Dubsky looking for donations, sharing some thoughts

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Tuesday August 02, 2005 00:32

by Eoin Dubsky

Judge Macken appears to have put off returning a judgement for the Judicial Review I began the same week I spray-painted a USAF C-130 warplane at Shannon Airport until this autumn.

That'll make it four years since the day the President of the High Court granted me leave to seek a judicial review of Ireland's part in the Afghanistan war, 12 September 2002.

I remember the judge at one point in that hearing (where we basically asked if it's okay for us to ask if it's okay what the government are doing) reading that it was about the Afghanistan war and asking whether we meant Iraq actually. The writing about Iraq invasion was on the walls. And the people of Afghanistan were unpeople once more.

Last week I paid a 1,000 EUR fine which Judge Mangan had demanded together with other conditions, when he found me guilty of causing criminal damage to the American warplane at Shannon. I decided to pay the fine rather than appeal the case or go to prison for a number of reasons, mostly quite obvious and others a bit personal.

Anyways, I'd be most grateful if you'd be able to help me out with a donation. My bank details here in France are below, and there's even a "Drop Cash" donation page (see link below) where you can pay by PayPal or credit card online.

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Bank details of:

Eoin Dubsky
7 Rue Des Bas Longchamps
92220 Bagneux
FRANCE
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Bank:

Societe Generale
Bourg-La-Reine
7 Rue Rene Roeckel
92340 Bourg-La-Reine
FRANCE
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IBAN:

FR76 30003 03770 00050816983 21
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BIC (SWIFT):

SOCGEFRPP
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Another reason I wanted to write to you was to apologise for some really arogant stuff I've said on this website about antiwar activism. There was other stuff too, but in particular, I'd like to apologise for writing (and I remember SAYING it at demos and talks too -- why didn't anybody smack me over the head? People!) something like this: People in the movement who are physically able to hop over fences or block streets and risk arrest, but who aren't doing so, are somehow in an unspoken pact with the authorities. You have your war; we'll have our protest.

Now don't get me wrong -- I'm not saying that I don't think there is some sort of consensus here between activists and the authorities. But of course there is -- at some level or other (sure I just paid a fucking fine!). The point though is that I think even folks who do direct actions, take court actions, take some other sort of risks -- they (we) are still part of that consensus too, more or less.

I think I started hearing that sort of talk from a Catholic friend of mine. Trouble is though that I'm not Catholic, so I think I took up the finger pointing part of the drill lightly (you! you! you! MODERATES!), without paying much attention to the "and what about yourself?!" introspection part (the hard part).

Ireland's participation in the so-called war on terror is the immediate problem. I think what should concern us as a movement is not how "real" we are in our actions (okay, I was never so lame that I thought that way... but you get the idea... so I'll shut up now!).

Thanks,
Eoin

P.S. Cause there's probably a fee for bank transfers, people could *ahem* pool payments together like: Three friends give X a fiver each, then X sends 20 quid to me. :-)