The March 1st 2003 action against the Iraq war at Shannon airport

andrew
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 14:05:57 +0000
Direct action, GNAW, Grassroots gathering, IAWM, Policing, Shannon, WSM history, Imperialism, Munster, Newspaper, Analysis, Andrew N Flood

If you were anywhere in Ireland in the last week of February you can't have missed the hype ahead of the March 1st direct action called at Shannon by the Grassroots Network Against the War (GNAW). Suddenly every politician, reporter and even bishop in the country was joining the queue to denounce the planned 'violent' protest. The morning before the protest irony died on its feet when Sinn Fein announce it was pulling out of the unrelated Irish Anti War Movement protest at the airport for fear of violence.