Globalise Resistance banner on Fairview Bridge reads “US Troops out of Shannon"

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Tuesday December 02, 2003 01:21

by globalise resistance - globalise resistance

globalise_resistance at yahoo dot com

get to shannon dec 6th

Activists from Globalise Resistance hung a banner yesterday on Fairview Pedestrian Bridge, Northstrand Road, Dublin that reads “US troops out of Shannon; protest December 6th, Shannon Airport”.

Activists from Globalise Resistance, the anti-capitalist network hung the banner yesterday to highlight their anger at the continuing use of Shannon Airport by US military going to Iraq and to advertise the Blockade of Shannon Airport that takes place on December 6th organised by the Irish Anti-war Movement.

Rory Hearne, convenor Globalise Resistance said “over ten thousand US soldiers passed through Shannon Airport in September aboard 411 military flights. Nearly 100,000 US troops have passed through Shannon this year. It is disgraceful that the Irish government continues to go against the will of the Irish people by supporting the US in their occupation of Iraq. This war was about oil and the profit of US corporations, they have no interest in a democratic Iraq or in helping the people of Iraq. We call on everyone to come to the protest in Shannon on December 6th and show that in giving support to the US the FF/PD government does not represent the people of Ireland”

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My handlers tell me

by Steelie

Wed Dec 03, 2003 16:56

That the SWP have started to put posters up around town today. Shit maybe my ploy backfired.

Ahem. The real problem is that the SWP are doing TOO MUCH. They should just be concerned with local elections like the SP.

Haven't seen the banner..

by hmmm

Wed Dec 03, 2003 15:36

“US troops out of Shannon; protest December 6th, Shannon Airport”.
This message seems to be a good one (apart from the term protest being used instead of "blockade" But i wonder if there is a prominant GR label on there somewhere? This could have the effect of actually driving some potential blockaders away as the public isn't as ignorant of the politics of the SWP as they once were.

Hey Steelie

by Concerned

Wed Dec 03, 2003 15:17

QED I think

Steelie

by Fairview man - none

Wed Dec 03, 2003 14:59

"Then they hang a banner off a bridge for a few minutes (wow what revolutionaries!!!) and post that as a piece of news." Since I'm not involved with gr I can't comment on the rest, but your statement about the banner above is incorrect as the gr banner is still hanging from Fairview bridge on the North side of the bridge so that anyone coming in from Baldoyle, Kilbarrick, Donnycarney, Coolock etc can still clearly see it.

yep I'm CIA

Wed Dec 03, 2003 04:58

They have employed me to undermine the SWP which they feel threatens global capitalism.

Since I've been exposed, I might as well come clean. The SWP are in fact an utterly upstanding, ethical and honest bunch and they would never for the life of them think of jumping on a bandwagon, setting up un-democratic fronts, lying to the public, exploiting their members' unpaid labour, sabotaging anything they don't control, or anything else that might be less than honourable.

Oh shit, my masters in Virginia aren't going to be happy now. Once everybody finds out that the whole SWP=cult thing is a CIA lie, I fear that the masses will be banging on the gates of capitalism within days!

I'm going to go and hide in my secret nuclear bunker under the US ambassador's house in the Phoenix park, hope the angry mobs don't find me there!

Exposing the lie in Steelie

by concerned

Tue Dec 02, 2003 23:07

Are you some sort of agent - Steelie. ALL your comments are negative point scoring. You seem to prefer division rather than encouraging activity.

I'll oblige...

Tue Dec 02, 2003 19:20

For f**k's sake. The SWP have done absolutely nothing to build for the Shannon blockade, not a single poster, not a single leaflet. In fact they have done everything in their power to sow sectarianism and division in the movement by issuing orders that they demand every anti-war activist in the country obeys. Then they hang a banner off a bridge for a few minutes (wow what revolutionaries!!!) and post that as a piece of news. Anti war groups all over the country have been putting up posters and handing out leaflets for the last month at least without feeling the need to write articles about it. What next - Breaking news: GR hand out a leaflet in Drumcondra!!

For those who don't know. GR is a failed front of the SWP. It is failed because it no longer includes anybody who is not in the SWP (it once did). If you think that this is sectarianism, you can shag off. I'm just fulfilling the duties of the indymedia peer-review model and pointing out some of the important facts omitted by the article.

still waiting...

by sean o c

Tue Dec 02, 2003 18:24

for first gr=swp front comment,come on sectarians and indymedia personalities,you,re letting the side down

sorry

by david

Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:16

My mistake. hehe, look a bit of a tit now.

Date

by Ronan

Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:15

Yes, blockade, but the Saturday is the 6th, not the 5th.

Well done

by David

Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:10

Except it should have been "blockade" December 5th

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Globalise Resistance banner on Fairview Bridge reads “US Troops out of Shannon"

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