The Golden Rule Tax Disobedience: effective democracy now! Today sees the launch of a major tax rebellion civil disobedience across the UK, by the grass roots organisation “Compassionate Revolution”. The group is calling for at least 5,000 people … [Read more...]
London Review of Books Lecture by James Meek. “Taxation, ‘Robin Hood in a Time of Austerity'”
The Robin Hood Tax or Financial Transaction Tax (often labelled an FTT in the acronym soup of financial jargon) is a tiny tax on the financial sector, typically only a fraction of one percent. The key reasons for its implementation we can see from … [Read more...]
Launch event of the Robin Hood Tax Campaign: Dublin, January 26, 2016
source: Press Event notice, 19th January 2016 A coalition of 40 Irish Civil organisations are launching the Robin Hood Tax Campaign Ireland, united in the belief that it is time to make Irish financial institutions pay their fair share in tax to … [Read more...]
International CETA Speaking Tour
International CETA Speaking Tour: Monday 9th November, 7.30pm, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1. Patricia King, General Sectary of the ICTU joins Maude Barlow, National Chair of the Council of Canadians, and other international speakers, to highlight the … [Read more...]
Legal but immoral: The scourge of corporate tax dodging
by Claudine Gaidoni and Marie Moran // Attac Ireland - 25 June 2015 Tax dodging by corporations is a major cause of inequality and poverty. It deprives governments of badly-needed revenue which could otherwise be spent on public services, on … [Read more...]
