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Actions at the Labour Party Conference - Do Come! ;-)

Brightonian | 24.09.2004 13:29 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation

Lots of stuff to do at the Labour Party Conference . . . skip work and join in!

map (sorry its a big file, but its fuzzy at low res)
map (sorry its a big file, but its fuzzy at low res)


Sunday 26th September - 1 'til 4pm - "Vote for Trade Justice - Ballot on the Beach & March"

Sunday 26th September - 1pm - "Gatecrash the Party" NVDA - Old Steine, War Memorial. Brighton.

Anti War protest - Wednesday 29th September - 12:00 Noon. Gather at the Peace Statue on Hove Lawns at 12 to march at about 1 pm. Supported by the Stop the War Coalition.


Brighton & Hove Albion fans are marching on Monday 27th and the bloodsports lobby will be around on Tuesday 28th. There's ample opportunity for decentralised autonomous direct actions throughout (see map).

Sunday 26th September - 1 'til 4pm - "Vote for Trade Justice - Ballot on the Beach & March"

Sunday 26th September - 1pm - "Gatecrash the Party" NVDA - Old Steine, War Memorial. Brighton.

Anti War protest - Wednesday 29th September - 12:00 Noon. Gather at the Peace Statue on Hove Lawns at 12 to march at about 1 pm. Supported by the Stop the War Coalition.


Brighton & Hove Albion fans are marching on Monday 27th and the bloodsports lobby will be around on Tuesday 28th. There's ample opportunity for decentralised autonomous direct actions throughout (see map). 'Tourist Attractions' in Brighton include:

[b]The Brighton Centre[/b] - Kings Road - E9 - venue for conference
[b]Hilton Hotel[/b] – Kings Road - E9 - where a lot of delegates will be staying
[b]Thistle Hotel[/b] – Black Lion Street (off King’s Road) - F9 - where delegates might be staying and fringe meetings might take place
[b]Old Ship Hotel[/b] – Grand Junction Road - F9 - where delegates might be staying & fringe meetings might take place
[b]De Vere Grand Hotel[/b] – King’s Road - E9 - where a lot of delegates will be staying
[b]Brighton Station[/b] – Trafalgar Street - F7
[b]Preston Park Station[/b] – east side entrance on Station Road / Clermont Road - D4
[b]London Road Station[/b] – Shaftesbury Place - F6
[b]Moulsecoomb Station[/b] – Queensdown School Road - H3
[b]Brighton Town Hall[/b] – Bartholemews Square - F9
[b]Hove Town Hall[/b] – New Church Road - B8
[b]Thales[/b] – 149 Preston Road - E6 (nr junction with Stamford Avenue) - manufactures weapons
[b]Army Recruitment Office[/b] – 120 Queens Road - F8
[b]Personnel Selection[/b] employment agency – West Street (nr North Street) -E9 - employed Simon Jones, who died at work because he had no training
[b]Brook Street Bureau[/b] employment agency – 77 North Street - F9
[b]Manpower[/b] employment agency – 18 Queens Road - E8
[b]Schlumberger-Sema[/b] – corner of Upper North Street & Regent Hill - E8 - company used for privatised sickness benefits, gets benefit taken away from people who are still unfit for work and treats people on benefits like dirt; also involved in ID cards
[b]Department of Social Security[/b] – 30 Edward Street - G9
[b]American Express[/b] – Edward Street - G9 - symbol of American capitalism, encouraged by New Labour
[b]Sainsbury’s[/b] – Vogue Gyratory, Lewes Road - H5 and 1 London Road - F7
[b]Starbucks[/b] – 201 Western Road - E9 and inside Borders, Churchill Square E9 and inside Sainsbury’s, Lewes Road – H5
Anti-union, charge extra for soya milk!
[b]McDonalds[/b] – London Road (south end) - F7 and Western Road - E8 and Churchill Square Shopping Centre (top) - E9
- symbol of American corporateness, damages environment, involved in suffering to animals, exploits workers
[b]University of Brighton Vivisection Laboratory[/b] – Lewes Road (just b4 Moulsecoomb Station) - H4 New Labour is funding + encouraging more vivisection + more animal labs instead of funding alternative research + natural remedies
[b]Gap[/b] – Western Road (Clock Tower end) - E9 - sweatshop labour
[b]Disney Store[/b] – Churchill Square Shopping Centre E9 - Disney company is anti-union
[b]Esso petrol station[/b] junction of Edinburgh Road and Lewes Road - G6
[b]BP Garage[/b] - Vogue Gyratory, Lewes Road - H5
[b]Natwest[/b] Bank - Churchill Square Shopping Centre - E9 and 42 London Road F7and 55 Lewes Road - G6
[b]Barclays[/b] Bank - North Street – F9 and Preston Circus – F6
[b]Lloyds TSB[/b] Bank – West Street – E9 and Oxford Street – F7
[b]HSBC[/b] Bank - 114 London Road – F7 and 153 North Street – F9 and 79 Western Road – E9
[b]Marks and Spencer[/b] – 195 Western Road – E8 – supporting the Israeli military occupation of Palestine.
[b]Habitat[/b] – Churchill Square Shopping Centre – E9
[b]Next[/b] – Churchill Square Shopping Centre – E9
[b]Julie Burchill’s house[/b] – 6 Somerhill Avenue – C7 - journalist who supported the war & slags off asylum seekers
[b]The Argus[/b] newspaper office – 9 Dyke Road – E8 - right wing journalism propaganda
[b]Parsons, Son and Basley[/b] Estate Agents –- 32 Queens Road - E8 - aiding gentrification of Brighton
[b]Austin Reed[/b] Estate Agents – Seven Dials – E7
[b]Clifford Dann[/b] Estate Agents – 10 The Drive, Hove - B8
[b]Coach Station[/b] – south of Old Steine – F9
[b]Bus depot[/b] – Lewes Road (nr Bear Road) – H5
[b]Royal Pavilion[/b] – Pavilion Parade – F9 - Unoccupied for over 80 years. Needs squatters.
[b]Top Totty[/b] Night Club – 75 Grand Parade – F9
[b]Golf Course[/b] – Hollingdean – G2
[b]Police Station[/b] – John Street – G8 (!)
[b]Law Courts[/b] – William Street – G9
[b]Car Park[/b] where delegates may park – North Road – F8 + Car Parks – West Street – E9 and Black Lion Street – F9
[b]Coach parking 4 visitors[/b] – Madeira Drive 9east end) – H10
[b]Major junctions[/b] – Clock Tower (nr Palace Pier) – F9, Old Steine – F9, Kings Road / West Street – E9, Preston Circus – F6,
Seven Dials – E7
[b]EDO MBM[/b] – Home Farm Road, Moulsecoomb (off Lewes Road, past Brighton University) - manufactures weapon interfacing systems among other things
[b]Brighton Racecourse[/b] – Freshfield Road (top end, near junction with Manor Hill) - off the map, east of H7
[b]Millionaires Row[/b] – Basin Road South (west of Hove Lagoon – off the map)


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