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artist to challenge/defy westminster protest ban

mark mcgowan | 13.12.2005 14:27 | Free Spaces | Repression | Social Struggles | London

THIS IS NOT A PROTEST.

This Saturday 17th Dec.in an extra ordinary art performance artist Mark McGowan is to challenge the government and police�s Westminster protest ban by walking backwards inside the entire exclusion zone wearing a tee shirt saying THIS IS NOT A PROTEST, and whispering the words 'sssh this is not a protest sssh�this not a protest sssh', to passers-by.

THIS IS NOT A PROTEST.

In an extra ordinary art performance artist Mark McGowan is to challenge the government and police�s Westminster protest ban by walking backwards inside the entire exclusion zone wearing a tee shirt saying THIS IS NOT A PROTEST, and whispering the words ��sssh this is not a protest sssh�this not a protest sssh��, to passers-by.

A recent law was passed banning all protest within-in a one mile exclusion zone, which also includes any banners, placards and loud hailers.

The event will start at 10am in Westminster Square this Saturday 17th December 2005.

McGowan says, �I don�t think that I am breaking the law, I hope not�.

For more info and images

07956084780
 chunkymark1974@yahoo.com

mark mcgowan
- e-mail: chunkymark1974@yahoo.com

Comments

Display the following 9 comments

  1. Wow ! — Laughing soooooo much
  2. Good Steff — Steff
  3. you shoudlnt mock him — boris
  4. performance art — mark
  5. Death of Free Speech — keith
  6. nothing to see here... — Derek Lane
  7. Missed the point — Another one laughing
  8. mark mcgowan kisses tony blair 100,000 times — tony
  9. have you got a better idea — shirley english

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