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"No Justice, No Peace" - Street Theatre in Dublin for the EU Justice Ministers meeting on January 22
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Tuesday January 06, 2004 12:13 by bluekingfisher - against the EU super state
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The six month insurrection begins here!
Calling all anti capitalists, libertarians, anarchists, and theatre enthusiasts! If "all the world is a stage", then the presidency of the EU is a complete farce. The Irish Government is a tragedy, and Bertie Ahern (the Irish Taoiseach or Prime Minister) is the king of comedy, having taken over the title from the joker Silvio Berlusconi. Perhaps Bertie was indulging in a spot of ironic satire when he said he was against a two-tier Europe on RTE radio recently. Laughable when you consider he has no problem operating a two-tier society in his own country, and day after day his right wing cohorts are content to act in the most oppressive manner possible.
To "celebrate" the European "justice" ministers descending on Dublin on January 22nd, with all their staged excessive pomp and splendour, we, the people of this land, have decided to put on a special street theatre show for them at Dublin Castle. This way, the visiting ministers will hopefully be educated in the true methods and means of Irish "justice", and everyone in the streets can participate too.
So for your viewing pleasure, we present...
"No Justice, No Peace"
A Street Play in Three Acts
Act I - The Garda
Act II - Shannon
Act III - The State
On Thursday January 22nd 2004.
Exact time and location to be confirmed closer to the date. Please check back at the related link below:
http://www.geocities.com/eufortress
At present we are auditioning for the major parts - but we need hundreds, nay, thousands if it permits, of extras to play the part of THE PEOPLE. Previous acting experience is a plus but ultimately not neccessary. A sense of humour, a dash of frivolity, and a willingness to confront the State on creative ideological grounds is all that you will need.
Why have we decided to hold our street theatre action at the EU Justice Ministers meeting? For us, the concept of "justice" and policing in Ireland have become one in the minds of the State. Successive right wing governments down through the years have continually pursued oppressive policing policies, giving a free hand to the Gardaí to act as they please with impunity. The State fails to understand concepts of social "justice" and act accordingly, while at the same time enforcing increasingly draconian laws to pacify and subdue the people's anger and hostility towards a corrupt system.
The Gardaí have long ceased to be anything resembling a civil police force. They are tools of a right wing government that seeks to imprison as many dissenters as possible. They are the jackboot stormtroopers who blindly carry out the State's orders. The State uses prison to sweep its enormous shortcomings in society under the rug. It then seeks to hand over responsibility of these institutions to unaccountable private multinational security companies, often with appalling human rights records, so it can absolve itself from any injustices perpetrated within the prison walls.
Join us on Thursday January 22nd to watch and participate in the short street theatre presentation, "No Justice, No Peace".
Further reading:
The Morris Tribunal (set up to investigate Garda corruption in Donegal)
http://www.morristribunal.ie/
The Barr Tribunal (set up to investigate shooting of John Carthy in Abbeylara)
http://www.barrtribunal.ie/
Garda investigating themselves after RTS 2002 attacked, refuse to co-operate with inquiry into their actions
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/wsm/ws/2002/71/rts.html
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?id=18383
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?id=18260
Irish Penal Reform Trust on prison privitisation
http://www.penal-reform.ie/privatisation.htm
Report on conditions in Mountjoy Prison
http://www.socialisterna.org/talkshop/messages/4201.html
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Jump To Comment: 2 1Much as I don't like violence and all, would it not be better if the socialists in this state got together to defend the unarmed aspect of the Guards.
It was a terrible thing to shoot John McCarthy dead, but look, I know his name and so do you and the rest of the country. He will be remembered forever as the man shot dead by the Gardaí one day in Abbylara.
If we want to prevent more of this, we must ensure the only weapon the guards will ever use is the toe of a boot, or the butt of a mag-lite. They hurt like hell, but at least you live to tell the tale and carry on the good fight and not suddenly end up dead in a newspaper headline, or worse still, in the small-print of a district police file.
And, going further back, don't forget the 'Heavy Gang' episode, the Crinnion affair, the disappearance of the files relating to the Dublin & Monaghan bombings. There are probably a lot more things that don't immediately come to mind, maybe one or two other people can delve into their memories and remind us of more.