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<H1>Radical Irish Candidates Declare ‘War on the Rich’<?xml:namespace prefix = o
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">People Before Profits”
candidates in the Irish general election <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">will “bring the war to the
rich” and will lead a “huge struggle<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">against major tax hikes,”
the United Left Alliance said at its<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">campaign launch. Gino
Kenny, a candidate in. Dublin Mid<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">West, said:”There’s an
unbelievable amount of anger out there.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">He added: “The IMF is a
declaration of war against working<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">people” who “have to pay
this new universal social charge of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">up to 7 percent, which
penalizes ordinary workers.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Nine party candidates, five men
and four women, will contest the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">election in Dublin, Waterford
and Cork as part of the Left Alliance,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">which includes the Socialist
Party and Independent Labor Party.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Joan Collins, standing in
Dublin South Central, said: “People feel<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">the government has protected
the wealthy, but ordinary people are<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">seeing their pay packets being
‘savaged’ “<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Asked what bringing the war to
the rich meant, Kenny said: it meant<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">civil disobedience. “It means
strikes, people on marches. It means<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">people start empowering
themselves,” he said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>