Grassroots Gathering returns to Belfast

national | anti-capitalism | press release Tuesday September 21, 2004 17:37 by Friend of Organise!

Following the success of previous gatherings throughout
Ireland over the past three years the Grassroots Gathering
will be back in Belfast over the weekend of 22nd to the
24th of October at the QUB Students Union.

Based on the principle that people should control
their own lives and work together as equals gatherings
call for the: abolition, not reform, of global bodies
like the World Bank and WTO, and a challenge to
underlying structures of power and inequality; the
control of the workplace by those who work there; the
control of communities by the people who live in them;
a sustainable environmental, economic and social
system, agreed by the people of the planet.

As part of the gatherings aims to work ?together in
ways which are accessible to ordinary people,
particularly women and working-class people? the
Belfast event hopes to emphasise undoing racism (both
structural and interpersonal) and addressing gender
bias and patriarchal structures and attitudes
throughout society and within our social movements. As
always there will be space to discuss issues pertinent
to the campaigns coming out of grassroots activism all
over Ireland.

As always the success of the gathering is dependent
upon the involvement of those attending. If you would
like to come along, better still get involved, or have
suggestions for workshops get in touch.

Send an email to:

greenaction@earthling.net

By post send a letter to Grassroots gathering care of:
PO Box 505, Belfast, BT12 6BQ