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Grassroots Gathering 5 in Dublin this Saturday

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Wednesday June 25, 2003 12:35author by GGfan Report this post to the editors

The fifth grassroots gathering will take place this weekend, from Friday the 27th of June until Sunday the 29th, in the Teachers club, 36 Parnell Sq. West, Dublin 1

The programme is extensive: 19 workshops,
45 invited speakers, 2 plenary sessions, 10 films, 2
walking tours, 5 physical activities, a social night,
a benefit gig and specially featuring 2 invited guests
from Argentina's social movements who will be giving
two public meetings. The first, on Friday night, will
take the form of a political puppet show, while the
second, on Saturday evening, will be a description of
the social upheavals there from the point of view of
an unemployed, 'piquetera' activist.

The programme has been finalised and is available to
download and print out. You can get a full copy of
the programme (12 A5 pages - 590kB) at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gg-antiwar/files/GG5/programme-for-web.pdf

There is also a smaller (double sided A5 - 152kB)
leaflet available with the timetable attached at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gg-antiwar/files/GG5/gg5-flyer.pdf

And an A4 poster at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gg-antiwar/files/GG5/gg5-poster.pdf.

There is also a flyer, advertising the benefit gig
available at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gg-antiwar/files/GG5/gig-flyer.pdf

How can you help?

Grassroots Gathering 5 is being run on a shoestring by
a small team of volunteers. We have been able to
offer such an extensive programme as many people have
already volunteered their services for free. To make
the weekend go smoothly we need people to help out in
a number of ways:

1. Come along! The most important thing that you can
do is to come along and bring your energy, ideas and
enthusiasm and an open mind.

2. Help publicise it. Download flyers and posters
and print them out to hand out, or just let your
friends and family know about it.

3. Give a donation. Although, for the scale of the
event, our costs are small since many volunteers have
donated their skills and labour for free, we still
have to pay for printing, flights for the Argentinians
and the rent of the venues. We are currently about
800 euros in debt. So any money that you can donate
to help cover the costs would be warmly welcomed. If
we do cover our costs, any extra money that we take in
will go towards the defence of those people who were
charged as a result of anti-war activity.

4. Volunteer to help out by manning the registration
desk, facilitating a meeting or some such task. There
is a meeting of the organising team at 6pm in the
Teachers club, on Friday night. There will also be a
training session for facilitators at 8pm. If you want
to help out, you could come along to this. Otherwise,
we will be looking for volunteers for a number of
tasks during the introductory session (Friday 7-9pm)
and the opening circle (Saturday 10-11 am).

What should you bring?

A) Yourself !
B) A bit of energy, enthusiasm, cheerfulness,
friendliness and interest in other people if you can
manage it!
C) Info about your own group, specially stuff to help
make links with other groups and activists most of the
people at the Gathering will not be anonymous
"punters" but busy activists.
D) If you want to take part in the 5-a-side soccer
tournament (all day Saturday + Sunday morning),
try to bring a bike! (Weíll try to have bikes
available too.)
E) If you want to do the Indian Head Massage workshop
(Saturday afternoon), bring a towel to
cover the top of your body (unless itís something
youíd like to share with the rest of us!)
F) Donations! The Gathering has no money at all, and
itís costing about 750 - 1000 euros to run it.
G) If you want to do the Yoga workshop bring a track
suit / sports gear and a mat if possible.

What can we provide?

We can provide sleeping space for those who need it.
This will be sorted out on Friday night during
registration. However, if at all possible, please let
us know in advance if you need somewhere to crash and
any special needs that you might have.

We are trying to provide a basic child minding
facility (although kids are welcome at meetings) but
this pretty much depends on demand. If there is
enough demand we will try to make sure that there is
somewhere safe to leave the kids, if not we will at
least organise some volunteer babysitters to take the
kids to the park and give the parents a break. This
depends on you letting us know in advance. So if you
do need somebody to mind your children, please let us
know as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, we have no facilities for preparing
food in the venue, so attendees will have to fend for
themselves. On the plus side, there is a park
directly across the road from the teachers club which,
weather permitting, would be perfect for a picnic.
There are also many restaurants, cafe's and food shops
in the area. There is also a bar in the venue.

If you want more information, you can contact us:
by phone 087-9934150
by email [email protected]
On the web: http://grassrootsgathering.freeservers.com

For those who can't be arsed downloading a pdf, here
is the full agenda in text format:
Friday June 27th

7pm - 8pm
Welcomes, registration, sorting out floor space for
visitors

8pm-9pm Introductions:
? What is Grassroots Gathering?
? Groups introduce themselves
? Training session for facilitators

9pm-10:30pm
Argentinian piquetera puppet show

Saturday June 28th

10am - 11am
Welcome and opening circle: "who are we and why are we
here?"

11:30am - 1pm Networking workshops:
? Networking between movements: how are we doing?
? Opposing the war: what next for the Grassroots
Network Against War?

Discussion / Debate workshops:
? Is social partnership going anywhere?
? Progress for who? Whose progress? Nature, technology
& humans

2:30pm - 4pm

Networking workshops:
? Opposing neo-liberalism in Ireland
? Keeping going: dealing with defeat and burnout

Action / Skills workshops:
? Direct action, the bins, the bombs, the boulders and
the bunkers...
? Building links to community groups.
? Space is the place: creating, sustaining and
defending autonomous spaces

Activity: Yoga

4:30pm - 6pm
Networking workshop:
? Defending / developing diversity

Action / Skills workshops:
? Preparing for the WEF
? Creating our own media

Discussion / Debate workshops:
? How should we make decisions? Theory and practice of
grassroots organisation
? Who pays for the environment?

Activity: Indian head massage

6:30pm - 8pm
Road blocks, area assemblies and factory occupations:
experiences from the grass-roots movements in
Argentina

8pm - Late!
The Gathering storm: Benefit gig for Grassroots
Gathering & Shannon Prisoners (Gingerman pub)

Sunday June 29th

11am - 12:30pm
Activities:
? Monto walking tour
? The trees & history of Phoenix Park
? Poi workshop

1:30pm - 3pm
Networking workshop:
? Report back from Evian protest

Action / Skills workshops:
? Co-counselling for activists
? FEICed off ? Actions for Ethical Investment (art
workshop)
? Prisoner support

Discussion / Debate workshop:
? What kind of world do we need?

3:30pm - 6:30pm
Plenary Session: Where to now?
? Preparing for the World Economic Forum
? What next for the Grassroots Gathering?

author by Ciaron O'Reilly - Ploughsharespublication date Wed Jun 25, 2003 19:39author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Dear Organisers,
I was emailed a few weeks ago to contribute at one of these workshops. (could have been the prison one) I accidently deleted the message. If you still want me to contribute give me call or text 087 918 4552
ta
Ciaron

author by Laurence Cox - Grassroots Gatheringpublication date Wed Jun 25, 2003 20:15author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Hi,

Some people have been experiencing difficulty trying to download the PDF files, due to a problem with the server. (Basically it interprets "public access" as "access to anyone who has a Yahoo account and has it open"...)

Anyway, I've put up copies online at the following sites. Warning: they're big (see above for exact details):

Programme

www.iol.ie/~mazzoldi/toolsforchange/rev/ggprog.pdf

Poster

www.iol.ie/~mazzoldi/toolsforchange/rev/ggposter.pdf

Flyer

www.iol.ie/~mazzoldi/toolsforchange/rev/ggflyer.pdf

Benefit flyer

www.iol.ie/~mazzoldi/toolsforchange/rev/gggig.pdf

Enjoy - the programme in particular is a work of art!

Laurence

Related Link: http://grassrootsgathering.freeservers.com
author by Libertarianpublication date Fri Jun 27, 2003 14:55author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Don't touch that farce called the "Irish Social Forum" (ISF). Its full of middle class refomist shitheads like Deirdre De Burca, Barry Finnegan, Cian O'Callaghan, other Labour Party and Green Party shitheads and NGOs all of whom have a problem with people even fucking marching in Dublin on the 20TH October, never mind a mass blockade of the WEF summit or any other direct action. So my advice to the rest of the Grassroots Gathering is avoid the ISF like the plague (That they are) and don't touch them with a barge pole. Avoid! Avoid! Avoid! Avoid!

author by Badmanpublication date Fri Jun 27, 2003 16:20author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Since the SWP is currently trying to take the ISF over, it would be very convenient if the libertarians were to ignore it.

And I'd a hundred times rather work with Cian O C. or Barry F. than with the r-r-r-revolutionaries and their little lenin leaders. They're honest and have a bit of bottle, won't cave in at the merest hint of confrontation and they're not touts.

I can't wait to see the SWP 'blockade' - it'll probably be a 5 minute sit down in a suburban cul de sac.

author by Badmanpublication date Mon Jun 30, 2003 20:34author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Just look at the cloud formations over Ireland. If you look very closely you will see that they spell the letters "SWP". Fucking trotskyite scumbags.

author by Joepublication date Tue Jul 01, 2003 16:27author address author phone Report this post to the editors

There have been a number of incidents where posts calling themselves things like 'anarcho-boy' or 'libertarian' or 'eco-anarchist' have posted devisive comments like this with the clear intention of damaging the libertarian movement. At the time of Shannon similar comments were posted attacking people involved in the IAWM but who supported and even took part in the direct action. A bit of analysis of who stands to gain from these attacks always points the finger in the same direction.

I've little doubt the SWP as an organisation would oppose this sort of shit and this is the work of a lone (and idiotic) member.

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