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category dublin | summit mobilisations | opinion/analysis author Tuesday May 04, 2004 00:54author by ZXBarcalow Report this post to the editors

One good thing?

I have been thinking about the mayday protest for a while now, particularly the confrontation with the gardai. Yet while I can think of plenty of negative results of the black bloc's decision to try force their way through the police lines, I cant think of ONE good thing that came from it.

Can anyone out there give me one reason why the day's events would have done less good if the anarchists HADN'T done that? In other words, what was the point? Can anyone give me one good result? And please, I'm not looking to start an argument -I was there too getting soaked with the watercannon, and I'm sure some of the gardai were heavy handed, AND i've nothing against anarchism but that's not the point. How in god's name did this decision contribute to the various causes we were protesting about more than it hindered them?

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   In defence of the Black Bloc     James Kelly    Tue May 04, 2004 01:53 
   Reply to James Kelly     XZBarcalow    Tue May 04, 2004 02:22 
   I understand their spirit but not the logic!     improver    Tue May 04, 2004 02:39 
   One good thing     p    Tue May 04, 2004 03:01 
   Black Bloc?     k    Tue May 04, 2004 09:47 
   Saturday Night/Tuesday Morning     Ciaron I Could be wrong?    Tue May 04, 2004 10:12 
   sing a long :-     great Gazebo Builder.    Tue May 04, 2004 10:49 
   Response     Response    Tue May 04, 2004 11:42 
   Bin Tax     Crusty the Clown    Tue May 04, 2004 11:50 
 10   Contrary Crusty...Homey Don't Play That!     Homey    Tue May 04, 2004 12:02 
 11   support of frontline     Joe Murphy    Tue May 04, 2004 12:26 
 12   Echoing Joe     Chekov    Tue May 04, 2004 13:36 
 13   Courage, liberty and our basic rights was what the stand-off at Ashtown gate was about last Saturday     Indy Reporter    Tue May 04, 2004 15:08 
 14   Responce to Checkov     Crusty the Clown    Tue May 04, 2004 15:44 
 15   Boring Crusty     Ashtown roundabouter    Tue May 04, 2004 16:01 
 16   Who then?     Trade Unionist    Tue May 04, 2004 16:08 
 17   So Trade Unionist or cop     GGer    Tue May 04, 2004 16:21 
 18   Who did what     Joe    Tue May 04, 2004 16:45 
 19   to bloc or not to bloc     lish    Tue May 04, 2004 16:54 
 20   "trade unionist"- is s/he a SP member?     SP member    Tue May 04, 2004 17:01 
 21   to bloc or not to bloc     lish    Tue May 04, 2004 17:11 
 22   Well I can't be 100% sure     Joe    Tue May 04, 2004 17:15 
 23   Trade Unionists and their May Day March     Bob    Tue May 04, 2004 17:53 
 24   Great Demo     Sir Mixalot    Tue May 04, 2004 18:11 
 25   Funny socialists     Me    Tue May 04, 2004 18:12 
 26   A Question Nobody Has Been Asking     righteous pragmatist    Tue May 04, 2004 18:52 
 27   not an new item     lish    Tue May 04, 2004 19:01 
 28   Oh I see..     Righteous Pragmatist    Tue May 04, 2004 19:16 
 29   piss heads     disappointed    Tue May 04, 2004 20:09 
 30   About the goals of the bloc     Karl    Tue May 04, 2004 21:44 
 31   Feck sake lads     G    Tue May 04, 2004 22:57 
 32   Why we tried to push through police lines:     @    Wed May 05, 2004 12:42 
 33   "Our Passion for Freedom is stronger than their Prisons"     BushCheney'04    Wed May 05, 2004 13:01 
 34   and you achieved...     AE    Wed May 05, 2004 13:38 
 35   Always important to push police lines     hooded idiots international    Wed May 05, 2004 13:57 
 36   one good things     bonz    Wed May 05, 2004 17:36 
 37   Why we tried to push through police lines: response to @     CJ    Wed May 05, 2004 19:35 
 38   viva black bloc     Bite The Hand    Wed May 05, 2004 19:54 
 39   some morons in black block     pat c    Sun May 09, 2004 19:44 
 40   were the costumes needed.     ben    Sun May 09, 2004 20:54 
 41   black bloc     steve    Sun May 09, 2004 21:37 
 42   steve     pat c    Sun May 09, 2004 23:19 
 43   pat c     steve    Mon May 10, 2004 15:50 


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