Support Mayday Monopoly ! Support Farmers Resistance !
Comrade Vathek | 02.04.2001 15:12
Red Star Bulletin:
"The intolerable current situation is degenerating by the day. What remains of a constitution is vanishing as we speak, Blair prances about the countryside side-by-side with the military and resistance groups are selectively but ruthlessly crushed. The appalling raid on the Button Factory in South london has been at least tempered by the news that farmers in Wales are stepping up opposition to the slaughter: near Brecon (Aberhonddu) a group of protesters took to the lanes objecting to the establishing of a mass animal execution site. One man in particular took it further and commandeered an earthdigger, crushing two police vehicles as he went.
If the Blair regime intend to cancel local elections set for May, it stands on the edge of illegality: having done it once on a flimsy pretext, it will be easier next time.
The Mayday Monopoly plan is eminently creative. The plan, (as we understand it from leaflets) to converge on Oxford Circus at 4pm will have a substantial effect, no matter how the police respond. They have, however, warned that they will stage a much more robust response than in recent years and we must be careful. Study a street map and familiarise yourself with the surroundings. To the north west of the station is Finsbury Sq, and the pleasant Hanover Sq is just to the south east. The police may attempt to push protesters from the crossroads into these parks. To the north, on Regent St, is a BBC HQ. The approach to Hanover Sq from the south is wide, but it is uphill. To the south east is Soho and Carnaby Street: if we have to retreat altogether, we may find some degree of support there from the small cafes and sex shop workers. Above all, each group must decide what their actions should be: do not bring anyone with you who is not able to comprehend the nature of the protest: no small children or aging grannies ! "
"The intolerable current situation is degenerating by the day. What remains of a constitution is vanishing as we speak, Blair prances about the countryside side-by-side with the military and resistance groups are selectively but ruthlessly crushed. The appalling raid on the Button Factory in South london has been at least tempered by the news that farmers in Wales are stepping up opposition to the slaughter: near Brecon (Aberhonddu) a group of protesters took to the lanes objecting to the establishing of a mass animal execution site. One man in particular took it further and commandeered an earthdigger, crushing two police vehicles as he went.
If the Blair regime intend to cancel local elections set for May, it stands on the edge of illegality: having done it once on a flimsy pretext, it will be easier next time.
The Mayday Monopoly plan is eminently creative. The plan, (as we understand it from leaflets) to converge on Oxford Circus at 4pm will have a substantial effect, no matter how the police respond. They have, however, warned that they will stage a much more robust response than in recent years and we must be careful. Study a street map and familiarise yourself with the surroundings. To the north west of the station is Finsbury Sq, and the pleasant Hanover Sq is just to the south east. The police may attempt to push protesters from the crossroads into these parks. To the north, on Regent St, is a BBC HQ. The approach to Hanover Sq from the south is wide, but it is uphill. To the south east is Soho and Carnaby Street: if we have to retreat altogether, we may find some degree of support there from the small cafes and sex shop workers. Above all, each group must decide what their actions should be: do not bring anyone with you who is not able to comprehend the nature of the protest: no small children or aging grannies ! "
Comrade Vathek
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Actually...
02.04.2001 17:49
Vince Eremos
Re: Support Mayday Monopoly ! Support Farmers
03.04.2001 13:29
sigh - contradiction in terms and repetition of mainstream media bollocks
any old anarchist
eh?
03.04.2001 13:40
colin
can anyone do anything except
03.04.2001 14:53
a reader
gerontocracy
03.04.2001 17:09
not important
The Rule of Law!
04.04.2001 00:49
Stifled
The day is done
08.05.2001 14:02
One thing that really struck me on the day..one of the few people I saw throwing bottles was a masked up kid wearing the full complement of Nike trainers, Kappa sweatpants, GAP hoody and Addidas baseball top -obviously someone who has real concerns about globalisation and multi-nationals!
Y Breatnach
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