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M&S Protestors Heard Above Zionist Threats and Sirens

M&S picket Manchester | 26.02.2005 18:04 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles

Thirty protesters from across Britain converged at Marks and Spencers in Manchester to promote the boycott of one of the UK's biggest corporate backers of Israel and in solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinians for their freedom and independence.

A mass of Palestinian flags, banners and amplified speeches were the means for this peaceful protest. Once again protesters were confronted by physical assaults, abuse, harrasment and insults by Zionist counter demonstrators. Using air horns to drown out speeches, following and threatening individual protesters and insulting us collectively, the Zionist thugs demonstrated their comtempt for all views different to theirs.

Inspite of this continuing harrassment, officers from the Greater Manchester Police seemed incapable of separating protestors from the counter demo. Only the persistent complaints of harrassed protestors, the presence of legal observers and repeated appeals to passers-by prompted a lethargic response on the part of the police. Officers made it plain that they had orders not to intervene. It is clear that Zioniat provocation is being allowed in the hope of eliciting am angry respose, enabling the police to close down the picket. At what level is this collusion between the police and the rabid fringe of Zionism being coordinated?

The public were clearly not impressed when individual members of the picket were surrounded and shouted at while they stood quietly and passively, being called racists and threatened with “harrassment to the grave”, “you better watch out for your children” [referring to two very young children], “we're going to kill you” and “we know your address”.

The Manchester picket against Marks and Spencers has endured assaults and harrassments from Zionists for nine months. Support for the picket and the presenc eof legal observers is always needed. If you wish to confront racism, apartheid and zionism, and the police's support for them, contact 07816547066.

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  1. Yawn ! — Bored with this now
  2. Yawn ! — Bored with this now
  3. Re: yawn — Bob
  4. "Bored with this now" — ftp
  5. fuckin right — bigger fight to fight
  6. The Zionists are proud to be wrong — Sharon's Car Ariel
  7. The point — A plague on both your houses
  8. Time to adopt more tactical & creative strategies?! — brain dead campaigning methods don't work well
  9. Actually..... — ftp
  10. Branding — ftp
  11. et cetera — - -
  12. The right to protest. — Tom.
  13. Branding — Victoria Siempre
  14. Zionism - the NEW acceptable word — Not Zionist Jew
  15. Any demonstration welcome — .
  16. erm, if someone isn't a zionist.... — ftp
  17. Upload and expose them! — open publishing does what it says on the tin
  18. Jew — Not a Jew
  19. The jewish question — ftp
  20. Brighton and London came in Solidarity and get attacked for doing so!!!!!! — Brightonian and Proud!
  21. Zionism is Fascism — Zionism is Fascism
  22. Any reason? — *
  23. because.. — .
  24. Lack Of Support For M&S Protests in Manchester — Brightonian and Proud
  25. No more M and S — don
  26. Branding someone else's oppression for your own political ends?! :0( — The 'Joy' of Sects
  27. On branding... — .
  28. No Branding on M&S Pickets — Brightonian and Proud
  29. Liars — Zionist
  30. RE USLESS COMMENTS MADE SO FAR — ADAM 20 WITH FULL OF BRAIN POWER
  31. Ideology and racism — ftp
  32. No logo — Victoria Siempre
  33. Some history — Hermes
  34. Zionism — John
  35. Bit more history — ...
  36. WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS — ADAM
  37. THANK YOU JOHN — ADAM
  38. Martin Luther King Letter a Hoax — steve3742
  39. ... — Hermes
  40. im nothing — adam
  41. oh england — rapattaque
  42. Celtic England — steve3742
  43. Here we go again — J&P
  44. err hermes????? — adam
  45. MLK Letter — steve3742
  46. MLK Speech — anon.....
  47. Adam is nothing and not a Zionist... — Victoria Siempre
  48. .... — anon....
  49. Kofi Annan - Commencement Speech at Harvard University — Anon...
  50. ERR ANNON — adam
  51. nearly a week, and a reply! — anon...
  52. steve3742 stop your fascist propaganda — Huanita

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