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Tuesday May 04, 2004 00:54

by ZXBarcalow

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?

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#	Title	Author	Date
1	In defence of the Black Bloc	James Kelly	Tue May 04, 2004 01:53
2	Reply to James Kelly	XZBarcalow	Tue May 04, 2004 02:22
3	I understand their spirit but not the logic!	improver	Tue May 04, 2004 02:39
4	One good thing	p	Tue May 04, 2004 03:01
5	Black Bloc?	k	Tue May 04, 2004 09:47
6	Saturday Night/Tuesday Morning	Ciaron I Could be wrong?	Tue May 04, 2004 10:12
7	sing a long :-	great Gazebo Builder.	Tue May 04, 2004 10:49
8	Response	Response	Tue May 04, 2004 11:42
9	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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