Ireland: anti-property tax campaign begins

A series of countrywide meetings is being planned by opponents of the new €100 household tax as they step up their campaign in the coming weeks.

Campaigners are also planning a national poster campaign, door-to-door canvassing, and the delivery of some 250,000 newsletters in their bid to encourage people to boycott the tax. Householders must register and pay the €100 charge before the end of March. More than 30,000 households have already registered for the charge.

Some 200 people from around the country attended a meeting organised for activists by the Campaign against Household and Water Taxes in Dublin yesterday. The campaign, with the slogan "Don't register, don't pay" aims to build mass non-registration before St Patrick's Day and activists will encourage members of the public to pay a €5 membership fee to help fund the campaign.

Socialist Party deputy Joe Higgins said this would be “a massively powerful campaign” which would unite people in their opposition to the ongoing attack on people’s living standards, public services and jobs.

Source: IrishTimes.com