Whatever happened to Reclaim the Streets?
Justin davis smith | 15.04.2002 16:57
I remember them as a really exciting, original (non)group which organised big street parties and other stuff like J18 and guerilla gardening - and they were a laugh too. So what happened to them?
I hear about RTS parties abroad but not here, and I think this is a shame because they seemed to offer people a way into radical action and ideas without being some sort of front organisation like Globalise Resistance is for the SWP. (which strikes me as cynical and basically dishonest) They also had a strong environmental message which people were sympathetic to and seems to have been eclipsed in recent years.
Also, what is the stuff in Mayfayre for on Mayday for? The festival of alternatives is pretty straightforward ie 'showing what we are for' but I'm not really sure about the rest of it. Obviously, it's going to cost a lot to police and piss off a lot of rich people who probably feel we've no right to be there in that part of London - is that it?
I hear about RTS parties abroad but not here, and I think this is a shame because they seemed to offer people a way into radical action and ideas without being some sort of front organisation like Globalise Resistance is for the SWP. (which strikes me as cynical and basically dishonest) They also had a strong environmental message which people were sympathetic to and seems to have been eclipsed in recent years.
Also, what is the stuff in Mayfayre for on Mayday for? The festival of alternatives is pretty straightforward ie 'showing what we are for' but I'm not really sure about the rest of it. Obviously, it's going to cost a lot to police and piss off a lot of rich people who probably feel we've no right to be there in that part of London - is that it?
Justin davis smith
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