Sheffield Against Bush March
Rebel W | 15.11.2003 23:43 | Bush 2003 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Sheffield
Sheffield played host today to a march of 150-1000 people. And guess what, Sheffield Samba Band joined in! A quick chat with a Sunday Times photographer suggestions national coverage tomorrow...
The press photographer thought it was 150 people, we thoughts it might have touched 1000 towards the end, but either way, it was a pleasant demo, not the best for chating, but certainly a good warm up for Thursday. Lots of people present stated an intention to visit London this week.
We saw and heard plenty of SSB, who even gave a backdrop to the leafletting which took places afterwards. Members of Worker's Power, Socialist Party, Socialist Alliance, Anti-SATs Alliance, Sheffield IndyMedia... have I forgotten someone? Oh yes, Socialist Worker Party. But it didn't seem to impact the demo too much.
Certainly worthwhile, but not a top demo of the year. Could have been bigger, I'm sure, but hey, smaller demos have happened, and we never looked lost, not within the area for the rally. Infact, twice the number and we'd have been obstructing the (pedestrian) highway!
(SSB = Sheffield Samba Band. I'd never seen them live before, so it was a cool experience.)
We saw and heard plenty of SSB, who even gave a backdrop to the leafletting which took places afterwards. Members of Worker's Power, Socialist Party, Socialist Alliance, Anti-SATs Alliance, Sheffield IndyMedia... have I forgotten someone? Oh yes, Socialist Worker Party. But it didn't seem to impact the demo too much.
Certainly worthwhile, but not a top demo of the year. Could have been bigger, I'm sure, but hey, smaller demos have happened, and we never looked lost, not within the area for the rally. Infact, twice the number and we'd have been obstructing the (pedestrian) highway!
(SSB = Sheffield Samba Band. I'd never seen them live before, so it was a cool experience.)
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