In Ferbruary, if the 500,000 Anti-War demonstrators coverge outside that Bastion of Imperialist Bastards, Buckingham Palace or the House of Lords, then it might, at least, alarm the establishment and iritate the riot police. But we will meekly march into Hyde Park, with our puny placards, fancy dress, moronic chants and supressed rage, where we will disrupt absolutely nothing, but the squirrels.

Who organises these protests, the government?

Harlequin, much as your little rants are interesting the first time (!) why do you persist in posting the same shit again and again, full of inaccuracies and blatant lies (that Northwood is an RAF base - wtf?? It's the standing HQ of the British Army, and it wasn't useless the base *was* blockaded).

I know you probably love the sound of your own voice but please try to spare the rest of us a bit, eh? And leave some room on the newswire for, uh, NEWS!

The next anti-war demo is going to be massive. Much as I think that mass-rallies in London are generally a waste of effort, time and money, this next one - being part of a continent wide action - should at least inform the arab world that not all europeans are warhungry, imperialist bastards...those people just happen to be our 'leaders'.

As for the demo, why not have an anti-cap bloc starting at a different location, going in a different direction, with a different vibe and energetic militancy than the rather boring rally, which is all packed tightly into a cordoned off area making the experience slow, tiring and far from empowering.

At the last demo, I even heard shouts of support for Bin Laden from one bunch of religio-fanatics/fascists and I don't think the anti-capitalist movement wants to associate with these reactionaries. So what's planned? Is a bloc organised? Is it going to meet somewhere different - Oxford street sounds good, as does Liverpool Street station - after all, think of the profits generated by war through many stock exchange companies. An anti-capitalist bloc should at least have its specific target as the bastions of the capitalist system.

I'm sure a glance at the route of the main march would make deciding on an alternative - empowering - anti-war march start location far easier, depending on our objectives.... Alternatively, we could organise a split from the main march, but this has been anticipated by the cops at previous marches, so could be really difficult; also there's the issue of hijacking a liberal-organised march, which would be unpopular.

harlequin
did you go to Northwood and risk arrest yourself, or did you judge it a failure from behind the safety of your PC?
your comments are worthless, and you are a bore.

Quote: 'why not have an anti-cap bloc starting at a different location, going in a different direction'?

I see your thinking, but hold on there. How do you think BBC/CNN/Sky would report that? I can just imagine the Sun headline: 'anti-war protest splits as anarchists condemn 'fascist' Muslims'. Tell me I'm wrong!

Surely we need one huge united peaceful protest on 15 Feb. We can do our own things any other day.