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1,000+ gather to protest at Shannon Airport

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Saturday January 18, 2003 17:09author by Eoin Dubsky - Refueling Peaceauthor email info at refuelingpeace dot org

Over a thousand people gathered today from around the island of Ireland to witness against the US war machine as it passes through Ireland at Shannon Airport. Seen at the demonstration were T.D.s from the Green Party, Sinn Fein, the Socialists, and the Labour.

Just as the demonstration began, protesters witnessed an Afghanistan-registered cargo aircraft with an American flag on the tail landing at the airport. Irish authorities continue to provide overflight and refueling assistance to these clandestine US military flights (see http://www.indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=23883).

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RTE story with useful background links
author by Eoin Dubskypublication date Sat Jan 18, 2003 17:11author address author phone

http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0118/shannon.html

See article above "1,500 at Shannon anti-war rally", and links under "related stories" for recent RTE coverage.

Closer to 3000 at Shannon Airport today!
author by Eoin Dubskypublication date Sat Jan 18, 2003 19:04author address author phone

There were closer to 3000 people protesting against war at Shannon Airport today.

3000 on demo
author by doheochai - Socialist Partypublication date Sat Jan 18, 2003 23:43author address author phone

A member of the Socialist Party did a head count during the march and at least 2,900 were on the demo

How?
author by Eulerpublication date Sun Jan 19, 2003 00:18author address author phone

How do you know that the Socialist Party can count?

correction to Eoin Dubsky's article
author by OK - SPpublication date Sun Jan 19, 2003 01:22author address author phone

Eoin writes that there were TDs from "the Socialists". I think you will find that Joe Higgins is a TD for the Socialist Party, the irish section of the Committee for a Workers' International.

Who gives a flying fuck which TDs were there
author by Unwashed Lumpenproletarianpublication date Sun Jan 19, 2003 02:15author address author phone

The TDs only have something to go to because everyone else went down there. Stop over emphasizing the attendance of some unimportant knob ends.

after midnight, i come back out
author by Aunty Partypublication date Sun Jan 19, 2003 02:17author address author phone

OK, can you please take that poker out of your ass and do something constructive with it? You should be happy that the SP is seen as THE "socialists". No-one is caught up in their own importance enough to want to have their party referred to as "the Irish section of the Socialist International" (labour) or "the Irish section of the International Socialists" (swp)...quit being so fucking arrogant, it's not very revolutionary.

ah yes
author by localpublication date Sun Jan 19, 2003 03:29author address author phone

Per usual we had the pillars of society in Shannon Airport today , A crowd of knob heads who defaced Aer Rianta Property by scrolling on it. Labour, Socialist and greens have a great following , SCUMBAGS that is all yee are scumbags, pity the garada dogs didnt get a chunk out of yee but sure the dogs knew better !!!!!!!!!!

yee lowlifes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


and one more thing...
author by aunty partypublication date Sun Jan 19, 2003 18:25author address author phone

"ok", what the hell have you ever done to oppose the war? you have some cheek to be coming on here to correct eoin d., while he's on trial for direct action (and trying to get a challenge in the courts in dublin) you're too concerned with getting the title of your precious little party correct.

audio material shannon
author by Jochen Langerpublication date Wed Jan 22, 2003 12:30author email joachim.langer at gmx dot netauthor address author phone

soory, I really forgot the irish indymedia... here is a link with an interview and some audio files from shannon...

http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=229184

regards,
jochen

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/24507

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