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Why I'm going to the Critical Mass this friday

ILOVEGCHQ | 22.07.2012 21:35

Here's my reason why.

back in 2005, we found out the news that London was going to host the Olympic games, lots of people in the media make comments about how much of a shit hole Stratford is, but truth is, its not really that shit, it's just an easy target for the developers, there's no one to defend it.

Anyway since 2005 the amount of redevelopment with yuppy flats and Tescos popping up all over the town is out of control, the locals have been pushed to once side.

I'm mates with a local Tory campaign, funny cause he's a tory, and all his constituants hate the Olympics, and he agrees. I'm assuming that after the Olympics like the Millenium Dome and Iraq, the top politicans will admit it was a bit of sham.

Everywhere I go I hear people moaning about the Olympics, and then when I turn on the TV, I see nothing but smiling faces.

Even my parents who are miserable, Daily Mail types want to see the VIP lanes blocked.
We got taxis drivers moaning, dairy farmers out on strike, now its times for the opposite end of the spectrum to join in with the critical mass.

When I heard about the critical mass, I thought it was time to give 'them' a hernia with stress. 130 quid fine for cycling in the VIP lane? thats an insult to the normal people who are stuck in London.

Anyway over the years I've was part of the Summit Hopping movment, but no-one in London has realised all the Olympics is another political summit, and it should of been treated as such, with massive direct action, banner drops, etc etc.

anyway if your coming to the mass on friday, expect the police, GCHQ and they're other resources to really treat us like shit.
On saturday a facebook event was blocked with in one-hour of its creation, I hope the girl who made the event doesn't use her own ip address. GCHQ are deffinatly going to watch this one.
Proberly a massive Copenhagen kettle on one of the bridges, or southbank, so keep your wits about you, ride a blue barclays bike, and ditch it if shit gets heavy lets not forget, the psycos of our Armed Forces are in London in numbers, and they can't tell the difference between an Afgan wedding and terrorist camp.

Keep telling your mates, and invite them along.

See you in the streets.

ILOVEGCHQ

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  1. Yuppy flats and Tescos — Dan Factor
  2. Hijacking of Critical Mass — Massing since 1998
  3. Crit Mass — Masser
  4. critical mass identity — eeeh
  5. come on everyone — jeff
  6. And people on foot too! — The critical mass massive.
  7. We are prepared — One of the Mass
  8. If you don't want to protest the scum games then don't — me
  9. stay away — Mass
  10. Mass Defence - wotever — Yeah Yeah
  11. Its the same everytime — fuck off trolls
  12. An Olympic event — Bob
  13. Not wanted — Long time rider
  14. Critical Mass boycotts olympigs — Carlos X
  15. I'm with Carlos X — Ride free
  16. These 'stewards' & 'spotters' are plain-clothes cops. — FITwatch
  17. FITWATCH info not accurate — Rider
  18. Undercovers. — Carlos X
  19. The group wasn't banned — False information in the article
  20. Central London — Anon
  21. out-of-towners — Carlos X
  22. to carlos — cyclist
  23. CM been all over the place — Criminal Hummus
  24. to 'cyclist' and the hummus — Carlos X
  25. @ Carlos X — Krauss
  26. yeah, but — Carlos X
  27. blimmin eck — Anne-Marie
  28. to the angry TAXI drivers we will meet — bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  29. @to the angry TAXI drivers we will meet — Henryetta
  30. My letter to Inspector Cryer — A Cyclist
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