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Criminalisation of anarchism continues...

j | 21.01.2002 22:17

Unsurprisingly, the criminalisation of dissent - anarchism in particular - goes on. This time the medium was BBC1's prime time cop show "In Deep".

The program depicted an evil anarchist group, linked to Earth First!, kidnapping the two children of a CEO and holding them for ransom - letting the diabetic child fall into a coma, too.

This, and articles such as the "Red Menace" ones in the Times recently, will probably become more frequent in the run-up to Mayday, and continue a centuries-old tradition using the mass-media top discredit revolutionaries.

j

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LOL

21.01.2002 23:54

Wish I'd seen that - sounds funny as hell!

Lemming
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forging the other

22.01.2002 14:16

popular culture demonizes anarchists because it needs villains in order to establish its own identity (ooh look at those crazy fanatics, thank god we are freedom loving brits with our boys in the forces to protect us). at the same time, advertisers use revolutionary chic to sell stuff to 'the kids'. confusing, huh? you're right, tho', it probably won't be as bad as last year but there's gonna be a whole lot more of this absurd nonsense bantered around the gutter press and unscrupulous tv programmes over the next few months. demonize, repress....demonize, repress....demonize, repress

elf

Expect more...

22.01.2002 18:58

I'd not be surprised if there were more of these.
Consider the timescale of TV production: 18-24
months from idea to screen, when they're in a
hurry. Wasn't it last year we saw a ridiculous
romance set in the tunnels at Crystal Palace?

So: MayDay00, the movie, it due later this year.
The real fun will start with Genoa, the movie.

Mister Hearst, to you