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 Tuesday March 11, 2003 14:08 by Terry - Eco. Soc., AF, terry at fuck-the-system dot com
 Details of Shannon prisoners and defendants. Shannon Solidarity. A total of 18 people are currently facing prosecution out of the October and March mass direct actions at Shannon airport. In addition 5 people are in the courts out of the Catholic Worker/Ploughshares autonomous action, and 4 of them are in Limerick prison. Also Mark Kelly is facing charges for taking a hammer to a U.S. military transport plane. Write to the prisoners: Deirdre Clancy c/o 210 Le Fanu Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, Ireland (write to each prisoner individually) Donate to the Ploughshares Defense Fund by making cheques payable to "Peace and Reconciliation" Donate to the 18 mass direct action defendants: Or money can be sent to the Bank of Ireland in NUIG, Newcastle, Galway, Account Number 89174196, Sort Code 904018, Account Name Shannon Solidarity. Send a message of support to Mary Kelly Further Information: http://www.indymedia.ie/cgi-bin/newswire.cgi?id=33594 One of the defendants, Galway based Scottish writer, Rab Fulton, comments: “Our arrests bring up to 50 the amount of people arrested whilst using civil disobedience to try and highlight and stop Irish involvement in The difficulty for us all is that the government has put out a revisionist view of civil disobedience: it is something apparently that is only carried out by extremists and people desiring violence. There is of course no proof to back up such ridiculous claims. But the government assertion has been widely accepted by large sections of the media and political classes. It is disquieting to hear such distortions being so readily accepted. We who are involved in civil disobedience talk of the African Americans in Montgomery Alabama, the children strikers of Soweto, Gandhi, green ham common, the smashing of the Berlin wall, the actions of Greenpeace. Violence has never been a part of our discourse. Yet the government is getting away with this frightening re-interpretation of what civil disobedience is. It means that the number of arrests, the seriousness of the charges brought, and levels of punishments handed out are increasing without any public debate on the matter. Meanwhile of course, the planned execution of tens of thousands of Iraqis, goes completely unpunished.”
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5I am in solidarity with the workers at Shannon and the ex workers who lost jobs thanks to the the violence demonstrated by the so called 'peace protestors' in recent months.
As of Thursday only Karen Fallon will be remaining in jail.
I am in sympathy with the families and friends in Afghanistan and Iraq (and who knows where else) who lost loved ones thanks to the the violence demonstrated by the so called 'democracies' in recent months.
Jobs come and go. People are dead forever.
More info on the Pitstop Ploughshares at:
http://www.geocities.com/pwdyson/pitstop.html
Looking good in the sunshine, Deirdre Clancy and Damien Moran walked out of Prison and onto Mulgrave street in Limerick this morning, with Damien strumming on his guitar.
Both are in good spirits and thankful for all the support they have recieved.
They are now en route to Dublin. and a grand day for the trip it is too.
I will be visiting Nuin and Karen later today.
Karen says that despite 'reading and writing for Scotland' she is struggling to keep up with all the letters she has received from friends and supporters.