Grassroots Network invites Dubliners to join May Day events

PRESS RELEASE 24.04.4

Dublin Grassroots Network has called for the people of Dublin to join in May Day parties and protests and make their voice heard in the face of Garda attempts to prevent the events and unfounded scare stories.

The "weekend for an alternative Europe" is being organised to highlight opposition to racist "Fortress Europe" policies, the privatisation of basic services, social injustice and the increased militarisation of the European Union.

Spokesperson Liz Curry said: "The official EU events will cause massive disruption to ordinary people's lives. They are being held at the cost of a virtual suspension of constitutional rights such as the freedom of assembly and the freedom of expression. Unlike the Government's street party, which fell apart under pressure from business interests, our parties are open to everyone."

Dublin Grassroots Network is organising a Critical Mass cycle ride on Friday April 30th, a series of street theatre events on Saturday May 1st, a noisy protest at Farmleigh House during the EU banquet that evening, a No Borders party on Sunday May 2nd and a Reclaim the Streets party on May 3rd. All events are peaceful and everyone is welcome.

ENDS

In case their are site problems we have created three mirror sites. The URL's for these sites are below, please make sure you bookmark/link them. http://struggle.ws/eufortress   http://www.anarchomedia.org/eufortress http://geocities.com/eufortress