About

Attac Ireland is the Irish chapter of Attac, an international network which resists neoliberal globalisation and which campaigns for a more just, equal and sustainable world.

Attac is primarily concerned with challenging the increasing control which the ‘markets’, in particular the financial markets, have over the lives of ordinary citizens.

The unbridled power of the financial markets has impoverished many, undermined democracy and widened inequality.

Attac was founded in France in 1999, originally to campaign for a Financial Transaction Tax — Attac stands for ‘Association pour la Taxation des Transactions Financiere s et l’Aide aux Citoyens’ (Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and Aid to Citizens).

Attac is a membership- based organisation which now has over 25 chapters and 50,000 members worldwide. Since 1999, Attac’s activities have extended beyond a Financial Transaction Tax to include also campaigns to close tax havens, combat corporate tax avoidance, introduce a wealth levy, resist illegitimate debt and challenge austerity.

We also believe that the institutions of the European Union have been captured by corporate interests and we are involved in struggles to make them more democratic and accountable.

Attac’s 7 principles?

Attac Ireland

5 days ago

"Last year, Lush paid a 47.3% effective tax on its total business (the UK corporate tax rate is 20%), according to its most recent public filings. The company says this is because it refused to take advantage of tax havens and certain schemes in a bid to pay a fair tax in each country it operates. It caps top salaries so they can’t be more than 14 times above those at the bottom. It refuses to test its handmade products on animals, or to buy from suppliers who do... Constantine is also serious about the “don’t copy, don’t steal” part. Not only did he successfully sue Amazon UK for using the word “lush” to sell knock-off goods (many others have failed to get Amazon for such violations). He also trademarked Christopher North, the name of Amazon UK’s managing director, to teach him a lesson, and created a new shower gel in his name with the tagline “rich, thick and full of it.” (The shower gel was never sold, but North was reportedly “hopping mad“.)" ... See MoreSee Less

Lush sells bath bombs and cosmetics. It also gives nearly £6 million a year to far-left groups

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Some of the company's own employees have been arrested while protesting.

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Attac Ireland

1 week ago

Privatisation of Dublin bus has been mooted but contracts have not been signed. Help to stop this by sharing!

This kind of privatisation has been tried in many cities across Europe and beyond and it always results in sub-standard services or higher prices for those whose transport needs lie on unprofitable routes. As an economist I implore Ms. Graham to rethink this plan. Improve Dublin Bus instead.

http://my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop-privatisation-of-dublin-s-bus-routes-to-uk-company-go-ahead ... See MoreSee Less

Stop privatisation of Dublin's bus routes to UK company Go-Ahead

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This kind of privatisation has been tried in many cities across Europe and beyond and it always results in sub-standard services or higher prices for those whose transport needs lie on unprofitable ro...

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