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More pics from Beating the Bounds 4th December

Pam Isherwood | 05.12.2005 13:00 | Free Spaces | Repression | London

Beating the Bounds of the limits of permissible protest, marking the 1km exclusion zone around Parliament Square.

Supporting cast
Supporting cast

Hungerford Bridge
Hungerford Bridge

Hungerford Bridge
Hungerford Bridge

South Bank
South Bank

Helpful signs
Helpful signs

Siuth Bank
Siuth Bank

County Hall
County Hall

County Hall
County Hall

St Thomas' Hospital
St Thomas' Hospital

Lambeth Bridge
Lambeth Bridge

Lambeth Bridge
Lambeth Bridge

Crossing Lambeth Bridge
Crossing Lambeth Bridge

Home Office
Home Office

Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard

Back in Trafalgar Square
Back in Trafalgar Square


More pics from Beating the Bounds, 4th December 2005. See www.peopleincommon.org for information on SOCPA, the law excluding protest within 1km of Parliamnet Square unless notice is given.

Please note I'm a working photographer, these photos are not free for commercial use - please email me if you want to republish them.

Pam Isherwood
- e-mail: pishwd@candi.ac.uk
- Homepage: http://www.pamisherwood.co.uk

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Thanks

05.12.2005 17:21

Big thanks to everyone that helped organise and took part at yesterday's fun inaugural Beating the Bounds. Special thanks are due to the genius signmaker and also to the first class refreshment provider [darlings, you know who you are].

Wasn't it carthartic to bash the hell out of everything but without any breakages. Is this a spiky fluffy coalition in the making? Let's hope so and also let's do more of this. We can take this idea and up the ante as we see fit. And it's a great tradition to play with for pursuit of and raising awareness about direct democracy in 'the zone'. Maybe next time we can make the boundary smaller as a way of reclaiming the space a little more on each session? It's good to reinvent old traditions for modern purposes: radical traditionalism; the best of the traditional and the modern combined.

BTW, the police watched us from a distance for most of the march, but kept their distance. But on the South side of the river they were definitely more friendly. They got a little more shirty when we beat the crap out of the entrance to MI5 but were surprisingly relaxed at New Scotland Yard, though we didn't get quite so close.

The march ended [in the dark, yes, another late start I'm afraid] right where it started, in Trafalgar Square, except for those few of us who could wait that little bit longer before going onto the pub - Special Forces - who ended at 10 Downing Street, where, on putting up our sign and unfurling our banner we were of course threatened with arrest.

Not wanting to miss out on the post demo celebrations in the pub, at this point we backed down [discretion being the better part of valour] but not before we had a spirited debate with the coppers about the definition of a 'demonstration' and also the fundamental importance of free expression in a democracy and especially in 'the zone'.

Also, I managed to kiss the officer who threatened me with arrest as she and her partner kerb crawled alongside us, surveying and escorting us as we went to join the rest of the lovely group in the pub. So if you're reading this PC X, why not come join our picnic plainclothes sometime !

FYI, next week at the weekly Parlamourment Square picnic we're holding our second strategy meeting, in order to plan the coming months. So, if you would like to help with the future story of FTP within the Westmonster area, do come along and join us.

12Noon for 1pm on the green at Parliament opposite Big Ben

It's your Parliament, and your Square, so be there!

Love and Chocolates,
Captain Marshmallow

Marshmallow


I Love You People!!!!

05.12.2005 18:23

You warm my heart. Wish I could have been there. Big (bear) hugs to all...

xxx

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