Barbara Muldoon, an anti-racism campaigner from Belfast, is facing criminal charges for taking part in a protest in 2009.

The "incident" took place three and a half years ago outside the BBC on Ormeau Avenue, when Barbara participated in a protest against the BNP appearing on BBC’s Question Time. The protest in Belfast was attended by over 200 anti-racism campaigners consisting of trade unionists, community activists, socialists and people from a Black and minority ethnic background.

Bus Eireann management are about to ram in a draconian cost cutting plan, cutting drivers pay and benefits. If they succeed it will be a blueprint for ALL CIE companies; Dublin Bus will be next.

Martin Nolan Chief Executive Officer of Bus Eireann stated that the company is in a serious deteriorating financial situation, despite savage service cuts over the last 3 years.

Nolan claims there are losses of €16 million and extra fuel costs of €4 million , while the state subvention has been reduced by €6 Million.

Socialist Worker Newspaper Issue 361 available to read in online reader here:

The death toll in the sweatshop collapse in Bangladesh has now risen to 290. It will surely rise more as the rubble clears.

Massive protests by tens of thousands of workers protesting against the conditions for garment workers have erupted across the region.

The protests erupted as reports emerged that the workers were threatened and forced back to work after noticing cracks in the building.

The building itself had extra floors added to squeeze in more workers.

200 workers have died in a sweatshop collapse in Bangladesh. Garments found in the rubble belong to Penneys, Walmart and other corporate giants.

Workers had left the building after noticing cracks appearing but were forced under threat to go back in. Extra floors had been added to the building, without planning permission, to squeeze in as many workers as possible.

"None of us wanted to go in, the bosses came after us with beating sticks. In the end we were forced to go in." said one worker.

SIPTU grassroots activists welcome the No vote on Croke Park 2.

Kieran Allen from the Education Branch of SIPTU has welcomed the No vote of SIPTU members on the extension of the Croke Park agreement. He has taken part in the ‘SIPTU Grassroots’ campaign to reject the deal.

Kieran Allen commented:

Tralee SWP Forum:

“…who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves and then also to help look after our neighbour and life is a reciprocal business and people have got the entitlements too much in mind without the obligations...” : Margaret Thatcher.

Read issue 360 of the Socialist Worker Ireland newspaper in online reader here.

Report from Tom Hendy of the Wexford Campaign against Home & Water Taxes:

Today myself and 15 other anti property tax campaigners proceeded to occupy Wexford county council while a meeting was in progress, we were prevented from entering the chamber, as they had locked internal doors, and gardai were present, but we entered the main lobby, and assembled ourselves directly outside the chamber.

We engaged with many people in the building on what we were about, distributed leaflets for the protest on the 13th.