Today's Topics:
1. France, Alternative Libertaire AL - international, Rojava:
the stab in the back (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. [Spain] Culture and Anarchy -- CNT begins with a book fair
the program of its fifth anniversary in Aranda By ANA (pt)
[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. Ruptura Colectiva (RC): Local guards against organized crime
arise in Hueytamalco and Zacapoaxtla, Puebla -- Carlos Rocha
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira (CAB): Strike in
Cachoeirinha -- REQUEST FOR SOLIDARITY (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group macg: 2017 Anzac Day
Statement by ablokeimet (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. anarkismo.net: The Turkish army is attacking Yezîdî Kurds
and Rojava villages by KNK (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
7. wsm.ie: Don't give the maternity hospital to the nuns -
Holles Street Protest! We own our hospitals. (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
The Turkish army bombards the Kurdish regions of Sinjar and Dekrik ! The Kurdish
Democratic Council of France is calling for demonstrations at 6.30 pm in the Place de la
Republique in Paris, to stop Erdogan, halt the fascism of the Turkish state ! ---- Press
release of the CDKF: ---- The Turkish air force bombed areas of Shengal (Sinjar-Kurdistan
/ Iraq) [1], and Dekri (Rojava / Kurdistan). ---- According to the latest information, 26
Turkish fighter planes attacked the areas of Amud and Geliyê Kersê in Shengal. At present,
the bombing continues. It was also reported that, prior to the air raids, the
communication channels had been cut off in and around Derik. ---- Several civilians and
Kurdish fighters were killed or wounded ---- Last night, Turkish air forces bombed the
radio stations Dengê Rojava and ÇIRA-FM as well as the YPG (People's Defense Units)
headquarters in Karaçokê, Of Dekrik.
Following these attacks, the general commander of the YPG made a statement in which he
called on the population of Rojava to resist:
On Tuesday, 25 April, at 2 am, Turkish aviation carried out air raids against the YPG
headquarters in Karaçôkê, in the region of Dek, where press centers and official
publications, radio, The communications center and a number of military institutions.
Many of our fighters lost their lives in these attacks and many others were injured. Their
identities will be disclosed later.
We repeat it again: this cowardly attack will not undermine our determination and our will
to fight terrorism. We therefore call on the population of Rojava, in all its components,
to resist with its legitimate defense forces against such attacks.
Soldier and Turkish F16 bomber fighter on the base of Incirlik, in Anatolia.
Cc Incirlik.af.mil
The terrorism of the Turkish state must cease and the coalition forces must break their
silence.
The co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Saleh Muslim said the objective of the
offensive was to support the Islamic state (EI) and called on coalition forces to clarify
their positions . He added: " It[the Turkish Air Force]attack a society that fight
against terrorism. Coalition forces must not remain silent in the face of these
inadmissible attacks . "
Turkey wants to neutralize Operation Anger of the Euphrates
The Syrian Democratic Assembly said in a statement that such attacks could only serve to
reinforce its determination against terrorism: " While the Raqqa operation is underway
and our forces are gaining ground against the IA, Turkish aviation bombarded our
headquarters in the areas of Karaçokê and Shengal. These attacks demonstrate that Turkey
is trying to neutralize the Raqqa (Euphrates' Wrath) operation in order to allow the EI
time to blow. "
Kurdish Democratic Council of France, 25 April 2017
[1] Sinjar has already attacked by peshmergas early March , note AL.
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Rojava-le-coup-de-poignard-dans-le-dos
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Message: 2
The CNT celebrates this weekend in Aranda its particular Book Fair. Coinciding with the
date of April 23, the union holds this event at its headquarters on Avenida de Castilla
12, with bookstores, music distributors and books and crafts, among other things. ----
This activity marks the beginning of a broader program, planned to celebrate the fifth
anniversary of its establishment in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. The most immediate is
the last Saturday of the month at the Centro Cultural El Invernadero where the public
with free admission, you can enjoy from ten at night groups Hermanos Bastards (hip-hop),
Arrós pump (rock), Mongol Chip (punk ), Neo-kaoss (tekno-punk). In addition to
varied music for different tastes, there will be a drawing of an hourly painting and
another batch of products, with popular prices at the bar and some more surprise.
The demonstration on May 1 that this union organizes will leave another year of the
Constitution Square , returning to the same place, after the usual route through the
streets, where they will read the statement and the traditional snack with musical ambiance.
Subsequently, on May 9, the presentation of the book ' Collapse: terminal capitalism,
ecological transition, eco fascism ', by Carlos Taibo, will be presented at the Casa de
Cultura . The event will coincide with the opening of an exhibition of historical posters
of the Anselmo Lorenzo Foundation.
On May 24 will be projected the documentary ' Pan de serrín, las huelgas del famo ', with
the presence of its director, Patxi Eguilaz. And on June 1, once again at its
headquarters, the CNT will hold a lecture-debate by Rojava Azadi , a group of people
interested in making visible and supporting the emancipatory struggles that are taking
place in Curdist & Rojava's social revolution process and the model of democratic
self-government they propose.
Source: http://cadenaser.com/emisora/2017/04/23/radio_aranda/1492941298_701653.html
Translation> Sol de Abril
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Message: 3
Due to the increased insecurity and omissions of the municipal authorities, the residents
of Hueytamalco and Zacapoaxtla have decided to tackle crime on their own. ---- The
inhabitants of these municipalities of the Northeastern Sierra of Puebla have been
organized to place neighborhood alarms and to make nocturnal rondins , this after they
have tired of demanding security to its municipal presidents. ---- The security claim in
Hueytamalco has been more evident, last Monday the inhabitants of different communities
and the municipal head joined the caravan against the privatization of water that passed
through its municipality, to also demand security. ---- Previously, on February 11, when
PAN mayor Ruben Martinez Castillo delivered his third government report, dozens of people
interrupted him with the demand for greater security, they demanded the null action of the
municipal authorities before the wave of robberies to passers-by And assaults on
businesses and homes.
On that day the municipal president had to flee before the protest of his governed that
asked him space to read a document that had been agreed between the community.
In the middle of this scenario, the citizens of Hueytamalco have organized themselves to
make nocturnal rondines in the different communities.
According to media in the region, residents of the communities threaten to take justice by
their own hand and in the municipal head is sought to install security cameras to identify
the offenders and then proceed against them.
In the case of Zacapoaxtla, businessmen in the area set up neighborhood alarms and called
for a citizen demonstration on 14 March. On that day, the representative of the civil
association Entrepreneurs Zacapoaxtecos, Ruperto Villa, reported that robbery to trade is
the most common crime in the municipality.
Before the citizenship indicated that only in an organized way can be faced with crime.
During the presentation of the alarm, he criticized that the municipal authority has not
given results and has reached the degree that even the criminals have disarmed the
Municipal Police.
http://rupturacolectiva.com/surgen-rondines-vecinales-contra-al-crimen-organizado-en-hueytamalco-y-zacapoaxtla-puebla/
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Message: 4
Municipal Workers' Union of Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ---- Address: Avenida
Flores da Cunha, No. 903, Sala 1202, Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul ---- Telephone: (51)
3470-6902 and (51) 3438-6655 ---- Email: simcachoeirinha@gmail.com ---- Facebook:
facebook.com/SindicatoDosMunicipariosDeCachoeirinhars/ ---- The Municipal Workers' Union
of Cachoeirinha (Sindicato dos Municipários de Cachoeirinha - SIMCA) is a union that
fights for workers' rights in class-based struggles in Brazil. Founded on June 20, 1989,
it has consistently been a protagonist in struggles both initiated by the Union and by
other social movements. The municipal workers of Cachoeirinha have been leaders in the
organization and mobilization of these struggles, refusing to stay quiet in the face of
arbitrary and authoritarian exploitation of labor, mismanagement on the part of bosses and
government officials, and the injustices imposed "from above."
SIMCA takes a class-based, combative political approach, based in the principles of direct
action, member-driven democracy, and workers' independence and solidarity.
The class-based premise of SIMCA is founded in the belief that workers should develop
forms of self-organization and governance. Class is used as a category to understand and
struggle against the accumulation of capital by a minority. For this reason, SIMCA stands
in solidarity with other popular movements of the working class. It affirms that,
politically and ideologically, it is crucial to share experiences that can serve as
reference points to other unions and social movements, in order to move forward together
in the struggle for workers' rights.
At this moment, SIMCA is engaged in its most important struggle since its inception. This
document describes the ongoing strike by workers in Cachoeirinha, who are protesting a
package of austerity measures introduced by the municipal government. They include the
sale of public lands, cuts in food subsidies for workers and their families, a reduction
from 9% to 3% for pay raises for job promotions, pay cuts for teachers, engineers,
geologists, architects and public servants, and changes to insurance code that lower the
"risk to life" of various professions (thereby diminishing protection). This strike is not
only historical for Cachoeirinha, but also on a state and national level, as it is
articulating a defense against the model of economic austerity that is attacking the
rights of all Brazilian workers that were won during the twentieth century.
After weeks of direct mobilization among workers, supported by community members who make
use of public services, and confrontation with police repression, the struggle has reached
a breaking point with the municipal government. On April 13, around 300 municipal workers
went to Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, to stage an act of political and
cultural resistance on the 39th day of the strike. The workers stood in a vigil for the
afternoon, until a meeting that evening, organized the Mediation Sector of the Regional
Superintendency of Labor, to address their demands.
As directed by the Strike Leadership (a Leadership of federalist structure, with
representatives from various labor sectors), the SIMCA negotiators positioned themselves
against the package of budget cuts proposed by the courts and the financial adjustments of
the government. The result of this meeting was a proposal by the government to suspend the
cuts for 60 days, in return for the end of the strike.
Chronology of the strike:
First week of the strike: On the first day of the strike, the media falsely associated the
movement with a break-in of the mayor´s office. By doing so, the strike was immediately
framed as suspicious, foreshadowing the attempts to come at the criminalization of
strikers. The government summoned SIMCA for negotiation on the third and fourth days of
the strike. SIMCA demanded the repeal of budget cuts and austerity measures, as well as
that the government take emergency measures to avoid immediate consequences of the cuts.
In spite of these negotiations, the government formalized the budget cuts on March 10,
promising compensation in the future.
Second week of the strike: The strike won the support of the community, which mobilized
itself to hold the mayor accountable to cuts for municipal workers. The strike began to
struggle against the ordinance that was part of the austerity package that would reduce
funding for childhood education. Health workers joined the strike. A street protest united
more than a thousand people on Flores da Cunha Avenue. The 38-day strike in Florianópolis
ended with negotiations that were amenable to workers, giving strikers in Cachoeirinha an
example of what was possible. On March 16, the strike organized a march and 80 municipal
workers filled the Dante Barone Auditorium of the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do
Sul in the Public Hearing for the scaling back of rights of municipal public servants of
Cachoeirinha.
Third week of the strike: The denunciations from the public hearing were brought to the
Public Ministry. The government intensified its efforts to criminalize strikers. Legal
protests that took to the streets were treated by the government as criminal acts. The
Secretary of Education requested lists of teachers who had joined the strike in order to
begin measures to prosecute them. Strikers responded to this harassment by occupying the
Secretary of Education. This direct action forced a new negotiation with the government.
However, in the meeting that occurred two days later, the government raised its charge or
criminality against strikers and the Secretary of Security announced that it would take
measures to repress the movement.
Fourth week of the strike: A hunger strike began in front of the city hall and continued
uninterrupted for 24 hours. Meanwhile, the Mayor had lunch with local businessmen to
negotiate their support for the government's fiscal adjustments. Since the second week of
the strike, the movement had been practically silenced in the media. The movement began to
experience state, in addition to municipal, repression. Unhappy with the strike´s growing
strength, government repression became bolder. The Mayor and the Secretary of Security
accused the strike of various break-ins. A government official connected to the Secretary
of Governance provoked people in the hunger strike in an attempt to create conflict.
Government officials delayed a session of voting on legislation that would reduce
subsidies for food purchasing by workers and their families. On the following day, strike
leaders occupied the legislative chamber. On March 30, repression of the movement left 30
wounded and 3 arrested, marking the greatest police brutality in the history of
Cachoeirinha. On March 31, more than 2,000 people marched down Flores da Cunha Avenue to
protest the brutality. The Ministry of Labor and the State Ministry received complaints of
rights' violations this week.
Fifth week of the strike: The strike issued this statement:
http://www.diariocachoeirinha.com.br/_conteudo/2017/04/noticias/regiao/2092803-servidores-divulgam-documento-sobre-a-greve.html.
The government appealed to the courts in an attempt to dismantle the movement. The strike
took on national dimensions as various protests around the country took place in
solidarity with municipal workers in Cachoeirinha. Denunciations of the strike´s
repression arrived on the desks of the Commission of Citizenship and Human Rights of the
Legislative Assembly. A street mobilization slowed access to Cachoeirinha by occupying a
critical bridge. A plenary was convened to protest threats by the government to redact pay
for the duration of the strike. This political analysis addressed the state of the strike:
http://www.ihu.unisinos.br/566491-a-tragedia-de-saco-e-vanzetti-e-a-greve-dos-municiparios-de-cachoeirinha-licoes-e-fantasmas-ressurgindo.
Sixth week of the strike: The industrial district of Cachoeirinha woke up with a picket
line in front of the Center of Industries of Cachoeirinha to get their message across to
factory owners who had sided with the Mayor and were supporting his austerity measures. In
the early hours of the morning of April 10, the government agreed to negotiate the
following day, and for the first time since the beginning of the strike, the Mayor showed
up. The expectations of strikers were disappointed at the meeting, when the same proposal
that the government had presented on March 10 was put on the table, which the strikers had
already rejected. SIMCA withdrew from negotiations and agreed only to return the following
Thursday. Another large mobilization in support of the strike once again occupied the main
avenue of the city. In Rio Grande do Sul, the strike won the support of state-level public
servants. Various municipal workers of the metropolitan area addressed the strike in their
assemblies.
The municipal workers of Cachoeirinha continue to protest the unjust fiscal adjustment.
The situation in Cachoeirinha is the same that threatens workers across the whole country.
More than 3,000 workers are now involved in this fight. The sweat and blood that has been
shed in this strike belongs to all members of the oppressed classes. Beyond the debate
about whether to accept the truce offered by the government, the municipal workers of
Cachoeirinha are aware of the role they have in sustaining country-wide resistance against
blows to our rights.
It is from this understanding of the ongoing struggle, that SIMCA asks for SOLIDARITY for
this struggle, be it through the spread of information or material and financial support.
The saying "Those who fight are not yet dead" is never so relevant as in this very moment
in which the struggle is being waged.
ALL SOLIDARITY TO SIMCA AND THE MUNICIPAL WORKERS OF CACHOEIRINHA! WE STRIKE FOR VICTORY!
CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE! BUILD POPULAR POWER!
https://anarquismo.noblogs.org/?page_id=714
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Message: 5
Dear Comrades, ---- The Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group has released its annual Anzac
Day Statement. It was distributed this morning to passers-by at the 8 Hour Monument in
Melbourne: ---- https://melbacg.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/war/ ---- Melbourne Anarchist
Communist Group ---- WAR ---- World War I ---- WWI was a crime against humanity, with two
rival imperialist alliances fighting it out to redivide the colonies, markets and
resources of the world. The lives of soldiers, Australians included, and civilian
populations were sacrificed to the power and profits of their own ruling classes. After a
debacle on a Turkish peninsula near Istanbul in 1915, the ANZACs were sent to the Western
Front. There, they became raw material for the war machine of the British Empire. They
died in their tens of thousands. The war's death toll on both sides was at least 15.5
million. The carnage was eventually brought to an end by revolution breaking out in Germany.
Today
Though imperialism remains, much has changed in the intervening century. The military
forces of imperialist countries are in much less danger than the civilians of the
countries they invade. War is waged as much on a country's civilian infrastructure as on
its military. The imperialists wage a coward's war, raining death from the skies, while
safely ensconced on high in F-16s or even piloting a drone from an office in the US. The
imperialists' wars on Third World countries may cost fewer lives of their own citizens,
but they are as evil as ever.
Wars
The United States, the world's greatest imperialist power, is openly at war in Syria, Iraq
and Afghanistan. President Trump is adding Somalia to the list. The US also intervenes
indirectly and/or through drones in Yemen, Ukraine and Libya. Other imperialist powers,
including Britain, France, Russia and Australia, are also intervening in one or more of
these wars. In none of them are the imperialists telling the truth about their motives and
objectives, nor about the civilian casualties they cause. In every case, imperialist
intervention has a reactionary effect. Saddam Hussein was a tyrant, but the invasion of
Iraq in 2003 has worsened conditions for people there. Similarly today, imperialist
intervention, even against the monstrous Daesh in Iraq and Syria, will have reactionary
effects. In West Asia, only the oppressed masses, centrally the working class, can produce
a progressive alternative to the sheiks, generals, Islamists and Zionists who rule there
today.
Peace
War is integral to imperialism. We can't end war without ending imperialism and we can't
end imperialism without ending capitalism, because imperialism is not merely a policy, but
the set of international relationships in capitalism for over 100 years now. We don't have
to send young men and women overseas to kill brown people and we don't have to allow a US
base at Pine Gap to guide both nuclear missiles and drones. To change direction, though,
means eliminating the capitalist system that brings us these horrors. The working class
needs to unite internationally and make a revolution to abolish it. We need to replace
capitalism with the only possible alternative - libertarian communism.
END WAR: END CAPITALISM
Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group
http://www.melbacg.wordpress.com macg1984@yahoo.com.au
PO Box 5108 Brunswick North 3056 25 April 2017
Anzac Day in Australia is a national holiday in honour of members of the Australian
military who have fought overseas. In recent decades, as the soldiers who fought in the
two World Wars have died, the ceremonies and media propaganda around the day have become
more overtly ideological.
In Solidarity,
Ablokeimet
for MACG.
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Message: 6
Turkish warplanes bombed Sengal (Sinjar-Iraq/Kurdistan) and Dêrik
(Karaçokê-Rojava/Kurdistan). ---- According to the latest information, 26 Turkish
warplanes attacked Amud and Geliyê Kersê of Sengal/Sinjar. The bombardment is still going
on. It has been learned that prior to the aerial operation, communication networks had
been completely cut in Dêrik and its surrounding areas. ---- Many civilian Kurds and
Kurdish fighters were killed and wounded ---- Last night, Turkish warplanes bombed Dengê
Roajva Radio and ÇIRA-FM and also YPG headquarter in Karaçokê of Dêrik city. In relation
to the attack, YPG general commander released a statement in which he called upon the
Rojavian people to stand up for themselves. YPG statement declared; "On Tuesday 25 April,
at 02:00 o'clock, Turkish warplanes launched an intensive air attack on YPG headquarter in
Karaçokê in the vicinity of Dêrik. The press and publication centre, the radio, the
communication centre and a number of military organisations are located in Karaçokê. As a
result of this brutal attack, a number of our fighters lost their lives while some others
got wounded. Their identity will be announced later".
"As the YPG", the statement continued, "we reiterate that such a coward attack will not
affect our will and determination for freedom against terror. Also, we call upon the
Rojavian people with all its diversities to align themselves with their legitimate defence
forces, reinforcing them in the face of such offensive".
Turkish state terror must end and the coalition forces should not be silent.
PYD's co-president announced that such air attacks are carried out in order to provide
support to the ISIS. Owing to this, he continued, the coalition forces should clarify
their stance. He also added; "They[Turkish warplanes]attack a society that is fighting
against terrorism. The coalition forces should not remain silent against this. Nobody
should accept this attack."
Turkey wants to neutralise Raqqa Operation
The Syrian Democratic Assembly (MSD) affirmed in a statement that such attack would only
serve to strengthen their determination against terror.
The MSD's statement reads as follow: While the Raqqa operation is underway and our forces
are gaining upper hand against the ISIS, Turkish warplanes are bombing our headquarters in
Karaçokê and Sengal areas. These attacks show that the Turkish state wants to neutralise
Raqqa Operation in order to give a breathing space to the ISIS.
http://www.anarkismo.net/article/30210
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Message: 7
Protests took place across Ireland Saturday 22nd April to protest the plan by Health Simon
Harris to give the new maternity hospital, which will cost 300 million to build, to the
same nuns who ran the Magdeline laundaries! The Sisters of Charity ran the Drumcondra and
Sean MacDermott Street laundaries where expectant and recent mothers were essentially
imprisoned and required to provide free labour that the numns profited from. It's hard to
imagine a more unsuitable institution to run a maternity hospital, all the more so when
you realise that to this day catholic ran hospitals refuse to provide the full range of
medical care to pregnant people. ---- As a Parents for Choice speaker said at the protest
(video below) "Many of us in Parents for Choice are unmarried mothers. Many of us in
Parents for Choice gave birth in this hospital. It is not long ago that women like us
would have been locked up by this order of nuns. Religious orders like the Sisters of
Charity imprisoned women like us, used them for profit, while their babies were
malnourished, stolen, sold to the highest bidder, or ended up dead in septic tanks."
A large crowd gathered near Holles street maternity hospital in Dublin as similar protests
were taking place elsewhere in the country. The bulk of the crowd were parents and their
childern and they harad a number of speakers including Father Ted writer Graham Linehan
who talked about about how he felt guilty about moving his family to Ireland when he
realised that he'd moved to a country that did not take womens reproductive health seriously.
Other speakers were from Parents for Choice, the Anti-Racist Network and political
parties. Video's of some of the speeches are below.
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Parents for Choice
We are Parents for Choice and we campaign for choice in pregnancy and childbirth. Our aim
is to highlight the unique way the 8th amendment impacts on us as parents and on our
families, whether we wish to continue a pregnancy or not. Parents for Choice oppose the
eighth amendment, and we reject the conservative Catholic ethos that inspired it.
The 8th amendment and those who support it have had a toxic effect on how we and our
families experience both wanted and unwanted pregnancies. It has negatively impacted how
we are treated when we access maternity services and maternity hospitals. The 8th
amendment has resulted in the cruel treatment of countless women from Sheila Hodgers, to
Savita Hallapanavar, to Miss C and Miss Y. As a result of the 8th amendment, women
continue to be denied choices every day in our hospitals.
Parents for Choice are campaigning for progress, for our freedom to make choices in our
own interests and that of our families, and for the humane and fair treatment of anyone
experiencing pregnancy in Ireland. This recent decision by the state to grant complete
ownership to the Sisters of Charity of our National Maternity Hospital, continuing decades
of church ownership of our healthcare and other vital state-funded services, flies in the
face of progress. Surely at this point as a nation we should improve, not regress. We
should develop, not deteriorate.
The order of nuns, the Sisters of Charity, who have been offered this hospital ran
Magdalen laundries. They have refused to fulfill their promise to the state redress scheme
for those incarcerated in their laundries and they are highlighted as owing 3 million euro
to the redress scheme following the Ryan report. It is a gesture of huge disrespect to
survivors of those institutions, and to the people of Ireland, that the perpetrators of
this historical abuse against women and children should be given such authority in our
maternity care.
Many of us in Parents for Choice are unmarried mothers. Many of us in Parents for Choice
gave birth in this hospital. It is not long ago that women like us would have been locked
up by this order of nuns. Religious orders like the Sisters of Charity imprisoned women
like us, used them for profit, while their babies were malnourished, stolen, sold to the
highest bidder, or ended up dead in septic tanks. And now our government wants to simply
give them a hospital. A hospital for women like us to birth in. We say no. We may need a
new National Maternity Hospital, but there is a better choice than this.
While Simon Harris and Rhona O'Mahoney claim that the State will ensure the autonomy of
the new hospital, even the former master of this hospital Peter Boylan has gone on the
record to say that he cannot see how a hospital will be able to provide, for example, IVF
or medically-advised abortions while owned by the Sisters - if it does, it will be the
only Catholic-owned hospital in the world to do so. The order's own St Vincent's hospital
does not permit performing vasectomies or female sterilization because of its ethos, while
the also Catholic-owned Mater will not stock contraceptive pills for similar reasons.
Yesterday the board of St. Vincent's said that they're reviewing the status of the entire
National Maternity Hospital project in the light of the minister's statements and other
"controversy". It is very unclear what this means for the future of the hospital.
None of this inspires confidence that we will get a National Maternity Hospital that will
be the truly independent institution we and our families deserve, even if we manage to
remove the eighth amendment, one that will offer us real choices, and will ensure that in
its care we are valued as human beings rather than vessels for childbirth.
We are parents, we are users of maternity services, we do not want our maternity hospitals
owned by a group with such a history of how it treats women and babies. For our children
and ourselves, we will take back our hospitals and we will take back control over our
births and our bodies.
---
Anti-Racism Network
ARN statement text "The Anti-Racism Network is here today standing for Reproductive
Justice for ALL women, trans and non-binary people in Ireland including migrants and
asylum seekers, regardless of their legal status.
The announcement that the new maternity hospital would be run by the Sisters of Charity is
truly infuriating, but it is not surprising. This is just one more in long, continuous
history of ways in which the State shirks their basic duty of care to the people. We can
cite examples of this for days, including mother and baby homes, the 8th amendment and the
racist system of direct provision. The list goes on and on.
Once again the State is abdicating their responsibility and outsourcing it to a church
with a long track record of racist and misogynist violence. And it's not that this
abdication of responsibility just isn't good enough, which of
Video links at http://www.wsm.ie/c/maternity-hospital-nuns-holles-street-protest
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