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ANTI NAMA protest Saturday Sept 19th
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I popped in for a quick look and to hand out a few AN flyers, generally gauge interest and see what it was all about. From what I could see the SWP, who have protests most days of the week down in Galway, seem to think its their chance to overturn the capitalist bourgeoise and gather the masses under their banner.
Most if not all of the groups there were SWP fronts or otherwise joined to that group, which is a habit they have - form lots of hydralike new groups because they know nobody can stomach them, jumping onto any cause going, then attempt to move them into the organisation, which routinely fails because once people know what they have signed up for, they leave in a hurry.
I also spoke to several of the leaders of these groups before, during, and after the protest, which did little to allay my concerns.
One thing I did notice however was the expressions on the faces of people on the street as the march passed by. "Happy" was not the term I would have used - arms folded, frowns, not a cheer to be heard. Very few want the SWP or similar extremist groups in Ireland, for good reasons.
Its very frustrating to see that the only visible protesting is being done by these professional protestors though.
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Amhran Nua wrote: »I popped in for a quick look and to hand out a few AN flyers, generally gauge interest and see what it was all about. From what I could see the SWP, who have protests most days of the week down in Galway, seem to think its their chance to overturn the capitalist bourgeoise and gather the masses under their banner.
Most if not all of the groups there were SWP fronts or otherwise joined to that group, which is a habit they have - form lots of hydralike new groups because they know nobody can stomach them, jumping onto any cause going, then attempt to move them into the organisation, which routinely fails because once people know what they have signed up for, they leave in a hurry.
I also spoke to several of the leaders of these groups before, during, and after the protest, which did little to allay my concerns.
One thing I did notice however was the expressions on the faces of people on the street as the march passed by. "Happy" was not the term I would have used - arms folded, frowns, not a cheer to be heard. Very few want the SWP or similar extremist groups in Ireland, for good reasons.
Its very frustrating to see that the only visible protesting is being done by these professional protestors though.
I was holding a Labour 'no to NAMA' sign I'd gotten during the week and was at one stage (around college green) told that political signs were to be further back "Behind the Unions".
I got kinda puzzled then as to what I was marching for. See I thought it was an anti-NAMA march that the unions latched onto, but this steward was telling me that it was the other way around.
Good to see numbers increasing all the same. There was easily about 4k people there. Don't listen to anyone saying 1-2k.
I agree with means testing CB though. And for cuts that are fair to everybody. So I'm left twiddling my thumbs for long periods of time....0 -
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