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Spectacle Of Defiance And Hope and the marginalistion of the left

category dublin | miscellaneous | feature author Friday December 24, 2010 23:42author by Andrew - WSM

A Spectacle of Defiance and Hope!

Several hundred people took part in "A Spectacle Of Defiance And Hope" in Dublin on the night of Friday 10th December to protest the way the government have cut funding to vital community services. Janice Feighery a co-ordinator at an after school computer program for young people said “Community programmes are being devastated by the cuts. Our work with young people is strangled by lack of funds." The spectacle draws to a close the week of protests against the austerity budget.


The organizers who had received financial support from at least one trade union had focused on giving a single look, sound and feel to the event rather than mobilizing numbers.
Read on HERE



The Full Parade Passes By

There is a still slideshow at that link and we'll be adding more pictures to our WSM Facebook page shortly


http://www.wsm.ie/c/spectacle-defiance-hope-dublin-marginalistion-left
http://www.facebook.com/WorkersSolidarityMovement
http://www.wsm.ie/budget-2011


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