Globalise Resistance banner on Fairview Bridge reads “US Troops out of Shannon"

by David Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:10

Except it should have been "blockade" December 5th

by Ronan Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:15

Yes, blockade, but the Saturday is the 6th, not the 5th.

by david Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:16

My mistake. hehe, look a bit of a tit now.

by sean o c Tue Dec 02, 2003 18:24

for first gr=swp front comment,come on sectarians and indymedia personalities,you,re letting the side down

by Steelie Tue Dec 02, 2003 19:20

For f**k's sake. The SWP have done absolutely nothing to build for the Shannon blockade, not a single poster, not a single leaflet. In fact they have done everything in their power to sow sectarianism and division in the movement by issuing orders that they demand every anti-war activist in the country obeys. Then they hang a banner off a bridge for a few minutes (wow what revolutionaries!!!) and post that as a piece of news. Anti war groups all over the country have been putting up posters and handing out leaflets for the last month at least without feeling the need to write articles about it. What next - Breaking news: GR hand out a leaflet in Drumcondra!!

For those who don't know. GR is a failed front of the SWP. It is failed because it no longer includes anybody who is not in the SWP (it once did). If you think that this is sectarianism, you can shag off. I'm just fulfilling the duties of the indymedia peer-review model and pointing out some of the important facts omitted by the article.

by concerned Tue Dec 02, 2003 23:07

Are you some sort of agent - Steelie. ALL your comments are negative point scoring. You seem to prefer division rather than encouraging activity.

by Steelie Wed Dec 03, 2003 04:58

They have employed me to undermine the SWP which they feel threatens global capitalism.

Since I've been exposed, I might as well come clean. The SWP are in fact an utterly upstanding, ethical and honest bunch and they would never for the life of them think of jumping on a bandwagon, setting up un-democratic fronts, lying to the public, exploiting their members' unpaid labour, sabotaging anything they don't control, or anything else that might be less than honourable.

Oh shit, my masters in Virginia aren't going to be happy now. Once everybody finds out that the whole SWP=cult thing is a CIA lie, I fear that the masses will be banging on the gates of capitalism within days!

I'm going to go and hide in my secret nuclear bunker under the US ambassador's house in the Phoenix park, hope the angry mobs don't find me there!

by Fairview man - none Wed Dec 03, 2003 14:59

"Then they hang a banner off a bridge for a few minutes (wow what revolutionaries!!!) and post that as a piece of news." Since I'm not involved with gr I can't comment on the rest, but your statement about the banner above is incorrect as the gr banner is still hanging from Fairview bridge on the North side of the bridge so that anyone coming in from Baldoyle, Kilbarrick, Donnycarney, Coolock etc can still clearly see it.

by Concerned Wed Dec 03, 2003 15:17

QED I think

by hmmm Wed Dec 03, 2003 15:36

“US troops out of Shannon; protest December 6th, Shannon Airport”.
This message seems to be a good one (apart from the term protest being used instead of "blockade" But i wonder if there is a prominant GR label on there somewhere? This could have the effect of actually driving some potential blockaders away as the public isn't as ignorant of the politics of the SWP as they once were.

by Steelie Wed Dec 03, 2003 16:56

That the SWP have started to put posters up around town today. Shit maybe my ploy backfired.

Ahem. The real problem is that the SWP are doing TOO MUCH. They should just be concerned with local elections like the SP.