Irish Anti-War Movement People's Assembly

Irish Anti-War Movement People's Assembly This Saturday 3rd July 2pm until 5pm Liberty Hall, Eden Quay (Opposite Tara St Dart Station) All welcome After Bush-where now for the anti-war movement The Irish Anti-War Movement has organised a people's assembly for this Saturday at two pm in liberty hall, Dublin. The assembly will be discussing issues like the aftermath of the Bush visit, the current situation in Iraq and building the anti-war movement in Irelad. Despite Bertie Ahern claiming Shannon was a 'dead issue' the demand for 'US military out of Shannon now' has massive support. There will also be an introduction about the European Social Forum (ESF) which will take place in London in October. Last year over 60,000 attended the ESF in Paris and the international anti-war movement was a central aspect to it.

Start Date: 2004-07-02 19:00:00-04

End Date: 2004-07-03 06:59:59-04

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Assembling people for this demonstration may be problematic as it directly clashes with the LGBTQ Pride Parade which will assemble at the Garden of Remembrance at 2p.m. on July 3rd.

Created By: kelly mackey

An idea towards building the anti-war movement:Much of the theory of protest is based on the idea of controlling space- creating 'temporary autonomous zones'. At Clarecastle we didn't do that: we only occupied the space given to us. What the Irish nationalists did in the late 19th century was to create a network of permanent autonomous spaces by building monuments that then became the focus of future demos and a permanent reminder of the ongoing campaigns. What I'm suggesting is start with a sculpture on the roundabout in Shannon: the Mayor of Shannon is obviously supportive of the IAWM, and we could probably generate support there for it. Go through all the legit channels: councils regularly stick up blobs on roundabouts-why not us? Then when it's there (after generating publicity through campaigning for planning, commissioning an artist, fundraising, etc.) you organise an unveiling and you have a space that you can regularly occupy- how can the authorities justfy denying us access to 'our own' statue? You can take it from there and build up a map of resistance around the country, strengthening local networks and giving a symbolic focus to the rituals of demonstrations.

Created By: john & sabine mulloy & hiller