News from outside London: "Tash" reports about another case of restrictive traveller law. An exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the "Battle of the Beanfield".
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Thanks to "Bolshie Photos", "Voluntary Slave" and "Tash" for these reports and pics
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Unseat Michael Howard and Save Dale Farm
13.04.2005 20:29
The meeting also addressed the concern of the media. ie. The racist crap printed in the tabloids. It is probably worth mentioning here that the march was pretty well overlooked in the mainstream 'news' broadcasting and papers who seem more interested in same day demos about fare increases and Scottish soldiers. Nor would the mainstream media be interested in the fact that people from different faiths attended the Holocaust Memorial Service at St James with the march being likewise a good mix of people....
The march was pretty well hurried along by the Met ( new tactic I've noticed as they did the same as the Refugee March the week before ) giving the excellent Roma band and the Rhythmns of Resistance samba band a bit of a challenge to play.
Another point of the meeting was to launch a campaign to stop the destruction of one of the largest traveller communities in the UK. Dale farm near Basildon, Essex is facing evicition by bailiffs Constant and Co. ( http://www.constantand.co.uk/ ) who specialise in dealing out shit to squatters and travellers ( and fly-traders according to their site! ). Seventy families face eviction after the 13th May.
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