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London Demo Reports

imc-uk | 12.04.2003 17:32

short reports/updates on London demo


18:00 Demonstrators start to leave Hyde park Reports of sit downs around Oxford St.
15:30 Last of marchers arrive in Hyde park Speeches etc carnival atmosphere in places
15:00 1 arrest as cop photographers surround info stall by gates of Hyde park - crowd chanting SHAME ON YOU
14:00 End of march finally leaves Parliment Sq.
12:50 Both marches converge on Parliment Square where one minutes silence is observed in memory of the dead. Lots of cops and crash barriers. People leaving hundreds of flowers outside Downing St. - 3 different samba bands playing to crowd
12:30 Marchers start leaving assembly points

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  1. numbers? — hk
  2. Our flowers! — posy
  3. Direct Action? — Rump
  4. well done — well versed
  5. Steering committee lost the map — bored of speeches
  6. 'MAYDAY' We have to be there ! — NORO
  7. Moving on..... — paul
  8. tactics — george
  9. Well done — Dave
  10. What I think — John Cowley
  11. London 12/4 — andyC
  12. Failure of the antiwar movement — pondering Saturday
  13. The mass-movement is sticking — Katya
  14. Less talk, more action — bogzla
  15. STWC doesn't sit down? — Kiss distinctly american
  16. Get the MAB to mobilise for May Day — ANTONIUS CLIFFUS JNR.
  17. About STWC and civil disobedience — Pete
  18. Let's keep honest and active. — Miss Point