Grassroots Gathering

Welcome to the archive Grassroots Gathering web site. 

The material from the previous gatherings and from groups like DGN and GNAW had become scattered over at least half a dozen web site and some material had vanished from the 'live' web all together.  I've recovered most of this and posted it all onto this single site to make finding 'historic' material easier.

This dossier is a very brief list of events, all of which can be readily documented from obvious sources (media archives, Indymedia).It consists of two parts: firstly a chronicle of recent events giving rise to concern from the moment of the banning of the Farmleigh march; secondly a dossier of "dirty tricks" which we prepared before the banning of the march and released on Friday, April 30th.

This is the text of the Dublin Grassroots Network leaflet for the Mayday 2004 EU Summit protests.  50,000 copies of this leaflet were distributed door to door in Dubloin in advance of the protests.

In the run up to the Dublin 2004 Mayday protests, the Dublin Grassroots Network suddenly leapt to prominence and almost became a household name. However, despite all the coverage, there was little examination of the nature of this network that organised most of the Mayday protests. This text briefly describes the network, where it came from, who is involved, how it works and where it is going. This text is taken from the old DGN site, DGN has not existed since 2005

This is the original program for the 2nd Grassroots Gathering in Cork with a couple of photos taken during the Gathering.

This was the plan released by the Grassroots Network Against War for the Direct Action, at Shannon, on March 1st 2003.  GNAW was formed out of the Belfast Grassroots Gathering in 2002.  This plan was posted to indymedia.ie ahead of March 1st.

This is the original invitation to the First Grassroots Gathering.

The 9th Grassroots Gathering was held in Dublin at the weekend, seventeen workshops, three gender groups, two plenary’s, one speech, one video, one great night drinking, four meals later and we all are totally exhausted yet re-energised.

Over 100 activists from all over the country and some from abroad converged on Cork to discuss current issues in a non-hierarchical, democratic environment. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together individuals and groups who look forward to a society where people can decide their present and future in a truly democratic manner and who reject the authoritarian organisations of the state, religion and the typical workplace.