Mass sitdown protest on February 15 Piccadailly Circus
Harlequin | 29.01.2003 09:06
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Comments
Hide the following 19 comments
anything but strolling orderly
29.01.2003 11:01
Lupa Anubis
pardon?
29.01.2003 11:18
funny how history seems to repeat itself.
i take it this time it'll be properly checked and sured with the police beforehand so that they can make sure there's no real disturbance with an offical starting and finishing time.
or maybe (hopefully) there will be some sort of real action taking place which does disturb the state and what it now stands for.
i hope it's civil disobedience and not just a picnic in the road with friendly police helping with car-traffic-control.
Phoebe
phoebe
thanks to the government
29.01.2003 11:47
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2704137.stm for further details
silent_monkey
not just a picnic in the road
29.01.2003 11:54
For many folk coming down from all over the country the consequences of doing this action will be a missed bus home, with no other obvious means of getting there. If they're going to put themselves out that much, it will need to be worthwhile.
So will this be a nice fluffy event, or are people willing to provoke confrontation?
Binka
keep yer brain switched on
29.01.2003 12:55
Remember there'll (hopefully) be squillions of folk there who aren't hardcore revoutionaries or experienced anti-capitalists, who are unlikely to understand why we would want to kick off a ruck with the police. We don't want this to be the last protest they ever attend!
And look, I'm not dissing NVDA; as I say, if folk are up for sit-downs, occupations etc on the day then good. I'm just saying let's think about HOW we do stuff so it doesn't horrify/alienate newcomers.
kurious oranj
why piccadilly?
29.01.2003 13:26
If thousands have a sit down on whitehall & parliament Sq they will be right in the faces of the govt & policitians.
mike
dont go to parliament, it only makes them fee
29.01.2003 13:52
sparkle
tw&t
29.01.2003 13:53
VoR
Tw@ts
29.01.2003 13:58
What sort of tw@t are you? Isn't that just what Bush and Blair want to do? Isn't that what the protest's against? Tsch! You crazy anarchists - you make me laugh!
mr shed
Do it!!
29.01.2003 14:38
Jester
nvda etc
29.01.2003 15:35
like the last poster said, we're here to stop GENOCIDE - possibly 80,000 deaths, possibly millions of refugees. A few arrests, a few people hit over the head by the defenders of the state: thats nothing. We're here to stop war, and a lot of people don't seem to understand quite what war is. demanding pacifism in the face of the use of weapons of mass destruction (sorry!) by blair and bush in iraq is outrageous.
kropotkin
"normal" people
29.01.2003 15:37
CIVIL DISOBEDIANCE.
The state will not be threatned if 20 anarchists go down
to a military base and break their equipment.
The state will be threatned when masses of "normal" people, law abiding, voting, tax paying citizens make that step, break the habit of a lifetime, and decide to voluntarly break the law as a form of protest.
Whether you agree with this or not, it seems to me that this is what is being planned. Calm sit down, not trying to provoque the police (which doesn't mean cooperating, which doesn't mean leaving when asked to or after a set amount of time).
It is possible that there will be many people there taking this step for the first time - and it can be hard for some people. If others go there and start active confrontation with the police, it will scare those people off ; they might not make the step, they might not do it again.
The organisers have issued the following guideline :
"For the purposes of this action participants are asked to abide by the following guidelines: NO threats / violence (including pushing), verbal abuse, property damage, drugs, alcohol or flags."
You might not agree with them, but many people will be going there because there are such guideline. The mimimum respect would be to follow those guideline.
Now, I'm all in favor of going to military bases and breaking equipment, I don't have a problem with people seeking confrontation with the police - but this is not the place for it ; London center is big, and there are many places to go, and many things to do.
Peace,
gzzzt.
gzzzt
we must start organising
29.01.2003 16:17
There has to be an aim to this demonstration, not just to march through london and then everyone going home like usual, as the media which is complicit with the government in wanting to commit these war crimes against iraq will not even show much coverage of it...remember last time how 500,000 people were told as being 40,000 on the bbc. If there are sit-ins and other forms of protest then they have to be done by all, not just a few.
dony
Correct me if I'm wrong ...
29.01.2003 18:59
I'm sure that BP et al have swanky london offices ... and what about our friends with the baby thrown from incubators fantasy - hill and knowlton [pr scum], I KNOW they have an office in london!
If anyone has the exact addresses, perhaps we might gather there in number and make polite suggestions!?!
... or something ...
jackslucid
e-mail: jackslucid@hotmail.com
Blimey
29.01.2003 20:44
C'mon
not quite with the point
29.01.2003 22:06
However - I've 2 points to make on this -
Travelling on a northern coach I would be a little troubled about making it for the last bus. If you're going to do this thing why not make it integral with the main march - people may be attracted by the idea that they dont have to listen to fine polemic from honourable people who still have the temerity to belong to New World Order Labour. Why not offer something en route. I presume at least one of the marches will pass by Picadilly, so why not just go there and hang, during the course of the march until sufficient numbers are present to do something.
The US embassy is too protectable - a 20 thick line-up of the constabulary with back up will always block your way - anyway that would put it all on Bush and distract from the importance of the role of the Blair nazi cabal in the promotion of warmongering
I did propose a while back that the MI6 building would be a good focal point, considering the pivotal role played by the worldwide secret service who are all one at the top, in the commission of terrorist events, in the provision of disinformation that political dupes then parade as evidence for war,in their ability to support or bring down governments through manipulation. Just a thought.
Whatever, you wonder if the Blairite Faction know that by Feb 15 they can risk throwing the full weight of the police and associated security forces against the demonstrators, Genoa-style. The smiley Fuhrer exudes confidence in spite of the opposition.
As if he know's they'll all be brought round in the end
dh
this isn't about being hardcore,
29.01.2003 22:09
Property damage isn't violent- cluster bombs, fighter jets, baton charges and CS gas are.
As for alienating people and destruction- Mr Shed et al. get a grip, no-one is condoning terror!
The public isn't daft, people know it will take a whole lot more than a few broken windows and bottled coppers to stop the war machine, - most people know that if order is not seriously disrupted, then we are swept under the carpet- As krop pointed out- aren't we trying to stop GENOCIDE?? ----Buildings don't bleed- People do- obvious??
TRASH ALL DESERVING TARGETS. BAE SYSTEMS. MARCONI. ALL MILITARY RECRUITMENT CENTRES AND CAR SHOWROOMS.
Capitalist wars for Oil Capital- hit them where it hurts- in the Capital!!
SF crew smashed up the British embassy, great news!
So just do it- anyone- for christ sakes-
A Greater crime might be prevented by a Lesser one.
Peace out for 03. Stop bitching about tactics and shut up.
@nother lunatic88
No flags?
29.01.2003 22:19
Samudra
Re flags
31.01.2003 12:28
These guidelines are there to try and prevent any image hijacking of the sit down protest.
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