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A people's assembly and protest at the Dail

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Tuesday September 10, 2013 01:48

by anon

Enough is Enough! - A PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY outside DAIL EIREANN, 6pm SEPTEMBER 18TH

FIVE YEARS after the onset of economic crisis, the policy of bank bail-outs and austerity is a disastrous failure. Unemployment remains at crisis levels and tens of thousands of educated young people leave the country every year.
Over 180,000 people are unable to pay their mortgages; poverty and homelessness are on the rise; and workers’ pay, conditions and rights are under serious attack . Vulnerable groups such as those with disabilities, mental health issues, special needs or lone parents are repeatedly attacked. Our health, education and public services are being cut to ribbons.
We need to come together to co-ordinate resistance to further cuts and austerity taxes in the forthcoming budget.

We urgently need:
• A united movement that demands an alternative - jobs, services, protection of the vulnerable and our environment and real democracy.
• A people’s coalition that brings together workers, the unemployed, young people, pensioners, the disabled, struggling mortgage holder, community and environmental groups.

On the Wednesday September 18th - when the Dáil resumes after the summer break - a mass ‘People’s Assembly’ will take place outside the gates of the Dáil.This won’t be a once off demonstration. It will be the beginning of building new people’s movement for change.
Don’t get angry and do nothing – be there!

Supported by:
Unite, Mandate, People Before Profit Alliance, Sinn Fein, Single Parents Acting for Rights for Kids (SPARK), The Woodland League, The Natural Resources Protection Alliance, The Bakers Food & Allied Workers Union, Socialist Workers Party, Donegal Campaign Against Household and Water Tax, Donegal Action Against Austerity, West Cork Community Alliance, Cork Feminista, Ant-Racism Network, Anti-Deportation Ireland, Action on X, Feminist Open Forum, Irish Anti-War Movement.
Richard Boyd Barrett TD, Aengus O`Snodaigh TD, Fr. Peter McVerry John Halligan TD, Thomas Pringle TD, Catherine Murphy TD, Patrick Nulty TD, Maureen O'Sullivan TD, Tommy Broughan TD, Finian McGrath TD

When: 6pm, Weds 18th Sept 2013
Where:
Dail Eireann
Kildare St
Dublin 2

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Comments (10 of 10)

People's Assembly

by Con Carroll

Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:28

we have to ask what was the position of unite left Alliance. Sinn fein deputies. when they were having meetings with Troika. are there position papers available for the public to see. we would love to have been flies on the wall at those meetings

Will there actually be space to speak?

by Bobby

Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:39

I really do hope this is not going to be the same people speaking/lecturing a crowd of people. I've 'had enough' of that!

revolution

by brionOcleirigh - All Voices

Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:29

Eirigi, a lucht ocrais, as bhur gcodladh!
Eirigi, a dhaoraithe na gainne!
Mar anois ta an reabhloid ag tonnadh,
is ta deire le re na cainte!
Amach le bhur bpisreoga uile,
A sciabhaite, Eirigi! Eirige!
Athrom anois na sean-droch-idi,
'S teanam i mbaol ar thoir na buaidhe!

Anois a chairde, tagaigi uile
Ta an cogadh deiridh ar suil!
Aontaionn an tidirnaisiunta
An cine daonna go leir!

Nil trust ar bith againn i dtaoisigh
Na suil le slanaitheoir o neamh
's muid ag braith ar ar lamha feinigGAELIC VERSION

Eirigi, a lucht ocrais, as bhur gcodladh!
Eirigi, a dhaoraithe na gainne!
Mar anois ta an reabhloid ag tonnadh,
is ta deire le re na cainte!
Amach le bhur bpisreoga uile,
A sciabhaite, Eirigi! Eirige!
Athrom anois na sean-droch-idi,
'S teanam i mbaol ar thoir na buaidhe!

Anois a chairde, tagaigi uile
Ta an cogadh deiridh ar suil!
Aontaionn an tidirnaisiunta
An cine daonna go leir!

Nil trust ar bith againn i dtaoisigh
Na suil le slanaitheoir o neamh
's muid ag braith ar ar lamha feinig
Chun saol nua a bhaint amach!
Os muid a chruthaios gach saibhreas,
Os muid a throideas gach cath
Aontaithe le chiele gan aon aighneas
Is againn a bheas an rath

Anois a chairde, tagaigi uile
Ta an cogadh deiridh ar suil!
Aontaionn an tidirnaisiunta
An cine daonna go leir!
Chun saol nua a bhaint amach!
Os muid a chruthaios gach saibhreas,
Os muid a throideas gach cath
Aontaithe le chiele gan aon aighneas
Is againn a bheas an rath

Anois a chairde, tagaigi uile
Ta an cogadh deiridh ar suil!GAELIC VERSION

Eirigi, a lucht ocrais, as bhur gcodladh!
Eirigi, a dhaoraithe na gainne!
Mar anois ta an reabhloid ag tonnadh,
is ta deire le re na cainte!
Amach le bhur bpisreoga uile,
A sciabhaite, Eirigi! Eirige!
Athrom anois na sean-droch-idi,
'S teanam i mbaol ar thoir na buaidhe!

Anois a chairde, tagaigi uile
Ta an cogadh deiridh ar suil!
Aontaionn an tidirnaisiunta
An cine daonna go leir!

Nil trust ar bith againn i dtaoisigh
Na suil le slanaitheoir o neamh
's muid ag braith ar ar lamha feinig
Chun saol nua a bhaint amach!
Os muid a chruthaios gach saibhreas,
Os muid a throideas gach cath
Aontaithe le chiele gan aon aighneas
Is againn a bheas an rath

Anois a chairde, tagaigi uile
Ta an cogadh deiridh ar suil!
Aontaionn an tidirnaisiunta
An cine daonna go leir!
Aontaionn an tidirnaisiunta
An cine daonna go leir!

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Ireland waking up???

by Wake up ireland

Wed Sep 18, 2013 19:10

@fuspey: Gardaí ask motorists to avoid O’Connell Street as protesters bring traffic to standstill http://t.co/yTZUCDWXAx #ireland #protest #wakeup

Gardaí are advising motorists to avoid the O’Connell street area in Dublin this evening as protesters have brought traffic to a standstill.

A spokeswoman said it was a peaceful protest “so far.”

Earlier, protesters were repelled with pepper spray by gardaí outside the Dáil.

Scuffles broke out when the protesters rushed Garda barriers set up on Molesworth Street near the gates of the Dáil, which returned after its summer recess

Twitter updates on Dail Protest + pics

Wed Sep 18, 2013 19:52

You can find some twitter updates here
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DailLockOut&src=hash

Mark M ‏@soundmigration
William Martin Murphy, the boss behind the LockOut in 1913 owned Independent Newspapers. How things have changed eh? #DailLockOut

Some of the recent ones are:
Occupy Wall Street ‏@OccupyWallStNYC

"We need real democracy... The banksters need to go to jail..." #DailLockOut

Horses, choppers and a hundred police on foot. Austerity hurts. Overtime doesn't, clearly. #DailLockOut pic.twitter.com/0hefyTdeje

Plenty of public order Gardai, 7 vans, 4 Garda K9, 2 mounted Gardai, helicopter #DailLockOut pic.twitter.com/laZTLwdrvl

Sorry blue collar criminals no time for you today. Too busy protecting white collar crims. Yours sincerely An Gardai #DailLockOut

src: WSM Photostream on Facebook

Garda protecting the Dail with large banner reminding everyone of the Shell Booze Bribes of the Cops in Mayo

Protester offers a flower to a Garda officer and says: "You should be with us."

Wed Sep 18, 2013 21:25

From Twitter

Protester offers a flower to a Garda officer and says: "You should be with us." #Dail pic.twitter.com/cCbTSjwTEM

src: https://twitter.com/amcnicholas92/status/380273222530240512/photo/1

Link to Oxfam report on Effects of Austerity in Europe

Wed Sep 18, 2013 21:46

Two more twitter updates:

Heres the Oxfam report on how "austerity" is being used to fill the pockets of the already rich http://bit.ly/15Z1EBy #DailLockOut
The report: "A Cautionary Tale: The True Cost of Austerity and Inequality in Europe" can be found here: http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp174-ca...1.pdf

Mark M @soundmigration
And here the report out earlier about the rise in suicides across 54 countries since 2008 "crisis" http://bit.ly/15Cj23B #DailLockOut
Impact of 2008 Economic Crisis on Suicides.
How the Great Recession, and logic of neoliberal policies is causing a large rise in suicides in Ireland.

A proper link to the report can be found at: http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5239 OR http://www.bmj.com/highwire/filestream/662433/field_hig...l.pdf