Upcoming Events

National | Anti-Capitalism

no events match your query!

New Events

National

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

Anti-Empire

offsite link North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link ?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty

Anti-Empire >>

The Saker
A bird's eye view of the vineyard

offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

offsite link Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

The Saker >>

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?113 Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:42 | en

offsite link Pentagon could create a second Kurdish state Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:31 | en

offsite link How Washington and Ankara Changed the Regime in Damascus , by Thierry Meyssan Tue Dec 17, 2024 06:58 | en

offsite link Statement by President Bashar al-Assad on the Circumstances Leading to his Depar... Mon Dec 16, 2024 13:26 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?112 Fri Dec 13, 2024 15:34 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Press Statement: “Wealthy Elite will still have political power after election,” says 1% Network

category national | anti-capitalism | feature author Friday February 25, 2011 13:16author by 1percentnetwork - 1% Network Report this post to the editors

featured image

The 1% Network has claimed that the results of Friday’s election will “do nothing to impact on the huge wealth divide in Irish society”.

The Network has erected a series of posters in Dublin city centre which state “1% own 34% of the Wealth. Make Them Pay”

“Wealthy Elite will still have political power after election,” says 1% Network

The 1% Network has claimed that the results of Friday’s election will “do nothing to impact on the huge wealth divide in Irish society”.

The Network has erected a series of posters in Dublin city centre which state “1% own 34% of the Wealth. Make Them Pay” (see attached image)

“Whatever combination of parties come together to form the government after Friday’s election, one thing is clear,” said Brian Leeson, spokesperson for the 1% Network, “the new government will continue the policies of the old. The wealthy elite will still be pulling the strings of political power.”

“Figures showing that 1% of the population own 34% of the wealth will be just as true next week and next month as they were before the election,” said Gregor Kerr, 1% Network spokesperson. “Yet the main political parties who will form the next government have not asked voters to endorse this wealth divide.”

“Irish people as a whole oppose this massive divide in wealth,” Mr. Kerr continued. “But the policies of the political parties show that they have no interest in tackling it. We know, of course, that no political party would be allowed to take power on a platform of taking their riches from the wealthy 1%. Their huge wealth gives them political power. The power and wealth cannot be taken from the elite through the ballot box, it can only happen by a massive social upheaval.”

“Whatever the result of the election, the wealthy elite will still have political power,” concluded Brian Leeson. “To enforce that power, we can expect a further onslaught on the living standards of ordinary people. Through our trade unions and through workplace and community campaigns we need to organise to resist the inevitable attacks.”

Statement ends

The 1% network is a coalition of socialist groups which has come together to oppose the cutback agenda of the government and to promote a socialist alternative to the current socio-economic system. The name of the coalition was chosen to highlight the fact that just 1% of the population control in excess of 34% of the wealth of the state.

For more information, contact Gregor Kerr 086 1501151 or log onto www.onepercentnetwork.org

An image of then poster is attached

Related Link: http://www.onepercentnetwork.org

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   How to "organise to resist the attacks"?     Diarmuid Breatnach    Sat Feb 26, 2011 19:10 
   Good Point Diarmuid     pat c    Sun Feb 27, 2011 14:07 
   follow our own path     Diarmuid Breatnach    Sun Feb 27, 2011 15:54 
   Diarmuid     pat c    Sun Feb 27, 2011 17:44 
   Make the links     Alan Davis    Sun Feb 27, 2011 20:51 
   Real need and nebulous gain     Diarmuid Breatnach    Thu Mar 10, 2011 16:53 
   What happened to this?     f    Thu Nov 10, 2011 22:51 
   Get it back together     Celia S    Fri Nov 11, 2011 18:52 
   Celia     pat c    Fri Nov 11, 2011 19:21 


Number of comments per page
  
 
© 2001-2024 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy