) Amsterdam, antimonarchists clash with riot cops
From "v.v. GroenFront! | EarthFirst! s.g. NL"
Date Sat, 26 May 2001 17:10:47 -0400 (EDT)


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This is a message from the Comittee March on the House of Orange.

26-5-2001
ANTIMONARCHISTS CLASH WITH RIOT POLICE IN AMSTERDAM

Today a bit more then hundred anti-monarchist clashed with a
detachment of riot police on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam. After 20
minutes of heavy streetfighting, the pigs, for the occasion dressed
in orange uniforms and wearing shields quoting 'Grace to the Marriage
Couple', retreated under a storm of bricks. The activists were
accompanied by a soundsystem and sambaband.

"This was our general repetition for 2-2-2, the day crown prince
Willem Alexander and Maxima are planning to get married. Only if
Alexander denounces the thrown, he can be certain of a nice marriage.
That would be a first step to abolishing the monarchy and finally all
elites and hierarchy alltogether," said a spokesperson of COMODO, the
Comittee March on the House of Orange, who wished to stay anonomous.
COMODO was invited by the Amsterdam networking initiative 'The Free
Zone' to co-organise todays events, which also included public
discussions on the monarchy, preventing repression, action-tactics
and coalitions to mold. The Free Zone regularly organises
action-events in the squatted filmacademy and social center at the
Overtoom 301.

A point of discussion was how much the nasty background of Maxima
should be stressed. Maxima is the doughter of Jorge Zorreguieta,
minister of agriculture under the fascist junta of General Videla in
Argentinia. There have been contacts with the 'Crazy Mothers' from
Argentina, who's thousands of children and relatives have been
murdered by Videla's regime, but there was disagreement whether they
should be invited to help.

Many participants felt that large scale demonstrations would very
likely end up large scale 'preventitive' arrests, like they did at
the EU-summit for the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997, where around 800
people were arrested. Also, the National Security Agency (BVD) has
been ordered to do a full screening and risk-analyses of all
anarchists and leftradical groups to see if they have any plans or
capacity to disturb the royal wedding on February 2, 2002. "Creative
tactics are needed, you know" someone said.

COMODO: mailto: comodo@squat.net  http://squat.net/beakomt
Vrije Zone: mailto: vrijzon@dds.nl  http://www.vrijezone.nl


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