2 Anti-War Demos

national | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday October 30, 2002 18:37 by Nicholas McMurry - GP, CPA

Two anti-war demonstrations have been called for successive days.

I am not a member of either of the following organisations, but it is my understanding that the following events have been organised:

(a) The Irish Anti-War Movement has called a march in Dublin on Saturday 7th December.

(b) The Grassroots Gathering has called a march in Shannon on Sunday 8th December.

I understand from people I know in either organisation, was that neither group was aware that the other march had been organised. No antagonism seems to have been intended on either side.

Hopefully the two successive days of activism will create greater momentum rather than greater difficulties. I hope that as many people as possible will actively support both events.

Clearly, whatever difficulties exist between individuals and groups, there can be greater effort on all sides to improve communication so that a clash can be prevented in future.

Neither of these events seem to be published on indymedia, and I'm not cannot represent either organisation. However, it might be helpful if people were aware what is definitely happening as soon as possible.