Anti-Bin Tax march to Mountjoy Prison

dublin | bin tax / household tax / water tax | news report

Tuesday November 18, 2003 15:20

by Aileen - WSM/personal capacity

sovietpop at eircom dot net

On a dark Monday evening, a group of sixty residents from Cabra, the Navan Road and Dunard marched from Quarry road in Cabra to Mountjoy Prison in protest at the jailing of anti-bin tax protestors.

On a dark Monday evening, a group of sixty residents from Cabra, the Navan Road and Dunard marched from Quarry road in Cabra to Mountjoy Prison in protest at the jailing of anti-bin tax protestors. At the jail a crowd of equal size from Fingal greeted them. Despite disappointment at the low numbers, the mood was upbeat and noisy. Those present made clear their continuing opposition to this unjust tax and agreed to continue with the strategy of non-payment.

An anarchist leaflet about the bin tax was distributed. Worker Class Action and Socialist Party members were present, but conspicuous by their absence were members of the Socialist Workers Party.

Local groups are planing to meet in a number of areas to discuss future tactics for the campaign. The strength of the campaigns lies in the strength of these local groups. It is the people of Dublin, not the media, the politicians and the political parties, who ultimately will have the pay the bills if this campaign is defeated. It is not enough to be opposed to these charges. We must not rely on others to fight our battles for us.
These charges can be defeated, but only if local people take power back into their own hands, only if local people stand up and stay no.