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Dublin - Event Notice Thursday January 01 1970 Dublin's May Day March & Rally
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Saturday April 26, 2008 18:22 by Alan MacSimoin
March from Parnell Square to Liberty Hall. Meet at the Garden of Remembrance at 7.30pm. Why we celebrate May Day (from the May issue of 'Workers Solidarity') |
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Dublin Council of Trade Unions
May Day March and Rally
ORGANISE!!
Defend and Extend Trade Union Rights
Assemble
7.30 p.m. Thursday 1st May 2008
Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin
March to Liberty Hall
Speeches inside Liberty Hall
Speakers:
Jack O'Connor, General President, SIPTU
Patricia McKeown, President, Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Betty Tyrell-Collard, national executive, CPSU
Sam Nolan, Secretary, Dublin Council of Trade Unions
Followed by music and bar at Liberty Hall
Trade union recognition - trade union conditions
Leaflets from: dctuhealth@gmail.com or 087 6229686
March with your trade union.
All trade unions, community groups, progressive campaigns and political organisations welcome.
Bring your banner.
A couple of years ago the May Day march had a GAMA worker on the platform, a South African worker - an interesting line-up. This year it seems we're back to the same old routines. Is it written in the Constitution or something that Sam Nolan has to give the same speech every year?
Of course, everyone should go to the march - for what May Day represents to the working class, not to listen to the tired speeches.
The thing about the annual May Day parades in Dublin is the sheer repetitive joylessness of the event. There is absent from it any sense of holiday celebration. The motley collection of marchers aren't stimulated to do anything imaginative by the statutory speeches made from a platform by statutory speakers in an atmosphere where the acoustics are bland to say the least. Even the radical fringe paper sellers have a glum time hogging their publications to people who pursue their lifelong political commitments with humdrum routine.
Last year DCTU seemed to make a bit of an effort. The march might have been the same as ever but they set up a stage and area for stalls afterwards. There was even open access to the roof of Liberty Hall for people who had never been there before (The view is amazing btw).
Now I wouldn't have been the biggest fan of the bands that were asked to play and think maybe the stage could have been scrapped for this year but I am disappointed that there won't be more going on. Just wondering why this year sees a return back to the same old same old?
Two things the Mayday parade can do without this year .
1 The flying of the Union Jack at the end of the rally . This was done last year as part of a display of European flags on the platform when speakers addressed the rally.
2 The trade union marching band should be told not to play ' Dixie' as it did last year .
Dixie? A little racist don't you think?
Same old shite for this year's May Day. A yawn-festival. I'll still head along though.
In Paris on Bastille Day, 14th July, you can stumble across organised street dancing with pop and folk bands provided at the expense of the PCF or the PS. There is usually a decorated platform for the band. Allcomers can dance on the cobblestones or whatever surface the little squares and triangular nooks are made of. One of the most joyful is the set-up on l'Isle St. Louis in the middle of the Seine. Les riches bourgeoisie and anybody with a few saved bob in their poches can eat escargots and other delicacies in nearby pricey restaurants, sometimes al fresco on the pavement, while lapping up the festive atmosphere. Whether bourgeois, petit bourgeois or proletarien the French do things like festivals with a bit of class and savoir faire. Dublin Mayday is just a distress signal. A pity we weren't colonised by France.
I agree our mayday can be dismal and often depressing but why can't all the people with good ideas apply them and particpate to make May Day better than it is?
Why do we always expect the show to be put on FOR us but not BY us.
So lets bring some colour and enthusiasm and the fighting spirit which more than anything else characterises the French celebrations !
These May Day and every day hypocrites again are being given the opportunity on the most important of worker's days, to spin their spin, et al...pay lip service to the causes Connolly and Larkin etc, have lived, struggled, fought and died for.
No doubt also in attendance will be the likes of the Labour Party's Joe Costello (who stated recently that Connolly and Larkin would vote yes for the EU Constitution!) and the youth wing of same party who voted in favour of supporting the same constitution.
I have said this before and will say it again, there should be a separate May Day March organised every year by the real socialists that are many in this city and country.
No pasaran...roll on the revolution!!
Happy days
MAY DAY GREETING to all!!
One Red Flag
One red flag, one red flag,
Just one red flag can keep the spark within our hearts still burning.
We will not sag, nor will we lag,
We will not sag nor will we lag we're not for turning.
So let's make hay, while May Day shines.
While May Day shines the workers spines are not for breaking.
And while May Day shines, we'll always find,
While May Day shines we'll always find there's hay for making.
The worker's song, will keep us strong.
The workers song will keep us strong our day is dawning.
And when it dawns we'll right the wrongs.
When it dawns we'll right the wrongs for we are longing.
The earth the moon, we'll have them soon.
The earth the moon we'll have them soon maybe tomorrow
And when that blossom blooms we'll end the gloom
When that blossom blooms we'll end the gloom, the grief, the sorrow.
One red flag, one red flag.
Just one red flag can keep the spark within our hearts still burning.
We will not sag nor will we lag.
We will not sag nor will we lag we're not for turning.
(c) Michael Gallagher May 1st 2003
"We will not sag nor will we lag."
Needs a bit of work maybe.