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Dublin - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

Campaign Against the Household Tax Protest March To Fine Gael Ard Fheis

category dublin | bin tax / household tax / water tax | event notice author Tuesday March 27, 2012 22:25author by pat c Report this post to the editors

Protest at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis, assemble 1pm, Saturday 31 March at Parnell Square. March to National Convention Centre, IFSC..

As the March 31 deadline approaches it is clear that huge numbers are refusing to pay. Mass non-payment of the household tax will not just be a massive blow to an unjust tax it will also be a massive blow to the Government’s entire austerity drive.
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Keep up the boycott – Defeat the Household Tax

As the March 31 deadline approaches it is clear that huge numbers are refusing to pay. This is not because of “confusion” about how to pay. People are deliberately refusing to register for and pay an unjust tax.

Everybody knows it starts at €100 and will rise to €1000+, everybody knows the Government are picking the people’s pockets to boost the bondholders’ bank accounts. Mass non-payment of the household tax will not just be a massive blow to an unjust tax it will also be a massive blow to the Government’s entire austerity drive.

Government desperation & threats

The Government are getting desperate. Threats to deduct money from wages, social welfare and bank accounts are a sign of this. They cannot do any of this without changing the law and then bringing people to court. And they cannot take a million people to court.

The household tax app lies to homeowners and your ESB bil l does not prove you own a property. Bringing ESB bills into the equation is another sign of Government desperation.

Huge numbers are not registering and not paying and if a large percentage hold firm the Government are in trouble on this issue. We can win.

Protest the Fine Gael Ard Fheis – Saturday March 31st, Assemble 1pm Parnell Square, Marching to the Convention Centre (North Quay) for 2pm

Related Link: http://nohouseholdtax.org/
author by JoeMcIvorpublication date Sun Apr 01, 2012 16:00author address author phone Report this post to the editors

RTE gave the figure of up to four thousand attending the march and rally – lower than the Garda estimate of five thousand.

There’s no report on the ULA website to date, nor on the PB4P site. A ULA member I spoke to yesterday said she thought that the attendance had been “much closer to ten thousand”, but the same woman had been saying in the week that the campaign was expecting 20,000 protesters to show up.

It’s a pity that there’s no independent organization that could be trusted to provide accurate information on crowd numbers for important events like this.

author by independent republicanpublication date Sun Apr 01, 2012 19:26author address author phone Report this post to the editors

i was there, at a guess i would say there was around 10000 i was at the vita cortex march in cork which had around 5000 poeple on it awhile back and this was much much bigger.

gardai and state media always play down the amount on the streets, generally by half.

author by Sharon. - Individual.publication date Sun Apr 01, 2012 19:43author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Hi !
Myself and a few others were on this protest march , from the Garden of Remembrance to the Fine Gael Ard Fheis venue , and I would agree with the estimate of 10,000 people present - it was certainly way more than the numbers given by RTE and in most of the newspapers etc.
Also misrepresented was the 'pushing and shoving' incidents at the entry/exit to the venue mentioned above - myself and my friends were directly beside the 'gate' but were repeatedly moved back from same , forcibly , by the Gardaí present.
A few pics and words can re this protest can be found at the 'Related Link' below.
Thanks,
Sharon.

RSF member on the household tax protest in Dublin , Saturday 31st March 2012.
RSF member on the household tax protest in Dublin , Saturday 31st March 2012.

Related Link: http://1169andcounting.blogspot.com/2012/04/approximately-10000-people-young-and.html
author by Tpublication date Sun Apr 01, 2012 22:39author address author phone Report this post to the editors

There is a write up on yesterday's protest over at the WSM site.

Spirits are High as of Thousands of Household Tax Protesters march on Fine Gael conference
http://www.wsm.ie/c/household-tax-march-fine-gael-confe...rence

And below is a YouTube video someone took of a RTE report. One should dismiss the turn-out figures for RTE as it is clearly argued above the figure was closer to 10,000

Then there are two further YouTube videos below taken by various people.

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Household Tax Protest Dublin March 31st (RTE)


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Household tax protest disperses at Customs House


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Household tax protest march through Dublin


author by pat cpublication date Sun Apr 01, 2012 22:51author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Campaign Against the Household Tax Monday 2nd April: Picket at City Hall, Dame Street, 6pm

Monday 2nd April: Picket at City Hall, Dame Street, 6pm. The City Council will be discussing a motion opposing the household charge.

Keep up the momentum behind the campaign there are sections of the media who would love a poor turn-out to knock us after the successful march to the FG conference. So turn up and spread the word.

Related Link: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/101624
 
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