March In Opposition To Garda Brutality Against Protestors

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Saturday November 06, 2010 15:40 by LiamM - Free Education for Everyone NUIM

Students call on other students, workers and all opposed to Garda violence and intimidation of protestors to join us next Wednesday in marching to Pearse Street Garda Station.

Meet up point: Wolfe Tone statue, Stephens Green at 6 pm.

Never Again

**THIS DEMONSTRATION HAS BEEN CALLED BY STUDENTS FROM THE FREE EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE AND STUDENTS IN SOLIDARITY NETWORKS. IT IS A RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENCE DEALT OUT TO HUNDREDS OF USI STUDENTS ON THE STREETS OF DUBLIN BY THE PUBLIC ORDER UNIT.

...WE ASK POLITICAL GROUPS NOT TO BRING INDIVIDUAL BANNERS AND FLAGS, BUT FOR ALL TO COME AND STAND TOGETHER TO MAKE IT CLEAR WE WILL NOT BE BULLIED OFF THE STREET**

"There was no act of violence carried out by those protesting at the Department, and any violence outside was instigated by the inept response of the Gardai. Students sitting on the road in protest were baton charged repeatedly by Gardaí, with many suffering injuries. One female student was knocked unconscious during the assault on the crowd, and other students clearly displayed head injuries. “The Gardaí rushed the crowd on numerous occasions, including spectators on the street. The crowd, which at this point had swelled up to 2,000 students with many from the main demonstration joining us, vented their anger at the response of the Gardaí who had begun encircling them” said Lorcan Myles, a Free Education for Everyone activist who witnessed the events. We make no apologies for the direct action taken."
-From FEE statement on events at the Department of Finance.