Practical Solidarity with the Pit Stop ploughshares as they Approach March 7th 4Courts Trial.

national | anti-war / imperialism | news report Tuesday January 18, 2005 14:13 by Pit Stop Ploughshares Defence ploughsharesireland at yahoo dot ie 087 918 4552

Put the War on Trial!

Before the illegal invasion & bombing of Iraq, five members of the pacifist Catholic Worker movement made their way into Shannon Airport & non-violently disarmed a US Navy Warplane in the early hours of Feb 3rd. 2003.

The Pit Stop ploughshares, Deirdre Clancy, Nuin Dunlop, Karen Fallon, Damien Moran & Ciaron O'Reilly have spent 4-11 weeks in Limerick Prison & two years on bail. They go to trial at Dublin's Four Courts on March 7th. They are charged with 2 counts of criminal damage 100euro & $US2million. They face a maximum of ten years imprisonment, if convicted.

They need your active solidarity over the next 8 weeks!

CONTENTS

1) Immediate help to promote anniversary J29 & F3 celebrations.
2) Weekly Anti-War Demonstration & Street Stall
3) Donations
4) Accomadation during trial week - individual billets & hall.
5) Speaking events before the trial.
6) Regional events confirmed
7) Spreading the word about the trial.

1) *SATURDAY JANUARY 29TH.
PUBLIC MEETING WITH AMY GOODMAN
8 PM ATGWU Hall, Middle Abbey St. Dublin with
On the eve of the Iraqi elections, one of America's most significant independant journalists
http://www.democracynow.org/staff.shtml
speaks about the U.S. war on Iraq & U.S. corporate media's coverage.

*FREE ENTRY -donations gratefully received to cover cost of the event & towards "ploughshares Defence Fund"

*Download poster, copy & circulate. Bring your friends etc.

*** THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3RD.
Mother Redcaps, Backlane, Christchurch
8.30PM-LATE
GIVE PEACE A DANCE
Anniversary celebration of the Pit Stop ploughshares disarmament action at Shannon Airport

*Music from Rossa & Ronan O Snodaigh & other friends form Kila
- "Prison Love"
- Donal O'Kelly
- Paul O'Toole.

*ENTRY Unwaged - 5 Euro
Waged - 10 Euro

*Download poster from http://www.ploughsharesireland.org
copy, circulate, bring your friends.

2) WEEKLY ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION & STREET STALL
*MONDAYS
Anti-War Vigil at Irish Aviation Authority
Burgh Quay, Dublin City Centre
4pm--6pm - Drop by for however long you can!

*SATURDAYS
Information Stall
Bank of Ireland opposite Trinity Gates
2pm-4pm

3) DONATIONS
are needed
*to bring international witnesses to the trial to testify for the defence.
*Outreach costs - printing, faxing etc.

Please Donate
ploughshares Defence Fund
Bank of Ireland
Ballygall Rd.
Finglas
Dublin 11
IRELAND

Bank Codes
IBAN : IE18BOF190055118972983
BIC NO./SWITCH CODE:BOFIIE2D

*Cheques to "ploughshares Defence Fund" can be mailed to C/- ploughshares 134 Phibsborough Rd. Phibsborough Dublin 7 IRELAND

4) ACCOMADATION - INDIVIDUAL BILLETS & HALL
At the moment 20 international peace activists have confirmed they are coming from the U.S., England & Sweden to offer solidarity at the trial.
Some of these folks have done plowshares actions, some were active in breaking the sanctions on Iraq, many have been organising and resisting the ongoing war.....we need to accomadate them.

*We are looking for a hall where people can locate themselves with sleeping mat & bags.
Please make contact withany suggestions.

*We are also looking for offers (even for one night) for sleeping space on the floor of your home. We imagine a lot of people will come for the first day of the trial and will need a place to stay so they can join the walk to court at 9 am on March 7th.

*Contact us with offer to accomodate how many with specific dates.

5) SPEAKING EVENTS BEFORE THE TRIAL
We are looking for speaking events in your school, community, church, university, peace & justice or political groups where the defendants can explain what they did and why they did it.

*From mid-February we will have two fulltime organisers form the U.S. staying with us who can offer a U.S. anti-war perspective and direct experience of Iraq.

6) REGIONAL SOLIDARITY EVENTS CONFIRMED
GALWAY - Benefit Gig at "Roisin Dubh"
Tuesday Evening Feb 15th.
Contact Niall

CORK - Awareness Raising Day in Cork
Saturday February 19th.
Contact

7) SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THE TRIAL
Please download the trial poster from
http://www.ploughsharesireland.org