Public Meeting: Organising for Anarchism in Ireland

by moderate Fri Mar 07, 2008 16:59

Solidarity with Galway Anarchists nonetheless . What we really need now , as the article says , is a meaningful alternative. The Irish public is crying out for one !
I hope the Galway gig will be able to tease out some of the problems facing the growth of Irish anarchism . I don't think it's enough for us to be compassionate and caring , anarchists are both and we don't need to apologize to anybody for that . So why are we so small , why do people not take us seriously ? If the meeting's organizers are prepared to ask such hard questions , I believe that slowly but confidently we can move forward .
Our problems are ( imo) twofold : firstly , obvious practical problems of organization .But secondly , and perhaps more importantly is the way anarchism is seen by ordinary people . The two problems are linked .To resolve them we therefore need to address the pressing issue of how to unite and organize our splintered movement around core policies to obtain a radical consensus .
We must move beyond the extreme politics that have kept us marginalized for so long ,and reach out to all sections - Green , Buddhist , Christian ,as well as Bukunist and more traditional interpretations- of anarchist teaching . To do that it is important we adopt sensible policies to put anarchism where it deserves to be - in the very centre of Irish politics.
I do think that Alan’s graphic is unhelpful in that regard .

by eugene - wsm Fri Mar 21, 2008 00:39

Sorry for the late notice but this event is going to be pushed back to mid-April.
Will post the new date over the next few days.
Along with the updated lovely (gotta disagree with above contributor) poster.

by Sarah - OWC Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:34

Should you or other social change groups reqiure a small meeting space in Galway for social change events such as this we can oblige- drop me a mail at outreach@galwayowc.org

by eugene - wsm Thu Mar 27, 2008 23:35

thanks sarah, will get in touch about one possible event on the last week of may.
new date for meeting above is april 22, same starting time and venue.
will post new event notice and poster for this.