Street Parties

Glasgow

A successful street parade and party was held with over 100 people on Sat 27 May which finished at Gartocher Terrace, Glasgow, after going via Shettleston Police Station. It was cup final day so there were no police (often 200 odd officers have been at much smaller demos/ blockades).

Later in the day, Combes waste yard got trashed: fencing, CCTV, a window, lights plus two tasteful stone eagles were repositioned. C.I.D. have since made door-to-door enquiries about the vandalism.

Contact: 07979 836223 to talk to residents of Gartocher Terrace fighting to stop a waste disposal business invading their street.

Dublin

Dublin, May 27, Ireland's very first reclaim the streets...

By three o'clock Dublin traffic was brought to a standstill as hundreds streamed onto the bottom of O'Connell Bridge. Banging drums, dancing and singing in the pissing rain, they held the road for an hour before being shoved off. Then they paraded through the town, blocking the traffic for another hour or so before the rain got too much.

It had all started with a lot of confusion that morning because two different locations were given for the RTS. Only a handful had turned up at 12noon - the original kick off time. By two o'clock though, hundreds had gathered at the bottom of O'Connell St, eagerly waiting for the right time to block the road. They knew by then that the bouncey castle definitely wasn't happening. But it didn't matter once a banger car was equipped with a sound system.

As people rolled the car down to block the bridge, they could hear the drums and cheers of hundreds streaming onto the road. "Reclaim the Streets" banners blowing wildly, they danced onto the street, whooping, hollering, blowing bubbles to the surprised, immobile cars on O'Connell Bridge. What a beautiful sight in the fair city!