It's St Patrick's Day- and literally everyone is acting like this.
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| Look out your window, right now. |
It's true, we all love St Patrick's Day. Everyone loves Irish people. What's not not like? They're friendly, they know how to have a good time and most importantly, they're currently sticking 2 fingers up to the European Union's austerity measures.
The Irish banks failed in a big way. In fact, they had to be bailed out to the tune of €85 billion- which is about 61 billion quid or $90 bn- either way, thats a lot. After that, the EU wanted working class people in Ireland to all chip in to pay for the banks.
Sounds familiar doesn't it?
They introduced a housing tax, a flat rate for every homeowner regardless of income. They've started charging people for the luxury that is water. They've even jailed people for protesting.
On the bright side, people are fighting back. 100,000 people marched on the Dáil (which is Irish for parliament) in Dublin. That 20% of Dublin!
Across Ireland, people demonstrated in their thousands. They've set up a group called the Anti-Austerity Alliance. They're fighting back against cuts and privatisation and they're winning. In its short little life, the AAA has already returned 3 TDs (MPs) and 14 local councillors.
So later on, raise a glass to the 99% and to the AAA, for showing us what is possible!
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| "The great only appear great because we are on our knees. Let us rise" Jim Larkin |
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