here are phone no.s of chief stewards (stop the war coalition aka socialist workers party) who will control all the stewards on the demo
chris nineham tel 07930 536 519
or amjad saleem
tel no 07941 008 738!
the stewards are there to control all the demonstrators so that the swp controls what happens on the march
they are going to try to keep the samba band to very back of the march
and have the 1st 1000 people entirely enclosed and not letting any1 in this group who isnt first vetted by the 2 chief stewards
so here is a rough guide to their plans
coaches arrive 10am southside waterloo bridge from round uk
when that area gets full
police will direct buses to south side of blackfriars bridge
stewards will direct all media to press enclosure south side hungerford bridge
where "red" ken and other celebs will talk to them
police might close blackfriars tube in the morning
so the 2nd tube to be used will be temple
both will be heavily stewarded
[this INFO FROM STEWARDS BRIEFING AT SOAS 6PM FRIDAY by the way]
IMPORTANT: no steward is allowed to do anything without contacting chris nineham tel 07930 536 519
or amjad saleem
tel no 07941 008 738!
3 main stewarded areas on the march are:
embankment!
whithall/picadilly!
main stage hyde park!
stewards will wear yellow bibs
and will use mobiles
to communicate!
stewards have been told to not allow any1 into 1st 1000 people block
without VETTING THEM through chief stewards
!they have also been told to keep the samba band right at the back!
and enclose any sit down protests so that the march can get past
they have been told to enclose troublemakers and shout them down
and surround them with placards
they are especially concerned to police around downing st because of bad press
! their media coordinators are andrew burgin 07939 242 229
Mark Marqusee 07734 886 623
Annas 07889 202 912!
! stewards have to call chief stewards in case of trouble!
! to direct other stewards to problem areas!
! chief stewards are in constant contact with police!
! if their phones arent blocked that is!
also maybe some1 like to test their response time with a few practice drills
! the last briefing for stewards is 10am at embankment tube!
in case they sniff us out and change nos this will be the time to tell stewards new nos
according to stewards timetable march will be in hyde park from 3 to 5.30 and then "marchers go home"
here are some things they said at the meeting:
no non-badged people in main stage enclosure
no non-official media to be let in
"stewards will act as spotter teams
when some people objected to keeping samba band at back
"in terms of all demonstrations, it [stewarding] is not a democratic process. We have chief stewards - we don't need a democratic consultation about the SAMBA band and its the same with the police"
"Chris will speak to the police"
"that is why we have a pyramid structure and democratic centralism"