Nothing to cheer for here. The protest is mostly led by medium to large business owners that are worried about their profits. Workers don’t own heavy machinery like trucks and tractors they can use to block streets (and if they did it with their employers equipment they would be in instant trouble).
Far-right protesters have happily latched onto these protests, flying the same slogans that were seen at anti-immigration rallies in the last years (like Irish Lives Matter).
The government has announced a relief package for impacted businesses (note that there is no relief package for average people driving to work). At best, this will result in further socialization of costs and privatization of profits.
The sad state of affairs is that the right is more capable at organizing protests than the left right now. The kulaks will get what they want, average people will get fucked.
It’s also pretty funny how little self awareness these people have:
One person in one group asked if protesters should blockade Donald Trump’s Doonbeg hotel, to which someone replied: “He’s got nothing to do with it so no”.
Sounds like the exact same mix who did this in the uk decades ago trying to stop petrol duty rises.
It worked, basically no government has increased petrol duty since despite it being in the plans the independent budget office have to judge the budget against every year.
Except… starmer just did. So we might well have fuel protests^W direct action in the uk too before long.
Dunno what the irish ones can hope to achive? The same thing i guess cos theyre not gonna change the price of fuel itself.
Less taxes on fuel and subsidies for business. And, as predicted:
There is little or nothing in this package for the low and middle-income workers who have no option other than to pay their tax from pay packets that are under increasing pressure from rising energy bills, skyrocketing grocery prices and escalating housing costs
Nothing to cheer for here. The protest is mostly led by medium to large business owners that are worried about their profits. Workers don’t own heavy machinery like trucks and tractors they can use to block streets (and if they did it with their employers equipment they would be in instant trouble).
Far-right protesters have happily latched onto these protests, flying the same slogans that were seen at anti-immigration rallies in the last years (like Irish Lives Matter).
The government has announced a relief package for impacted businesses (note that there is no relief package for average people driving to work). At best, this will result in further socialization of costs and privatization of profits.
The sad state of affairs is that the right is more capable at organizing protests than the left right now. The kulaks will get what they want, average people will get fucked.
It’s also pretty funny how little self awareness these people have:
Or using Trump and MAGA like slogans: https://bsky.app/profile/davitter.bsky.social/post/3mjardpjeus2i
Sounds like the exact same mix who did this in the uk decades ago trying to stop petrol duty rises.
It worked, basically no government has increased petrol duty since despite it being in the plans the independent budget office have to judge the budget against every year.
Except… starmer just did. So we might well have fuel protests^W direct action in the uk too before long.
Dunno what the irish ones can hope to achive? The same thing i guess cos theyre not gonna change the price of fuel itself.
Less taxes on fuel and subsidies for business. And, as predicted:
https://www.thejournal.ie/fuel-package-protests-government-7010619-Apr2026/