Skip to content or view screen version

Relation from Warsaw streets 28.04.2004

pl.indymedia.org | 29.04.2004 03:27 | World

Other article in English

A day before WEF
 http://pl.indymedia.org/pl/2004/04/5252.shtml#english
Report from the surrounded city
 http://pl.indymedia.org/pl/2004/04/5242.shtml







11:40
We`re- the photographer and the polish indymedia editor- getting off on Marsza³kowska st., close to Saski Park. As we expected – many coppers standing behind a double barrier, wore in uniforms, unarmed, supported by 30 police cars with water cannons. Even though we haven't any problems in taking photos no one didn't want to speak with us. They refer us to the public relation officer in the police headquarters. Situation is calm, police chopters on the sky.

11:52 Super Expres' journalists are taking photos of us. Then, probably overcoming their shyness, they start taking to us, asking about anti-summit, about our view concerning security, who we work for etc. calling us workmates. They confess that they thought we are the police instigators. We bid them good-bye quickly.

12:00
Rotunda, Dmowski roundabout An „independent” informative action starts under the slogan „The sensitive zone for globalism”, precisely- two men emerge with a rolled banner. They, seemingly encouraged by our press cards, come up and inform us about the action. Though we're waiting for the main co-ordinator, those two were not competent to give us any official infos. Amazingly poor police „protection”, only two police cars and one patrol.

12.10
The main coordinator of the informative action shares with us with the following informations. Asked about the purpose of the action he explains that it is independent, its members do not show their private political views beyond the main globalistic issue. The group was established spontaniously (on last saturday), it counts 15 members recruited from the young warsaw intelligence, grouped in the unhierarchic structure. Earlier the propaganda action was held in the net and the posters were put on the walls. According to what our informer said the action is legalised and it's not a sort of demonstration. It is only aimed towards warsaw unconcious citizens to provide them with information by means of talking with those interested, handing the leaflets, putting the information on the posts with texts that make the globalism issue brighter. The transparents such as "The other world is possible" can be seen. The action is to last from 12.00 to 18.00. Till 12.30 the point was visited by number of journalists and two small groups who didn't make use of the informative purpose of the point.

12:35
We're paying the visit to KFC which looks as a wooden bunker. Near the entrance we're passing a group of policemen (besides their suspicious gazes nothing happened). Three steps behind the door we were attacked by a woman who(quotation) "is a manager but not real one cause that real is absent" and because of this she is not obliged to answer to our intricate questions such as "What do you think about the summit?" ot "Are you afraid of alterglobalists?". We were not allowed to take any photos.

12:55
We are on the Three Crosses Square, close to the local "zone zero" near the Parliament. The police guard stronger here, supported by The Polish Intelligence Agency (ABW); coppers without any weapon, although full armoured. We're taking photos, they feel provoked and warn as that if we want to take photos here we should ask them. "Have you ever heard about the press rights?" we replied, took some more photos and headed to Lazienkowski Park. There we are asked to show our documents and warned again, alike on the square, although the policemen were polite and even they answered to few our questions. According to what they said it should be all right during the summit, they will take care for that,in addition they complained that they had to leave their families.

13:08
Lazienkowski Park is still open, many patrols inside "taking a walk", situation is calm like in the centre.

pl.indymedia.org
- Homepage: http://pl.indymedia.org