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bring the war home | 13.08.2006 13:22 | Lebanon War 2006 | Anti-militarism | Oxford

Anarchists, peaceniks, sambistas and hula-skirted murderers in the heart of Oxfordshire.

Cardiff Anarchist Network at the main gate.
Cardiff Anarchist Network at the main gate.

Rythyms of Resistance at the rear gate.
Rythyms of Resistance at the rear gate.

War is a serious business.
War is a serious business.

The star attraction.
The star attraction.

Thames Valley Police Forward Intelligence (sic).
Thames Valley Police Forward Intelligence (sic).

Where there's muck, there's SERCO.
Where there's muck, there's SERCO.

Plain clothes police. (Out on a limb?)
Plain clothes police. (Out on a limb?)

Remberance of occupations past.
Remberance of occupations past.

Danger, serious organised criminals at work.
Danger, serious organised criminals at work.

Do your bit for the war effort.
Do your bit for the war effort.


On arrival at Carterton's little staging post for the War of Terror we were warned by a shocked protester that if we went through the gates we would be photographed and might be breaking the law. "We weren't told it was illegal, we should have been told."

Cardiff Anarchist Network were blocking the main gate apparently undettered by such potential pitfalls.

At the rear entrance the barriers were lowered and the gate locked at the mere threat of samba, and a who's who of repression lined up just in case - SERCO private security (operators of Colnbrook immigration prison), RAF Police, MOD Police on the inside, and Thames Valley Police eventually outside.

Two plain clothes cops approached some demonstrators, enquiring if they'd "been to Mildenhall yet" and "What group are you with? You don't look like Swindon Stop-the-War".

Inside the gate a group of confused looking hawaiian-shirted & hula-skirted partygoers stood around refusing to dance.

This time the gates were reopened after a couple of hours and a few arrests, but next time...

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  1. "You don't look like Swindon Stop-the-War" — Simon
  2. Nice one! — Buendia
  3. we are all swindon stop the war — Coul Srew
  4. It is the soldier ... — Vikster
  5. uhm — it is the soldier
  6. "You don't look like Swindon Stop The War" — S
  7. in peace and poetry — Tony Hillier
  8. Resolution — thich nhat hahn