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"An outcry has developed following the eviction of an elderly Dublin couple from their home in the upmarket suburb of Killiney, Dublin.
The eviction was filmed by an onlooker and distributed online.
Activists who took part in Occupy Dame Street and other groups opposed to evictions and bank bailouts said they were occupying the Dublin City Sheriff's Office in protest at the action.
The couple involved are Brendan and Asta Kelly who are understood to owe €2 million on their mortgage. Their house is currently on the market."!story/Home/News/Occupy+group+protests+couple's+eviction/id/19410615-5218-4f90-0c2... more
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Occupy Dame Street stage protest at department of Finance
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Occupy Dame Street, Dublin, [Occupy Ireland] 'occupy' the department of transportOccupy Dame Street, Dublin, [Occupy Ireland] 'occupy' the department of... more
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https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56637748/ODS-25Jan2012-Release.htm
We are Occupy Dame Street, part of Occupy Ireland and the global Occupy movement.
The morning of 25th January, 2012 - 06:30 GMT , in response to the payment of €1.25 billion to unknown bondholders of the former Anglo Irish bank, Occupy Dame Street activists peacefully locked down the Irish Department of Finance and made every effort to keep the building locked down until 5pm.
This €1.25 billion euro payment is only part of a larger €30 billion euro giveaway to as yet un-named investors / gamblers. We call on the people of Ireland to start planning resistance in your own areas to the unfair and unnecessary burden of bond/promissory payments; and to wage cuts and service reductions that, if not stopped, will further impoverish the good people of this Island nation.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56637748/ODS-25Jan2012-Audio1.mp3
Occupy Dame Street's Media Statement on the day (25th January, 2012)
Even under the terms of the treasonous bank bail-out agreement, there was and is no expectation that the people of Ireland make these payments. The agreement to pay, we believe, is a personal choice by the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, reflecting very much his own deferential nature. We believe that the Minister for Finance, his cabinet colleagues, all government back bench TD’s and all those who have colluded with private banking interests have failed to realise the power of defiance and resistance.
Instead they have cowed to the bondholders and criminal consortiums who demand the profit from the labour of the Irish people, who demand the deconstruction of our health and education systems to fund their game of monopoly. Threats that there will be no money in the ATM’s of Ireland are without foundation, this has not been the experience of many other nations who refused to pay such as Iceland, Argentina and Singapore to name a few, all of which are experiencing buoyant economic growth in the teeth of this so called crisis.
We hope today’s and future actions will put powder in the gun Noonan takes with him to the IMF/ECB bankers table. We refuse to stand by as the Irish people, our families, friends and neighbours, are made debt slaves to the IMF/ECB, as has happened in so many other nations in which they have arrested power from the people.
In the coming year, and for many years to come, the Irish people, by character a hard working and generous people, will transfer under duress, €6 billion euro per year to faceless money changers. The figures are almost unimaginable and the loss to the good people of this island will be devastating.
It is for this reason that we, Occupy Dame Street, and other Occupy movements throughout the Island of Ireland, are embarking on a radical campaign of peaceful direct actions. Through such direct actions we hope to raise awareness of the reality of what is happening to our community, the unnecessary depravation for so many, that is today’s Ireland. We also hope to inspire and build a peaceful resistance movement dedicated to empowering the community of Ireland to make real the demands of Occupy Dame Street such as the realising of the potential of our natural resources and the acknowledgement of our shared intelligence and abilities through Peoples General Assemblies.
We call on the people of Ireland, political and apolitical, old and young, male and female, of every ethnic, cultural and religious background, to start planning for resistance in your own areas. If you are in the Suburbs of Dublin, Limerick, Cobh, Galway, Waterford, Letterkenny, Dundalk , Belfast or the many other urban communities of Ireland, start planning peaceful acts of resistance.
If you are in the farmland parishes of Ireland, the hills of Wicklow, the plains of Meath, the rocky outposts of Kerry or on our beautiful Islands, start talking and planning. The power to make the community of Ireland a better place to live is in our hands, lets grasp it and resist the unfair and unnecessary burden of bond/promissory payments, wage cuts and service reductions that, if not stopped, will further impoverish the good people of this Island nation.https://dl.dropbox.com/u/56637748/ODS-25Jan2012-Release.htm
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OccupyDameStreet: Four Key Demands
• We demand that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stay out of our affairs. We do not want their influence or control.
• We demand that the burden of private bank debt that has been socialised upon the population - be lifted. We will not pay and let our children and their children pay for this crisis that private banks and bondholders have caused. It is their problem, not ours.
• We demand that the oil and gas reserves off our coast that were criminally handed away to private corporations be returned to sovereign control.
• We demand real, participatory democracy – where the people’s interests come first; where the people decide what happens..OccupyDameStreet: Four Key Demands
• We demand that the International Monetary... more
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When #Occupy Dame Street attempted to hold a peaceful sit-down protest outside the Dáil (Irish parliament) on the6/12/2011, whereby they attempted to block the politicians from getting their cars out - the Garda siochana (Irish police force) became violent. Literally picking up and throwing protesters - with two protesters being hospitalised and seven others injured.
(Though one Dublin newspaper, Evening herald, reported the next morning that there where "no injuries", despite their reporter having been right next to the people hurt).When #Occupy Dame Street attempted to hold a peaceful sit-down protest outside the... more
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This footage was recorded at #OccupyUniversity. Which is a series of talks and workshops which #OccupyDameStreet facilitates at their camp on the Central bank plaza, Dublin.This footage was recorded at #OccupyUniversity. Which is a series of talks and... more
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This was part of a string of 'occupations' we undertook over two days. We occupied seven ministries, Davy Stockbrokers and a European parliament building.
....and did any of it appear on the news (despite the media being present in the area at the time)?This was part of a string of 'occupations' we undertook over two days. We... more
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This was part of a string of 'occupations' we undertook over two days. We occupied seven ministries, Davy Stockbrokers and a European parliament building.
....and did any of it appear on the news (despite the media being present in the area at the time)?This was part of a string of 'occupations' we undertook over two days. We... more
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This was part of a string of 'occupations' we undertook over two days. We occupied seven ministries, Davy Stockbrokers and a European parliament building.
....and did any of it appear on the news (despite the media being present in the area at the time)?This was part of a string of 'occupations' we undertook over two days. We... more
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This was part of a string of 'occupations' we undertook over two days. We occupied seven ministries, Davy Stockbrokers and a European parliament building.
....and did any of it appear on the news (despite the media being present in the area at the time)?This was part of a string of 'occupations' we undertook over two days. We... more
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An independent student film on Occupy Dame Street, Dublin.
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