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MayDay-Shannon?

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Friday April 25, 2003 16:09author by publo

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Just want to moot the point of celebrating MayDay at Shannon this year. Maybe it'd be stretching the original point of RTS but a protest at the continued use of Shannon by the new Occupying army in the mideast would be in keeeping with the trad mayday...

Anyhow, while a protest in Dublin will no doubt be a pro-environment gig and not a bad thing, i Cant help but feel that the celebration would be more apt at shannon both in solidarity with the planespotters and as a direct protest to the Guards/army/ government over the mangling of the UN charter.

The war is continuing after all.

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I agree with you
author by anatolypublication date Fri Apr 25, 2003 18:27author address author phone


As a frequent flyer with aeroflot* on their Moscow/Havana route, and they being based in shannon and all, i have always associated the word 'mayday' with 'shannon'


unfortunately though, i think its a bit late to arrange anything like the incentive you would need to get everyone out of the dublin pubs.


*interestingly for all irish-speakers out there, they serve 'Ishka' water in-flight

I'm Bertie-fly me
author by ldspublication date Fri Apr 25, 2003 19:27author address author phone

Great idea,why not turn it into a mayday kite festival,lots of shiny foil strips on the tails,any of you out there got power kites?And we could let off a van-load of foil helium balloons....

50,000
author by Examinerpublication date Fri Apr 25, 2003 21:19author address author phone

Examiner quotes 50,000 U.S troops have passed through Shannon this year

Mayday doesnt
author by noonepublication date Fri Apr 25, 2003 21:32author address author phone

always have a good turnout. This year it's on a Thursday. I'll be lucky to get into Dublin for Mayday.
Good idea tho. Possibly next year with the Americas new war....Serria??

No
author by Intransigentpublication date Sat Apr 26, 2003 00:24author address author phone

Stupid Idea. Let's go piss the guards off. Look at me I'm an anarchist I want to smah shit up. Wait I'm an Irish anarchist. I don't even know how to be a good anarchist. Please tell me how to fuck shit up now.

Pitch Invasion
author by S. Aerobics - Reclaim the Runwayspublication date Sat Apr 26, 2003 22:01author address author phone

Interesting idea.
An rts at Shannon to coincide with a major policing event elsewhere in Munster....

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