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S30 IMF/World Bank, now Labour Party Conf in Brighton

Media Hor | 15.08.2001 09:50

Media friendly Globalise Resistance have hit the headlines again with their "anarchist plot" :-) to disrupt Labour Party Conference on September 30th. There's a counter conference in London beforehand. Check their website www.resist.org.uk

THE TIMES:
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15 2001
G8 anarchists to target Blair
ANARCHIST demonstrators who took part in the riots at the G8 summit in Genoa last month are plotting a massive protest against Tony Blair to disrupt the start of the Labour Party conference in Brighton next month.
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001282735,00.html

NB The Times goes on to say organisers "are meeting in secret this saturday" to plan their tactics for disruption -WELL NO SORRY AGAIN DEAR OLD FRIENDS AT THE TIMES!!!
GO PEDDLE YOUR LIES ELSEWHERE!!

The meeting is public, is organised by Globalise Resistance, and has been advertised widely as:

SATURDAY 18th AUGUST 2pm
CONWAY HALL
RED LION SQUARE
LONDON
(Holborn tube)

GUARDIAN:
Globalisation protesters target Labour conference
Anti-globalisation protesters are planning a huge demonstration to disrupt the first day of the Labour party conference.
 http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,9061,536710,00.html

Blockade faces Blair at Brighton
Genoa protesters plot Labour conference demo
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalisation/story/0,7369,537022,00.html

ITN:
Protesters plan to target Brighton
Up to 10,000 anti-globalisation protesters are expected to descend on Brighton for the first day of the Labour Party conference, it is being claimed.
 http://itn.co.uk/news/20010814/britain/15brighton.shtml

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Previous story re Brighton Conference S30:
 http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=8332

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  1. GR — cia
  2. Will Blair relocate? — Dan Brett
  3. wtf — leon
  4. Nice Guy? — cia
  5. guy taylor 'nice guy' ? — p. layton
  6. Not true — Daniel Brett
  7. SWP - Newspapers — Joseph
  8. SWP bashing — Ben Neal
  9. To Ben! — ZeroZero
  10. can we have some constructive debate please?! — noel
  11. Greens welcome you — Dan Brett
  12. Evil genius — Jim
  13. simple — zoe
  14. Sour Grapes — Steve Moorcroft
  15. Further Point — Steve Moorcroft
  16. Steve, steve... — townie
  17. please remember the real ememies — rich
  18. steve... — zoe
  19. no particular point — Tom
  20. Convinced — Steve Moorcroft
  21. Critism is essential ! — Bill the Friendly All-Conforming Automoton
  22. SWP/GR/ANARCHISM — STUART FANCY
  23. Fuckin' A — A. Friend
  24. Neither Washington nor Moscow — Steve Moorcroft
  25. UK Misinformation — Alexander Main
  26. "grow in the movement by giving a lead"????? — Anna
  27. Give the Guy a chance! — Claire
  28. swp'd out — trace
  29. Unity in the movement??? — Despina
  30. laughable — Tom
  31. go with the flow — Anna