Heroes Save Grafton Centre From Picnic Mob
Grafter | 01.05.2004 20:00 | May Day 2004 | Repression | Cambridge
In a funny but disturbing display of hostility, Grafton Centre security guards under the watchful eyes of mall managers grabbed anti-sweatshop literature out of the hands of mild-mannered protesters, forbid the use of video and still cameras, and triumphantly dismantled the sinister May Day picnic apparatus inside the mall. A potentially violent mob which was handing out pink "No To Child Labour" balloons to passing children was also suppressed with ruthless effectiveness.
Picnic 1 [Can I see your papers?]
Picnic 2
Picnic 3
The Grafton Grapple
This one's from Dublin but it's cool anyway
Dangerous Criminals
Who are you consuming?
Subversive Balloon Stopped in the Nick of Time
By about 1:45, the picnic was happily set up outside the main entrance to the Grafton Centre beside the Cooperative Bank, under the watchful eyes of the combined mall/police security forces. The demonstration, which included juggling, dancing, free food, people reading books, and other non-shopping activities, was finally vanquished by 3:00 pm GMT.
Grafter
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It's A Free Market, so you'd better PAY UP!!
01.05.2004 21:27
In other words, if you're not spending money, they don't want you around!
If you want a better deal for the workers who work there, they don't want want you around!
If you want to remind people of where (and how) the goods in there got on the shelves, they don't want you around!
If you want to point out that there is more to life than spending money on the latest consumer follies, they don't want you around!
However, if you go in with the intention of being a passive consumer, willing to have your money sent out of the local economy to a head office and ultimately a company director possibly thousands of miles away, if you don't want your money to help contribute to your local economy (and therefore local community), then they'll welcome you with open arms and a plastic smile.
Remember folks:
It's a free country and a free market, but, you have to pay for it somehow!!
Another world IS possible, but only if we get rid of these plebs first!!
Proletarian Plebian
Congrats
01.05.2004 22:27
Congratulations.
Keep up the good work
Karic