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clare / anti-war / imperialism Saturday March 01, 2003 02:36 by IMC Editorial Group
Other News Links...
• 'Razor wire has also been stretched across part of the airport complex to deter demonstrators' - RTE Coverage
• US Antiwar Activists Plan Nonviolent Blockades - Boston Globe
• Ireland: Airport Shunned - NY Times (USA)
• Anti-war group dismiss claims of vandalism - Online.ie
• Extra security for Shannon protest to cost €1m - Examiner
• Iraq starts destroying missiles - UK Independent
• U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation and Protest - John Brady Kiesling
Naomi Klein writes that Shannon Protests are a model of global protest.
• Civil Disobedience Planned in Shannon - San Jose Mercury News (USA)
US Troop Carrying Airlines
That Have Pulled Out Of Shannon:
North American Airlines
   • Admitted CIA Connections
Miami Airlines
World Airlines

Gloucestershire UK Weapons Inspectors protest US B-2 Stealth Bomber deployment at Fairford USAF Base ... Shannon-style Peace Camp begins.
• Ireland is a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) initiative
Other Good Sites...
NoWarBlog.org
WarInContext.org
CommonDreams.org
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Breaking News...
17:22 - Protest organisers are off to local Garda station to investigate status of those arrested today - Fence not taken down as planned - mostly peaceful day with scuffles with police that led to arrests - [this will be the last update for a while, cheers!]

17:01 - NewsTalk 106 reports ten arrested at Shannon Airport - 600+ participated at the protests and has now concluded - Irish Times also reports ten arrested...

16:25 - Present scene at the airport is nearing end, nine arrested, total - one protester had her trousers pulled off by Garda during arrest, 'handled badly'

16:08 - Seven to nine (three to four are women) arrested, in total, have been arrested, mostly for blocking the Garda van - Many protesters are marching back to the Shannon Airport entrance archway....

16:03 - NewsTalk 106 reporter contrasts GNAW to 'other peaceful alliances from around the country' - 106 says 500+ protesters - notes 'scuffles' between Gardai and protesters - also mentions of 'sniffer dogs'...

15:58 - Three more arrests (including one woman) - crowds blocking Garda van. Gardai are pulling protesters away to free the van...

15:55 - Gardai are dragging protesters away from the fence - crowds throwing red and black flags over the fence - protestors lying on the ground while others are moving further down the fence...

15:29 - AntiWar Movement stewards are moving their contingent away from the fence to avoid arrests. Other groups nearer to the fence. Gardai presence heavy. Independent Workers Union also present.

15:21 - 800-900 protestors in march, diversity of groups involved. Increased tension on the scene...

15:12 - Joe Higgins, SP - TD, is on the scene 'observing' the protest

15:08 - No violence but two arrests of protestors. Andrew Flood of Grassroots Network Against War, speaking with a megaphone, says that the protest prooves the emdia wrong about reported 'violent intentions' of the protesters and another similar protest will happen a couple weeks from today.

15:05 NewsTalk 106 says protest is peaceful at Shannon. 106 also reports that PANA's protest is over 100 at the Dept of Foreign Affairs.

14:58 - Stand off between 200-300 protestors and Garda. Five Garda on horses, many in riot gear near entrance of airport.

14:42 - NewsTalk 106 reports over a 100 now at Dept of Foreign Affairs

14:22 - 700-800 in the car park. 200-300 have left going up the road with heavy Gardai presence.

14:05 - NewsTalk 106 reports 300-400 have assembled at Shannon Airport and 30 are holding a vigil at the Dept of Foreign Affairs in Dublin

14:00 - Busses of protesters going to Shannon have been stopped and searched by Garda

10:00 - Report from Shannon Airport area of busloads of Garda, helicopter overhead, approximately six Irish Army trucks spotted and Garda stopping cars on roads and asking drivers questions.

international / miscellaneous Monday February 24, 2003 15:45 by IMC Editorial Group

Irish activist and former Member of Parliament, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey was detained by immigration officials in Chicago, February 21, and denied entry into the United States allegedly on "national security" grounds.

According to her daughter, Deirdre, two INS officers threatened to arrest, jail, and even shoot the legendary civil rights campaigner when she arrived at Chicago's O'Hare airport. McAliskey (56) was then photographed, finger-printed and returned to Ireland against her will on the grounds that the State Department had declared that she "poses a serious threat to the security of the United States."

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national / public consultation / irish social forum Sunday February 23, 2003 16:29 by IMC Editorial Group
Movement Towards an Irish Social Forum Following the spectacular success of last November's European Social Forum in Florence, attended by over 60,000 people, a group of individuals representing a cross-section of Irish civil society is holding meetings with a view to establishing an Irish Social Forum later this year.

The Social Forum movement involves the establishment of open meeting places for groups and movements of civil society opposed to neo-liberalism and seeking to build a planetary society centred on the human person and not on capital. It began with the World Social Forum held in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001 where a Charter of Principles was agreed.

Although not without its critics, the Social Forum movement has grown dramatically in the past two years and there are now regional, national and local forums around the world.

Movement towards an Irish Social Forum began following the return of Irish participants ( 2 ) in the Irish Social Forum Florence ESF. A reporting meeting was held at which the need for an Irish Social Forum was identified. This has since been followed by three further meetings ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ), called 'open space dialogues' at which the idea has been explored and discussed. It is intended to continue these meetings and to hold an information event at this year's convergence festival. The goal is to involve as many civil society groups as possible before fully discussing, agreeing and formally establishing an Irish Social Forum in the summer.

So far individuals from (but not necessairly representing) the following groups have participated: Attac, Anti-Iraqi Sanctions, Canals Community Network, Comhlamh, Debt and Development Coalition, Dublin Council of Trade Unions, Dublin Food Co-Op, Dublin South FM, Earthwatch Ireland, Earth Summit Ireland, Feasta, Globalise Resistance, Gluaiseacht, Grassroots Gathering, Green Party, The ICTU, Indymedia, Jesuit Faith & Justice Committee, Latin America Solidarity Centre, Oxfam, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Sustainable Ireland, Trócaire, UCG Ecosoc, The Village, Workers Solidarity Movement,

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galway / anti-war / imperialism Sunday February 23, 2003 16:24 by IMC Editorial Group
3,000 March in Galway Following the spectacular success of the February 15th anti-war demonstrations, the Irish peace movement continued today with 3,000 people marching in Galway. The protestors marched from Fr Griffin Park to Eyre Square where many speakers, poets and singers addressed the crowd.

The Galway protest comes a week after massive demonstrations in Dublin and Belfast encouraged Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to finally declare government support for a second UN resolution. Rattled by the sheer size of the protests and clearly out of touch with the mood on the ground, Ahern also ridiclously claimed to agree with the marchers while Tánaiste Mary Harney dismissed protest organisers as anti-American.

Meanwhile anti-war activities continue around the country ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 ) ( 7 ) ( 8 ) ( 9 ) ( 10 ) ( 11 ) ( 12 ) ( 13 ) ( 14 ) ( 15 ) and the potential for war in Iraq continues to dominate the Irish political scene ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ). As the Ploughshare protestors remain in prison ( 2 ) ( 3 ) attention is now turning to a March 1st protest ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) and direct action ( 2 ) ( 3 ) at Shannon Airport, despite concerns about organisation.

Analysis & Discussion: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 )

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national / anti-war / imperialism Sunday February 16, 2003 16:26 by IMC Editorial Group
AntiWar In one of the largest demonstrations in Irish history, over 100,000 people marched in Dublin today against the Bush administration's rush to war on Iraq. Protestors from every part of Ireland representing hundreds of groups came to Dublin to voice their opposition to war and to the continued use of Shannon Airport by the US military ( 2 ) ( 3 ). From opposition politicians to anarchists and Fianna-Fail-voting grannies, the crowds were diverse, cheerful, creative and peaceful as the sunshine encouraged an almost carnival atmosphere. Only one arrest was reported.

As usual, estimates of the numbers of protestors varied widely with Gardaí reporting 80,000 participants, mainstream media reporting 100,000 and the Irish Anti-War Movement and other organisers reporting 150,000. In any event, it was clearly one of the largest demonstrations in Irish history.

Smaller demonstrations were also held in cities and towns around the country, including Cork, Letterkenny, Sligo and Belfast where over 20,000 marched against the war. The Irish protests were part of a global day of action against war that saw over thirteen million people protest worldwide.

Meanwhile the anti-war movement continues ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 ) ( 7 ) ( 8 ) ( 9 ) ( 10 ) ( 11 ) ( 12 ) ( 13 ) ( 14 ) ( 15 ) , with discussion on what to do next. A demonstration at Shannon Airport is planned for March 1st ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ).

Photos: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 ) ( 7 ) ( 8 ) ( 9 ) ( 10 ) ( 11 ) ( 12 ) ( 13 ) ( 14 ) ( 15 ) ( 16 ) ( 17 ) ( 18 ) ( 19 ) ( 20 ) ( 21 )
Video: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 ) ( 7 ) ( 8 ) ( 9 ) ( 10 )
Audio: ( 1 )
Global Coverage: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 ) ( 7 )

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