Oscailt#OccupyIreland, 6 camps and building... Dublin, Cork, Galway, Belfast, Waterford...Letterkenny..OccupyIreland network is giving hope where previously there was none.
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2011-11-07T16:50:50+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=100863http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifget latest #occupyireland news from the TWEET machinehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854542011-11-07T16:50:50+00:00TWITTER-er#OccupyIreland, 6 camps and building... #Dublin, #Cork, #Galway, #Belfast, #Wate...#OccupyIreland, 6 camps and building... #Dublin, #Cork, #Galway, #Belfast, #Waterford, #Letterkenny indymedia.ie/article/100863 #occupydamestreet<br><br>#OccupyIreland - <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/bwoc3om" title="http://tinyurl.com/bwoc3om">http://tinyurl.com/bwoc3om</a></b><br>#OccupyDublin - <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3p8v4tr" title="http://tinyurl.com/3p8v4tr">http://tinyurl.com/3p8v4tr</a></b><br>#OccupyCork - <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/btd7kyf" title="http://tinyurl.com/btd7kyf">http://tinyurl.com/btd7kyf</a></b><br>#OccupyGalway - <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/c9hyalq" title="http://tinyurl.com/c9hyalq">http://tinyurl.com/c9hyalq</a></b><br>#OccupyBelfast - <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6j75g82" title="http://tinyurl.com/6j75g82">http://tinyurl.com/6j75g82</a><br>#OccupyWaterford - <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/d8g6r7j" title="http://tinyurl.com/d8g6r7j">http://tinyurl.com/d8g6r7j</a></b><br>#OccupyLetterkenny - <b><a href="http://tinyurl.com/cxgd797" title="http://tinyurl.com/cxgd797">http://tinyurl.com/cxgd797</a></b><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Happy Birthday Occupy Dame Street - ye are all fuc*ing legends, thanks and respect. ROCK ON!!!http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854562011-11-07T17:23:36+00:00DunkOccupy Dame Street - Birthday Celebration - 4 Weeks (FB invite: http://www.faceb...<br><h1><span class="profileName fn fsxl fwb">Occupy Dame Street - Birthday Celebration - 4 Weeks</span></h1> (FB invite: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195808560495552&nbsp" title="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195808560495552&nbsp">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195808560495552 </a>; )<br><br><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Come
join us on Saturday the 5th of November #occupydamestreet will hold a
Barn Raiser and 'Birthday Party' to celebrate and build on four weeks of
continuous occupation of the Central Bank Plaza. </span><br><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> </span><br><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> To mark the occasion #occupydamestreet will call together all of those who have participated in the occupation to date. </span><br><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> </span><br><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">
A 'Barn Raising' will take place from 9am onward where the
infrastructure of the camp will be solidified and developed. The
birthday party involving, a large group of artists exhibiting, music, an
open mic for entertainers, kazoos, reunions and a big cake will take
place between 2.30 and 5.30pm. </span><br><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> </span><br><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> After the party
#occupydamestreet will hold, as is usual at the site of the occupation, a
general assembly at 6pm. The assembly will focus on reflecting on the
past and future of the occupation.</span><br><br><h1><span class="profileName fn fsxl fwb">Vids of Occupy Dame Street - Birthday Celebration<br></span></h1><span style="font-style: italic;">Occupy Dame Street is now 4 weeks old! To celebrate ODS held a birthday
party at which a stream of musicians and passers by joined in over the
course of the day and evening. The video also contains an interview with
Kevin, who spoke rousingly on day one, about his hopes for the future
of Occupy Dame Street.</span><br><br>Vid : Occupy Dame Street: 4 weeks - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! <a href="http://vimeo.com/31684450" title="http://vimeo.com/31684450">http://vimeo.com/31684450</a><br>view more of the great vids put together covering #occupydamestreet by<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dave Donnellan</span></span> at <a href="http://vimeo.com/sparkfilms" title="http://vimeo.com/sparkfilms">http://vimeo.com/sparkfilms</a><br><br>The earlier vid with Kevin is found at : Occupy Dame Street: Day One <a href="http://vimeo.com/30239170" title="http://vimeo.com/30239170">http://vimeo.com/30239170</a><br><br>Full vid of the b-day party can be viewed of the archive of the LIVESTREAM that went out:<br>Part 1 - <a href="http://www.livestream.com/occupydamestreet/video?clipId=pla_09781bf8-58f6-49d6-9540-f490864a046f" title="http://www.livestream.com/occupydamestreet/video?clipId=pla_09781bf8-58f6-49d6-9540-f490864a046f">http://www.livestream.com/occupydamestreet/video?clipId...a046f</a><br>Part 2 - <a href="http://www.livestream.com/occupydamestreet/video?clipId=pla_ea55d811-4ca0-4180-81bf-c1f9a5d21aff" title="http://www.livestream.com/occupydamestreet/video?clipId=pla_ea55d811-4ca0-4180-81bf-c1f9a5d21aff">http://www.livestream.com/occupydamestreet/video?clipId...21aff</a><br><h1>Whats the buzz down in Dame St?<br></h1>There has bee loads of positive reviews of whats been going on, Unkie Dave was doing really great nearly nightly reporting after many hours doing stuff to help keep all the things going in the camp, flick through his blog to get a feeling for the pure magic thats happening down there. Heres 1 article: <a href="http://www.boomingback.org/2011/10/occupydamestreet-jazz-hands.html" title="http://www.boomingback.org/2011/10/occupydamestreet-jazz-hands.html">http://www.boomingback.org/2011/10/occupydamestreet-jaz....html</a><br><h3>
#OccupyDameStreet - Jazz Hands
</h3>The General Assemblies are an open and collaborative affair, a way for
everyone to have their voices heard, news and announcements to be shared
and for the #OccupyDameStreet movement to take its collective
decisions. Anyone can participate in these meetings, even if they have
just arrived at the site, and a system of hand gestures is used to show
agreement, disagreement or to raise points of order and information, the
idea being that if you just agree with something, you can show your
agreement by waving your hands in the air, there's no need for everyone
to speak just to say, 'I agree with her". If this idea had been
introduced to the last office I worked in, our department meetings would
have been over in five minutes and we'd all have had more time for the
important things like coffee and sleeping. As agreement is reached
through consensus, an awful lot of hand-waving takes place and the
effect has come to be lovingly referred to as "Jazz Hands".<br>
<br>
Smooth.<br>
<br>
Nice.<br>
<br><h3>Summaries of his articles appear also at <br></h3>politico.ie <a href="http://politico.ie/crisisjam/7954-support-the-99-protesters-occupy-dublins-dame-street.html" title="http://politico.ie/crisisjam/7954-support-the-99-protesters-occupy-dublins-dame-street.html">http://politico.ie/crisisjam/7954-support-the-99-protes....html</a><br>thejournal.ie <a href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-im-a-businessman-heres-why-i-joined-occupy-dame-street/" title="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-im-a-businessman-heres-why-i-joined-occupy-dame-street/">http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-im-a-businessman...reet/</a><br>#OccupyDameStreet Wishlist + livestream channelhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854672011-11-07T19:28:46+00:00#OccupyDameStreetIreland: #occupydamestreet Emergency requests for heavy duty sleeping bags / the...<span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ireland: #occupydamestreet Emergency requests for heavy duty sleeping bags / thermal gear / heavy blankets from camp. Rain gone. Cold now the enemy.<br><br></span>Ireland, Dubln - general assembly now on livestream at <a href="http://www.livestream.com/occupydamestreet" title="http://www.livestream.com/occupydamestreet">http://www.livestream.com/occupydamestreet</a></span><br><br><br><br><br>So let the music keep your spirits high - #OccupyDameStreet Part 1http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854682011-11-07T20:24:05+00:00music @ Occupy Dame Street"So let the music keep your spirits high" is a line from a great song by Jackson..."So let the music keep your spirits high" is a line from a great song by <span class="">Jackson Browne, that was made famous for many Irish by Christy Moore; "Before The Deluge".<br><br>Anyway down in Dame Street, down by the banks of the Lee, out on windswept Eyre Square, up by writers square, out with the blahs down in the Deise or up and making trouble up in Tír Conall... <br>Aswell as plotting and scheming, building tent cities, making, sharing out and eating food, doing the wash up, managing live streams, giving the odd interview to RTE or TV3, agreeing with those shaking jazz hands, chatting passionately with a stranger over a cup of tea, sitting in wonder, drying off wet socks, composing a poem... (the list goes on, all part of </span><span class=""> making Revolution</span><span class="">) There has been a whole host of cracking music, from both people down living in the camps and also people who have come down to visit... So heres a bit of a list, granted it wont be a full one, of whats be going on... <br><br></span><h1><span class="">(</span>12oct - day 5)</h1>
<h1>
<span class="">
Occupy dame street crew: </span>
We dont want to fight no more...</h1><div>
</div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzgSJxgvJdo" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzgSJxgvJdo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzgSJxgvJdo</a><br><h1>
<span class="">
The Mighty Stef: "Milk" + "Born to Run" </span>
</h1><span class=""><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iBjL-JLCkY" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iBjL-JLCkY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iBjL-JLCkY</a><br><br>More to come, I'll leave ye with the wise words from that song by Jackson Browne, who knows, seeing as how this thing is really taking off around Ireland, soon we might even see Christy coming down for a tune, now that would be something:</span><span class=""><br></span><h2>Jackson Browne : Before The Deluge <br></h2><br>Some of them were dreamers
<br>And some of them were fools
<br>Who were making plans and thinking of the future
<br>With the energy of the innocent
<br>They were gathering the tools
<br>They would need to make their journey back to nature
<br>While the sand slipped through the opening
<br>And their hands reached for the golden ring
<br>With their hearts they turned to each other's heart for refuge
<br>In the troubled years that came before the deluge
<br><br>Some of them knew pleasure
<br>And some of them knew pain
<br>And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered
<br>And on the brave and crazy wings of youth
<br>They went flying around in the rain
<br>And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered
<br>And in the end they traded their tired wings
<br>For the resignation that living brings
<br>And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow
<br>For the glitter and the rouge
<br>And in the moment they were swept before the deluge
<br>
<br>Now let the music keep our spirits high
<br>And let the buildings keep our children dry
<br>Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
<br>By and by--
<br>When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
<br>
<br>Some of them were angry
<br>At the way the earth was abused
<br>By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power
<br>And they struggled to protect her from them
<br>Only to be confused
<br>By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour
<br>And when the sand was gone and the time arrived
<br>In the naked dawn only a few survived
<br>And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge
<br>Believed that they were meant to live after the deluge
<br>
<br>Now let the music keep our spirits high
<br>And let the buildings keep our children dry
<br>Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
<br>By and by--
<br>When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky<br><h1>
<span class="">
Christy Moore : before the deluge
</span></h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQpoLUPSa1U" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQpoLUPSa1U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQpoLUPSa1U</a><br><br><h1>
</h1>So let the music... #OccupyDameStreet Part 2 - Jinx Lennonhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854702011-11-07T20:49:12+00:00music @ Occupy Dame StreetDundalk folk-punk-poet Jinx Lennon performed at the
Occupy Dame Street demonstr...<span class=""></span>Dundalk folk-punk-poet Jinx Lennon performed at the
Occupy Dame Street demonstration outside the Central Bank, Dublin, on
20th October 2011 (Day 13)<br><div><h1>
</h1><h1><span class="">2 faced pricks
</span><br></h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y-ZFtDNV3Q" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y-ZFtDNV3Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y-ZFtDNV3Q</a><br><br><h1>
<span class="long-title">
U CAN'T KEEP EVERY1 HAPPY
</span></h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Rkh_hKollwU" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Rkh_hKollwU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Rkh_hKollwU</a><br><br></div><h1>
<span class="">BIG PROTEST DAY!
</span></h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Yq2yPrqc8" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Yq2yPrqc8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Yq2yPrqc8</a><span class=""></span><br>
<br>
<h1>
<span class="">
you must forgive the cunts
</span></h1>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VecxyxhmCCI" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VecxyxhmCCI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VecxyxhmCCI</a><br><br><h1>
<span class="">
Jinx Lennon : Unknown title<br></span></h1><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVgPkHzkHao" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVgPkHzkHao">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVgPkHzkHao</a><br><br>So let the music... #OccupyDameStreet Part 3 - Billy Bragghttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854712011-11-07T21:22:15+00:00music @ Occupy Dame StreetBilly Bragg free secret solidarity gig at Occupy Dame Street, Saturday 22nd Octo...<div class="comment-title">Billy Bragg free secret solidarity gig at Occupy Dame Street, Saturday 22nd October 2011 (Day 15)<span style="font-style: italic;"><br><br></span>Billy read out the following message to the assembled crowd from #OccupyLondon<span style="font-style: italic;">:<br></span></div><span class="article-details" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="article-detail"><em><br></em></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Dear
occupy Dublin, you are beautiful. Never doubt that what you are doing
is important and relevant and makes a great difference. You give us a
chance to see how the world can be if we only want it enough. We are the
future and we refuse to pay for theirs any longer... </span><br><p><span class="short_text" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="hps">dlúthpháirtíochta</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> (solidarity as gaeilge)</span><br><br>*** He sang the following tunes:<br><br>1 -<span class="long-title"> </span><span class="">Which side are you on</span><br><span class="long-title">2 - There is power in a union</span><br>3 - <span class="long-title">The Internationale </span><span class="long-title"><br></span><span class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span>Occupy Dame Street ft BillyBragg : Intro + Which side are you on (with a little early tek sound problem)<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urmxj4Ee-WM" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urmxj4Ee-WM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urmxj4Ee-WM</a><br></span><span class="long-title"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span class="long-title"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span>Occupy Dame Street: Billy Bragg singing 'There is power in a union' 22nd October 2011<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQzfmwJw-fQ" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQzfmwJw-fQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQzfmwJw-fQ</a><br></span></p><h1>
</h1><span class="long-title"><span style="font-weight: bold;">
</span>Occupy Dame Street introducing Billy Bragg- The Internationale <br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AL8_ElpStg" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AL8_ElpStg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AL8_ElpStg</a></span><br><br>Related articles:<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br><br></span>#OccupyDameStreet March + Billy Bragg secret solidarity gig<span style="font-weight: bold;">: </span><a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100761" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100761">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100761</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span><br>
Occupy Dame Street article: <a href="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100658&comment_limit=0&condense_comments=false#comment285176" title="http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100658&comment_limit=0&condense_comments=false#comment285176">http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100658&comment_limit=0&...85176</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br><br></span>#OccupyDameStreet - The Internationale Unites the Human Race
<br><a href="http://www.boomingback.org/2011/10/occupydamestreet-internationale-unites.html" title="http://www.boomingback.org/2011/10/occupydamestreet-internationale-unites.html">http://www.boomingback.org/2011/10/occupydamestreet-int....html</a><br>So let the music... #OccupyDameStreet Part 4 - Michael Frantihttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854732011-11-07T21:35:50+00:00Music @ Occupy Dame StreetOccupy Dame Street: Michael Franti (Oct 25th - Day 18)
Franti brought 15 minute...<br><h1>Occupy Dame Street: Michael Franti (Oct 25th - Day 18)<br></h1>
Franti brought 15 minutes of pure sunshine to Dame Street after the wettest day on camp so far.<br>article/100801<br><br>vid at <a href="http://vimeo.com/31126499" title="http://vimeo.com/31126499">http://vimeo.com/31126499</a>So let the music... #OccupyDameStreet Part 5 - Barley Mobhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854752011-11-07T21:51:43+00:00Music @ Occupy Dame Street
Barley Mob: You'll Never Be Lost When You've Got Music
http://www.youtube...<br><h1>
<span class="">
</span>Barley Mob: <span class="">You'll Never Be Lost When You've Got Music
</span></h1>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ok8k0wJzng" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ok8k0wJzng">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ok8k0wJzng</a><br><br>The Barley Mob performing "You'll Never Be Lost When You've Got Music"
for Occupy Dame Street Protest Camp at the Central Bank in Dublin city
centre. October 15th, 2011<br><h1>
<span class="">
Folsom Prison Blues & Stand Up, Rise Up
</span></h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2JQwwFoYE" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2JQwwFoYE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2JQwwFoYE</a><br><br>Thanks to Eamon De Staic, for recording and uploading these, great energy in the street...<br><br>So let the music... #OccupyDameStreet Part 6 - A bit of trad + a little french dittyhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854762011-11-07T22:11:54+00:00Music @ Occupy Dame Street
Occupy Dame Street - Trad session - Early Day Five (guitar and mandolin)htt...<br><h1>
<span class="">
Occupy Dame Street - Trad session - Early Day Five (guitar and mandolin)<br></span></h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uQ9xtKrJig" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uQ9xtKrJig">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uQ9xtKrJig</a><br><br><h1>
<span class="long-title">
Occupy Dame Street, Dublin, Ireland - 12-10-11 - Irish music session at the camp <br></span></h1><span class="long-title"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>(flutes n fiddles everywhere, if tis music you want, you should come to #OccupyDameStreet... This one went out on the LIVESTREAM)</span>
<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohs2mWECK6M" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohs2mWECK6M">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohs2mWECK6M</a><br><h1>
<span class="">
</span>Deux Jeune Filles a #<span class="">OccupyDame</span><span class="">Street
</span></h1>
<h1>
</h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKC48J95iLs" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKC48J95iLs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKC48J95iLs</a><br><br>Deux Jeune Filles Chanteuese a Chanson prochaine du Encampment au le
Banc Central du L'Irlande a Rue Dame en Dublin contre le gross Bankers
elite et IMF/Two Young Girls Sing at the Central Bank of Ireland
Encampment in Dame Street Dublin against the Big Banking Elite and
IMF.27eme octobre 2011.<br><br>Un L'homme ivresse pres et aural per meme secondes/A Drunken man was nearby and can be heard for a few seconds.<br><br>So let the music... #OccupyCork Part 1 - Paddy Nash, Billy brag + A bit of tradhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854772011-11-07T22:54:09+00:00Music @ Occupy CorkAnd of course, its not only in the BIG SHMOKE that all the music is going on, oh...And of course, its not only in the BIG SHMOKE that all the music is going on, oh no no... some great stuff from the other corners of the island, heres a little bit from the Peoples Repulic, the Rebels of Cork<br><br><h1>
<span class="">
Paddy Nash - Greedy Little Man- Occupy Cork
</span></h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqU3ZRVFI_0" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqU3ZRVFI_0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqU3ZRVFI_0</a><br><br>Paddy is, as far as I know, from Derry and was touring with Billy Bragg... This is a great great song with one of the best lines Ive heard <span style="font-weight: bold;">"I'll shit on you, I'll shit on you, I'll shit on you, I'll shit on you, I'll shit on you, I'll shit on you, I'll shit on you.... and your little dog"<br><br></span><h1>
<span class="">
Occupy Cork, friday 21st Oct, trad session
</span></h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_t9Tu2XA1E" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_t9Tu2XA1E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_t9Tu2XA1E</a><br><h1>
<span class="">
Billy bragg at occupy cork: There is power in the union<br></span></h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFqT1TwEYdY" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFqT1TwEYdY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFqT1TwEYdY</a><br><br>**** Keep updated on stuff at CORK's Youtbube channel : Music at OC <br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/occupycork#g/c/C8C4D4F59B55ACE8" title="http://www.youtube.com/user/occupycork#g/c/C8C4D4F59B55ACE8">http://www.youtube.com/user/occupycork#g/c/C8C4D4F59B55ACE8</a><br><br>short report from the Galway camphttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854802011-11-08T07:37:51+00:00wageslaveJust visited the folks at occupy Galway camp tonight for a chat. Spent a few hou...Just visited the folks at occupy Galway camp tonight for a chat. Spent a few hours helping out a bit with late night security and chatting to the public and some of the occupiers. Getting quite cold here in Galway now. But the late night drinkers are more of an issue than the cold. Some isolated drunken abuse but mainly a very positive response from the public. <br><br>A very friendly welcoming (and hardy!) bunch of people at the camp. Holding up well under trying conditions. Their resolve seems strong. <br><br>Solidarity folks and thanks for your kind hospitality. Hope to be back again soon for another visit.<br><br>Best wishes to all<br><br>wageslave (personal capacity)<br>Ods occupied by swphttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2854842011-11-08T12:58:33+00:00martinThe occupy dame street protest is already hijacked by the
swp who send at least ...<p>The occupy dame street protest is already hijacked by the
swp who send at least 5 members to every general assembly meeting every evening.
ODS are naïve as they do not even get speakers to declare which party they
represent before taking the mic and <span style=""> </span>the
swp always speak. At Mondays meeting UK main swp head John Molyyneux
took the mic ¾ times. Some of the ODS seem flattered to be asked to meetings
with the unions. They seem to be backtracking on what they decided last week
which was to not work inside the system and went to a meeting with the swp TD,
the trade unions and the Leader of the swp, Kieran Allen. They will be played
like puppets by savvier political players in my opinion. The swp are currently
dong their best to wreck the ULA by insisting on sharing a platform with the labour
Party. So if you share a platform with the Swp and they share a platform Labour
how is that staying outside the system.</p>
<p>At least the socialist party have the respect stay away.
It’s actually a bit off-putting to unaligned political activists to go to
meetings there and see it monopolised by swp. They seem to have ignored the
position of ODS which was to not work with political parties. ODS should make
thier position clear and show strength or else they will lose support. Everyone
knows the swp will use them to try to recruit more followers for their own
party as that’s always their main objective. Any sharing a platform with
political parties would serve only the high profile people like RBB and Dr. Allen
who want to boost there own profile by claiming ownership of ODS and claim ODS
supporters as their own. We’ve seen it all before.</p>
I want to help with the Limerick sidehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2855672011-11-11T14:23:15+00:00Anthony Kinneenanthonykinneen36 at yahoo dot ieWhat ye are doing is brilliant, keep up the good work and don't loose hope. Ther...What ye are doing is brilliant, keep up the good work and don't loose hope. There will be light at the end of the tunnel, but we all may have to do some more and get them going in every town in the country/world. Can anyone please help me organise one to begin in Limerick@Martinhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2855742011-11-11T15:29:23+00:00opus diablosYou are not the only one with gripes about the SWP..but I do find all this gener...You are not the only one with gripes about the SWP..but I do find all this generic swiping puzzling...was it Behan said the first item on every Irish political agenda is the split?<br>I've encountered them over the years, had disagreements as well as common ground, and retained my independence without getting into destructive argumentation while the usual suspects laugh at the disarray from the sidelines.<br><br>Kieran Allen has written a couple of useful books...I've also argued with him..but found he is capable of listening...maybe I just expect less perfection in my potential allies...and just as I dont go along with robotic ideological dogmatists..neither do i expect any movement to be an agreeable hive of clones of my outlook. <br>I've aslo had disagreements with Eamonn McCann, but respect a lot of what he has done..have you given Raytheon any headaches?<br>And where I do disagree with people in organisations I am reluctant to join, i dont generally attack the organisation...I attack the ideas I disagree with. It minimises the sectarianism. The more you personalise it, the less rational the debate. Rationality is already not our strong point, lets not reduce it further.<br><br>As for 'staying outside the system'...that smacks of sloganeering and empty rhetoric...we're all locked in the system in my understanding of the term.. so I suggest you elaborate and clarify your terms, unless you have some economic universe of your own that facilitates such pristine detachment. <br>paranoidhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2856052011-11-12T19:34:28+00:00martinI think the fear of the swp causing a split at ODS is a rational fear. How can t...I think the fear of the swp causing a split at ODS is a rational fear. How can they really think they have the right to come in and try and change the consensus system. They really should have a bit more respect. It is really obnoxiuos that thier members don't bother to do the hand signs, Keiran Allen should have instructed them to do the jazz hands. The whole movement is supposed to be about direct democracy not swp domination.<br>splitshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2856462011-11-14T13:16:38+00:00opus diabloswill happen..and there wil always be intervention by provocateurs...get used to ...will happen..and there wil always be intervention by provocateurs...get used to it...the trick is to follow the positive energy and ideas...and challenge individuals, whatever their alignments, who shift into negativity and sectarian bickering...meantime here are a few ideas for consideration that might be more fruitful for debate and discussion.<br><br><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27611" title="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27611">http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=27611</a><br><br><br>A cafe and a new kitchen ... whee heh!http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2858072011-11-18T23:43:13+00:00Dave--Solidarity from Occupy London and former Philly top cop arrested at Occupy NYChttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2858142011-11-19T09:20:44+00:00CiaronMany thanx Dave for the vid updates from Dame St.London Catholic Worker has spen...Many thanx Dave for the vid updates from Dame St.<br><br>London Catholic Worker has spent the past month supporting Occupy at St. Paul's Cathedral<br>We do this because a lot of the themes down there resonate with what we are trying to do at Giseppe Conlon House in Harringay/London....direct democracy, nonviolence, hospitality to the homeless, anti-capitalism, moving on from marching form A to B as the state sanctioned form of "legitiamate protest"<br><br>Here's a speech I gave at the "Sermon on the Steps" before the Cathedral dropped its eviction plans<br><a href="http://londoncatholicworker.org/" title="http://londoncatholicworker.org/">http://londoncatholicworker.org/</a><br>(just scroll down to the vid clip marked Occupy)<br><br>There's quite a few Irish and Australian activists at Occupy London...so it's been great catching up on the news from home.<br><br>The scene is healthy here....lot of tolerance for the variety of politics and world views in the mix, lots of interaction with workers and tourists and now a huge building has been occupied nearby (empty USB Bank building....as Dylan would say "if ya not busy being born, ya busy dying!"<br><br>Did you see this<br>Retired Phily police captain arrested at NCY Occupy Wall Street <br><div><a href="http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20/8473-focus-police-captain-joins-occupy-protest-arrested" title="http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20/8473-focus-police-captain-joins-occupy-protest-arrested">http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20...ested</a></div><div><br>As DanBerrigan would say "Just don't do something, stand there!"<br>Stay staunch<br></div><br>Total waste of time.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2858562011-11-20T12:17:24+00:00Cat ShannonThere are only two types of people in this world. The predators and grazers. And...There are only two types of people in this world. The predators and grazers. And the predators always get to the top because they are prepared to fight to get there and to consume people and things that get in their way. The others haven't the nerve or the courage or the ruthlessness or the hunger. So the world is governed by the predators who become the potentates. And the potentates are never satisfied. They must go on and on seeking more the currency they worship. Power, power and more power. If you think that there is enough of it to be taken and it needs a war to grab, you get a war. The rest the so-called idealism is a load of cock. The big battalions always wins, the press always approves and the grazers get conned into believing it.I demand..http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2858592011-11-20T13:08:41+00:00opus diablos..a recount.I'm sure there are at least 5 types. Funny how a false premise can l.....a recount.<br><br>I'm sure there are at least 5 types. Funny how a false premise can lead you up a cul de sac of cynical apathy. I'm not into rose-tinted optimism. shit no, but we do outnumber the idiots. Dont join them, dont feed them. Let them eat their gold. We feed them, our mistake.<br>"the press always approves"http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2858662011-11-20T15:28:28+00:00Justin MorahanMay be "99%" true Those within the press who disagree get sucked dry, chewed, di...May be "99%" true <br><br>Those within the press who disagree get sucked dry, chewed, digested, swallowed up, or vomited out.<br><br>Is it time then to start a new press for Occupy Dame Street? Just an idea.<br>new press?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2858782011-11-20T18:42:54+00:00opus diablosI thought this was part of that op. From Tahrir to Oakland and all station...I thought this was part of that op. <br><br>From Tahrir to Oakland and all stations NSEW..remains to be seen how long the windows stay open...<br>Remarkable scenes of nonviolent resistance to in the face pepper spraying at Occupy U.C. Davis, Calhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2858972011-11-21T10:40:11+00:00CiaronRemarkable scenes of nonviolent resistance to in the face pepper spraying at Occ...Remarkable scenes of nonviolent resistance to in the face pepper spraying at Occupy U.C. Davis, California<br><br>I
recall receiving hospitality, shelter and food from students of U.C.
Davis as a hundred of us walked against the death penalty from
Sacremento to San Quentin in 1989. These recent scenes of courage,
dignity and nonviolent resistance from U.C. Davis students in the face
of growing fascism in the U.S. is deeply inspiring.<br><br>Stills, Vid & Interview following in the face pepper spray of students at Occupy U.C. Davis, California<br>
<a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/11/20/ucdeyetwitness.html#more-130524" title="http://boingboing.net/2011/11/20/ucdeyetwitness.html#more-130524">http://boingboing.net/2011/11/20/ucdeyetwitness.html#mo...30524</a><br><br>U.C. Davis Vice Chancellor gets the silent treatment during her walk of shame. Students are calling for her to resign<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8775ZmNGFY8" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8775ZmNGFY8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=...NGFY8</a><br>
<br>FRANCE 24 TV Report of November 20th 2011http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2859942011-11-25T18:44:54+00:00W. FinnertyHow the "Masonic" Goldman Sachs Bankers are strengthening their control over
Eu...How the "Masonic" Goldman Sachs Bankers are strengthening their control over
Europe in really major ways, and featuring our very own home grown Irish
Globalist Mr Peter Sutherland (former Attorney General of the Republic of
Ireland):<br>
<a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1403/148/FRANCE_24_TV_:_Masonic_Goldman_Sachs_Controls_Europe_Starring_our_very_own_home_grown_Irish_globalist_Mr_Peter_Sutherland.html" title="http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1403/148/FRANCE_24_TV_:_Masonic_Goldman_Sachs_Controls_Europe_Starring_our_very_own_home_grown_Irish_globalist_Mr_Peter_Sutherland.html">http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1403/148/FRANCE_24_TV_:_....html</a><br>
Collaboration and Solidarityhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2860202011-11-26T18:49:23+00:00AidoFJust returned home for a whole afternoon in the city centre, observing, chatting...Just returned home for a whole afternoon in the city centre, observing, chatting with people and taking part in Pre-Budeget protest march, hosted by the alliance against cuts and Dublin Council of Trade Unions. Media is reporting "..less than 2,000" people turning out (RTE News webpage). We need more people on the streets in the next 2 weeks; many, many more: for non-violent, direction action tactics also.
A number of issues arise if the language used during protests speeches at GPO is to reverberate around the nation:
1. Collaborative actions between CCUPY camps in Ireland experienced, politically aligned and non-aligned activist and middle-ranking trade union leaders (not top leaders contaminated by discredited Partnership model) with O is VITAL and must be based on mutual respect and trust, so that an agreed platform. That way you build credibility with wider range of key players and sustain credibility with the public.
2. As one who's been around the margins of the Green Party and Labour Party for over 12 years, I'm keenly aware of the danger of self-delusion and arrogant, ego-centrism (Gilmore is full of these days!). Servant Leadership - humility, charismatic and visionary, is urgently need; not reactionary self-serving egoits. The people are crying out for from their apathy and cynicism.
3. Having visited (at least 3 times since October) OCCUPY DAME ST (and subscribed), I sense a degree of naeivety and apolitical self-delusion. OCCUPY is in danger of infantile notions. Politics and polity are not dirty words; they are essential to civilisation and civil society. If OCCUPY wishes to be more than a passing fad, it must engage in real world politics, not vague, wishful thinking. Working people, the old, poor, marginalised, disabled all have a just claim to political solutions. If OCCUPY cannot articulate and express solutions, succinctly and shrewdly, it will be regarded as circus.
I sincerely hope and pray that OCCUPY has the capacity to built strategic alliances with a view to raising the appalling poor, quality of social and political consciousness amongst vast swathes of the Irish electorate.Recording of Occupy Limerick from Saturday 3/12/'11http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2862682011-12-06T16:10:04+00:00MO'Chttp://soundcloud.com/the-moc/occupy-limerick-sonic
Tea, soup, welcomes, drums,...<a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-moc/occupy-limerick-sonic" title="http://soundcloud.com/the-moc/occupy-limerick-sonic">http://soundcloud.com/the-moc/occupy-limerick-sonic</a>
Tea, soup, welcomes, drums, marching, chats, discussions, and hip hop freestylin'.
Check it out y'all!Christy Moore in Dame Streethttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2863592011-12-11T12:59:24+00:00Dave--thats just your party political opinion.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2863632011-12-11T16:16:18+00:00lefty"If OCCUPY wishes to be more than a passing fad, it must engage in real
world p...<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"If OCCUPY wishes to be more than a passing fad, it must engage in real
world politics, not vague, wishful thinking. Working people, the old,
poor, marginalised, disabled all have a just claim to political
solutions. If OCCUPY cannot articulate and express solutions, succinctly
and shrewdly, it will be regarded as circus."</span><br><br>Must it? Thats exactly what politicians do. They express solutions succintly and shrewdly. Trouble is they are mostly electioneering lies. Words are cheap. OCCUPY is about more than a few cheap words. Its about taking back the space to discuss ideas other than those that are spoonfed to us. Its about having discussions other than only the ones we are supposed to have, framed in different ways to the ways we are supposed to have them framed for us. And Having them in an ongoing constant and slowly building manner rather than as a once off quickly forgotten ephemeral "two minute hate" release of steam government approved event like a march.<br><br>Why do you say "OCCUPY will be regarded as a circus" if they don't do what the politicians do. Its clear that what the politicians do is the real circus here. And we are the clowns for falling for their cheap lying words. <br><br>Irish people don't believe cheap words anymore. They will believe OCCUPY when they see that they are still here creating a vital ongoing growing public space to discuss and make connections in a few months time instead of conducting ephemeral well behaved marches that are ignored or twisted by media, or making clever electioneering speeches.<br><br>Its more important to take back the space to have discussion than to produce a few slogans<br><br><br>OCCUPY PADDY'S DAYhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2883102012-03-08T11:09:41+00:00camp evicted 3am*** #occupydamestreet has been evicted, protest today in the city
*** OCCUPY PA...*** #occupydamestreet has been evicted, protest today in the city<br />
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*** OCCUPY PADDY'S DAY - genius :-)<br />
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'Occupy Dame St' protest camp dismantled by gardaí<br />
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The "Occupy Dame Street" protest camp site outside the Central Bank in Dublin has been dismantled by gardaí.<br />
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The encampment was established last October as part of the global anti-capitalist "Occupy" movement.<br />
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Gardaí moved in on the camp at 3.30am and dismantled and removed a number of structures and tents on the site as protesters were held back.<br />
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As many as 100 gardaí were involved in the operation, and Dame Street was cordoned off from Trinity College to George's Street. The area was cleared and then cleaned by council workers.<br />
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The move comes following recent calls on the protesters to leave the Central Bank plaza ahead of the St Patrick's Day parade.<br />
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A protest is planned at the site for later today.All Occupy camps now in ireland dismantledhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/100863#comment2899492012-05-23T19:32:37+00:00Occupy Galway fanOccupy Galway Forcibly Evicted In The Dead of Night by Gardai.
http://www.indyme...Occupy Galway Forcibly Evicted In The Dead of Night by Gardai.<br />
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Wednesday May 16, 2012 21:55 : At 4.30am this morning the Occupy Galway camp was forcibly removed by Gardai and Council workers. At 1pm we held a public assembly with around 100 people in attendance. The mood at the assembly was one of determination and optimism and it was agreed by all that the fight is only just getting started!