Carnival against the WAR.

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday February 28, 2003 14:12 by ipsiphi

a look at Europe´s plans to carnibal against the War this weekend and following week.

The leaders of the Axis have all met the Pontiff John Paul 2 this week at the begining of the Christian period of Lent. The catholic leaders received customary rosary beads, the protestant leader Blair married to a catholic whose children attended the R.Catholic Oratory school spent the longest period in strictly private discussion with the Pope. Activists of Europe have chosen to mark this time with continuing carnival against War.

Mediterranean Europe has a shared christian heritage which is reflected in annual carnivals that accompany the beginning of Lent.

In Italy plans are made to build on the recent success of civil disobedient non violent direct action hampering of munition transports through the region of Tuscany to the cities of Bologna and the ports of the Mediterranean.

In Spain the resolve to carry the momentum of the mass-mobilisations of Feb 15 has found an eager crew ready to celebrate a "Carnival against the War".

In Ireland it appears the equivalent groupings are carrying the momentum of 100,000 who protested in Dublin on Feb 15.
These groupings are protesting the bellicose attitude of not only the Dublin government but Washington´s continued expropriation of Shannon a transatlantic stopover airport.

The focus of "non violent pacifist direct action and civil disobedience" campaigns this week has seemed to have been "trains".

Activists in Italy have succesfully stopped the transit of munitions at every stage of their journey through the country final actions were had at the ports of Napoli and smaller actions in the north.

(Disobedients in Naples occupy the bridge of the ferry Partenope at Naples harbour.
Naples - 07:30 p.m. Disobedients occupy an armed boat - by red. 27/02/2003 @ 21:25
07:30 p.m. Disobedients in Naples occupy the bridge of the ferry Partenope at Naples harbour. The boat usually carries both civilians and goods. Today the boats holds USarmy launch tracks as well.
Disobedients reached the wharf, some of them chained themselves there other are actually inspecting the Partenope.
"We did find these army instruments" we were told on the phone.
The initiave still goes on while authorities are waiting for scissor to cut the chains.
Homepage: http://www.globalradio.it/news.php?lng=en)

So as I said yesterday "trains are on the agenda".

And not only for transport of munitions, disgruntled workers on the new high speed connection between the Catalan city of Lleida and the Spanish capital of Madrid delayed the inaugoration of that line for special executive travel. The "AVE" has of this morning been suspended, the Spanish Minister of the Interior has suggested that the line has been "sabotaged".

a glimpse of what we have to look forward to....

ireland Shannon direct pacifist non violent action March 1. 2003
http://ireland.indymedia.org [front page]

BCN "open space against the War"
March 1 2003
"another war is possible"
day of carnival civil disobedience.
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=34199&group=webcast

italy carnival against war March 4. 2003
"another War is possible"
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/190051.php

bcn carnival against war March 5.
and proposed global student strike.
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=34179&group=webcast

for Madrid carnival against War see
http://acp.sindominio.net

details of Italin trainstopping are at
http://ireland.indymedia.org/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=31112
and Global IMC front page.
videos - audio - and written files are available for distribution from http://www.Sherwood.it
and www.indymedia.org

a list for students of the movement or journalists or history buffs is at
http://ireland.indymedia.org/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=31012
this is an ongiong compilation from IMC global.
if you know of any towns, villages or cites that were omitted contact IMC.org and make the addition.
Dont overestimate the amount of protesters.
that´s just silly. (so no claiming 1 million marched in Ballina)[well not this year!;-)]

REVOLUTION IS best as A SLOW PROCESS;
it carries the air of carnival.
it happens in the street.
it happens with a smile and a laugh.
it lasts longer that way.