I attended the Right2Water public meeting in the Silver Springs Moran Hotel, in Cork, to see the Detroit Water Brigade and hear what Brendan Ogle had to say. 

They came to offer advice, but ended up impressed by the military-like precision, including an improvised "command and control" post, which a community has been using to prevent Irish Water contractors laying meters.

Members of a US group dedicated to fighting water charges will come to Cork tomorrow to show their solidarity with people opposed to Irish Water’s metering.

American campaigners are joining anti-water charge protesters in Dublin for a major demonstration outside the Dáil this week.

Wall Street protesters are poised for an ugly confrontation with police and New York authorities trying to end the month-long occupation of a park that has spawned similar gatherings across America and is going global.