About 15 000 people demonstrated in Glasgow today. "No war"!
The main theme and concern was to express the disgust about the continuing waging of bombing Iraq in present. Many different groups and individuals were present from all corners of Scotland- from Berwick upon Tweed, to Newcastle, Dundee, Aberdeen, Forth, some trainloads from Edinburgh and of course lots from Glasgow. All age groups seemed to be present, too, lots of families with babys, older people, younger people, workers and students, and also many disabled, they all took on the streets today against all odds, like the starting flu-wave and distractions like the anarchist bookfair in London. Ohhh I have got such a headache and keep this brief, I am sure everybody will be more up for stuff tomorrow.
It was a nice, sunny weather and a very relaxed and friendly atmosphere. (Apart from this hierarchical bossy person who was yelling at me, did not want to let me take pictures and chucking me twice from his bloody red bus, this here is to you, sliming around the professional photographer who throw like 99% in the bin, you really should get your priorities right, comrade!!!!!! You know, Trotsky did not fall from the moon, he had training. Apart from this I probably do not have to remind you of Kronstadt and the Machnowitska).
Anyway, I took some pics for you, as you can see.
Out of storage problems I left out the photographying of ritual burnings of the American and British flags as you can probably imagine what it looked like, and actually I have no clue who was under the carefully selected speakers at the rally afterwards and what they said, as I was busy meeting and chatting to people I haven't seen for quite a while, so that was good fun.
Shortly before this carefully tanned MSP of the SWP spoke the leading committeee discovered the switch for the loudspeakers at the back.
So, it was a good event and I am sure, other people can add their impression of the event at the comments.