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mayday 2005 |
| posted by duncan on Saturday, 30. April 2005, 11:40 in topic: fuspey |
mayday the traditional workers holiday is on next monday, whats going on in your country?
last year it was a bit of a fiasco here in ireland: plenty of people gathered, danced, sung and marched
only to be greeted by the water cannon (first time it was used in irish state, but had been used many times in north)
back in mayday 2002 was another violent day, as the cops here went completely mad beating peaceful protestors
despite acting without garda numbers on (an illegal act), despite beating peaceful people, many of whom were not even at the RTS, none of the gardaí were charged in court. thats justice for you?
[Macro error in link: TypeError: Cannot find function href in object . (/opt/helma-1.6.3/./apps/antville/code/Global/Global.js#507)] was a lead up discussion to last years EASA @ la condition publique
heres the origins of mayday (many languages, including greek)
and to finish up, you can listen to a bit of music from riotfolkduncan, Sunday, 1. May 2005, 15:52
enjoy "the day of fire" in your country, please tell us whats going on thereheres an excellent and extremely informative audio article from urban75 about the history of mayday, from its celtic origins, outlawing of mayday in 1600's onto to dancing around the maypole, labours attempts at keeping day alive, london carnival against capital (mayday 2000) when indymedia.uk first broadcasted, euro mayday...
radio.indymedia.org
from imc-radio network
radio.indymedia.org
celtic origins:
melbourne.indymedia.org
and
newworldcelts.org
duncan, Sunday, 1. May 2005, 19:30
AUDIO: This Is What Democracy Looks Like "Celebrate our Victory, Feel our Power, Build Radical Community, Be the Media
At the WTO protests in Seattle, we had a collective vision. We saw beyond the borders that divide us. We saw people come together across every kind of political and cultural difference and stand up in a way that we have not seen in this country for decades. We saw peaceful protests shut down one of the most powerful institutions in the world and we saw a system dazed and frightened by the sound of our voices.
People left Seattle energized, believing that they had taken part in the birth of a new movement. "
santacruz.indymedia.org
other audio:
www.freakradio.org
free speech radio news audio article- why you should protest
good audio article to listen to c/o fsrn website:
09/03/01 Globalization Unplugged On September 11, 2000, more than 10,000 protesters took the streets of Melbourne, Australia to take on the World Economic Forum. Produced by Rachel Maher and Juliette Fox at 3CR Community Radio.
www.savepacifica.net
www.savepacifica.net
FSRN
www.fsrn.org
listen to an excellent interview with 70 year old US musician, pacifist, anarchist; Utah Philips interview with Amy Goodman
radio.indymedia.org
duncan, Monday, 2. May 2005, 18:53
This years mayday RTS is passing off smootly in dublin.
The posting of this article has caused offence to some in EASA, so much so that a call for my ban from EASA community has been made. The reason is for "all his endless posts about police brutality and other injustices in the world" despite nearly all my last posts being around the idea of "greening the city, connnecting communities" which involves the idea of trying to make dublin an eco-city and work done here in dublin in opening up 2 new community gardens in the dolphins barn area. So i feel it is an unwarranted request and hope that EASA will not push me out of the community that i have got a huge amount of things from.
some might argue that the content of this post is not architectural, i would argue that it gets to the core of what architecture and urbanism is for- ideally for the creation of healthy spaces for healthy communities to exist in.
the idea of reclaiming space in cities has come as a reaction of the killing of people friendly zones to give way for further carzones.
the act of reclaiming a street for a temporary length of time and using it in a celebrational autonomous way is a hugely educational tool in how cities can function.
ideas of ownership, control, challenge, shifts in use in the urban context are a massive area of understanding how cities function.
for those trying to work for a healthier more sustainable environment it is a means to demonstrate what they are for, as opposed to just moaning about too many cars.
for many people the formal political system has become so beurocratic that it is not fulfilling expectations on healthy city change, with that people can and are taking it on themselves to get up and do something to make a point, and this idea is echoed both from bottom up and top down (see www.indymedia.ie )
events such as RTS are another great networking tools and also, and perhaps most importantly, they are social events to meet up, relax a bit, have a bit of fun.
next point- this RTS was called by DISSENT-Éire who are part of the international DISSENT body organising for demonstrations against the G8 this summer. many people are concerned about the poorer developing parts of the world and feel that the existing trade rules are having the result of maintaining and infact increasing global poverty along with the unneccessary deaths of millions each year. many global groups are against these unfair trade rules; religious, trade union, socialist, anarchist....
should architects attempt to have a global vision?
should the flows of global trade, people, communication be considered when dealing with architecture in todays context, for many yes, for some no; architecture is about making buildings and thats all.
lastly the feast of Mayday was celebrated as one of the major feast days in the old celtic calendar, bealtaine. back in a time when people lived and worked in according with the seasons. in todays world many feel we have stopped working with mother nature, perhaps we could try to bring about a rebalance.
so they are a few thoughts which i feel justify my stance.
RTS photos
www.indymedia.ie
DISSENT-ÉIRE
www.dissenteire.tk
car free day- 20. August 2003
easa.antville.org
global civil society - how things can be in the future- new communication - 8. May 2004
easa.antville.org
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Ban - 2. May 2005
"I think it's about time we ban Duncan from this site" adam
easa.antville.org
previous call for censorship
"Delete the trash of the irish lunatic"- jelk 29. May 2004
easa.antville.org
first time a form of censorship happened with article being hidden from frontpage and topic "architecture?" being gotten rid of:
6 Questions, many answers: discussion - 21. March 2005,
easa.antville.org
im aware that architecture is many things to many people, i ask that we engage with all forms and interests in architecture.
for some like myself it does have a strong political connection, EASA 04 was supposed to be "a political experience" (link above), was it?
i dont think a ban is fair or warranted, i think further discussion would be helpful for us young architects.
attempts were made for more feedback post EASA04
communication and consensus- any french feedback?- 3 years?
easa.antville.org
and after all this talk building buildings does come into it, the first major building i got to design is being built: a hostel for dublin homeless women, some of which are heroin addicts
internal perspective of main court with art wall
"buddha says hello"
building in construction stage
i could not have designed it to the level i did without all the "outside" aspects i had learned from my education.
and it does have to do with politics- who builds, who lives there, what rules are in place, how can people progress, how can people feel a sense of connection and ownership of a space, how do you deal with issues of depression, suicide, attempted murder.........
all this reminds me of a quote from gandhi "those that say that politics has nothing to do with religion, dont know what religion is about"
duncan, Tuesday, 3. May 2005, 15:19
heres an audio report about the GAMA workers, mostly turkish workers who are being exploited here in ireland at present, most are building up the country for low income, how the times have changed, it is only a generation ago that we irish were scavening overseas looking for workthe report is in english and turkish, also later includes african music
duncan, Wednesday, 3. May 2006, 14:25
hope all enjoyed their mayday and that it pushes further for a planet of global justice
in keeping with the old mayday ways, last weekend here in ireland:
Beltine Twin Fires on Tara
www.indymedia.ie
gathering The Hill of Uisneach this weekend
www.indymedia.ie
this years activities:
friday
Dublin : First Critical Mass of 2006
www.indymedia.ie
pics of cycle:
www.indymedia.ie
saturday:
May Day demonstration - trade union march
www.indymedia.ie
sunday:
Mayday Weekend Anarchist Picnic and Anti-Authoritarian-Assembly
www.indymedia.ie
Dublin : first Greenway cycle of 2006
www.indymedia.ie
May day street art-action
www.indymedia.ie
monday - MAYDAY:
'Comely maidens dancing at the crossroads' - unmanagables ceili, tea and colorful action outside US embassy
www.indymedia.ie
meanwhile in the states they had
May 1st "illegal" Boycott
www.indymedia.ie
last year:
last years mayday in Dublin: a RTS closed off a street for a while and James masked up:
www.indymedia.ie
photo from the day
photo from WSM's red and black issue 9
struggle.ws
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