Today Ireland play England in rugby in Croke Park, untill recently it was illegal to play the “foreign games” in the mecca of the GAA. My own father won medals for Dublin as a young fella and they were not given to him as it was found out that he was also playing rugby for Tarf.
The day began with the killing of fourteen of eighteen British agents of the Cairo Gang, or their informants, by the Irish Republican Army. Later that afternoon, British forces opened fire on the crowd at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park in north Dublin, killing 14 civilians, including the captain of the Tipperary football team, Michael Hogan. That same evening there were scattered shootings in the city streets, and three Irish prisoners in Dublin Castle were killed by their British captors under suspicious circumstances.
footage from the film Micheal Collins, a republican revolutionary and creator of the IRA, in which the day is portrayed.
The climate camp “movement” is growing: engage, teach, learn, demonstrate alternatives, skill share, be moved, prepare, take direct action
Al Gore: “I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants.”
Next Monday The largest act of civil disobedience will happen against global warming in the US. A large protest has been called at a coal-fired plant in Washington, D.C, 11,000 people are expected. In the days leading up to the protest, youth climate activists are organizing a conference called Power Shift ’09. Thousands of student activists plan to lobby lawmakers on Capitol Hill, urging them to rebuild the economy through bold climate and clean energy policy.
Looks like the “climate camp movement” is continuing to grow globally and momentum is building in the lead up to COP15… Ireland too are organising thing for this summer. Also Greenpeace´s “lawful excuse” court battle win might open the flood gates for more direct action…
On September 24, 2008, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore told the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York city:
“If you’re a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants that do not have carbon capture and sequestration.”
To find out why things are so critical have a quick view of the trailer of his recent film; An inconveniant truth:
An experiment with streaming audio, projecting video and the interaction between real and virual worlds took place in Dublin’s new social centre
Back in 2005 we made a short 4 minute documentary video after our succesful streaming experiment to connect the Digital Hub with the Dublin social centre, seomra spraoi (room of play in Gaelic / native Irish) as part of the “future of digital media”. The film is viewable on Archive.org
Although it was a successful stream, it did cause some contreversay within the Indymedia Ireland collective, but we were trying to push the boundaries of communication limits in the Network Age
(very) DIY poster announving the communication action
For some time here in Barcelona, and globally via email etc, many of us have been talking about an inititiave that is simple, practical, ecological, cheap to do and can be a massive benefit to healthy urban communites. Some precedents exist already: New York City is perhaps the best that I have heard of. Perhaps Erik might be able to provide links for this. Some say it is impossible to do it here, I disagree, I think it is not only possible, but that it is feasible, and as the “eco awareness” grows and the city looks for answers to its eco problems, this is a simple, small, nice step.
This mail is to propose the idea to you, see what you think, seek support, seek your knowledge, ideas etc. Its also an invite to learn about, visit, share experiences and learning with us in the existing catalyst and example of this idea, that is alive and growing as I type: the new community garden in Gracia, Barcelona.
Today Ireland play England in rugby in Croke Park, untill recently it was illegal to play the “foreign games” in the mecca of the GAA. My own father won medals for Dublin as a young fella and they were not given to him as it was found out that he was also playing rugby for Tarf.
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An experiment with streaming audio, projecting video and the interaction between real and virual worlds took place in Dublin’s new social centre
Posted by fuspey 
For some time here in Barcelona, and globally via email etc, many of us have been talking about an inititiave that is 
