activists and travellers...an ugly cause?

national | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday April 10, 2002 17:09 by RUAIRI

do you need to re-prioritise?

as the presidents signs a largely anti-traveller bill, Irish activists need to take a look inside themselves and their movements to assess priorities......

Whilst the Irish 'activist scene' has generally reved up 500%
over the last year (and necessarily so) - we seem to be forgetting/or at least de-prioritising
local issues in some cases. Whilst 'the new racism' is a scourge that needs to be tackled, the same ugly
mindset evolves from the attitudes towards travellers in this country. It is something that we need to think about, address and act on.
It's not a global glamour issue but local minds span global actions.

Just some food for thought as the president signs the largely anti-traveller bill
http://www.rte.ie/news/2002/0410/travellers.html

Shame on her!