As well as working as part of S26 the WSM is also carrying out some independent activity to promote specifically anarchist opposition to global capital. We have no interest in reforming the World Bank or the IMF we want it abolished as part of an international anarchist revolution. Here are some articles outlining our ideas on global capital.
At the time of Seattle we distributed 1,000 Anarchist News in Dublin and Cork outlining the case against the WTO and global capital. This time we have more ambitious plans which include
A national distribution of stickers and posters. We plan to distribute thousands of stickers and hundreds of posters over the next few weeks, see our web page for the designs. This is something you can take part in - send us your address we'll send you some stickers and/or posters to put up in your area. People outside Ireland who are interested in doing this will need to download and print out the stickers themselves as we can't afford to send them internationally
In Dublin we are holding an Open Meeting on Monday 18th September when a participant in the Seattle protests will give us an eye witness account. This will be followed by a general discussion of the anti-capitalist movements. These Open meetings are for anarchists and WSM sympathisers and are held upstairs in the Bachelor Inn, beside O'Connell St Bridge at 20:00. See our web page for details
We are producing 5,000 issues of Workers Solidarity for distribution over the next month. This issue (no 60) focuses on the anti-capitalist movement and will be distributed at all the events in Ireland around S26.
One of our members is attending the Prague demonstrations and will be speaking at the INPEG Counter Summit in Prague beforehand. He will be sending reports directly from Prague to our mailing list Ainriail. See below for instructions on how to subscribe
Finally after Prague - in the week starting the 7th October - we will be holding public meetings in Dublin, Cork and possibly Belfast. The speakers will include one of the Czech anarchists involved in organising the protests and the WSM member who is participating in them. But rather then simply reporting on the Prague events we will be looking at what they mean for anarchists and the growth of anarchism in Ireland and internationally. The Dublin meeting is on Tuesday, October 10th, at 8pm, in the Irish Vietnamese Centre, 45 Hardwicke Street, off North Frederick Street. The Cork meeting is on Wednesday October 11th, 8pm, in Tig Fili, McCurtain Street, Cork. Details for Belfast have not been finalised yet so email us if you want to be told when these are sorted out.