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[David Johnson]

Radical Irish Candidates Declare 'War on the Rich'
People Before Profits" candidates in  the Irish general election 

will "bring the war to the rich" and will  lead a "huge struggle

against  major tax hikes," the United Left Alliance said at its

campaign  launch. Gino Kenny, a candidate in. Dublin Mid

West, said:"There's an unbelievable amount of anger out there." 

He added: "The IMF is a declaration of war against working

people" who "have to pay  this new universal social charge of

up to 7 percent, which penalizes ordinary workers."

 

Nine party candidates, five men and four women, will contest the

election in Dublin, Waterford and Cork as part of the Left Alliance,

which includes the Socialist Party and  Independent Labor Party.

Joan Collins, standing in Dublin South Central,  said: "People feel

the government has protected the wealthy, but ordinary people are

seeing their pay packets being 'savaged' "

 

Asked what bringing the war to the rich meant, Kenny said: it meant

civil disobedience. "It means strikes, people on marches. It means

people start empowering themselves," he said.
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