April 12th - Shannon Airport

national | miscellaneous | news report Monday March 31, 2003 13:33 by Rebel - SWP

Mass civil disobedience against the war

The Irish Anti War movement has called a demonstration at Shannon airport for Saturday April 12th. The Socialist Workers Party are calling for mass non-violent civil disobedience to protest against the use of Shannon airport by the US military in their brutal and illegal war against the Iraqi people.

150,000 marched on February 15th as part of the international day against the war, calling for US military out of Shannon. Again on March 29th, over 60,000 people marched. In the face of the government's complicity in war crimes the SWP is calling for people to engage in civil disobedience against the war. The mass walkouts against the war on day X was the start of this campaign as thousands of oridnary Irish workers downed tools against the war.

The imperialist UK/US troops have got bogged down in their invasion of Iraq. They now need massive numbers of reinforcements to continue their bloody war. Without these reinforcements they will not be able to keep the massacre going. 40,000 troops are set to pass through Shannon - we can still stop this war!

Details of transport to Shannon and other information will be available soon.

Everyone to Shannon on April 12th
No blood for oil - not in my name.