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The Hippy, Hippy Shakedown - Big Green Gathering Shutdown

Jo Makepeace | 28.07.2009 05:45

BREAKING NEWS .... THE BIG GREEN GATHERING HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN BY POLICE!.....plus, clampdown in Calais on migrants trying to get to Britain, redundant workers at the Vestas wind turbine factory on Isle Of Wight occupy workplace in protest, repression in Iran continues, with protesters being killed by security forces and thousands detained, Liverpool BNP activist Peter Tierney is in court for violently attacking anti-fascist protesters, and more...

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WAKE UP!! IT'S YER GREEN IN THE GILLS...

SchNEWS, Issue 685, Monday 27th July 2009

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THE HIPPY, HIPPY SHAKEDOWN

BREAKING NEWS.... THE BIG GREEN GATHERING HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN BY
POLICE!

The Big Green Gathering, a fixture in the alternative calendar, was
due to return after two years this week. 15–20,000 people were
expected to turn up on Wednesday (29th) to the site near Cheddar,
Somerset, for Europe’s largest green event - a five-day festival
promoting sustainability and renewable energy, with everything from
allotments to alternative media. Hundreds of staff and volunteers are
already on site, and its cancellation comes just days before gates
were due to open. Organisers, most of whom work for nothing, are
gutted. One told SchNEWS “We are so disappointed not to be
having this year’s gathering – it means so much to so many
people”.

A last-minute injunction by Mendip District Council, supported by
Avon and Somerset Police, put the ki-bosh on the entire event - citing
the potential for ‘crime and disorder’ and safety
concerns. This was despite the fact that the festival had actually
been granted a licence on the 30th of June. According to Avon and
Somerset police’s website “[We] went above and beyond the
call of duty to ensure this event took place.” This is of course
utter bollocks.

The injunction was due to be heard in the High Court in London on
Monday (27th). However, before that could happen the BGG organisers
surrendered the festival licence on Sunday morning. As soon as this
was done a police commander at the meeting was overheard saying into
his radio “Operation Fortress is go”. Police have already
set up roadblocks and promised to turn festival-goers back. Chief
Inspector Paul Richards, festival liaison, later confirmed to one of
the festival organisers that “This is political”, adding
that the decision had been made over his head at county level. One of
SchNEWS’ sources on site said that the police were frank about
the fact that the closure had been planned for two weeks. “This
was a blatant act of political sabotage – the Big Green
Gathering is now completely bankrupt, they knew that we were going to
be closed down and yet they carried on allowing us to spend money hand
over fist on infrastructure”.

The BGG collapsed financially in 2007 under the weight of increased
security costs. The new licensing act added an extra £120k to
their costs, leaving them with a loss of £80k. Security
accounted for a third of their overall overheads and the road
marshalling bill rose from £5k to over £23k. In spite of
these setbacks, they managed to scrape themselves back off the floor
with shareholder cash and some potentially dubious corporate
involvement. Every effort had been made by the gathering’s
organisers to accommodate the increasingly niggling demands of police
and licensing authorities. The procedure lasted over six months
– just check out
www.mendip.gov.uk/CommitteeMeeting.asp?id=SX9452-A782D404 for the
minutes of meetings held between organisers and the authorities.
Demands included a steel fence, watchtowers and perimeter patrols,
having the horsedrawn field inside a ‘secure compound’ and
wristbands for twelve undercover police. At a multi-agency meeting on
Thursday, police took those wristbands in order to maintain the
pretence that the festival stood a chance of going ahead. A catalogue
of other obstacles were also continually placed in the
organiser’s path.

All of the businesses associated with the BGG came under scrutiny,
licensing authorities contacted South West ambulances, the Fire
Brigade and the fencing contractors and asked them to get payment up
front from the BGG. Needless to say this caused huge problems.

Under the terms of the Licensing Act 2005, police can insist on
certain security firms being used by organisers. This of course leads
to a totally unhealthy hand-in-glove relationship, open to abuse.
Stuart Security were forced on the BGG by police, and on Wednesday
last week, they suddenly announced that they wanted 60% of their fee
up front. Even though the BGG scraped the cash together, the company
still wanted out. So the BGG hired another firm – against police
wishes. The fact that Stuart Security rely on police approval for
lucrative contracts at Glastonbury Festival, the Royal Bath & West
Show, WOMAD, Reading Festival, and Glade Festival has, of course, no
bearing on the matter.

UNCERTAIN FETE

The last issue at stake was road closures. Mendip District Council
had insisted on road closures as part of the licensing requirements. A
festival organiser contacted the highways agency to process this
fairly routine request. The decision was passed to junior management
who reportedly came under intense pressure not to grant the closure.
As the road closures were not secured, the council were able to claim
that the BGG was in breach of licence. A nice little legal stitch-up
that according to one QC meant the BGG stood fuck-all chance of
fighting the injunction. Of course, now that “Operation
Fortress” is in full swing, there are road-blocks throughout the
area. The BGG is itself a limited company and could have fought the
injunction - risking no more than bankruptcy - but in a nasty twist
two individuals were also named, meaning that should proceedings have
gone ahead against the festival then Mendip Council would have had a
claim on their assets to settle court costs. Police also threatened to
place the farmer on the injunction, risking his entire livelihood.

Anyone who has ever been to the Big Green will know that the
atmosphere is more like a village fete than any of the mainstream
events. There is virtually no aggro. It’s more about chai and
gong-massages than Stella and fisticuffs. All power is 12V solar and
the amplification is correspondingly quiet. Music stops at midnight.
Compare that to the 24 hr Technomuntfucks that go on with state
blessing across the country. Of course it would be cynical to suggest
that the BGG represents an alternative that the authorities fear.
It’s a gathering place for eco-activists, where the likes of
Plane Stupid and No-Borders hang out and exchange ideas while trying
to avoid being button-holed by 9-11 truthers. It’s clear now
that the state views events like the Big Green in the same light as
Climate Camp and the anti-G20 protests. The BGG saga is showing that
there may no longer be any ‘safe’ legal spaces for us to
gather. The third way of quasi-legal free-ish festivals is looking
like a dead-end.

IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN

It’s clear that the Big Green has been singled out – and
any gathering promoting those values or trying to organise in a
grass-roots way will probably suffer the same fate once they get to a
certain size. As corporate-branded Glasto has become a fixture on the
mainstream calendar, like Ascot or Wimbledon, many have turned towards
smaller more ‘grass-roots’ festivals. Niche festivals have
bloomed across the British landscape. No matter what your bent, be it
faerie wings or S&M, there’s probably a muddy weekend in a
field for you.

Of course this isn’t the first time that Britain’s had a
thriving festival scene. See previous SchNEWS’ for how the free
festival scene came under ruthless attack from the forces of Babylon
(or just skin up for an old hippy and listen to them bang on about the
glories of the White Goddess Fayre or Torpedo Town).

Some have tried to go down the quasi-legal route, such as Strawberry
Fair and even Glastonbury, until the aptly named Mean Fiddler
intervened in 2002. Unfortunately the corporate dollar is never far
behind. Witness how Glastonbury went from a fence-jumping free-for-all
where the festival organisers built the infrastructure, but the
fly-pitchers, buskers and random naked lunatics made it a real festie
rather than a fenced in, heavily policed corporate theme park.

The Big Green was an exceptional festival, which managed to leap
through the legal process while being crew-heavy and retaining a lot
of the free-festival atmosphere (Not all of course - we still had to
put up with plod wandering around site). It was a unique gathering
place for fringe movements, from eco-activists to crop-circle
nutters.

We’re not just banging on about festivals being free because we
miss the good ‘ol days – there’s a huge difference
between being a punter who has a whole experience laid on for them
(e.g. Glasto’s themed areas with helpful stewards pointing you
in the direction of the consumer delights), and being part of a
festival/free party where everyone’s responsible for the
entertainment, and even infrastructure like welfare. A crowd that
feels it owns an event behaves differently to one that feels it has
paid to have an experience. The fact that undercover police now feel
free to operate and arrest people, without any back-up, for cannabis
use or nudity (See SchNEWS 684 and 603) at festivals has a lot do with
the sheep-like behaviour of punters - a mentality that our masters are
keen to see enforced.

In the SchNEWS office we’re hearing rumours that people
aren’t going to be put off – alternative sites are being
looked at and people are heading to the West Country anyway. In the
words of one participant “Things are just getting
interesting”. Time for the Big Black Barney?

* Festivals and free parties are going on all around the country:-

For festivals see www.festivaleye.com and www.efestivals.co.uk

For free parties see www.partyvibe.com

For both of these as well as protest camps and lots more see
www.schnews.org.uk/pap



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STILL CAMPING IT UP

It’s summer (no, really) and time for a bit of in-tents action.
With four Camps For Climate Action coming up, the UK Climate Camp
scene is seeing the break up of the union with separate Scottish,
Welsh, Irish and English events. The camps are the usual low impact
living affairs with renewable energy, compost toilets and grey water
systems. Meals are provided by camp kitchens and there are practical
workshops, direct action and horizontal organisation.

Running alongside all four will be police camps with all mod cons,
shiny uniforms and usual harassment.

First up is the Scottish Climate Camp, August 3rd-10th, in the Firth
of Forth area which has lots of power stations, corporate HQs, gas and
oil refineries, open cast coal mines, a nuclear power station and a
cement factory. See www.climatecampscotland.org.uk

Wales’ climate camp will be in Pembrokeshire, August 13-16. See
www.climatecampcymru.org

The Irish camp will be in Co. Offaly, August 15th-23rd. See
www.climatecamp.ie

And last is the English camp which will be near London, August 27th
– September 2nd. See www.climatecamp.org.uk

*And don't forget the other permanent camps in Scotland: Mainshill
Camp in South Lanarkshire was set up oppose Scottish Coal who've been
given the go-ahead to mine 1.7 million tonnes despite 700 out of 1000
locals putting in objections to the scheme. The camp is building
defences and always appreciates more people and tat. Info:
www.coalactionedinburgh.noflag.org.uk/?page_id=415 or call 07806
926040

Long running anti-nuke weapons establishment Faslane Peace Camp is in
need of people. The peace camp, running since 1982, is down to just
one member. All the other regular residents are defending land
elsewhere in the country. There is a real need for people to move
there or visit as often as they can.

The camp is a base for direct action against nuclear weapons and
related issues it would be a great shame if the camp closed. To help
keep this 27-year-old protesting institution going get yerself up
north sharpish! Contact: 01436820901,  faslaniapeacecamp@yahoo.co.uk
and www.myspace.com/faslanepeacecamp



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STILL KEMPING IT UP

This week has seen the opening of the third corporate-run supermarket
on St James’ Street in Kemptown, Brighton. In response Campaign
group Keep Brighton Unique organised a demonstration calling for a
boycott of the new Tesco store last Wednesday (22nd).

Tesco recently cancelled plans to open a 100,000 sq ft store on
London Road, Brighton, due to a locally organised action group’s
campaign of opposition during the consultation. The group, Another
London Road, have been acting continuously to preserve Brighton from
multinational development. Anti-corporate campaigners were hopeful
when the St James’ St Tesco was initially refused an alcohol
licence on the grounds that it was in an booze control area within
the city centre. However, magistrates bowed to the big business
bullies on appeal and granted the licence.

Kemptown, renowned for its quirky, individual and unique atmosphere
as well as its independent traders and privately run shops, now has
the dubious honour of having a Morrison’s, Co-op, Tesco and
Starbucks all along one stretch of high street.

Despite a recent set back in their campaign against Starbucks, as the
council accepted the questionable evidence of 51% of products being
sold for take-out and allowed Starbucks to continue trading on a
retail licence (SchNEWS 679), Keep Brighton Unique will be continuing
to hold monthly protests outside various Starbucks in the city. To
date, this rowdy bunch have collected over 3,000 anti-Starbucks
signatures and staged weekly protests for more than a year.

The next Keep Brighton Unique demo is midday 1st August outside the
St James’ Street Starbucks, then on the first Saturday of every
month.

The protesters were joined last Wednesday by another group
campaigning against a Tesco in Titnore Woods (near Worthing), where
groundwork has started without full planning permission on an area
with ancient woodland and that is at severe risk of flooding.
Protesters have been camped in the nearby woods since May 2006 (See
SchNEWS 648). Help is still needed with the camp.

* Info on the London Road campaign group:
 http://anotherlondonroad.googlepages.com

* How to get involved in the anti-Titnore Tesco campaign:
www.protectourwoodland.co.uk



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BREAKING WIND

After sticking their heads out of the Westminster windows for a quick
climatic analysis, Britain’s politicians have earmarked wind
power as our best option in the race to prevent climate catastrophe.
Yet, in April, when the worlds largest manufacturer of wind turbines,
Vestas, announced plans to close its sites in the Isle of Wight and
Southampton, the government remained silent - about both the loss of
Britain’s most significant turbine manufacturing facilities and
the loss of hundreds of jobs. Faced with a wall of silence, apathy and
hypocrisy, the non-unionised Vestas workers on the Isle of Wight had
little option but to take action and, last week, they occupied their
factory in protest.

The occupation began on Monday night (20th) when 30 workers took over
the management offices in the factory. The Vestas management
immediately locked down the site and called in the police. Workers
arriving for their last few days of work the next day were turned away
from the gates, but when they realised why, many stayed on and
established a picket outside the factory, which has since been manned
by up to 150 people.

Vestas took a hard line in response to the protest. Riot police who
turned up on the first day threatened those inside with arrest for
aggravated trespass and huffed and puffed but failed to force their
way into the offices. They also prevented people from joining the
protest or providing food to the occupiers. Although the riot shields
have since been put away, police have continued obstructing attempts
to deliver food. On Tuesday two people were arrested for breach of the
peace after protesters staged a mass walk-in, in an attempt to
resupply the workers inside.

Hoping to starve the protesters out, Vestas imposed a food ban after
the failure of their initial cunning plan of offering the workers food
as long as they came out to get it. Following the success of the
walk-in however, they changed their stance and are currently offering
to provide the workers with food, as long as they accept no more from
supporters.

The company has so far refused to negotiate - preferring threats
instead. They’ve told the occupiers that they faced arrest and
being fired without redundancy pay (a measly three weeks), if they
didn’t leave the premises immediately. Two workers have left the
occupation but the others remain strong despite having been given four
ultimatums.

The factory on the Isle of Wight had been making turbines for the US
market, but production is moving to China and the US. Vestas, who
recently saw a 70% rise in quarterly profits, have failed to adapt
production for European wind farms, blaming a “lack of political
initiatives” and chronic nimbyism, with a ‘not in my
backyard’ attitude rife in Britain.

Energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, recently promised
the creation of 400,000 new ‘green’ jobs as part of his
plans to meet his hot air target of “over 30%” of
Britain’s energy being produced by renewable sources, most
notably wind power, by 2020. Passing wind on the Vestas situation,
Miliband, without a trace of irony, blamed insufficient orders for the
turbines and the difficulty in obtaining planning permission for wind
farms.

A similar situation arose in Scotland earlier in the year when Vestas
closed a plant in Machrihanish, Kyntyre, for similar reasons.
However, the Scottish government negotiated a takeover by another
company, (the hilariously named) Skykon, who, with the help of
government subsidies, are planning to adapt the plant to purpose
before expanding production as part of a push to meet the Scottish
government’s renewable energy targets.

While the government has been happy to give the ‘green’
light to airport expansion plans and the construction of new nuclear
and coal powered power stations on the premise that they will create
desperately needed jobs, not to mention pouring rivers of cash into
the failing banks and propping up the car industry, it seems that
stepping in to save 525 jobs in a hard hit island economy is out of
the question. Up to their necks in hypocrisy, Miliband’s feeble
protestations have shown once again that the government’s action
on climate change amounts to little more than pissing in the wind
turbine.

* See www.savevestas.wordpress.com

* Send messages of support to:  savevestas@googlemail.com

* The workers are calling for solidarity actions – specifically
at Vestas UK head office in Warrington at 302 Bridgewater Place,
Birchwood Park, WA3 6XG



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TESTING TIMES

An animal rights protest was held by Gateway to Hell campaigners and
Stop Sequani Animal Testing group (See SchNEWS 646) in Ledbury,
Herefordshire last week (Wednesday 15th).

The demo, named No Holiday For The Animals Inside Sequani, was held
to stop the cruel practices of Sequani Labs in their treatment of
animals used to test pharmaceutical drugs, chemical compounds and
medical devices.

30 protesters in summer clothes with buckets and spades were joined
by 22 police officers and 7 police vehicles, while passing motorists
showed their support by sounding their horns. Some cops then took
offence and started hitting these drive-by supporters... with
£30 fines - much to the confusion of the people concerned and
the other officers.

One arrest was made of a campaigner for withholding their name,
details which were later leaked on a pro-vivisection website after the
police used painful restraint methods to extract the information.

More action is planned see www.sequani.wordpress.com or
www.gatewaytohell.net



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CALAIS ABOUTS

The clampdown on the migrants in Calais by French Authorities (see
SchNEWS 684, 682) is underway with migrants being stopped and detained
on the streets with intensified police raids on migrant camps and
squats - complete with tear gas, beatings and detentions. Although
there is no sign yet of flights chartered for deportations, the
situation remains tense.

Activists from France, the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium have been
arriving all week to show solidarity with the migrants and act as
legal observers.

Raids on the jungles and squats have intensified: on Wednesday (22nd
July) a Sudanese squat was raided four times, with tear gas and two
people taken. The Pashtun jungle was also raided in the early hours of
the morning, and while nobody was taken the police photographed and
counted all the migrants they found there – mostly minors as
many of the adults who are more at risk of being deported have been
hiding elsewhere. Similarly there have also been raids on Eritrean and
Somali squats.

With police operations building, activists on the ground have put a
call out for more people to get down there and show their support.

* See www.calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com



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LA LUTTE CONTINUE

Groups of French workers who had been threatening to blow up their
factories (see SchNEWS 684), have this week been offered increased
redundancy packages to put down the gas canisters and end their
factory occupations.

While workers at Nortel have accepted a €7,300 redundancy
package, workers at car part manufacturer New Fabris are considering
their options following negotiations with the French Industry Minister
and Peugeot and Renault – who had been New Fabris’
customers. After disarming their homemade bombs in order to enter into
talks last Monday (20th), the workers – who had been holding out
for a €30,000 payment - were offered an average statutory
severance pay of €17,500 plus a “job-seeker aid”
payment of €11,000. However, many of the factory-floor employees
would receive considerably less, despite over 20 years service in some
cases. Disappointed workers have yet to accept the offer and may yet
return to their guns, having stated that “nothing is ruled
out.”

Elsewhere in France, workers are continuing with their rather more
up-fer-it version of the ‘Summer of Rage’. On Wednesday
four managers at Michelin’s plant in Montceau-les-Mines were
held over night in another case of “boss-knapping”, while
around 100 workers at Swedish-owned ball bearing plant SKF in
Fontenay-le-Compte, blockaded the entrance to the site and burned
machinery in response to redundancies.

This was followed on Friday (24th) by yet another
“boss-knapping” when workers from British company
Servisair prevented two managers from leaving the company’s
offices. The managers were released the next day following the
intervention of bailiffs.



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TWISTY TIERNEY

Peter Tierney, Liverpool businessman by day, so called BNP
“super activist” by night, is set to stand trial for
assault at Liverpool Magistrates Court on August 5th. After previously
being nicked twice, once for the possession of 100 wild bird eggs,
Tierney was collared in April after splitting open the head of an
Anti-Fascist protester with a camera tripod.

The Anti-Fascists had been following Tierney and his fellow BNP
Neanderthals around Liverpool city centre, foiling their attempts to
set up a stall and leaflet passers-by. After twice having to pack up
and leave, Tiernery finally flipped out and started attacking
protesters with the folded tripod. He was joined in his assault by
Steven Greenhalgh, who used an upturned table as a riot shield.


The BNP are attempting to organise a demonstration outside the Court
in support of Tierney. Liverpool Anti-Facists are calling out for a
counter-demonstration to show that Tierney and the BNP have no place
in the community.

* See www.antifa.org.uk



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REPUBLIC GONE BANANAS

Against the background of continuing nationwide direct action, the
deposed president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, finally returned to
Honduran soil on Friday (24th). Zelaya, however, only made it as far
as a ‘Welcome to Honduras’ sign before turning tail and
retreating to the safety of Nicaragua.

After the failure of US brokered talks between Zelaya and coup
‘president’ Roberto Micheletti, Zelaya had announced his
plans for a triumphant return coinciding with the birthday of Latin
American folk hero, ‘The Liberator’, Simon Bolívar.
But, with thousands of Zelaya supporters dispersed in clashes with
riot police several miles away from the crossing, and with the
military and riot police waiting on the border with orders to arrest
him, Zelaya’s liberation march was considerably shorter than
that of Bolívar. He instead opted to do a couple of quick
interviews before returning to exile rather than risking arrest.

While Zelaya has continued his symbolic hopping back and forth over
the border throughout the weekend, those that are now living under a
military dictatorship, the Honduran people, continue to risk their
liberty and safety by challenging the regime on the streets with daily
mass demonstrations, strikes, school and workplace occupations and
road blocks.

There are now also a number of international solidarity campaigns
underway, including the International Transport Workers Federation
which has called on its 4.5 million members worldwide to refuse to
handle Honduran goods for as long as the coup regime remains in
place.

Zelaya has proved once again that he is no real-deal revolutionary.
The social movement that has arisen as a result of his removal
however, continues to grow in strength and it looks like they
won’t back down quite so easily.

* For recent history from the original banana republic see SchNEWS
682,683,684.

* See www.upsidedownworld.org www.narconews.com



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SAVING IT FOR AN IRAN-Y DAY

In the latest round of repression of protests against the rigged
elections in June by the Iranian authorities, security forces beat and
arrested dozens in Tehran on Tuesday.

This follows Friday’s clashes when the police attacked
protesters attending an anti-Ahmadinejad rally with tear gas last
Friday. Until last Friday there had been few signs of mass dissent
after the brutal crackdown following the election, during which at
least thirty protesters were killed. The recent protests represent the
first major challenge to the Ahmadinejad regime after it declared
gatherings illegal.

Even the Saturday meetings of the ‘Mourning Mothers’,
which began four weeks ago in public parks between 7 and 8pm - the day
and time at which Neda Agha-Soltan, a young woman, was shot dead on
June 20th - have been targeted by security forces. The meetings have
seen several arrests, including women’s rights and student
activist Zeynab Peyghambarzadeh, who is also a member of the One
Million Signatures Campaign, which is demanding an end to
discrimination against women in law.

Thousands have been detained during round-ups by the authorities
after the elections, including political activists, journalists,
academics and lawyers, many of whom are still being held. Lawyer and
human rights activist, Shadi Sadr, was violently arrested in Tehran
last Friday on her way to prayers. Shadi was walking with a group of
women’s rights activists along a busy road when unidentified
plain-clothed men beat her with batons before bundling her into a
car.

There were international demonstrations last weekend (25th) in
solidarity with the Iranian people, including events London, Brighton,
Seattle, Toronto and others.

* See www.iransolidarity.org.uk





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AND FINALLY

Pent up Pagan police are now campaigning for an officially recognised
support group – a Pagan Police Association. Well it can’t
be easy concentrating on your mantras when the Chief Super is
breathing down your neck...

Pentagram-carrying Pagan police are already allowed up to eight days
annual leave which they can take off and join all the hippies at the
solstice and equinox, but presumably not to skin up a big spliff.

Pagan cop Andy Pardy, from Hertfordshire told Police Review:
“Paganism is not the new age, tree-hugging fad that some people
think it is” (Maybe you’re more into pig worship).
“It is not the clandestine, horrible, evil thing that people
think it is.” (No Andy, that’s MI5.)

SchNEWS wonders what is next... Satanist or Jedi Police
Associations?



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Disclaimer

SchNEWS warns all readers, you bend over backwards to do things
legally and look what happens. Honest!

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Jo Makepeace
- e-mail: mail@schnews.org.uk
- Homepage: http://www.schnews.org.uk

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