Dublin Bin Protests Continue...

["D OC" <donaloc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sad to hear that John O'Neill is one of those imprisoned in the Bin
Protests. I would have expected nothing less from him anyhow. I see SFers
are now going to jail on this also.

This is a good article from An Phoblacht for anyone wanting to get an
insight into what the protests are about...

What's the anti-bin charge campaign really about?
BY ROISIN DE ROSA

There are two indisputable facts about the bin charges campaign: 47 percent
of Dublin householders didn't pay, and the government has silenced two
elected representatives who opposed the government, TD Joe Higgins and
councillor Clare Daly, by sending them to jail for a month.

Imprisoning political opposition is blunderbuss tactics - guaranteed to draw
popular support for the campaign, but also to open up questions about what
is at stake in the anti-bin charges campaign. There are huge issues
underlying these events.

Full...http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/1492

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