical Left, came second in last month’s general election and looks set to build on this success later this week. SYRIZA is opposed to the austerity policies being implemented by the technocratic EU-appointed Government as part of the Greek bailout deal.

Germany Rejects Ireland’s “Yes” Vote

by Seamus Healy TD

Before the ink was dry on the Referendum result, Germany has rejected any deal for Ireland on bank debt saying that it would be a “negative signal” to re-open Ireland’s rescue arrangements.

“We see no need for movement at the moment” said  Martin Kotthaus, spokesman for Germanys Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble.

The European Commission has also warned against linking Ireland’s Yes vote with the request to ease the burden of the banking rescue.

Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes will meet the challenge of threatening letters and court action

Government desperate to strike blows against mass non-payment of household tax in advance of water meter installation and property tax legislation

Responding to the reappearance of Minister Hogan after an absence that happened to coincide precisely with the duration of the fiscal compact referendum campaign as well as to the threats against non-payers of the Household Tax that have emanated from his office Socialist Party TD for Dublin North and United Left Alliance Environment and Local Government spokesperson Clare Daly said:

People were bullied into accepting Austerity

In a statement today the ULA said the people were bullied into voting yes. The Government did not put up any good arguments in support of this treaty. They agreed a blackmail clause with the EU and then used it to bully the people. They said we had no choice even thoughthey took an active part in agreeing to link the treaty with access to funding in the future. Many of those who voted yes did so reluctantly.

The Labour Party That Wasn’t

by Ken Mark Walsh

If there was a party whose name was The Capitalist Party but who doggedly pursued the interests of labour, rather than of capital, then you can be sure that its natural support base of financial elites wouldn’t be long in realising that their cause had been abandoned in favour of an agenda that contradicts their own values and interests. There is no Capitalist Party of course (at least not in name) and the above metaphor hardly needs further elaboration.

Rejection of Austerity Treaty will boost growing European anti-austerity movement

Join with the rest of Europe in saying ‘No’ to austerity

‘Take the gun out of Irish politics!.’ This was the refrain of the establishment political parties for the last third of the Twentieth Century, meaning that people should be free from any threats when it came to deciding structures governing the future of this island.

Left MEPs from across Europe to visit Ireland ahead of Fiscal Treaty referendum

European United Left / Nordic Green Left join opposition to Austerity Treaty

Voicing opposition to the Fiscal Treaty’s anti-democratic transfer of powers and its institutionalization of austerity, a delegation of European United Left / Nordic Green Left MEPs will travel to Dublin next week – Wednesday 16 May to Friday 18 May 2012.

United Left Alliance challenges Government politicians to a referendum debate

ULA invites local Fine Gael and Labour representatives to debate the treaty

The Galway branch of the United Left Alliance has today issued a challenge to local Fine Gael and Labour representatives to take part in a pre-referendum debate on the fiscal compact treaty.

ULA Galway secretary Conor McGuinness issued a challenge this morning to Labour’s Derek Nolan and to Fine Gael’s Brian Walsh, Seán Kyne and Fidelma Healy Eames. The challenge was made at the ULA Galway referendum campaign launch in Eyre Square today.

United Left Alliance launches Referendum Campaign

ULA Galway challenge Government ‘threats and innuendo’ and launch multi-faceted Referendum Campaign to defeat the ’dangerous, anti-democratic’ Austerity Treaty

 

The Galway branch of the United Left Alliance today launched its campaign for a No vote in the forthcoming referendum.

Speaking at the launch campaign spokesperson Liam O’Grady explained the call by the ULA for a No vote.

Why you should vote No! – Information Evening / Public Meeting

The Campaign against the Austerity Treaty (CAAT) in Galway will host an information evening and public meeting on Thursday 17th. The event will aim to provide information on the Treaty and Referendum, as well as providing an opportunity for people to ask questions and engage in a broader discussion about the effects of austerity.

Accessible and jargon-free information on the treaty and referendum will be available on the night. A panel of speakers will talk through the reasons for opposing the treaty and for voting No, as well as answering questions and countering some of the misinformation and threats being made by the Yes side.

Confirmed speakers include Cllr. Catherine  Connolly, Workers’ Party general-secretary John Lowry, Sinn Féin representative Micheál Ó Fátharta and Liam O’Grady of the ULA.

All are welcome to attend and participate.

Why you should vote No! – Thursday 17th May – Richardson’s – 7:30pm