Dissent Ireland Busses to G8 Summit 05!

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Tuesday April 12, 2005 19:51

by DISSENT IRELAND. - Dissent

DISSENTIRELAND at YAHOO dot COM

the better bus

Dissent Tours Presents..

Dissent [Eire] - Network Of Resistance against the G8-2005.

Dissent Ireland are running two types of busses (and more should we need to) to the g8 summit in Scotland this summer;

One will be a 10day trip leaving on the 1st of July and returning ten days later on the 10th.
A Shorter trip will leave on the 5th of July to get people there for the July6th Day of action to shut down the summit and return on the 7th.

Busses will be leaving from Cork, Galway, Limerick, Dublin and Belfast.
Please get in touch with the contact nearest to you to arrange your place on the bus.

Ed Manning - Kilkenny 0863716422
Aron Baker - Westmeath 0872895036
Rob Black - Cork 0860536647
Tracey Ryan - Limerick 0876543425
Delacey Ahearne - Waterford 0861039345
Brian Whelan – Dublin 0877412431

Calendar of Events.

Friday 1st July
Edinburgh Critical Mass

Saturday 2nd July
Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh. Up to 200,000 expected. Anti-Capitalist “make capitalism history” bloc planned.

Sun 3rd July
'Community Anarchy Project' Street Carnival born out of the community work that the community anarchy crew have been doing
G8 Alternatives Counter-Conference. www.g8alternatives.org.uk

Mon 4th July

Bike Caravan arrives.

Big Blockade of Faslane Nuclear Submarine Base. Called for by Trident Ploughshares and CND. – www.faslaneg8.com

Working Group Against Work Actions. A carnivalesque parade through Edinburgh, visiting places responsible for the increasingly precarious way in which we experience work and life: dole offices, debt collectors, employment agencies and more. www.dissent.org.uk

Tue 5th July
Beacons of Dissent! Action. An attempt to light beacons on the hills surrounding the G8 Summit the night before the Conference begins.

No Borders Demo at Dungavel Detention Center.

Wendnesday 6th July

Global Day OF ACTION!

Different styles of action will be used to blockade different routes to Gleneagles. www.dissent.org.uk
Demonstration. A demonstration from Gleneagles train station, via the entrance to the Hotel, to a nearby park has been called for by G8 Alternatives. www.g8alternatives.org.uk

Global Day of Action. A day of decentralised action, in villages, towns and cities worldwide has been called for by the Peoples' Global Action European Conference and the 'Caracol Intergalaktika', an autonomous space within the International Youth Camp at the World Social Forum. www.agp.org
Autonomous Kids 'Mad Hatters Tea Party' near Gleneagles

Thursday 7th July

Day put aside for prisoner support and decentralised actions around the area coming from the convergence spaces. Blockades might continue from day before

Peoples' Golfing Action (PGA) Actions. An attempt to hold a people’s golf tournament on Gleneagles golf course. Plus fours not required.
www.tao.ca/~wrench/dist/g8/pga.html

Friday 8th July
International day of action against the causes of climate change. www.dissent.org.uk

Other actions, including actions by an autonomous kids group, the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA: www.clownarmy.org), the G8 Feminist Action (http://g8feministaction.frockon.org) and a queer anti-G8 group (www.queeruption.org.uk/queerg8) and others are being planned throughout the Summit.
More people are needed to get involved with organising the above actions. Follow the web links, get in touch and get involved! If there’s nothing which appeals to you here, get together with others and start organising something of your own.

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Comments (12 of 12)

Great stuff

by Joe

Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:05

Time to 'Get on the bus'

The

by Acid

Wed Apr 13, 2005 13:31

Good Bus is back!

Looking forward to it

by Davy Carlin

Wed Apr 13, 2005 13:52

carlindavid at hotmail dot com

0777 405 3223

Good to see Dissent organising buses from around Ireland. I know many key Independent activists within Belfast will be boarding the Dissent bus, and I look forward to both travelling and accounting for those travels to, and the actions at, the G8 at a later date.

Just to note other buses are planned in Belfast, Firstly there are ones booked by NGO groups etc such as Christian Aid who will be taking of from Larne.

Then there is the SWP bus unless it has been called under G8 alternatives or whatever - I believe in Dublin though the SWP are booking buses with others under a wider umbrella though, after a public meeting.

Then there still may be the possibility of a Make Poverty History {MPH} bus as well which will be discussed at the MPH committee meeting soon.

I say the more buses the better. but in a Personal Capacity' I state that I have pencilled myself in for the Dissent bus as have many other activists that I work and engage with from across the Movements around Ireland.

Until the G8,

Davy Carlin Chairperson Anti Racism Network N.I, of the
Editorial group Street Seen, and of the
Make Poverty History, Northern Ireland Organising and Communications Committees. {PC}

See ya there..

Who is in charge? Who put them there?

by Democrat

Wed Apr 13, 2005 15:02

Who decided on booking buses? Who is co-ordinating with other groups? Who is co-ordinating the trip?

Who elected them? And to who are they accountable?

Anarchists always have self-appointed undemocratic ways of organising.

Good Call

Wed Apr 13, 2005 15:20

'make capitalism history' bloc on the MPH march - good call, shall be joining that bloc

I gave the orders

by Leader - Anarchism

Wed Apr 13, 2005 15:22

Headquarters, Anarchism Bvld. Free World

and who are you to question them, what did democrats ever give the world?

Adolf Hitler,
Idi Amin,
Robert Mugabe,
George W. Bush...

all great democratically elected leaders!

If you're gathering intelligence, then do it the hard way: infiltrate our meetings, they're open and public.

If you're just trolling then wait for one of the SWP front buses, there'll be loads of room.

What Sort Of Moran Are You?

by annon

A group of activists come together to discuss mobilising for the G8.....

They decide on booking buses......

They distribute organisational responsibilities through open meetings......

They co-ordinate with other groups as they see fit.....

They co-ordinate the trip....

Now some questions for you.

Who elected you? Who do you represent when posting on indymedia? Are you accountable? Who co-ordinates you when posting?

Galway?

Wed Apr 13, 2005 17:19

Any contacts for galway?

As word spreads

Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:20

looks like there might be a few other buses being organised - be in touch

Thu Apr 14, 2005 19:49

>Who decided on booking buses?

About 30 people at a dissent meeting

>..co-ordinating with other groups?

Dissent has member of many diverse groups from all across Ireland.

>..co-ordinating the trip?

Dissent!

>Who elected them? And to who are they accountable?

*sigh*

>Anarchists always have self-appointed undemocratic ways of organising.

anon. posts on indymedia.. *amazing*

Background reading

by DissentHead

Wed May 04, 2005 16:20

Great articles on previous summit protests at http://www.daysofdissent.org.uk/

Cork buses for Thursday.

by Marc

Wed Jun 29, 2005 00:46

Anyone know whether there are buses running from Cork for Thursday's rally in Dublin? Coming back the same night? Cheers.

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