PRC-UTE
3rd December 2007, 04:30
joint protest with CYM, IRSP, RSYM, WSM and others... follow the link for
photos: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/85301
Shell To Sea Picket On The Finglas Road
Today comrades kicked off the festive protesting season in style with a
picket of the Shell station on the Finglas road. Even in the bitter cold,
our spirits were high as we lined up for the picket, to highlight the
injustices happening everyday in Mayo. We started the protest at 12.45pm
along with the Gardai who had also decided to join us in force.
Comrades from a variety of backgrounds attended the picket, including folk
from the CYM, Dublin S2S, OSF, WSM and IRSP. We distributed a variety of
leaflets to passers by and suggested to all the drivers intending to enter
the garage, to boycott the Shell station and head on a short distance down
the road to the local Esso Garage. This tactic worked very well, with
almost all cars driving out of the forecourt and on down to the Esso
station. After about half an hour, the garage was deserted and many
passing cars, taxis and buses were giving us toots of the horn in
solidarity with our cause.
The Gardai decided to come out in force today to intimidate the
protestors, all in all, there was a Gardai riot van, two squad cars, an
unmarked squad car, a Gardai motorcycle and six Special Branch. The cops
mainly kept to themselves, with the riot van parked in a very dangerous
position in the middle of the main road opposite us, so that they could
monitor us effectively. However, just as were about to finish up, the six
Special Branch emerged from the bushes to take down all the names and
addresses of the protestors and generally make a nuisance of themselves.
The Connolly Youth Movement will continue this series of pickets on the
Finglas Road, once a month for the foreseeable future and would encourage
any other groups to do S2S pickets in their own local areas as well, to
keep up the pressure on Shell and the state.
www.cym.ie
photos: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/85301
Shell To Sea Picket On The Finglas Road
Today comrades kicked off the festive protesting season in style with a
picket of the Shell station on the Finglas road. Even in the bitter cold,
our spirits were high as we lined up for the picket, to highlight the
injustices happening everyday in Mayo. We started the protest at 12.45pm
along with the Gardai who had also decided to join us in force.
Comrades from a variety of backgrounds attended the picket, including folk
from the CYM, Dublin S2S, OSF, WSM and IRSP. We distributed a variety of
leaflets to passers by and suggested to all the drivers intending to enter
the garage, to boycott the Shell station and head on a short distance down
the road to the local Esso Garage. This tactic worked very well, with
almost all cars driving out of the forecourt and on down to the Esso
station. After about half an hour, the garage was deserted and many
passing cars, taxis and buses were giving us toots of the horn in
solidarity with our cause.
The Gardai decided to come out in force today to intimidate the
protestors, all in all, there was a Gardai riot van, two squad cars, an
unmarked squad car, a Gardai motorcycle and six Special Branch. The cops
mainly kept to themselves, with the riot van parked in a very dangerous
position in the middle of the main road opposite us, so that they could
monitor us effectively. However, just as were about to finish up, the six
Special Branch emerged from the bushes to take down all the names and
addresses of the protestors and generally make a nuisance of themselves.
The Connolly Youth Movement will continue this series of pickets on the
Finglas Road, once a month for the foreseeable future and would encourage
any other groups to do S2S pickets in their own local areas as well, to
keep up the pressure on Shell and the state.
www.cym.ie