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Dublin City Council Censorship

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | feature author Monday May 09, 2011 10:24author by éirígí PRO - éirígí Report this post to the editors

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"Posters are a vital political tool"

In a blatant and outrageous act of political censorship Dublin City Council is attempting to impose an unprecedented ban on posters advertising political protests. This poster ban represents a very real attack on the right to political expression, the right to organise politically and the right to assembly.

If it's a clean city they want, let's do our share
and clean parts of it:

The ban is due to come into effect from May 15th to May 25th, during which time both the 'British Queen' and US president Barack Obama are to visit Dublin. Those applying for permission to erect posters have been sent the following email by the council: 'I wish to advise you that your application has been refused. This decision has been taken on the basis that no postering applications for events between 15th and 25th May are being granted in the interest of promoting a clean environment for Dublin City during forthcoming State visits.'


Only a fool would believe that the council's ban is motivated by anything other than a desire to censor those who are opposed to the two state visits. No such ban was in place when the Prince of Monaco visited Dublin in May. Nor did the visits of George Bush or Tony Blair require a 'clean enviroment' devoid of political dissent.

Posters are a vital political tool that are used the world over to challenge the hegemony of the state and corporate media. Dublin City Council's ban on postering is an attack on the right to freedom of expression, the right to organise politically and the right to public assembly. Whether you are in favour of the Windsor and Bush visits or not is irrelevant.

All right thinking people need to rally against state censorship. This week it may be those who oppose the Windsor and Bush visits that are being silenced but next week it will be those who oppose the IMF, the EU and the government. How long before community groups and trade unions find themselves the victim of Dublin City Council's 'clean enviornment' censorship?

Related Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Dublin-City-Councils-political-censorship/206701986029056

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Be honest     well    Mon May 09, 2011 13:49 
   DCC want to keep your minds clean not the city...     Activist    Mon May 09, 2011 15:25 
   Sticky stuff.     we the people    Mon May 09, 2011 21:30 
   DCC tried to stop postering before now...     memories    Mon May 09, 2011 21:39 
   Posters should be allowed and public notice boards should be available     T    Mon May 09, 2011 23:43 
   sandwich board man     sandwich board man    Tue May 10, 2011 09:40 
   Queens visit on RTE last thursday     Queen not welcome    Tue May 10, 2011 09:49 
   The state that ate itself.....thin line between "outrageous" and "typical"!     Ciaron    Tue May 10, 2011 10:58 
   Good idea     neverforget    Tue May 10, 2011 12:07 
 10   Political censorship and not for the first time     Diarmuid Breatnach    Tue May 10, 2011 13:55 
 11   Cops join in the censorship     Witness    Tue May 10, 2011 22:15 
 12   Keep on keeping on.     Poster Boy    Wed May 11, 2011 19:01 
 13   Keep on doing it!     Diarmuid Breatnach    Wed May 11, 2011 21:12 
 14   Surprise     Des    Wed May 11, 2011 22:02 
 15   Garda scrapping political stickers off lamp-post in Dublin     Videoman    Thu May 12, 2011 09:12 
 16   Violence     Des    Tue May 17, 2011 21:22 
 17   rebellion.     pat.    Fri May 20, 2011 00:07 
 18   perambulations     dubliner    Sun May 22, 2011 17:38 


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