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TWO PICS and COMMENT from 13OCT LONDON DEMO

wonko the sane | 13.10.2001 23:01

Just got back from trfalgar sq and thsi is what i have to say (article 1)

TWO PICS and COMMENT from 13OCT LONDON DEMO
TWO PICS and COMMENT from 13OCT LONDON DEMO

TWO PICS and COMMENT from 13OCT LONDON DEMO
TWO PICS and COMMENT from 13OCT LONDON DEMO


first off, dont belive what u see on TV, there were 50 000 PEOPLE there. thats a lot! took ages to get started as there were so many people and so many different groups. Very noisey but ALWAYS PEACEFULL march to picadilly circus along greenpark, stopping a few times to make some noise, soem really good chants too - "Bush Blair, CIA howmany kids did you kill today?" "who let the bombs out? bush bush and blair" "bush bush we know you - daddy was a killer too".
Not many visible police when we were marching, a few along the edge of the road every 5 meters, lots hidden in vans around the corner, saw about 20 horse back riot cops. Heavy police presence outside mcdonalds. Trafalgar sq was fucking packed, more that 50k ppl there. i kinda left for a couple of ours and came back at 6 pm, most poeple had disperesed (walkign aroudn london with signs and stickers - good awareness raisng), about 1000 ppl around trfaglar sq, the band (globalise resistance?) was just starting up and some reall good perscussion and drums and shit was putting out some heavy beats, loads of peopel dancing, tried to get people moving towards downing street. Two girls on stilts lead the band and dancers around teh sq, then we rtied to move towards whitehall the police shat themselves, suddenly loads appeared and surrounded the southern area of the sq. Poeple got a bit puzzeled and stood quietly now the drumming had stopped, the pigs kinda infiltrated the band and walked thru the ppl (intemidation) they looked at one poitn like they were going to grab a few people, but didnt. people moved opposite way from police and the music got better than ever. After a whiel the band packed up, but soem durmmers remianed. Loads more ppl leaving,. but still a really good hearted atmosphere. Guy started a debate about the whole situation with a crowd of 100 ppl around him, very good speaker ;) i kinda left then but not without noticing the police on the rooftops around the sq with cameras and binoculars.

all in all a really good march i think, some ppl werent noisey enouf, too many police around - we should be able to go down whitehall. and DONT LET ANYONE TELL U IT WASNT PEACEFULL!!!!!!!

peace

wonko the sane

Comments

Display the following 14 comments

  1. the "band" is NOT Globalise Resistance — j
  2. Comment from una Sambaista — sista aggo
  3. sorry — wonko the sane
  4. yup — zedhead
  5. Peace not Opportunist Groups — Millennium Leia
  6. No Fury — Truly
  7. hmm — wonko the sane
  8. more boring anti SWP prejudice — James
  9. would appreciate clarifications — f
  10. F: a response to Italy request — Dan Anchorman
  11. as requested, details of action... — zedhead
  12. a united opposition — paul
  13. No Labels — Hype
  14. We are many and getting bigger — Sparkle
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