MAYDAY - Police View
Pigwatch | 25.04.2002 08:41
MAY DAY 2002 (Wednesday 1 May)
Scotland Yard briefing 16/4/02
What can be expected?
ÿ Wednesday 1 May 2002
ÿ Normal working day
ÿ Variety of ‘actions’ throughout the day
Pacifists and activists expected in large numbers (5,000 to 10,000 expected). Protesters will be predominantly law-abiding, but a group of about 500-1,000 will be intent on causing damage (this is known to intelligence). Potential for passive e.g. sitting in the road to block it, as well as more violent protest. Hard core will drink and take drugs.
Starting at 7.30am. The first advertised central London meeting point is at 10.00am at the American Embassy and going through the day to the final known action at 5.00pm. The Police believe the protesters have chosen a normal working day as they have expressed a desire to disrupt the activities of those going about their normal business.
Their stated purpose is to protest against the ‘Capitalist System’. Last year (2001) they did exactly what they stated on their website and in the few discussions with Police. However, the Police stress that people should not be complacent.
How?
ÿ By attempting to bring the centre of London to a standstill
ÿ By a series of protests at various locations
ÿ Disrupting business and other activities of a normal working day
ÿ Attracting publicity
What?
ÿ Their undefined purpose is to protest against the ‘Capitalist System’ by taking part in a number of different ‘themed’ protests:
ÿ A travelling circus and fancy dress parade
ÿ A ‘Wake for Capitalism’
ÿ A ‘Carniball’ based on a mediaeval game of football
ÿ A mass cycle ride
ÿ Other smaller protests and marches
ÿ A TUC march
ÿ Mass Action “May Day in Mayfair, named after the old May Fair (which was terminated due to disorder!)
Where?
The centre of London – Mayfair is being particularly targeted this year - and its environs, which will probably include Westminster and Whitehall
There will be a protest by Animal Rights Activists outside Hockley in Conduit Street at 12 noon.
Policing of the event is intelligence-led and has been running for several months. The Police will have many extra officers on duty. Officers will be appointed to key roles. It will involve a joint operation between the Met. Police, City of London and British Transport Police.
Strategic Objectives of the Metropolitan Police Service and City of London Police and British Transport Police
ÿ Provide public reassurance and ensure public safety
ÿ To facilitate and police all legitimate protest
ÿ Prevent public disorder
ÿ Prevent crime and take all reasonable steps to apprehend offenders if crime is committed
ÿ Provide high visibility and appropriate policing
ÿ Promote safe passage of persons using the railway
ÿ Minimise disruption to business and community life in the area
ÿ Minimise disruption to vehicular and pedestrian traffic
ÿ Westminster City Council will remove all refuse bins and everything that is not nailed down
MAY DAY 2002 - BASIC CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES
1) Ensure that all staff are made aware of the possibility of some form of action against your venue. It is important not to panic staff, but it is important that they understand their responsibilities should an emergency situation arise.
2) Lines of communication should be clear. If a suspicious incident is spotted, it should be clear how this is to be reported and the action that will follow.
IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF A PROTEST OR DISORDER PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE POLICE ARE CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY ON 999.
3) Take the time now to review any evacuation procedures that are in place. This may prove invaluable if your building has to be evacuated in an emergency. Work out how best to evacuate if demonstrators are outside your building.
4) If you usually operate an open door policy, then consider changing this to ensure that people cannot just walk into the building from the street. It is important to understand that any action taken must not breach the fire regulations. Advice on fire safety and regulations can be obtained in the usual way.
5) Consideration should be given to increasing the number of security staff on duty during this period. If possible, try to ensure that there is a security presence around all the entrances and exits of the building.
6) Try to limit the amount of visitors to the premises by rescheduling any appointments made for this day. If this is not possible, then ensure that all visitors are met at the door and their identity verified. DO NOT JUST BUZZ PEOPLE IN THROUGH THE DOOR. Consider issuing identity passes to visitors.
7) In the case of multi-occupancy buildings, if it is not possible to secure the main communal street doors, they ensure that the entrance to your venue is secure, and that all the above points are considered.
8) Fire exit doors should be closed. You must ensure that they are not left open at any time. Fire exit doors should only be opened in an emergency; they should not be used as a convenient route to the street.
9) Make sure that all windows are closed and secure. Consider the use of safety film or tape if you consider windows vulnerable to attack. Assess your rooftop vulnerability and ensure all windows and doors leading to this area are secure.
10) Review your CCTV system. Are all the cameras working? Are they positioned correctly? How old are the videotapes?
IF YOU CANNOT IDENTIFY AN IMAGE ON YOUR CCTV SYSTEM, THEN NEITHER CAN THE POLICE.
11) You should prepare a post-event strategy. The building may need to be cleaned or repaired should the worst
happen. Consider stocking cleaning materials in case of such things as paint attacks agains the building. Ensure
that, at the close of business, a locking up procedure is in place to secure your premises overnight.
12) Ensure that your alarm system is working correctly and make sure that your keyholders’ details are up to date.
13) Prior to the event, please make sure that no rubbish is left outside your premises, as this can be an ideal source of
ready-made missiles. This is especially so if glass bottles etc. are contained within the rubbish bags.
14) If you control any building skips which are in the vicinity of your premises, then arrangements should be made to
have these removed prior to May Day.
15) Whilst there is no suggestion that the current terrorist threat from dissident Republican groups will increase on, or
around, May Day, all your staff should continue to maintain a high degree of vigilance and report anything suspicious
immediately.
The salient points for Members to observe are covered in 1-15 above. Additional points made by the Police at the briefing are as follows:
ÿ If possible have permanent manning of CCTV monitors
ÿ Shops should have boards ready and available to cover windows if broken – remember that window repair companies are likely to be very over-stretched
ÿ Check premises internally, very carefully, before closing up
ÿ Make sure that panic alarm systems are working – consult your security company – do not just test by pressing the buttons!
ÿ Remove valuable/fragile items from foyers/lobbies accessible from the street – particularly applies to hotels and restaurants and multi-occupancy buildings with entry lobbies
ÿ Remove flags/banners that can be reached from street level
ÿ From now on, carefully check all incoming e-mails for viruses – do not open e-mails prior to the event from persons unknown to you
ÿ Staff should be told to dress down for the day
ÿ Do not make a show of affluence in the street, carry laptops, wear jewellery etc.
ÿ Do not bring expensive cars to work
ÿ Have a radio/television on the premises to keep up to date on the progress of the activity
ÿ Information is subject to rumour – don’t necessarily believe everything you hear or read. Disinformation may be given as part of the planning by the protestors
ÿ Police are expecting possible disruption to transport and retail businesses
CONTINUITY PLANNING
ÿ Appoint a security co-ordinator
ÿ Brief your key people
ÿ Ensure they know their responsibilities
ÿ Are contingency plans up to date?
ÿ Have a team in place to deal with any emergency
GENERAL
ÿ If the police have any prior information that your business is suspected of being a specific target you will have been, or will be, informed by your local Crime Prevention Officer.
ÿ Transport will be targeted for maximum disruption
ÿ The Police say that, currently, they do not plan to close any streets or tube stations.
BOARDING UP
Last year a number of retail premises boarded up the night before 1 May. The question was asked of the Police at the briefing “Should shops board up?”. The Police response was that it was up to the individual retailers to assess their own situation and make the decision for themselves, and this also has to be the Association’s advice. We cannot recommend one way or the other. The same applies to whether or not shops should close or remain open on the day.
POINTS OF CONTACT
a) TO CONTACT THE POLICE, IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY ON THE DAY, USE 999 – do not contact your local station direct – policing is to be co-ordinated centrally
b) USE CRIMESTOPPERS NUMBER 0800 555 111 to get confidential information
c) POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE NUMBER is 020 7593 7851
d) METROPOLITAN POLICE WEBSITE (will be constantly up-dated – Police are trying to get their website up-dated constantly on the day to enable people to log on and find out where the demonstrators are moving to as they move around very quickly) www.met.police.uk/publicorder/index.htm
e) WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL INTERNET SITE www.westminster.go.uk/yourcouncil/crimeprevention. On the Westminster site there is a place to leave your e-mail address and postcode and they will then keep you up-dated on any new developments in your area.
Scotland Yard briefing 16/4/02
What can be expected?
ÿ Wednesday 1 May 2002
ÿ Normal working day
ÿ Variety of ‘actions’ throughout the day
Pacifists and activists expected in large numbers (5,000 to 10,000 expected). Protesters will be predominantly law-abiding, but a group of about 500-1,000 will be intent on causing damage (this is known to intelligence). Potential for passive e.g. sitting in the road to block it, as well as more violent protest. Hard core will drink and take drugs.
Starting at 7.30am. The first advertised central London meeting point is at 10.00am at the American Embassy and going through the day to the final known action at 5.00pm. The Police believe the protesters have chosen a normal working day as they have expressed a desire to disrupt the activities of those going about their normal business.
Their stated purpose is to protest against the ‘Capitalist System’. Last year (2001) they did exactly what they stated on their website and in the few discussions with Police. However, the Police stress that people should not be complacent.
How?
ÿ By attempting to bring the centre of London to a standstill
ÿ By a series of protests at various locations
ÿ Disrupting business and other activities of a normal working day
ÿ Attracting publicity
What?
ÿ Their undefined purpose is to protest against the ‘Capitalist System’ by taking part in a number of different ‘themed’ protests:
ÿ A travelling circus and fancy dress parade
ÿ A ‘Wake for Capitalism’
ÿ A ‘Carniball’ based on a mediaeval game of football
ÿ A mass cycle ride
ÿ Other smaller protests and marches
ÿ A TUC march
ÿ Mass Action “May Day in Mayfair, named after the old May Fair (which was terminated due to disorder!)
Where?
The centre of London – Mayfair is being particularly targeted this year - and its environs, which will probably include Westminster and Whitehall
There will be a protest by Animal Rights Activists outside Hockley in Conduit Street at 12 noon.
Policing of the event is intelligence-led and has been running for several months. The Police will have many extra officers on duty. Officers will be appointed to key roles. It will involve a joint operation between the Met. Police, City of London and British Transport Police.
Strategic Objectives of the Metropolitan Police Service and City of London Police and British Transport Police
ÿ Provide public reassurance and ensure public safety
ÿ To facilitate and police all legitimate protest
ÿ Prevent public disorder
ÿ Prevent crime and take all reasonable steps to apprehend offenders if crime is committed
ÿ Provide high visibility and appropriate policing
ÿ Promote safe passage of persons using the railway
ÿ Minimise disruption to business and community life in the area
ÿ Minimise disruption to vehicular and pedestrian traffic
ÿ Westminster City Council will remove all refuse bins and everything that is not nailed down
MAY DAY 2002 - BASIC CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES
1) Ensure that all staff are made aware of the possibility of some form of action against your venue. It is important not to panic staff, but it is important that they understand their responsibilities should an emergency situation arise.
2) Lines of communication should be clear. If a suspicious incident is spotted, it should be clear how this is to be reported and the action that will follow.
IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF A PROTEST OR DISORDER PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE POLICE ARE CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY ON 999.
3) Take the time now to review any evacuation procedures that are in place. This may prove invaluable if your building has to be evacuated in an emergency. Work out how best to evacuate if demonstrators are outside your building.
4) If you usually operate an open door policy, then consider changing this to ensure that people cannot just walk into the building from the street. It is important to understand that any action taken must not breach the fire regulations. Advice on fire safety and regulations can be obtained in the usual way.
5) Consideration should be given to increasing the number of security staff on duty during this period. If possible, try to ensure that there is a security presence around all the entrances and exits of the building.
6) Try to limit the amount of visitors to the premises by rescheduling any appointments made for this day. If this is not possible, then ensure that all visitors are met at the door and their identity verified. DO NOT JUST BUZZ PEOPLE IN THROUGH THE DOOR. Consider issuing identity passes to visitors.
7) In the case of multi-occupancy buildings, if it is not possible to secure the main communal street doors, they ensure that the entrance to your venue is secure, and that all the above points are considered.
8) Fire exit doors should be closed. You must ensure that they are not left open at any time. Fire exit doors should only be opened in an emergency; they should not be used as a convenient route to the street.
9) Make sure that all windows are closed and secure. Consider the use of safety film or tape if you consider windows vulnerable to attack. Assess your rooftop vulnerability and ensure all windows and doors leading to this area are secure.
10) Review your CCTV system. Are all the cameras working? Are they positioned correctly? How old are the videotapes?
IF YOU CANNOT IDENTIFY AN IMAGE ON YOUR CCTV SYSTEM, THEN NEITHER CAN THE POLICE.
11) You should prepare a post-event strategy. The building may need to be cleaned or repaired should the worst
happen. Consider stocking cleaning materials in case of such things as paint attacks agains the building. Ensure
that, at the close of business, a locking up procedure is in place to secure your premises overnight.
12) Ensure that your alarm system is working correctly and make sure that your keyholders’ details are up to date.
13) Prior to the event, please make sure that no rubbish is left outside your premises, as this can be an ideal source of
ready-made missiles. This is especially so if glass bottles etc. are contained within the rubbish bags.
14) If you control any building skips which are in the vicinity of your premises, then arrangements should be made to
have these removed prior to May Day.
15) Whilst there is no suggestion that the current terrorist threat from dissident Republican groups will increase on, or
around, May Day, all your staff should continue to maintain a high degree of vigilance and report anything suspicious
immediately.
The salient points for Members to observe are covered in 1-15 above. Additional points made by the Police at the briefing are as follows:
ÿ If possible have permanent manning of CCTV monitors
ÿ Shops should have boards ready and available to cover windows if broken – remember that window repair companies are likely to be very over-stretched
ÿ Check premises internally, very carefully, before closing up
ÿ Make sure that panic alarm systems are working – consult your security company – do not just test by pressing the buttons!
ÿ Remove valuable/fragile items from foyers/lobbies accessible from the street – particularly applies to hotels and restaurants and multi-occupancy buildings with entry lobbies
ÿ Remove flags/banners that can be reached from street level
ÿ From now on, carefully check all incoming e-mails for viruses – do not open e-mails prior to the event from persons unknown to you
ÿ Staff should be told to dress down for the day
ÿ Do not make a show of affluence in the street, carry laptops, wear jewellery etc.
ÿ Do not bring expensive cars to work
ÿ Have a radio/television on the premises to keep up to date on the progress of the activity
ÿ Information is subject to rumour – don’t necessarily believe everything you hear or read. Disinformation may be given as part of the planning by the protestors
ÿ Police are expecting possible disruption to transport and retail businesses
CONTINUITY PLANNING
ÿ Appoint a security co-ordinator
ÿ Brief your key people
ÿ Ensure they know their responsibilities
ÿ Are contingency plans up to date?
ÿ Have a team in place to deal with any emergency
GENERAL
ÿ If the police have any prior information that your business is suspected of being a specific target you will have been, or will be, informed by your local Crime Prevention Officer.
ÿ Transport will be targeted for maximum disruption
ÿ The Police say that, currently, they do not plan to close any streets or tube stations.
BOARDING UP
Last year a number of retail premises boarded up the night before 1 May. The question was asked of the Police at the briefing “Should shops board up?”. The Police response was that it was up to the individual retailers to assess their own situation and make the decision for themselves, and this also has to be the Association’s advice. We cannot recommend one way or the other. The same applies to whether or not shops should close or remain open on the day.
POINTS OF CONTACT
a) TO CONTACT THE POLICE, IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY ON THE DAY, USE 999 – do not contact your local station direct – policing is to be co-ordinated centrally
b) USE CRIMESTOPPERS NUMBER 0800 555 111 to get confidential information
c) POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE NUMBER is 020 7593 7851
d) METROPOLITAN POLICE WEBSITE (will be constantly up-dated – Police are trying to get their website up-dated constantly on the day to enable people to log on and find out where the demonstrators are moving to as they move around very quickly) www.met.police.uk/publicorder/index.htm
e) WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL INTERNET SITE www.westminster.go.uk/yourcouncil/crimeprevention. On the Westminster site there is a place to leave your e-mail address and postcode and they will then keep you up-dated on any new developments in your area.
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if it's not nailed down
25.04.2002 10:33
they've been doing that for years, and if it's nailed down, including council housing, local services..
Gerry B
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lol!
25.04.2002 11:46
What a gem! D'ya think we should do a leaflet saying:
"ÿ Information is subject to rumour – don’t necessarily believe everything you hear or read. Disinformation may be given as part of the planning by the Police"
;-)
xTx
xTx
Comedy, from the pigs?
25.04.2002 17:13
That's a good one!
D
Comments on advisory
26.04.2002 08:48
I found the short "Hard core will drink and take drugs" a bit laughable. I mean, just who are 'Hard core'? - some band set to rip up Mayday with a rock and roll set? I'm sure I'll be having a drink at some point - after all the original point of mayday was celebration for fucks sake!
Maybe 'Hard core' will have a spliff and turn up at the cannabis festival on Jday May 4th as well as Mayday - performing live no doubt.
So it looks like on Mayday I'll fall under the MET police definition of 'Hard core' - the last time someone called me that I was in a field somewhere back in 1992.
I also really liked this bit:
"The Police believe the protesters have chosen a normal working day as they have expressed a desire to disrupt the activities of those going about their normal business."
Well the police are fucking stupid then aren't they!
So they don't think it's anything at all to do with the fact that it's MAYDAY, ie May 1st. The ancient pagan festival of beltane???, and International Workers Day? Hmmmm. Wait until 2004, that year Mayday will be on a Saturday, at which point I'll bet the police will say something like the protest's being held on a saturday to maximise the numbers. I ask you.
I guess the police and others just don't get it, they just can't understand that some people still think Mayday falls on May 1st, instead of the government sanctioned bank holiday monday.
Then there's this bit:
"Last year (2001) they did exactly what they stated on their website and in the few discussions with Police."
Er, hello?
Exactly where on 'their websites' did it say that people would spend most of the day detained by police in what were effectively mass detentions? The police surrounded hundreds of people on bicycles at Euston station in the morning and detained them for hours in a cynical attempt to intimidate people and prevent them from attending other protests - oh as well as photographing and searching them. If you know anything about the critical mass bicycle protests you'll know they are sweetness and light, fun, and as about as good natured as you can get.
I suppose you could say that the protestors managed a victory in the shutting down of oxford street and the surrounding area for most of the day, but this was really down to the police in doing such an over zealous job in sealing off the entire area, trapping people for over 7 hours.
I suppose the police are in a difficult position really. Accused of being too over the top last year and stiffling and preventing legitamate protest, accused of being too soft the year before in 2000 when a macdonalds got trashed and the hyped up british press called it a riot (after the moral outrage of the slogans pointed on the stone cenotaph and winston churchill's new haricut).
Then we get this:
"Policing of the event is intelligence-led and has been running for several months."
Apart from the easy target funny quips about police intelligence, the statement is here saying the operation has been running for several months. Interestingly the police pr dept has been saying recently that the contingency planning has been delayed because of the queen mothers funeral - you can bet this will be the excuse they bring out next week if they get severely criticised.
In any case the truth remains that the meaning of intelligence led refers to the very political state approved activities of the police in the run up to mayday which has included threatening web hosts linked to the ourmayday.org.uk website, raiding social centres and confiscating computers on the tenuous grounds of using the computer as evidence for the 'illegal abstraction of electricity', stepping up the levels of evictions at other squats (see Big Issue article this week), a concerted campaign on visable surveillance bordering on harrassment - following people to their homes, videoing people attending music gigs - and even putting pressure on venues that people want to use for the festival. Welcome to UK Plc 2002.
Then there's the totaly cynical timing of the "Womble 7" trial (see - see By some amazing co-incidence the trial will be going on during May Day and it looks like the judge will be Roger Davies who was in charge of all last years Mayday trials. This is the man who sent down someone for three months for throwing a crumpled up piece of paper at a cop and told a Romanian woman that he’d put their children into care if they were caught begging again. Very relevant is the discovery last summer by the Legal Defence and Monitoring Group (LDMG) of secret Mayday Sentencing Guidelines that instruct Judges to hand down heavy sentences to those arrested during May Day protests.
And perhaps most interestingly when seen in tandem with the other actions, is the pr press silence from the police this year - in stark contrast to last year where scotland yard, the home office and government teamed up to whip the daily papers into a pre-mayday frenzy with ludicrous allegations of apocalyptic violence. Around 70 articles presenting 'inside sources' and rumour as fact had been published by the press by this time last year. This year the silence has been deafening. Some will say that it _is_ because of the queen mums death and other full on international stories, but while that plays its part it's obvious that the intelligence tactic this year has been to try and keep Mayday as quiet as possible, until just before the event itself. That said the few papers to cover the run up to mayday started out saying that this could easily be the "most violent mayday protest for a decade"!. No mention of course of the events in other places elsewhere in the country like Brighton, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Nottingham, no mention either for the evnts that will be occuing in countries right across the world.
Then we get the "Strategic Objectives of the Metropolitan Police Service and City of London Police and British Transport Police" bullet points. Not going to go through them all but in particular I find it incredulous that they repeat the "To facilitate and police all legitimate protest" line which they made their main media focus in the last days of April last year, and which they so obviously ingored.
As for: "Prior to the event, please make sure that no rubbish is left outside your premises, as this can be an ideal source of
ready-made missiles" - What i want to know is what constitutes a non ready made missile?
Then there's the oft repeated "Transport will be targeted for maximum disruption" claim, which always strikes me as funny because apart from blockading the street in a few places the majority of protestors - shock horror - also use public transport to travel in london - not everyone is one of those evil bicycle protestors you know.
"The Police say that, currently, they do not plan to close any streets or tube stations."
Oh really! So they're not planning on using section 60 to surround and detain large numbers of people for hours on end and thus block off the streets for most of the day then? Let's see what happens then shall we.
Of course there's also the standard internet reference - "do not open e-mails prior to the event from persons unknown to you" as well as the obligatory "dress down" recomendation, despite the 'annoying for the pr dept' - 'but let's not let that stop us ringing the alarms', complete lack of any of this, like attacks on members of the public or business suits during the Mayday protests in the last two years.
I have to say I fully support the printing of postcards with the legend:
"Information is subject to rumour – don’t necessarily believe everything you hear or read" - The Metropolitan Police
Speaking of which it seems Indymedia will have more competition this year with not only the corp media, but also the entrance of a new possible front runner in the 'street reporting' stakes - the met's own public-order website:
"METROPOLITAN POLICE WEBSITE will be constantly up-dated – Police are trying to get their website up-dated constantly on the day to enable people to log on and find out where the demonstrators are moving to as they move around very quickly - www.met.police.uk/publicorder/index.htm"
One imagines this could be very handy. Though this of course does come from the people who say - "don’t necessarily believe everything you read".
Indeed!
- for once I find myself agreeing with them
- just remember to use an anonymous proxy site to look through on the day see
another view
London police gear up for May day protests
26.04.2002 09:40
London police gear up for May day protests
By Arkady Ostrovsky in London
Published: April 25 2002 20:29 | Last Updated: April 25 2002 20:32
Central London will come to a standstill on May 1 in what is expected to be the UK's largest May day anti-capitalism protest demonstration in a decade.
The leaders of various protest groups - including anti-capitalists, anarchists and trade unions - say they are determined to avoid violent confrontation. However, police are preparing for revenge attacks after last year's success in bottling up the protest.
Businesses in central London are bracing themselves for disruption and the police have been drawing up plans to contain crowds.
Protesters are threatening a giant ball-game in Oxford Street, the capital's main shopping area. Websites describe the plan as a carnivalesque version of football - "Carniball!" - and players are invited to bring as many balls as possible and have a "jolly good time".
Mayfair - home to some of London's most expensive hotels, luxury shops and foreign embassies - will become the main target of this year's protests.
The US embassy in Grosvenor Square is expected to face one of the biggest demonstrations of anarchists and anti-war protesters in recent years.
"May day in Mayfair will be a fluid, spontaneous, and exciting return to the 'Mayfayre', happening everywhere at once, without a fixed starting point or finish," the organisers said.
Determined to defy the police's tactics last year of imposing cordons and trapping thousands of protesters, the organisers have refused to advertise the starting point and precise location of the events.
The day will also feature a "Critical Mass" gathering of cyclists outside the US embassy for a protest against the "exportation of car culture", before moving to Mayfair. The protest could also attract thousands of anti-war demonstrators.
But some of the largest political anti-globalisation groups, who rebranded themselves as anti-capitalists, are saying they are determined to avoid trouble and to draw attention to the issues of privatisation and collapse in the standards of public services.
Globalise Resistance - an umbrella anti-capitalist organisation with about 1,000 members - is joining the traditional trade unions' march through the capital.
"We believe that the unity with trade unions is more effective and can do more damage to corporations than smashing shop windows," said Guy Taylor, a leader of Globalise Resistance.
FT article
not police source
26.04.2002 20:36
WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL INTERNET SITE www.westminster.go.uk/yourcouncil/crimeprevention
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