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category dublin | anti-war / imperialism | feature author Monday April 17, 2006 21:45author by Casement deserves better - WSM - personal capacity Report this post to the editors

written in the spirit of the time

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1916 – 90 years on Bertie sends troops in against anti-imperialist demonstration

In the run up to the 90th anniversary of 1916 many wondered how best to mark the event. Some marched the day before, some a few hours after. But the teflon Taoiseach trod where few men dared. At 12.00 he was at the GPO to commemorate an insurrection against imperialism. At 15.00 he was sending the troops in against an anti-imperialist demonstration. First Video Edit First Text Report Meeting for Baldonnel arrestees Further footage at indymedia film night

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'They are at once the boldest and the most unmanageable of revolutionaries.
with our backs to the Military parade, we handed out flyers specially printed for the day. The front of the flyer contained details of the relevent campaign and on the back, a copy of the Proclamation with the associated text highlighted. For Shell2Sea and Save Tara ("We declare the right of the Irish People to the ownership of Ireland"); Residents Against Racism ("Cherishing all of the children of the Nation equally"); Cosantoiri Siochana's 'Nothing To Declare' / CIA renditions through Shannon ("We hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a Sovereign Independent State"); and Black Shamrock flyers ("In every generation the Irish People have asserted their right to National freedom and Sovereignty"). Our placards had those same quotes with Black Shamrock posters pasted to the back.
Many campaigns, one simple message; Bertie you're a hypocrite - enact the Proclamation!

I was one of the few (the very few) who decided that the best place to mark the anniversary was out at Baldonnel airbase. Home to the Irish air force and increasingly to US Hercules and rendition / torture fights. Once Britain demanded the right to use Irish ports to project its naval power around the globe. Now the USA demands the right to use our airports to project its military power.

With around 15 others I took part in the Critical Mass that left Heuston station at 1.45 to make its way to Baldonnel via the Grand canal. As we passed through Clondalkin we were passed by a bus load of anarchist youth also heading for Baldonnel. Between us and another dozen who made their own way there around 70 of us turned up.

That we were in for a hostile reception was immediately obvious. As soon as people got off the bus the Gardai moved in to make their first arrest – of someone who felt the call of nature and had retired into a field to relieve this. Soon after the car of someone was seized under a technical pretext.

As we marched to the airport we found not only dozens of Gardai waiting for us but also over 100 soldiers, the police helicopter and the Baldonnel fire truck deployed as a water cannon. Bertie was taking no risks.

Inside the fence the soldiers were ordered into lines, outside the Gardai travelled on foot, in cars and on bikes. At the main gate to the airport the Gardai had prepared a protest pen. No one entered it but we did deliver a statement that we intended to inspect the airport for weapons and torture flights. A thin blue line formed in front of the gates and inside a thicker green one as soldiers jogged up to the gates. We attempted an entry but alas failed in this attempt.

So we marched on around the perimeter of the airfield till we came to a section where construction work had left a way through to the perimeter fence. 1-2-3 charge and away the front of the march went over the hill. The gardai were slow to react but as those at the front got near the fence soliders in camouflage emerged from the bushs on the other side.

Nevertheless ropes were soon in place and a pull was started on the fence – short lived as the arrival of the Lancers of today (bicycle gardai) interrupted proceedings. With the cavalry in placed the foot soldiers were given a few vital moments to catch up, throw a few punches and kicks and make some more arrests.

The arrests as usual were pretty random – but they were more violent than those seen at recent anti-war demonstrations. People were punched in the face, throttled and slammed into the ground. Once on the grounds knees were applied to the neck or boots to the face. Bertie had given the orders.

Those who were left formed and marched back out of the area to catch the bus to Clondalkin Gardai station and to demand the release of our comrades. After a couple of hours they were released and we retired to Dublin city centre.

So tonight Bertie like McNally before him can sleep sound in his bed knowing he has struck the republican pose and taken the imperialist gold at the same time. Unlike Leonard he has done so in public - will you let him get away with it?

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   More images     Casement deserves better    Sun Apr 16, 2006 23:26 
   fair play     republican socialist    Sun Apr 16, 2006 23:52 
   ..     Rory    Mon Apr 17, 2006 00:30 
   rte news.     dissenter    Mon Apr 17, 2006 01:07 
   I salute your extraordinary courage.     Coilín    Mon Apr 17, 2006 01:26 
   sure     P O Neil    Mon Apr 17, 2006 02:20 
   take action     raab    Mon Apr 17, 2006 02:24 
   well done!     .:. @ + *    Mon Apr 17, 2006 03:32 
   RTE     ('',)    Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:27 
 10   hindsight...     A    Mon Apr 17, 2006 17:56 
 11   B,C,D,E,F,G.... lots of letters that don't imply anarchy     Phuq Hedd    Mon Apr 17, 2006 18:50 
 12   Military Parade in -the city centre- yesterday     q, j, x, pi, @, ~, #, ¬ (or whatever letter you want)    Mon Apr 17, 2006 19:22 
 13   Actually theer was an action     krossie    Mon Apr 17, 2006 19:42 
 14   A?     V for Vendetta    Mon Apr 17, 2006 20:44 
 15   yesterday     @narch@    Mon Apr 17, 2006 20:55 
 16   attack     Keith    Mon Apr 17, 2006 21:03 
 17   bs..     kropotkin    Mon Apr 17, 2006 21:27 
 18   Meeting for arrestees     Helpful    Mon Apr 17, 2006 23:12 
 19   Black Bloc Caption     Doleitariat    Tue Apr 18, 2006 00:01 
 20   I'm pretty sure     Badman    Tue Apr 18, 2006 00:36 
 21   Caption     c.    Tue Apr 18, 2006 01:33 
 22   Wear your helmets     Eleth    Tue Apr 18, 2006 14:56 
 23   I was wondering about how the weekend wd be featurised.     Chris    Tue Apr 18, 2006 15:30 
 24   Baldonnel     spotless mind    Tue Apr 18, 2006 17:57 
 25   Jumping around?     Keith    Tue Apr 18, 2006 20:53 
 26   The True Spirit of 1916     BRéNOC    Tue Apr 18, 2006 21:34 
 27   local support     krossie    Tue Apr 18, 2006 22:14 
 28   Name and rank     Keith    Wed Apr 19, 2006 01:15 
 29   Bullshit     Realist    Wed Apr 19, 2006 05:58 
 30   Speaking for the Silent Majority     Silent Majoritarian    Wed Apr 19, 2006 06:27 
 31   how fitting..     Irony    Wed Apr 19, 2006 15:45 
 32   Your right     Joe    Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:12 
 33   Kidding yourself     Keith    Thu Apr 20, 2006 14:00 
 34   well no. there's a mountain of difference between the 1916 lot and the Baldonnel lot.     john maxwell & helga    Thu Apr 20, 2006 14:21 
 35   Shannon/Baldonnel - One plus one makes much more than two     MichaelY    Thu Apr 20, 2006 14:48 
 36   Arrests?     Daithi    Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:22 
 37   Not just arrests Daithi     R. Isible    Tue Apr 25, 2006 21:04 
 38   Senseless     Enda    Wed May 03, 2006 02:32 


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