STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS- benfit gig this Thursday at MONO

national | miscellaneous | news report Monday July 22, 2002 21:10 by Movement of the Imagination - Globalise Resistance globalise_resistance at yahoo dot com 087 9032281

GR Bulletin July 22nd 2002

1. ESF- Organising for Florence 2002 2. Woomera- Solidarity and screening 3. You are G8, We are 6 Billion: New book 4. STOP ESSO stickers available from GR 5. US- out of America!

ALL OUT THIS THURSDAY FOR

STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS-
Musicians supporting Civil Liberties

Club Mono
Wexford Street, D8
Thursday 25th July, from 8.30pm onwards

featuring

King Sativa (reggae)
The Happy City Samba School
Herb Dade and the Biscuits (jazz)
DJ Paddy Dempsey (Messy@Mono, Eyewobble)
Gary Fitzpatrick (ex Great Western Squares) RB from Texas (Country)
DJ Trixton (Monkeytennis)

(Proceeds to defend the Globalise Resistance protestors arrested at the Burlington Hotel)

€5 unemployed/students
€8 exploited wageslaves

GR Bulletin July 22nd 2002

1. ESF- Organising for Florence 2002
2. Woomera- Solidarity and screening
3. You are G8, We are 6 Billion: New book
4. STOP ESSO stickers available from GR
5. US- out of America!

1. ESF- Organising for Florence 2002

At the beginning of this new millennium we find ourselves in a situation where the power structures are shifting more and more towards corporate globalisation. In response to this we have also seen a massive growth in protest movements throughout Europe and around the World. In March 500,000 people demonstrated in Barcelona against capital and war. The same month also saw 3 million demonstrating in Rome against Berlusconi and for trade union rights. In France millions have taken to the streets against the growth of Le Pen’s fascist National Front. Here in Ireland thousands took to the streets to defend civil rights after the deplorable violence of the police on the Reclaim The Streets demonstration, and in Britain and Ireland there have been huge protests against Bush and Blair’s war, and in support of Palestinian rights.

The European Social Forum was called after the success of the 2nd World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which was attended by 70,000 people. As this represented a 300% increase in attendance the organisers accepted that one venue could no longer accommodate the growing social movements globally, and that regional fora would be essential to welcome the similar increases expected this year. The European Social Forum is backed by hundreds of trade unions, NGOs, human rights groups and others campaigning across the continent.

“The ESF is a vital event in the growing campaign against so-called globalisation and the militarism that backs it up. I urge everyone to do their utmost to get there.”
John Pilger(journalist)

“The Porto Allegre World Social Forum in February 2002 brought together
people working to promote and to realise a world where economic, social,
cultural, civil, political and environmental justice prevail. The 60,000
participants represented social movements from a diverse range of issues -
women's rights, disability rights, land rights, equality rights, housing
rights, environment rights, mothers of the disappeared, anti-death penalty
campaigning, indigenous people's, and much much more. The common vision
they shared is of another world where poverty, exclusion, and injustice do
not exist. It is the most positive, most proactive, and most dynamic forum
one could hope to attend. “
Colm Ó Cuanacháin,
Co-ordinator,
Comhlamh (Development Workers in Global Solidarity).

“The European Social Forum provides an opportunity for people of different views to develop a dialogue on the future of Europe, and hopefully will help us all to articulate a much clearer vision of a people centred social Europe.”
Des Geraghty,
President,
SIPTU.

“At a time when the EU is building up its military capacity for aggressive
action outside its borders, an event like the ESF provides an important
opportunity for activists to express their support for an alternative
European project based on peace, not war"
Andy Storey
AFRI (Action for Ireland)

The Irish Mobilisation for the ESF are holding a public meeting in the
Teacher’s Club, Parnell Square
At 8pm on Wednesday August 14th.

This leaflet is produced by the Irish Mobilising Group for the ESF. This initiative has so far been supported by the following groups and individuals :

Michael D Higgins TD, Mike Allen General Secretary (Labour Party),
John Gormley TD, Cllr Deirdre de Burca (Green Party),
Joe Higgins TD (Socialist Party), Eamonn Mc Cann (Socialist Workers Party),
Des Derwin ( candidate for the Gen sec of SIPTU),
Joe Moore (Cork Council of Trade Unions) ,
Mick Martin (President Insurance and Finance Branch SIPTU),
The Irish Anti-War Movement, Globalise Resistance,
AFRI , Khalid Ibrahim (One world Society TCD)

2. Woomera

An Irishman has been charged in Australia with helping 35 detainees escape from a remote refugee camp. Jonathan O'Shea, a 22-year-old backpacker from County Cork, was refused bail at a court near the Woomera camp. He is due in court again next week. The mass escape took place three weeks ago. Among the escapees were two brothers from Afghanistan, aged 14 and 12, who arrived at the British Consulate in Melbourne. Alamdar and Muntazer Baktiari’s pleas were turned down and they have now been returned to Woomera, 600 miles away.

Video and audio links at
http://www.rte.ie/news/2002/0719/australia.html

Support letters can be written to
Jonathon O'Shea c/- P.O. Box 198
Burra South Australia AUSTRALIA

Dear Folks,

I have been doing some follow up press work in Ireland on Jonathon's imprisonment.....giving the context of the OZ government's cynical racist policies, the tradition of the sanctuary/underground railway movements, encouraging the Irish government and people demand Jonathon be granted bail so he can prepare his defense etc. We willl try to organise a presence at the Australian Embassy in Dublin, if Jonathon is denied bail on Thursday.

He's in Jail for Us, We're on the Loose for him,

Solidarity in Ireland
Ciaron O'Reilly
phone: 087 918 4552 [email protected]
c/- Catholic Worker 210 Le Fanu Rd.
Ballyfermot Dublin 10 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND www.geocities.com/londoncatholicworker

Ciaron and Globalise Resistance will be organising a screening of “WOOMERA”, the story of the huge refugee break out from the infamous desert camp next Saturday August 3rd. More details next week.

3. You are G8, We are 6 Billion:
The Truth Behind the Genoa Protests

A new book by Jonathan Neale

Sometimes it's easy to forget that just one year ago 300,000 people took part in the biggest anti-capitalist demonstration Europe had seen. Thousands travelled to Genoa to voice their anger to the heads of the eight most powerful countries in the world. But demonstrations don't happen spontaneously. Hundreds of activists across Europe were involved in planning transport, organising the marches, discussing slogans and debating tactics. For those of us involved "behind the scenes," to see it all come together was an inspiring event.

Jonathan Neale was a member of the Genoa Social Forum that planned and coordinated those protests. His new book You are G8, We are 6 Billion is a first hand account of the events leading up to that demonstration and the aftermath. Invited onto the GSF, partly as a result of a typically impassioned speech at an organising meeting some months beforehand, Jonathan was involved in many of the most crucial discussions and debates before and after Genoa.

Written in Jonathan's inimitable style, this book gives a wonderful feel for those exciting times. But also this is an attempt to explain the anti-capitalist movement, to look at the issues which brought 300,000 people to the streets of Genoa, and to explain why the events of 11 September and its aftermath have failed to dampen the movement.

"Hope comes through at every stage and Neale concludes with a vision of a very different sort of world which we could build for ourselves, warning us of the resistance we must expect from the powers that be but confident of the outcome. Everyone who wants to understand this movement, its origins, work and objectives must read this book." Tony Benn

available from GR in Dublin Price e15

4. STOP ESSO stickers available from GR

Pick them up at the STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS gig this Thursday at Club Mono

http://www.stopesso.com/

5. US- out of America!

We will also be joined soon by Lawrence Sampson, a Native American activist from the Delaware, who will be showing his film “Blood of the Land”, on the re emerging confidence of the “Red Power” indigenous movement in Canada and the States. More next week….

GR Waterford are also having a benifit for local members fined for peacful protest at the Burlington. Dj Paul Flynn, Kipper and Guests will play at the King's Bar, Lombard Street, Waterford on the 1st of August at 9.30pm. Admission only €2.