WOMBLES - May Day 2004 - Dublin

Dublin Mayday 2004 - My perspective from the front line

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:30:20 +0000

The wombles, and members of the DGN who decided to join them, did nothing more than they said they were going to do and they weren't violent. There was a confrontation, the black/padded bloc wanted to push its way through the lines of the police who were blocking the road. At this stage we were not "just yards" as the media are reporting, from farmleigh, we couldn’t even see the gates of the park, I would guess we were at least a kilometre away, if not more..." more

Dublin Mayday 2004: Why we tried to push through police lines

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:21:15 +0000

This is an autonomous text written by some of those who took part in the confrontation in Dublin on the occasion of the May 1st European Summit there. more

Direct Action: Dublin Mayday 2004

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:18:01 +0000

The leaders of the European Union met in Dublin on May 1st 2004, international workers day, to oversee the integration of 10 new member states. Fearing large scale anti-capitalist protests against bi-annual summits, they resorted to having smaller meetings followed by lavish banquets. We thought we'd go along and join in. more