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Tank at Gates of Downing Street!!!

more bombs! | 26.09.2002 12:46

This afternoon a tank was seen at the gates of Downing Street in London, its barrel pointing towards Number 10 as people demonstrated against militarism and the war machine currently rolling towards iraq.

Around 30 people wearing black with masks, fake guns and rocket launchers danced around a huge cardboard tank through central london, around parliament square stopping off at Downing street, the "Meet the Army" exhibition on horseguards and other locations.

Stopping the traffic and handing out leaflets to music played from a wheelbarrow mobile sound system the moving street theatre left people in no doubt of the message as people shouted "more bombs!", "more oil!" and "more war!" and cardboard cutouts of bodies were strewn in the road only to be run over by the tank.

Support came from passers by and motorists as an increasing number of police escourted the procession but apart from a few shoves they did'nt try to stop the performance protest.

The protest lasted from around 11.30am until 1pm when the tank returned to St James park for dismantling - wicked!

...pics coming soon...

more bombs!

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Pictures from the More War Tank Action

27.09.2002 14:43

Pictures from the More War Tank Action
Pictures from the More War Tank Action

A selection of images from the afternoons run around. My camera batteries ran out just outside the "Meet The Army" exhibition so I couldn't get snaps of all the squaddies standing on their real tanks to look over the barriers at the action tank - it was one hell of a funny sight though :)

...was also pretty funny when the police scrambled to close the gates to the army recruitment exhibition when the action tank came into view...

peace not war


great tank

02.10.2002 11:32

Great tank

Would love to make one in ireland- any advise on materials needed etc?

cork boy