War on working class

I AM outraged at the decision to jail Joe Higgins, TD, and Cllr Clare Daly. What is galling is that Liam Lawlor only got another week in prison even though he has repeatedly been in contempt of court.

It looks like there’s one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

I have never seen people so angry in all my life.

What’s encouraging is that shop stewards in many unions are mobilising for a series of work stoppages to demand the release of Higgins and Daly.

I hope that at long last trade unions will be forced to act like they did with the mass PAYE tax marches and work stoppages of the late 1970s.

I regard the imprisonment of Higgins and Daly as a declaration of war against working class people.

The arrest of 11 peaceful protesters in Blanchardstown as they tried to ensure that Fingal Co Council collected all of the bins is further proof of this.

Paul Kinsella,

53, Lorcan Grove,

Santry,

Dublin 9.