Day X - Thursday March 20th - Edinburgh
Ally B | 21.03.2003 11:23 | Anti-militarism
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Scotland, joining the millions across Britain and throughout the world. In acts of peaceful civil disobedience they blocked streets and protested. In Glasgow there were school students strikes and walkouts, demonstrators filled George Sq, blocked streets and blocked the motorway. In Edinburgh, in the 4th consecutive day of strikes and protests thousands marched from Edinburgh Castle to block Princes Street, bringing the city centre to a halt for an anti-war rally. And in towns across Scotland from Shetland to Dumbarton people took to the streets to say no.
Images of Friday March 20th in Edinburgh
Ally B
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Looting during demonstrations
22.03.2003 23:30
Geoff
Dissolve Capitalist Social Relations
23.03.2003 01:14
Now the bombs are dropping the time for calm lobbying is over.
We need to put the pressure on and bring the troops come by creating a second front here.
I am glad the youth did not follow the leadership of the march to be hemed into some square but dashed to occupy Princes Street and took action to dissolve the consummer side of capitalist social relations by taking stuff with a use value but removing it's exchange value. Thay had allready attacked the other side of capitalist social relations when they striked from school where they are developed into alienated wage slaves; their tasks divorced from their desires.
The goods in the shops were created by our collective labour and are being sold back to us. It is good to see this process being refused.
Only our collective refusal of capitalist social relations can end the barbarism of capitalism.
These experiments allow the movement to GROW UP.
These enlighten youth will lead the way.
I was angry and depress on Monday and was uplifted to here how they stormed Edinburgh Castle, it was a joy to see and hear the youth when I joined the protests on my lunch break from my work on Wednesday and Thursday.
Behold a bright future.
bd
Resistance is global!!
23.03.2003 23:09
Had any riots?
We had confrontations in stockholm and gothenbourgh against USA and israeli offices and against the swedish shipyards that transport weapons to iraq.
Police is wery aggressive here.
How is the cops in e-bourgh?
David
e-mail: Al_QUAIDA68@hotmail.com
Looting
15.04.2003 09:34
from disorder comes chaos - what would your anarchic state be like, one where individuals are free to live in peace or where we would live in fear. Live in the real world - the price of progress is capitalism.
oranges r green
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03.05.2003 05:11
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