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View around mayday section 60 oxford circus

04-05-2001 19:08

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Short video clip looking around oxford circus - gives u an ideas of how many people there were - later in the afternoon more people were added and the police kept reducing the space - crowded!

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Penned in tactics

04-05-2001 18:28

Penned in tactics
The Tactics used by the police were clear for each action, keep them in then stop them going to Oxford Circus.

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May 5. 130 cities worldwide protest for cannabis and against drug war. MMM 2001

04-05-2001 17:48

May 5th has been designated a universal protest day for those who have had enough of this DRUG WAR and the insidious assault on the international cannabis culture. It is time to end the racism and the hypocrisy. It is time for sanity and reason. It is time to come together. Listed below are the 130 cities and their respective contacts.

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Mayday Report: iDEFENSE Intelligence Services

04-05-2001 17:42

Cyber Activism, May Day 2001 Special Report v1.0 . 14:30 GMT
April
27, 2001
iDEFENSE Intelligence Services

SPECIAL REPORT
by iDEFENSE.UK
Cyber Activism,
May Day 2001
April 27, 2001

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Oxford Circus2

04-05-2001 17:09

Oxford Circus2
Police were quick to respond

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Oxford Circus

04-05-2001 17:06

Oxford Circus
Police were quick to respond

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mayday music at king's cross

04-05-2001 17:05

mayday music at king's cross
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police intervention @ mayaday critical mass(pic2)

04-05-2001 17:02

police intervention @ mayaday critical mass(pic2)
Police overlooking critical mass at bank

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police intervention @ mayaday critical mass (pic1)

04-05-2001 16:59

police intervention @ mayaday critical mass (pic1)
First Arrests are made from the Critical Mass Bike ride @ Bank

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First Trouble at Bank 9am Mayday

04-05-2001 16:55

First Trouble at Bank 9am Mayday
First Arrests are made from the Critical Mass Bike ride @ Bank

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"Protocols of God"

04-05-2001 15:27

In keeping with the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion you have allowed the powers-that-be to make Indy Media into a farce, to make arsenic into a more or less excusable manifestation of "wormwood"; and to make communication glitches into an excusable reason to get rid of anyone.

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A Wombling May Day

04-05-2001 14:35

WE WON

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Noise Making Time - Why Did No One Say Anything About Bush?

04-05-2001 14:33

Did the Mayday protests miss the point? Should we be more scared of capitalism, or what Bush is doing with diplomacy and nuclear weapons?

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Pics on escape from Oxford circus detention

04-05-2001 14:28

Pics on escape from Oxford circus detention
Scenes from escaping the oxford street 7 hour detention - cops everywhere - surrounding streets like some militarised zone - Mayday 2001

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Bristol Evening Post on Nobody victory

04-05-2001 14:20

Evening Post acknowledges council defeat in Nobody election sensation

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The Columbia Deception

04-05-2001 13:34

Paramilitary death squads are terrorizing the Columbian countryside. Texaco and BP are hiring paramilitary troops to defend oil pipelines. In the Putamayo region, Monsanto herbicide is being sprayed from the air, sickening thousands and destroying food crops. President Bush is aksing for an increase in U.S. funding for the war, up from 1.3 billion dollars last year.

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injury

04-05-2001 13:21

injury
The telescopic batons used by police during the mayday protests inflicted countless minor injuries and cuts to protestors. Injuries were also caused by missiles thrown by protestors, falling short and inflicting injuries to fellow protestors.

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Police photographer

04-05-2001 13:12

Police photographer
Police photographers take pictures of protestors indiscriminately. This hap hazard collecting of material adds to the criminalisation of legitimate protest.

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Mayday: release from Oxford Circus - video clip

04-05-2001 13:04

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This was just after the crush and baton episode when the police had to start letting people out quicker and without searching everyone - you can see the numbers of cops around, many filming people and and some being searched.
(Nb u need to download clip b4 full viewing)

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Mayday audio from Oxford Circus

04-05-2001 12:33

Sounds of chants while stuck in oxford circus by bloody pigs