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andrea | 14.04.2003 17:15

against the repression...

dear everyone, i would like to open a discussion about the situation of the movement in england, in particular in london, the city where i live. i am not english and i developed my political ideas in italy taking part to the no global movements of the last years.
one thing that really scandalise me is the massive presence of the police at the demostrations and also how arrogant and repressive they are with people. i cannot believe that the movements in itself is not able to protect itself from the attack indiscriminate of the police. i think the movement should work very much about the repression organising sit-in, forum, demostration, to try to communicate with the public opinion. i mean what is happening in england is unbeliveable, not in chile during pinochet time the level of repression was so high! i see during the demostrations people arrested and nobody does anything to stop the situation. people is part of the movement, people arrested is something that we cannot tollerate! what this country is doing is to reduce any demostration to something regarding public order. that's why there are cops everywhere. i cannot stand marching with a cop next to me...sorry, i cannot tolerate it!
i hope mayday is gonna be a great day for everyone, but once again, why doesn;t the movement organise something more militant marching all together from one point to another? i thing giving different appointment at the differene time is only something to waste energies. we need to be united against the repression of the system!
well. i hope someone is going to open a discussion with me. i hope you will be able to understand my really poor english!!
ciao
andrea

andrea

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andrea...

14.04.2003 17:26

There is something more militant than an A to B march planned.

Check out

blacknred
- Homepage: http://www.ourmayday.org.uk


mayday music

14.04.2003 20:10

i saw a posting about a mayday single by Conflict earlyer, but i cant find the posting now. anybody seen it?

anybody


problems with ourmayday

14.04.2003 20:43

I've been having problems getting into the site since saturday. any other way of getting into it?

jay


Not west end

14.04.2003 21:11

For gods sake, this year lets not get trapped in the west end. Got to keep moving with always an option to escape the nazis.

jubber


Revolt

15.04.2003 20:23

with the amount of people that should be coming this year in opposition to the war and impearlism etc., we could actually archieve something. why not have a goal, to make a difference. Why not bring ladders and try to get into parliment! why dont we dress in uniform like the police and trap them in somehwere, or actually fight back the police! if radical activists dont take the stand, we are doomed to marching from a to b, and not achieving fuck all!

Rhys


mayday

16.04.2003 07:59

I understand your frustration & sense of powerlessness Andrea. There are no easy solutions. Encouraging people to be more militant, to gain confidence in challenging & confronting the police is the key. Hopefully this year's mayday will do exactly that. If you want to get involved on a more practical level with mayday please contact us. See you on the first.

montevideo
mail e-mail: londaymayday@yahoo.co.uk


MAYDAY IN GLASGOW TOO!

16.04.2003 14:17

Mayday celebrations are also going on in Glasgow.

On Thursday 1st, a Mayday parade is starting at 12pm outside Buchanan Street Underground. Dress up and join us!
Also, a student and youth strike is arriving in George Square at 1.30pm.

After that, it's up to all of us what to do next!

Reclaim the future!

 http://www.liveinthemoment.org

Truth Fairy
- Homepage: http://www.liveinthemoment.org