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category antrim | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Tuesday November 04, 2008 14:28author by Gabhan Gleeson Report this post to the editors

On Nov 2nd 2008 at around 11am the WSM and other anti-war and anti-imperialists protesters gathered in Belfast for a small static picket in opposition to the Royal Irish Regiment march.

The atmosphere on the day was extremely tense. Heavily armed PSNI were covering the city centre. In addition about 35-50 thousand people came out to support the RIR.

Because of these conditions protesters were unable to meet at our originally intended destination and we had to regroup in another location on Castle Street. The protest took place in an area which was completely surrounded by heavily armed PSNI.

The R.I.R. are returning from devastating wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to parade in Belfast. These wars have seen the death of millions of civilians and the near complete destruction of domestic infrastructure.

The state has very cynically attempted to use sectarianism to divide and conquere the anti-war movement in the North. This march would likely not have gone ahead in other places in the U.K. or it would have seen widespread resistance. It is only because of this cynical manipulation that they were able to have a march celebrating these murderous campaigns with very little resistance.

The WSM is committed to creating a space for resistance to imperialism and war outside the sectarian narratives that the state actively promotes to serve its own interests.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Published     Gabhan Gleeson    Tue Nov 04, 2008 14:31 
   occupation of Ireland     inniu    Tue Nov 04, 2008 16:39 
   Where? Who? When?     confronted the state    Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:32 
   Read the post lazy     Andrew    Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:13 
   Briefly     Davy Carlin    Wed Nov 05, 2008 15:35 
   Picture     Gabhan    Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:23 
   Answers?     inniu    Thu Nov 06, 2008 13:53 
   cupla ceist     Ceardchumann    Thu Nov 06, 2008 14:16 
   Have long moved on from such     Davy Carlin    Thu Nov 06, 2008 16:41 
 10   Sorry...     inniu    Thu Nov 06, 2008 18:56 
 11   Response to three threads of reports on last week's anti-war demonstrationsin Belfast     Ciaron    Sun Nov 09, 2008 19:06 


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