Palestine Solidarity demonstration Oxford - Saturday 27th
Tim | 29.04.2002 03:59
We mustered a respectable sized crowd (a couple of hundred I guess) and
it was a really mixed one too- different colours, full spread of ages. The SWP had supplied plenty of placards (not everything in black and white makes sense!) but this was offset by plenty of Palestinian flags and others. Someone had a US flag - didn't see them burn it though.
it was a really mixed one too- different colours, full spread of ages. The SWP had supplied plenty of placards (not everything in black and white makes sense!) but this was offset by plenty of Palestinian flags and others. Someone had a US flag - didn't see them burn it though.
Palestine Solidarity demonstration Oxford - Saturday 27th
Before the march started (from Manzil Way, Cowley Road) a rumour
circulated that there was a Jewish counter-demo in town. In fact there
was a Jewish-led pro-peace demo of a few dozen people. They held
Palestinian and Israeli flags and these placards that said CoeXisT with the C as an Islamic Crescent, the X as a Star of David and the T as a Christian Cross. Don't know why they didn't just merge the groups - perhaps a different vision of the terms of peace.
At the rally on Broad Street someone from the other demo shouted something when a Palestinian speaker had the stage, but was shushed by police [Thames Valley Police are amazing peacemakers ;-) ].
The two groups were separated at about 40 ft, with a ragged line of police when they decided there was a fair chance of trouble.
circulated that there was a Jewish counter-demo in town. In fact there
was a Jewish-led pro-peace demo of a few dozen people. They held
Palestinian and Israeli flags and these placards that said CoeXisT with the C as an Islamic Crescent, the X as a Star of David and the T as a Christian Cross. Don't know why they didn't just merge the groups - perhaps a different vision of the terms of peace.
At the rally on Broad Street someone from the other demo shouted something when a Palestinian speaker had the stage, but was shushed by police [Thames Valley Police are amazing peacemakers ;-) ].
The two groups were separated at about 40 ft, with a ragged line of police when they decided there was a fair chance of trouble.
Tim