March from Cabra to the 'Joy' last night

dublin | bin tax / household tax / water tax | news report Friday October 17, 2003 15:04 by Dermo - WSM, Steering Committee of Dublin Anti Bin Tax Campaign comrade at imaounk dot com

What's really going on in the city is not
what you'll read in the papers. A good sized march of over 500 people took place
last night. People assembled in Cabra outside
the Bingo hall and marched down the New Cabra
Road towards Mountjoy prison where there is still ten brave anti-bin tax protesters incarcerated there.

The march was a noisy affair and was massively supported by the passing motorists, truck drivers
and bus drivers as they passed us by in the other lane. At the Prison there were a number of brief speeches from members of the Cabra Committee
against the bin tax. There were cheers of support and solidarity from the crowd to the
prisoners inside.

There is a major meeting planned for St. Finbarrs
GAA club in Cabra on Tuesday night and all are
encouraged to attend in the area.

What's really going on in the city is not
what you'll read in the papers. A good sized march of over 500 people took place
last night. People assembled in Cabra outside
the Bingo hall and marched down the New Cabra
Road towards Mountjoy prison where there is still ten brave anti-bin tax protesters incarcerated there.

The march was a noisy affair and was massively supported by the passing motorists, truck drivers
and bus drivers as they passed us by in the other lane. At the Prison there were a number of brief speeches from members of the Cabra Committee
against the bin tax. There were cheers of support and solidarity from the crowd towards the
anti-bin tax prisoners inside. The campaign is growing stronger all the time despite the lies in the media and the hype by the state trying to make us out to be some kind of unrepresentative outlaws. The unrepresentative ones are in the dail who coninue to pursue policies that make
the PAYE workers pay more whilst their friends in
big business hold off shore accounts and avoid taxes.

There is a major meeting planned for St. Finbarrs
GAA club in Cabra on Tuesday night and all are
encouraged to attend in the area.

After that I went to a pub quiz on Stoneybatter which was well attended and much needed money
was raised for the campaign.

Despite the State jailing people, injuncting people, spreading lies about us in the media, the
councils lying, the campaign is still alive and kicking back against this double-tax. The campaign represents the views of working class people and it is doing everything in it's power
to stop the councils from withdrawing
the service and ultimately privatising it.

The bin workers (some of whom attended the
march last night) know where all this is leading and their support is evident.

Together we will win this war against the Bin-tax and we will put a halt to the
rampant gallop of Fianna Fail and the PD's towards privitisation of all our public services.