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EU Presidency
Counter Summit 2013Weekend of Discussion on Austerity, Resistance and the Left Alternative, February 15th to 17th
Owen Jones, Author of “Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class.”
Laurie Penny, Independent Journalist and Blogger
Joe Higgins, Socialist Party TD
Kenneth Haar, Corporate Europe Observatory
Conor McCabe, UCD School of Social Justice, Author of “Sins of the Father”
Tommy Sheridan, Scotish socialist & activist
David Cronin, Author of “Europe’s Alliance with Israel”
Dr. Andy Storey, Afri & Debt Justice Action
Andros Payiatsos, Greek Socialist & activist
and many more
Militarisation, Democracy, Women’s Rights, the Media, the Far-right & building to defeat EU austerity.
Opening Rally Friday nigh at 7:30pm
Full day of discussion Saurday from 10 am & Sunday from 1pm
Big Debate Saturday Night, 6pm: Alternatives to Austerity
Sinn Fein -v- Campaign for Labour Policies -v- Socialist Party -v- People Before Profit
Learn More- Paul Murphy, Socialist Party MEP & Counter-Summit Organiser
As the “great and good” meet in Castleknock Hotel to hear Joan Burton and other right-wing speakers discuss ‘Ireland 40 years on: the benefits, opportunities and challenges of EU membership.’ We reproduce a “A brief history of the...
Learn MoreThe folowing is an article b Owen Jones from the Independent newspaper in the UK. It focuses on the need for the Left through out Europe to demand a new European project, one which will benefit ordinary working people, rather than the interests of big business. Should...
Learn Morethe following is an article by Andros Payiatsos, from sociaistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers International, on the “1000 Initiative,” an initiative on the Greek left which aims to put pressure...
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