People Before Profit South Inner City Public Meeting

People Before Profit

South Inner City Public Meeting

“What the Government can do to address the recession”

Speakers:

Kieran Allen, Lecturer UCD and SIPTU

Rory Hearne, People Before Profit Alliance

 

Wednesday September 22^nd

8pm Whitefriar St Community Centre, Aungier St

Father and four children face eviction

Single father, 34-year-old Joe Kinnane and his four young children, Jasmine, Nicole, Austin and Bobby are facing eviction from their family home in Cherrywood, Loughlinstown on August 1.

Joe’s partner and mother to his four children died suddenly and tragically aged twenty-nine, in the Cherrywood home in 2006 from a heart condition. At this point Joe moved into the Cherrywood home and took responsibility for raising their children on his own. Rent allowance that had previously been allocated for the Loughlinstown address under the deceased mother’s name has been denied to Joe.

Above: Hugh Lewis (People Before Profit Alliance, Dun Laoghaire)

In a statement from the People Before Profit Alliance Joe and his children are described as surviving solely on unemployment assistance and children’s benefits. “The HSE and DLRCC refuse to intervene to offer support in this young family’s ever increasingly desperate situation.”

Protests at Sarkozy visit

Protests took place yesterday over the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Protesters from CAEUC, People Before Profit Alliance, Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Party, Workers Party, IPSC & others send a clear message to the visiting president- “No means No”

Click here to read the statement by the CAEUC (to which the People Before Profit Alliance is affiliated)

Large crowd attend Left Unity Meeting in Dublin

The People Before Profit Alliance organised a public meeting on Thursday 17th at 8pm in Wynns Hotel, Dublin. Francois Duval founder of a new anti-capitalist party in France was joined on a platform to discuss the need for a New Left in Europe by Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit Alliance) and Joan Collins, independent councillor from Crumlin.

It was a very large and enthusiastic meeting with a broad diversity of people. Around 200 people packed the room in Wynn’s Hotel with only standing room at one stage. In Tralee around 30 people came to hear Francois Duval, Dermot Connolly (Campaign for an Independant Left) and Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit) and in Waterford around 25 people came to hear speakers including Jimmy Kelly (Unite Trade Union) and Dick Roche (Waterford Trades Council).

Get involved:

info@people-before-profit.org

087 9090166

www.people-before-profit.org 

Time for a New LEFT in Ireland

 

TDs and top civil servants should give wage increases to hire front line staff

Rory Hearne, People Before Profit Alliance, Dublin South East said:

The increases in expenses granted to TDs and top civil servants should be refused and given instead to front line staff such as nurses in overcrowded A&E wards and more teachers for overcrowded classes.

This increase follows a trend of TDs and senior civil servants getting pay hikes while lower grade staff are left with much smaller increases.

Brian Cowen’s wage will reach 310,000 with the increase while senior civil servants like Brendan Drumm has a wage of over 500,000. This is disgraceful and should be changed immediately.

It is also disgraceful that parties like the Labour Party and Greens stand over this increase while supposedly claiming that they are standing up for the poor and lower paid workers.

Anti-Lisbon groups plan to protest during Sarkozy visit

OPPOSITION TO a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty was recently expressed by a coalition of left-wing campaign groups, including the People Before Profit Alliance and they have announced plans to protest during French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s Irish visit this month.

Visit:

www.no2lisbon.wordpress.com

www.sayno.ie

Massive Victory- People say NO to Lisbon

NO 53.4%

YES 46.6%

Use Your Vote today- Vote NO to Lisbon