RNU No to Lisbon 2,Saturday 26th,2pm,GPO,O'Connell Street,Dublin 1

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No to Lisbon 2 protest!!!
Republican Network for Unity
Venue: Outside GPO, O'Connell Street, Dublin 1
Time: Saturday, 26th September, p.m.

On the Saturday 26th of September at cpm outside the GPO in Dublin city centre, the Republican Network for Unity will be holding a protest in opposition to the proposed Lisbon Treaty, and will be urging the Irish people to vote No yet again on October 2nd. We ask and encourage all republicans, socialists, anti-imperialists and anyone interested in defending Irish sovereignty, democracy, neutrality and workers rights to unite in opposition to this treaty which is being forced for a second time on the Irish people.
Join us this Saturday to highlight your objection to the ratification of this treaty. Banners, posters, placards, leaflets are welcome,
Let us defend our Irish sovereignty, democracy and reject an EU dictatorship. Vote No to Lisbon.......again!!!

RNU
Any queries do not hesitate to contact us on RNUdublin@gmail.com or RNUkildare@gmail.com

On the 12th of June 2008 a referendum was put to the Irish people regarding the treaty of Lisbon. This was an international agreement signed in Lisbon on the the 13th of December 2007, that would change the workings of the European Union,
The Irish people voted,and the majority of those that voted rejected the Lisbon treaty, the No vote triumphed,
The government and its bosses in the European Union obviously were not happy with this outcome and are now forcing the Irish public to vote yet again on the same treaty, on the basis that concerns which compelled the Irish public to vote No the first time round have been addressed with 'guarantees' on issues such as taxation, neutrality and abortion etc,
But the question remains has the treaty changed?,,,,,the answer is no!: Not a word or a comma. If it was the case that it had been amended, other EU member states would need to ratify the treaty yet again, which has not happened so it seems we are been forced to vote on the same treaty again!.

Republican Network for Unity are calling on all republicans,socialists, anti-imperialists, and all those interested in maintaining Irish sovereignty, democracy and neutrality to vote No on the 2nd of October,
There are many reasons to vote No,but the three key factors are as follows,

Democracy: The Lisbon Treaty will give the larger member states like Germany,Britain and France,even more power to impose their will on the smaller states like Ireland,

-Ireland is the only member state to hold a referendum on the treaty,which means that over 500 million European citizens have been denied democracy,

-The Lisbon treaty will create a new system of voting in the European Council were Ireland voting weight will be cut by a massive 60% down to 0.8%,while Germany will increase dramatically by 113% up to 17%

-The Lisbon treaty will give Ireland no input(at all) in decision making for 5 out of every 15 years,

-The Lisbon treaty will reduce the number of commissioners to two thirds of the number of EU member states, this means that Ireland would have no input whatsoever in decision making.
The Lisbon treaty will enshrine EU law as superior to Irish law. Nothing can challenge EU law, making it worth less than the paper its written on.

The proposed amendment to the Irish constitution in the 2008 referendum (which is likely to be the exactly the same in 2009) reads as follows: ''no provision of this constitution invalidates laws enacted....by the state that are necessitated by the obligations of membership of the European Union....or prevents laws enacted , acts done,or measures adopted by the said European Union....from having the force of law in the state''

Let us not forget that the EU recognise and support the British occupation of the six counties in the North of Ireland, voting Yes will only consolidate this position,therefore allowing Britain stronger representation in the European Union, in terms of republicanism making the objective of Irish thirty-two county self determination that more difficult to achieve,

Neutrality: The Lisbon treaty would further erode Irish neutrality,the treaty states ''member states shall undertake to...improve this military capabilities''
'''member states shall support the unions external and security policy actively and unreservedly in the spirit of loyalty and mutual solidarity''

The above clarifies the EUs position on Irish neutrality, it will draw Ireland into a common defence force and will oblige Ireland to increase military spending to benefit this common defence force,
Lisbon compels member states to increase military spending but not spending on health, education and creation of jobs and of course crush the right of Ireland to conduct an independent foreign policy.


On the 2nd of October vote No to Lisbon...again!, the Irish people have already democratically opposed Lisbon,uphold Irish democracy and vote No,
reject an EU dictatorship,imperialism and protect Irish sovereignty and neutrality

Scofflaw

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