Let's bring real Change to Limerick
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Now, let’s bring real CHANGE to LIMERICK T he water charge boycott and May’s YES vote are a rejection of the austerity and inequality of the past. There is growing demand for political change. AAA Cllr. Cian Prendiville is standing in the General Election, to bring that change to Limerick. l SHAKE UP LIMERICK POLITICS Cian is tipped as a contender by both the Irish Independent and Limerick Leader. TheJournal.ie. called him “a new Paul Murphy in the making”. Opinion polls show 1 in 2 people are open to supporting anti-establishment candidates. Seize this chance to kick out the establishment parties and transform politics in Limerick. l THE BOYCOTT CANDIDATE Cian is the ONLY candidate who has helped build the water charge boycott. The AAA initiated the ‘We Won't Pay’ campaign; organising a 10,000-strong protest in Limerick and meetings in every community which helped establish mass non-payment. l SEPARATE CHURCH & STATE: May’s Marriage Equality Referendum shows a desire for a more secular and progressive society. The AAA fights to separate church & state, including repealing the archaic 8th amendment abortion ban. l RECOVERY? WE CAN’T MAKE ENDS MEET With the cost of living in crisis even the government admit anything less than €11.50 an hour is not a ‘living wage’. Yet the minimum wage is well below this, forcing many into the ‘working poor’. There is no recovery for us. l TIME FOR A NEW MASS PARTY The main parties offer only emigration and continued austerity for workers and young people. The huge anti-water charge protests are a glimpse of the kind of mass movement we need. A strong team of AAA TDs in the next Dáil would be a huge boost to that movement, and the start of a new mass party for working class people. Prendiville Cllr. Cian Be part of real change To get involved in Cian’s election campaign text ‘AAA’ to 0851465911 Cllr. Cian Prendiville cianprendiville.com Cian Prendiville @cianpaaa [email protected] 0868064801 @cianpaaa 57% Boycott Water Bills 62% Vote YES to Equality
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AAA election launch leaflet, August 2015
Transcript of Let's bring real Change to Limerick
Now, let’s bring real
CHANGE toLIMERICK
The water charge boycott andMay’s YES vote are a rejection
of the austerity and inequality ofthe past. There is growingdemand for political change.AAA Cllr. Cian Prendiville isstanding in the General Election,to bring that change to Limerick.
l SHAKE UP LIMERICK POLITICSCian is tipped as a contender by boththe Irish Independent and LimerickLeader. TheJournal.ie. called him “a newPaul Murphy in the making”. Opinionpolls show 1 in 2 people are open tosupporting anti-establishmentcandidates. Seize this chance to kick outthe establishment parties and transformpolitics in Limerick.
l THE BOYCOTT CANDIDATECian is the ONLY candidate who hashelped build the water charge boycott.The AAA initiated the ‘We Won't Pay’campaign; organising a 10,000-strongprotest in Limerick and meetings inevery community which helpedestablish mass non-payment.
l SEPARATE CHURCH & STATE:May’s Marriage Equality Referendumshows a desire for a more secular andprogressive society. The AAA fights toseparate church & state, includingrepealing the archaic 8th amendmentabortion ban.
l RECOVERY? WE CAN’T MAKE ENDS MEETWith the cost of living in crisis even thegovernment admit anything less than€11.50 an hour is not a ‘living wage’. Yetthe minimum wage is well below this,forcing many into the ‘working poor’.There is no recovery for us.
l TIME FOR A NEW MASS PARTY The main parties offer only emigrationand continued austerity for workers andyoung people. The huge anti-watercharge protests are a glimpse of thekind of mass movement we need. Astrong team of AAA TDs in the next Dáilwould be a huge boost to thatmovement, and the start of a new massparty for working class people.
PrendivilleCllr. Cian Be part of real changeTo get involved in Cian’selection campaign text
‘AAA’ to 0851465911
Cllr. Cian Prendiville
cianprendiville.com
Cian Prendiville
@cianpaaa
0868064801
@cianpaaa
57% BoycottWater Bills 62% Vote YES
to Equality
AAA: Whistleblowerson LimerickCouncilIn our first year onLimerick Council the AAA:
l Fought for investment for ahouse building programme,and action on homelessness
l Spoke out against junkets bycouncillors and the Mayor,which every other partysupported
l Twice proposed thecouncillors support the boycottof water charges. Both timesevery other party voted thisdown
l Exposed and halted plans tocut the bin waiver for elderlyand unemployed people
l Successfully brought amotion calling for an end to theracist direct provision system
lWere the only ones to opposeSinn Féin Cllr. McMahon'sproposed leasing ofGortadroma Landfill, which hasopened the door to anunwanted incinerator inLimerick
Cllr. John LoftusLimerick City West0852029007
Cllr. Paul KellerLimerick City East0858685374
Cllr. Cian PrendivilleLimerick City North0868064801
AAA: Fighting for a radical alternativeUnlike the super rich 1%, the desires
of the 99% are modest. We need areliable job with a living wage and an af-fordable roof over our heads. Whenyoung, we need a properly-funded edu-cation system and, when sick, a decenthealth service.
By Cllr. Cian Prendiville
The establishment parties say we 'cannotafford' such a society; we must keep 'tight-ening our belts', so as not to threaten their'recovery'. In fact, the entire 'deficit' only ex-ists because every year the governmenthand €8 billion to the bankers in interest-only payments on odious debts. Havingpaid for the bankers’ crisis, we are now pay-ing for their recovery too. This is the injus-tice we can expect so long as capitalistpolicies dominate.
Imagine if instead this €8bn was invested inpublic services. Think what could be done ifthe wealth of the 1% was under democraticpublic control; used for the needs of themillions, not the greed of the millionaires.
But the establishment parties don't careabout ordinary people. Just look at the con-tinued existence of direct provision and the8th amendment. On three occasions sincethe tragic death of Savita HalappanavarFG/Labour voted against repealing theblanket ban on abortion, despite countlessopinion polls demanding a referendum.
The resounding YES to Marriage Equalityshows working class people want a pro-gressive, secular society. It is the political es-tablishment who are standing in the way.
The huge anti-water charges boy-cott shows how an organised, peo-ple power movement can takethem on. That is what the AAA isabout - bringing together workers,young people and the unem-ployed to fight for realchange. Get involvedtoday!
RECOVERYfor the rich
AUSTERITYfor the rest
Denis O’Brien’s wealth hastripled since the start ofthe economic crisis to$6.7 billion last year.
Former Taoiseach BrianCowen (FF) is due a rise of€2k this year, bringing hisannual pension up to€136,000.
In 2014 Bank of Irelandmade almost a billioneuro profit. They are set tomake even more this year.
"Lone parents paymentswere slashed in July. I'mdown €80 a week; otherseven more." - AmandaKeane, AAA Janesboro
"With insecure hours &low wages, I don’t know ifI can pay the bills oneweek to the next." - ShaneFogarty, Fast Food Worker
The health service is incrisis, with the numberson trolleys rising andwaiting lists gettinglonger.
We don’t need another fat cat TD - Elect a workers’ TD on a workers’ wage
And in the Dáil:Ruth Coppinger TD
Paul Murphy TDJoe Higgins TD
