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Evening standard debate - should u boycott mayday?

mh | 27.04.2001 10:23

EVENING STANDARD DEBATE:

Should the demonstration be boycotted because it has been hijacked by a minority of violent activists?
Or do you believe the march should go ahead, come what may?
Tell us what you think

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FRom ES website:

HAVE YOUR SAY
Editor Fri, 27 Apr, 10:23

The Metropolitan police are desperately trying to nail the 'May Day anarchists' before they get a chance to wreak havoc on the capital.

Mayor Ken Livingstone has asked peaceful protestors to stay away.

Yet many people believe the anti-capitalist protests give them a valuable opportunity to express their discontent at the way in which modern society has developed.

Should the demonstration be boycotted because it has been hijacked by a minority of violent activists?

Or do you believe the march should go ahead, come what may?

Tell us what you think.

Take part:
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Other recent press coverage:

27th April 2001
Hunt for anarchists' boltholes
by Nigel Rosser and Justin Davenport
Police are desperately trying to find at least two inner-city sites earmarked by anarchists as bases for protesters converging on London for next week's May Day demonstrations.
 http://www.thisislondon.com/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=385482&in_review_text_id=331566


FRIDAY APRIL 27 2001
Surgeries set to close in doctors' May Day strike
BY DAVID CHARTER AND NATASHA LOMAS
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-120814,00.html

Thursday, 26th April 2001
May Day Gay Pride Marchers Face Violence
 http://www.rainbownetwork.com/content/NewsLife.asp?newsid=1736

Thursday, 26 April, 2001,
What do the anarchists believe in?
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1296000/1296312.stm

Apr 26, 2001
"Anti-capitalist" protests on May Day in London
Shyam Bhatia, London
 http://www.indiaabroaddaily.com/2001/04/26/26bae.html

mh
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  1. The anarchists are coming! - Part one — swords of steel
  2. The anarchists are coming! - Part two — swrods of steel
  3. Censored? Surely not! — mango
  4. This is what got through... (no urls allowed) — A N other poster
  5. Bizarre — mango