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Stop War Edinburgh March

Guido | 04.07.2005 08:18 | G8 2005

A short report and pics.

The march leaves
The march leaves

Tony again.
Tony again.

Reaching the summitt.
Reaching the summitt.

This certainly makes a change from Trafalgar Sq.
This certainly makes a change from Trafalgar Sq.

Remebering the dead.
Remebering the dead.


When the march first assembled it looked like it was going to be a poorly attended unrepresentative shadow of Britain's antiwar movement. However the few hundred that initially gathered swelled to between 2 & 3 thousand (my estimate) by the time it left the assembly point. Considering that most if not nearly all of those gathered in Edinburgh had spent the day at meetings this was a reasonable turnout. The march was led by Heidi Guiliani (mother of Carlo, murdered by the cops in Genoa) and Rose Gentle whose son Gordon was was murdered (by proxy) by Bush & Blair and their illegal war.

Those who did make the effort to attend were treated to a breathtaking view of Edinburgh. It was also a very somber occasion as the names of those who have died in Iraq (the ones we know about) were read out at the top of the hill. Everyone had a lump in their throat when Rose read out the name of her own son Gordon who died in a pointless and imperialist campaign that has only recruited more extremists (on both sides) and made the world less safe for all of us.

Guido
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  1. Freedom — another view
  2. Freedom unjust — No-body
  3. Police blocking clown army in Crichton street car park — Luna De Ferrari
  4. Polite-ness — No-body
  5. Never Mind the Bollocks — a realistic view based on reality
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  7. "Apart from the insurgency " ! — Aly
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  9. Since when have Telegraph readers used indimedia? — rob yahoo
  10. Not Telegraph readers - warmongers and Islamophobes from Harry's Place — Uncle Bulgaria
  11. "free demonstration" in Tikrit — edinburgh rob