Ash Wednesday Protest in Dublin
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Tuesday March 04, 2003 09:12
by Ciaron O'Reilly - Catholic Worker
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Ciaron O'Reilly will lead a liturgy of protest outside the GPO on Ash Wednesday (05.03.03)
On Ash Wednesday (5/3/03) , many folks will be acting against the war in a spirit of nonviolent resistance. Folks will be marking the M.O.D. H.Q. in London with ash, the Brisbane military recruitment centre will be blockaded and folks will return to the White House in D.C.
In Dublin, Ciaron O'Reilly will burn his high court injunction served on him recently by Air Rianta as part of the crackdown on dissidents opposing U.S. military aircraft using Shannon Airport. Some US$ will also be thrown in to the mix to provide the symbol of ash.
The ceremony will take place on the traffic island opposite the G.P.O. in O'Connell Dublin starting at 2 p.m. sharp. All those from whatever faith/non faith are most welcome....
We ask you to
- wear black
- bring a reading or a song reflecting on the Iraqi people suffering under sanctions and the ongoing war.....or in celebration of the nonviolent resistance to war.
- bring some US$ for burning.
- some basic medical supplies which we will mail to Iraq, breaking the sanctions.
We will
- construct a shrine to the people of Iraq (bring flowers!)
- stand in a circle of reflective silence for a while.
- share some readings and singing.
- burn the injunctions and dollars.
- those wishing to can mark themselves/each other with ash.
- head to the post office for some mailing of medical supplies/sanction-busting (sanctions have killed 1.5 million Iraqis in the last 15 years)
Comments (7 of 7)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Have you any idea of how risible this all is to the mainstream majority. You attract contempt and trivialise the well-founded concerns of the ordinary decent majority with these gimmicks.
PS. Go Bush go! 10 days to go!!
i'm an atheist but i'll be there
Seanin writes: Have you any idea of how risible this all is to the mainstream majority. You attract contempt and trivialise the well-founded concerns of the ordinary decent majority with these gimmicks.
Perhaps in Dublin a lot of people might stare, and disregard it.
A similar symbolic burning was made by the Berrigans decades ago and some thought it odd.
Now it's common place.
I saw model submarines torched outside a nuclear submarine base for Ash wednesday and a THOUSAND people applauded while others queued up to have the ashes applied to the forehead.
Terrible thing to be ahead of one's time.
Maybe Seanin it's you that should ask yourself "have you any idea?"
....if you can stand the cringe factor then go right ahead. Wait a few a million years and I'll have evolved to your level.
If we spread enough around our face we won't need any balaclavas
CWM -------Yawn
zzzzzzzz.........
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