Real direct action against the war!
Harlequin | 15.01.2003 09:36
Harlequin
Homepage:
http://www.disobedience.org.uk
A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues.
Harlequin | 15.01.2003 09:36
Harlequin
Homepage:
http://www.disobedience.org.uk
www.indymedia.org
Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video
Africa
Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia
Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela
Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney
South Asia
india
United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester
West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine
Topics
biotech
Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech
Comments
Hide the following 6 comments
get yer facts sorted, officer H!
15.01.2003 11:48
Then the CND leaders marched us away down Oxford st, and we all sort of spontaneously decided we didnt want to go to a rally, so thousands of us blocked Oxford st for hours. It was good!
The situation was an angry response to Reagans bombing of Libya. (However, Reagans bombing of Libya was not a response to Lockerbie. The Lockerbie bombing was years after all this. Reagans excuse in 1986 was a bomb in Germany that killed some US military people).
I would like to see more direct action. However, on Feb 15th, if we get 500,000 on the protest, every street in Central London will be blocked whether we sit down, march around with placards, perform exotic dances, make love, knit jumpers, sing, or get stoned, whatever...it'll be the numbers.
unprovoked
well said
15.01.2003 12:22
What those folk do once there is ultimately up to them, whatever the planners say. Though I would urge y'all please not to do violence (even smashing windows), again because of headlines, also because of putting off families with kids etc.
kurious oranj
Homepage: http://www.stopwar.org.uk
Its not just numbers
15.01.2003 13:30
This is an excellent idea and we should suggest it to all militant group such as Reclaim The Streets, Disobedience and the WOMBLES. We shouldn't expect the Stop The War Coalition to help out with it though.
Harlequin
the numbers don't matter, the actions do
15.01.2003 22:49
I'm not to sure of the purpose of blocking Oxford St. It just comes across as an obstruction not for any reason except trouble-making - not that I'm particularly against trouble-making for a good reason in this sick and moribund society (leadership-wise).
In a previous comment, I suggested MI6 headquarters as a very viable target for a diversion from the main demo, although I've been out of the South for so long, that I've no idea of the geographic feasibility of that. I can provide six good reasons why though.
We need a targeted area which has some meaning beyond abstract situationist consumptionist rhetoric.
Preferably one that could be announced as a surprise from the speaker's stage.
dh
not much of a surprise now!
16.01.2003 16:12
ANyway, i think the MI6 building is risky since they are likely to be laws regarding national securit that they could use against us if the MI6 building is ivolved at all.
I feel the best action like this is spontaneous, that doesn't mean that some of us dont go down there with the idea in our heads, but if we decide exactley what and where on the day than there isn't much the police can do to stop us.
Angus Prune
e-mail: Angus_Prune_@hotmail.com
Homepage: www.jhvt-adsl.demon.co.uk
Oxford Street is the perfect target
17.01.2003 11:18
Also it will be as Oxford Street is always full of people it will be very easy to blockade with just a few tousand people and impossible for the police to tell who is a protester and who is a shopper or tourist. It will also be an effictive protest and grip the headlines if thousands of people go there and chant "No attack on Iraq" and No blood for oil" for several hours!
Harlequin