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A message from Cork Alliance Against War:

Venue: Metropole Hotel, McCurtain St, Cork.
Date & Time: Wednesday October 17th 8PM
Speakers: Richard Boyd Barrett of Dun Laoire branch People Before Profit Alliance & Maura Harrington of Shell to Sea Campaign.

You are cordially invited to a public meeting organised jointly by Cork Alliance Against War and The People Before Profit Alliance with a view to the formation of a Cork branch of People Before Profit.

As anti-war activists we believe that lessons need to be learned from the recent general election results. It was clear that whatever their minor differences with the government, no party in opposition was willing to oppose the policies of neo-liberalism.

One of the highlights of the last election was People Before Profit Alliance candidate Richard Boyd Barrett, who polled over 5,000 first preference votes. The Dun Laoire People Before Profit group campaigned on a range of local issues such as the retention of Dun Laoire sea baths, bin charges, the war in Iraq. We believe this points the way forward, and indeed People Before Profit Alliance has expanded their platform to a seven-point platform, including anti-incineration and anti-privatisation and opposition to the sell-off of Ireland’s resources to the above mentioned campaign.

We believe the time is ripe for such an alliance which builds on the unity of progressive movements which have been to the forefront in resisting the drive for privatisation, incineration, Ireland’s involvement in illegal and immoral wars, the sell-off of our country’s natural resources etc., In short, the fruits of the economic neo-liberalism of successive governments.

We feel these groups are more likely to achieve their objectives through unity. While allowing each to also continue to campaign on their own local issues, there is a concurrent need for a strong united alliance of these groups. As well as focusing on campaigns on the ground this would also provide an electoral basis with which to challenge the status quo at local and national elections. The existence of such an alliance also has the capacity to attract many people new to political activity.

Since the elections, People Before Profit Alliance has now established branches around the country, including several branches in Dublin, and one in Tralee, Galway, Waterford, Bray, Mayo, and also in Belfast and Derry.

Cork Alliance Against War
Cork Alliance Against War is the Cork affiliate of the Irish Anti War Movement www.corkagainstwar.org