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PSNI Riot Squad Remove the Right to Protest!
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Saturday June 27, 2009 20:56 by éirígí PRO - éirígí
Members of the PSNI riot squad, backed by armoured jeeps and dogs, today blocked éirígí protesters from even reaching protest assembly point in Belfast city centre. The unchanged nature of policing in the Six Counties was again exposed today when the PSNI riot squad blocked Belfast's Castle Street for close to an hour. Those looking on could have been forgiven for thinking that some form of major public order incident was unfolding, as dozens of masked and heavily armoured paramilitaries decamped from their armoured jeeps, only to start pushing and shoving people back up the street.
by Video Wed Jul 01, 2009 16:29
here is a link to a video of the cops stopping people getting to city hall and the impromptu protest that followed. Some great footage of the robo-cops in action. Where else in Europe would a static picket trigger such a reaction?
by francis hughes Mon Jun 29, 2009 20:02
that troll who calls himself a socialist wanna go off and read a bit of connolly, or costello or somethin. brit imperialism and colonialism will always be linked with capitalism, ya cant banish one without the other. partition has always created a carnival of reaction north-east and south. anyway i shouldnt of even givin him the time of day, anyway well done to anyone who participated in the protest. it was well worth it and its somethin that all progressives can link up on.
by paul o toole Mon Jun 29, 2009 15:00
The Armed Forces Day is a pathetic effort to shore up failing support for the military who rightfully, disillusioned into thinking they were killing for Queen and Country, are waking up.
by I was there - eirigi supporter Mon Jun 29, 2009 01:25
Nationalism is a distertion of socialism.Both Hitler and Moussilini began there political careers and parties as socialists.In Northern Ireland so called socialist parties represented Loyalist paramilitaries as they murdered their class counterparts from deemed Catholic communities for sectarian reasons while trying to elevate themselves as local community representatives of socialism.
by lulu Sun Jun 28, 2009 19:04
The people need real socialism - proper healthcare, free at the point of service, and decent housing that doesn't leave them dependent on banks or with too little money to pay their other needs; are they going to care what colour flag can deliver this to their families? The Republic and the UK are both run by crooks, but people still migrate to the UK for opportunities that are scarce in Ireland.
by Celia S Sun Jun 28, 2009 15:06
ps - Socialist.
by Celia S Sun Jun 28, 2009 15:01
This is merely another example of political policing in a political state.
by nobo Sun Jun 28, 2009 14:41
Who said anything about nationalism.
by lulu Sun Jun 28, 2009 13:56
If the Iranian Government suppresses a peaceful demo, it's in the news for their 'resistance to democracy'. In the North of Ireland, it's just business as usual; same in the 'Republic', alas.....
by Socialist Sun Jun 28, 2009 13:55
Why 'kick the British out of Ireland'?
by Paul o toole Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:40
Brutality, murder, mayhem...all in the name of justice.
by siochain Sun Jun 28, 2009 07:58
Well done to all those who took part in the protest - I'm across the water is the USA at the minute and would have loved to have been at the protest !!
by Le Chéile Saor Sat Jun 27, 2009 23:16
Fair play to Eirigi,you do great work.Where did you get yeer posters printed?
by Kev - various Sat Jun 27, 2009 21:24
There's a short video on the UTV site: http://www.u.tv/News/Police-stop-republican-protest/c30...11d62
by éirígí PRO - éirígí Sat Jun 27, 2009 21:06
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Jump To Comment: 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1It is only hypocritical if you deem both protests to be 'sectarian'. As always, there will always be some who will, (ironically enough) for their own politically sectarian reasons, try and equate both Republicanism and Loyalism as being equally reactionary and 'sectarian' political ideologies. They of course usually in fact defer to Loyalism in their hatred of the notion of, at worst, republican resistance to colonialism/imperialism, and at best, revolutionary socialist republicanism. Messed up logic, innit mate?
I would think it is hypocritical of some republicans to complain about the PSNI stopping them from holding a sectarian protest in the centre of Belfast while similar republicans held a counter protest to stop the sectarian Love Ulster Parade from going through the streets of Dublin.
As Gerry Adams had to admit last week, the six counties remains sectarian to the core, as do its state armed forces.
Video of PSNI preventing people entering Belfast city centre
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PSNI Suppress Protest in Belfast