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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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Comments

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Freedom

04.07.2005 09:20

How fortunate people are to have the freedom to march and protest in this manner. A freedom now extended to the people of Iraq.

another view

Freedom unjust

04.07.2005 10:11

freedom of majority prison to minority

No-body

Police blocking clown army in Crichton street car park

04.07.2005 11:07

Nice to see the people participating in the photos. Right now (12:00) I can just see the people that cannot participate: the police has encircled a group - possibly of the Clown Army - in Crichton street car park (Bristo Square) and is slowly and meticolously seaching them and taking their names.
It's going to take hours and hours and hours...

Luna De Ferrari
mail e-mail: luna.deferrari@gmail.com

Polite-ness

04.07.2005 11:46

I have been just upsetting my mind how far social politics of politeness goes. Also reading all kind of conditions and warnings aligned to internet communication make me to worry about creativity of a thought, freedom of speach, exchange of an opinion. Is everything what shall remain for the future being pushed into the mere subtile? Despise is tasteless, thus it is DE-SPICED!!!

Fact.

Next task to sustainability: PREVENTION OF A WORD - ENDANGERED SPECIES!
The word is an absolute non-human belonging, because it is gifted to people; it has changed to become prostituted as a CODE. People using a photo more as a mean of a message transfer simplifies the fact we are subued to the nature of an absolute. Why so? Because the word has been beaten off its power of a persuasion being believed. Nature takes a revange, humanized god is mercyfull and irony preoccupates.

No-body

Never Mind the Bollocks

04.07.2005 12:48

"How fortunate people are to have the freedom to march and protest in this manner. A freedom now extended to the people of Iraq."

Umm, no actually. Apart from the insurgency making public gatherings a risky business, peaceful Iraqi protesters are regularly shot - sometimes from helicopter gunships - by twitchy and racist US soldiers.

So fuck off out of it with your pro-war bollocks.

a realistic view based on reality

Never Mind the Bollocks

04.07.2005 12:49

"How fortunate people are to have the freedom to march and protest in this manner. A freedom now extended to the people of Iraq."

Umm, no actually. Apart from the insurgency making public gatherings a risky business, peaceful Iraqi protesters are regularly shot - sometimes from helicopter gunships - by twitchy and racist US soldiers.

So fuck off out of it with your pro-war bollocks.

a realistic view based on reality

"Apart from the insurgency " !

04.07.2005 13:43

What do you mean "Apart from the insurgency " the only thing keeping people off the streets in Iraq is the insurgency. When is this going to sink in with some people. Look at the attacks who is being targeted US troops - No, UK Troops - No

The people being attacked, bombed, shot, abducted are those Iraqis trying to build a new post Saddam, post B'ath Party Iraq. Yesterday it was a line of men and women waiting to register a police officers. The Iranian backed, mostly non Iraqi terrorists doing this are trying to force a theocracy on the country because they know a free, democratic, independent Iraq will reject the mullahs, reject the oppression of women, reject the policies of hate and will lead to a free just society not dominated by religion.

Despite the best efforts of these people the Iraqi people are showing incredible courage and building a new Iraq with help from the US, the UK and others. It may stick in your throat to accept it but tough.

Aly

BBB-rain-wash

04.07.2005 15:21

God blessing ignorants! Why you all simply don't march to Baghdad and check the facts.
NATO soldiers would surely detect each of you before getting even off planes and lend you all in Jerusalem accusing insurgency of kidnapping. What hyjackers?!?!?

Indymedia is squated by solvation army!

No-body

Since when have Telegraph readers used indimedia?

04.07.2005 16:41

Congratulations to indimedia in getting some seriously bigoted and misled Telegraph and Spectator (sorry should be Scumtator) readers checking out the site... How anybody can espouse these views that "its a great thing we are fucking over Iraq" how happy they all are now and how much better off they are etc etc is seriously beyond me. Good god people wake up and see the real picture.. the reason for the total chaos in Iraq is entirely due to US and UK intervention.. we fund these crazies when its in our interest then get all "confused" and upset when they decide that they dont want to live in a US puppet where all the control is in the hands of US stooges and all the Money in Iraq (that which wasnt stolen and looted of course by other american stooges) is flowing direct to old cheny and bush and say fuck off out of our Lands...Please get back to your sunday tea discussions spectators, telegraphs times and all and get the FUCK OFFF this site... which isnt really your cup of teeee lets be fair hey...!

rob yahoo

Not Telegraph readers - warmongers and Islamophobes from Harry's Place

04.07.2005 19:24

The comments about Iraq's "freedom" are likely from a far-right blog called Harry's Place that pretends it's left-wing but is really a sewer full of warmongers, neocon wingnuts and Islamophobes. Their agenda is to lie and smear opponents of war and to cheer for more Muslims to be bombed to "freedom". They worship Bush and Blair.

Pay a visit, check it out and tell 'em what you think.

Uncle Bulgaria

"free demonstration" in Tikrit

07.07.2005 12:42

free demonstation in tikrit?

 http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/07/07/story210507.html

free iraq?

hmm...

edinburgh rob