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Clown Army marching in Edinburgh

an embedded clown | 02.07.2005 17:41 | G8 2005 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles

Pictures of the Clown army in Edinburgh on Saturday Jukt 2nd -- make poverty history march.

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OK....

02.07.2005 18:41

Let's hope these clowns ain't just clowning around with make up and have some serious tricks up their sleeves. We're watching!

D.I.R.T

little cars with oval wheels

02.07.2005 22:18

Bang on D.I.R.T.

Britain expects... squirty flowers, little cars with oval wheels, guns that shoot a scroll of paper that says "Bang"...

The clowns look ace...

tom

circa 2005 bc (bullshit comrades)

03.07.2005 09:36

typical, although i see through the issues with blacking up for this demo, it doesn't surprise me that circa were of no help to the black block other than giving them something even more embarrassing to look at, has it come to this, shake your fucking selves, its an embarassment to struggle

jordan

yeah right

03.07.2005 13:11

Ok Jordan, so its not embarrasing to see 30-40 hoodied black blockers spending a saturday afternoon overturning a few dustbins and spending the rest ofthe day sat between some buses.

The clowns roamed freely, and are more likely to get across a message to anyone looking than them!

jonno

...don't just watch

03.07.2005 16:51

...get yourself trained up with the clown army and experience it for yourself. Love those clowns, love what they do and how they do it. :o)

may

hundered's of ways

03.07.2005 22:03

"let the beauty you love, be what you do, there are hundered's of ways to kneel and kiss the ground"

heart&revolution

A bunch of clowns eh?

03.07.2005 22:27

How very apt.

A tip ....C List A

Those clowns know their shit

04.07.2005 01:39

I had a chat with some of those clowns a couple of days before the demo. They are not just poncing around for the sake of it; they are very bright, highly motivated individuals who have a cause and a unique way of bringing people's attention to that cause.

On the day they were great - bringing a lot of smiles to peoples faces, and a lot of energy to the demonstration. This is a cause backed by many different kinds of people (as it should be) don't diss them because they aren't protesting they way that you would. The main thing is to raise people's awareness of the issues and they succeeded in that admirably.

Well done Clown Army - I thought you did a great job!

Mog

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09.07.2005 19:35

Clowns more effective than Black Bloc

11.07.2005 13:34

The Black Bloc are posturing as revolutionaries. If you think wearing a balaclava and throwing stones and bottles is effective then you really are a clown. Change will not come from some purist macho elite but by everyday normal people changing their everyday normal lives. Let hope the clowns don't degenerate into papwer-selling zombies towing some party line.

Batko Makhno

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