Eamonn McCann speaking in Dublin on upcoming election
April 9, 2010
Eamonn McCann, People Before Profit candidate in Westminister elections, speaks in Dublin. from Paula Geraghty on Vimeo.
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Eamonn McCann, People Before Profit candidate in Westminister elections, speaks in Dublin. from Paula Geraghty on Vimeo.
We are told that the credit crunch means we have to tighten our belts. But the bankers who brought on the crisis are pocketing billions in bonuses. If these resources were properly used there’d be no need for cut-backs and closures. We’re up for a fight to make this happen.
This view of the world is behind our radical vision for the development of Derry. We challenge the consensus that basing everything on attracting private investment is the only way forward.
We stand for the interests of the working class, the marginalised and oppressed. We believe that it is through organising in communities, workplaces and colleges that we can best advance. We will use the platform of a Westminster seat to support and speak up for grass-roots organisation.
We go beyond Orange versus Green to speak for the common interests of all who have been left behind by the peace process. We are united with People Before Profit in the South. Campaigning for progressive change across the island is the all-Ireland dimension we believe in.
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If elected, I will use the position of MP to:
* campaign to transform Derry into a vibrant city that is focussed on its people and on public services.
* help organise united action by communities to solve common problems, instead of competition between communities which can flare up at any time.
* encourage grass-roots resistance to the spending cuts imposed by Stormont and Westminster which hit hardest at the most vulnerable. And expose parties which vote for the budgets behind the cuts and then protest against the cuts when they come.
The Campaign Song for Eamonn McCann for Westminster. The campaign song for People Before Profit Alliance in Northern Ireland – Performed by Paddy Nash- People
In a statement, Cllr Richard Boyd Barrett of the People before Profit Alliance (PBPA) has slammed the decision of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Co Council to go ahead with the closure of Sallynoggin library.Despite overwhelming public opposition and a number of protests, the Council closed the doors of the library yesterday (Weds 31st March).
The Council’s only concession to public anger is a proposal to open a volunteer based book collection in the Holy Child School nearby, which will open to the public for only six hours per week, as of April 20th. However, PBPA say this is no substitute for a proper library, run by librarians and with all the other services and proper opening hours and may well collapse altogether if volunteer numbers decline in the future.
PBPA condemned the government for imposing cutbacks that are undermining vital services and called for these cuts to be lifted. PBPA also condemned the Fine Gael, Labour coalition that controls the Council for singling out Sallynoggin for closure.
Cllr Boyd Barrett has put down a motion for the next Council meeting on Monday April 12th calling for the closure decision to be reversed. A public protest will also take place outside the Council meeting. The protest will assemble at 5pm outside the Council offices on Monday April 12th.
Over 15,000 people thronged the streets of Clonmel to protest the reduction of any of the acute services. A broad range of people spoke from
In a statement tonight the People Before Profit Alliance called for an end to the bailout of the banks. A day after low paid public
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People Before Profit Alliance (Derry) Election Launch 8pm, Wed 31st March Context Gallery, The Playhouse, 5-7, Artillery Street
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