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Rising Tide Critical Mass

ekes | 15.10.2004 17:34 | European Social Forum | Ecology | London

The rising tide critical mass went on tour of the G8 climate crimals. Cyclists, many dressed for the weather of 2015 let alone 2004, were joined by samba.

Penguin loosing ice, as we go underwater
Penguin loosing ice, as we go underwater

Closed the square outside BP
Closed the square outside BP

No bikes at the Canadian Embassy?
No bikes at the Canadian Embassy?

Roads closed
Roads closed

Police photographer "behaving" himself here
Police photographer "behaving" himself here


A sucessful afternoon saw protestors bringing traffic to a human pace, sometimes closing streets. Highlighting the climate criminals in the G8 the demonstration visited Mobil (Exxon), the Canadian Embassy, BP and their public relations wing of the National Portrait Gallary.

The protest was only really marred by one of the police photographers who was making a particular point of being intimidating. He caused his two badged copper minders to have to remove him from situations on numerous occasions.

ekes

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16.10.2004 09:26

worst mass I've every been on.

hardly a sucess.

more cops than bikes. samba band outnumbers 3 to 1

two placards between the whole bunch of us.

people passing by having no idea what any of it was about of or anything.

just piss poor. sorry. but that's a far more accurate description of the day than the report above.

n

not the first time...

16.10.2004 11:39

... that FIT team photographer has been aggressive - at one of the marches against the war in Afghanistan he was getting (fluffy) hassle from some people, putting their hands over lens etc, and he went apeshit and threw a wild punch, almost twatting a regional CND protestor standing with a placard. his minders stepped in and dragged him off.

biscuit