*!*!* FAIRORD ACTION REPORT!
London Anarchist Youth | 23.02.2003 16:01
A number of arrests were made.
ONLY DIRECT ACTION WILL STOP THIS WAR!!!!!!
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London Anarchist Youth | 23.02.2003 16:01
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coprotate news
23.02.2003 16:12
BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2791883.stm
Annanova:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_753888.html?menu=
coverage
Remote Weapons Inspection
23.02.2003 17:25
Call RAF/USAF Fairford and ask to speak to the Base Commander, then ask him about the Weapons of Mass Destruction being held there:
01285-714000
no_war
Stopping the war
23.02.2003 19:43
I hate this division between direct action, demos etc. Do whatever you can when you can. Work together.
heather
Main gate
23.02.2003 22:51
said "They'll never manage to get thru that" or words
to that effect.
I went and lent a hand as best I could, and it was really
inspiring when it finally gave!
Many many thanks to those who brought the cables!
Excellent idea! :)
gtr
An amazing day...
24.02.2003 11:55
It wasn't an 'anarchist black bloc' who opened the gate, it was a very mixed crowd. Yes there were anarchos there (and I count myself as one of them though I wasn't wearing black), yes there were lots of them at the front but it's dishonest to claim it was just anarchos who did it. That sort of exaggeration makes us as bad as the corporate media.
I'm also not too sure about the numbers in that report...I definitely didn't see that many people get inside but I could be wrong.
Anyway...if anyone's considering using this tactic in future it's a good idea to attach to rope to the gate with a karabiner so the pigs can't cut it off easily. And I reckon it's definitely something we should do again!
base invader
tear it down
24.02.2003 12:51
That said, the anarchists were very determined, and earnt my respect.
If we had had a thousand rather than 500 we might have made it to the hangers and actually done some real damage to the war machine.
I also want to draw attention to the police use of dogs in the front line of clashes with people. There is no decent reason to use dogs unless to intimidate and frighten protestors, or to deliberatly endanger them. I was very nearly bitten by one, and I know at least one other protestor was bitten. This is unnacceptable.
getting more active
see also
25.02.2003 11:50
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/page.cfm?objectid=12670002&method=full&siteid=89488
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/stories/2003022502941500.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,901427,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5461-589570,00.html
http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/02/24/nirq124.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/02/24/ixnewstop.html
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=BE13C276-9C41-4C68-8540E597A8D969C6
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1081526,00.html
http://www.itv.com/news/851013.html
http://www.islam-online.net/english/News/2003-02/23/article14.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2791883.stm
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_753888.html?menu=
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030223/ap_wo_en_ge/eu_gen_britain_iraq_protestors_1
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-02/24/content_741304.htm
http://www.channel4.com/apps26/news/news_story.jsp?storyId=851013
http://www.thisiscirencester.com/cirencester/news/NEWS1.html
http://www.counterpunch.org/wilson01302003.html
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$4TC3K23VHCE4NQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2003/02/24/uesso.xml&sShe
et=/portal/2003/02/24/ixportaltop.html
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