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Another week, another Gaza protest in Cork City
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anti-war / imperialism |
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Saturday January 17, 2009 18:48 by Miriam
A visit to Marks & Spencers included. Arthur Leahy arrested and later released. An atlantic storm came rolling in from the south west today with high winds and lashing rain - not the best weather for an outdoor protest. Undaunted several hundred people turned up at Daunt Square (!) for the third week running. Umbrellas were turned inside out and banners blown about - at one point the large Palestinian Flag at the front of the protest march down Patrick Street was ripped from one of its poles by a gust of wind. Everybody was saturated but the crowd was determined despite the weather: during the week one of the Palestinian organisers had lost his brother and his brother's entire family - 6 children and wife - all gone. The grief on his face was enough motivation for 10K protestors. It was a very spirited protest - this time focused on persuading shopkeepers to stop selling Israeli goods. We made our way to the Merchant's Quay shopping centre where we sang out slogans in front of the entrance for a while. A few of us went with leaflets into the mall to hand out to customers. In Marks & Spencers they weren't having any of it and we were ushered out of the shop by managers and security guards - accused of 'intmidating cutomers', though in fact we were being polite to people. Staff there said they were more worried about their jobs than what was happening in Gaza. 'Why don't you go and stand in front of the tanks in Gaza', one of them suggested. (?) |
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