Spectacle Of Defiance And Hope and the marginalistion of the left

dublin | miscellaneous | feature Friday December 24, 2010 23:42 by Andrew - WSM

Several hundred people took part in "A Spectacle Of Defiance And Hope" in Dublin on the night of Friday 10th December to protest the way the government have cut funding to vital community services. Janice Feighery a co-ordinator at an after school computer program for young people said “Community programmes are being devastated by the cuts. Our work with young people is strangled by lack of funds." The spectacle draws to a close the week of protests against the austerity budget.

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"They are literally ripping the heart out of our communities, out of our families and our society. People are sick and tired of hearing all of the bad press coverage. We have something that will appeal to you to get involved and may even be inspired to bring others along."
- From Community Workers' Cooperative

"The Spectacle’s participative, imaginative and heartfelt approach will demonstrate that there is another way to a more equal and a more just Ireland. The Spectacle says STOP this madness of punishing ordinary people for the mistakes of others."
- From Claiming Out Future

"There will be no speeches only street theatre, music , chants, defiance and hope!"
- From rade.ie

The organizers who had received financial support from at least one trade union had focused on giving a single look, sound and feel to the event rather than mobilizing numbers.
Read on HERE



The Full Parade Passes By

There is a still slideshow at that link and we'll be adding more pictures to our WSM Facebook page shortly


http://www.wsm.ie/c/spectacle-defiance-hope-dublin-marginalistion-left
http://www.facebook.com/WorkersSolidarityMovement
http://www.wsm.ie/budget-2011