Reclaim the Future...Riot vans at the gate.
Lu-Key | 01.04.2007 03:01 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World
Great Building on the Hollaway Rd...Loads of massive rooms...3 stages and sound systems. Good acts including a 'Socialist Magician', plus many bands and DJS.
Food counter was well stocked with loads of Vegan food and cakes given on a donation basis..The famous Squat Coffee Machine was also there providing sterling service.
Many info stalls and workshops through out the day.
As night fell...it was music time.
The place was filling fast....Hundreds of folk all socialising and having a good time.
But unfortunately newcomers just arriving around 1am hopes for a good time were Dashed by the arrival of about 5 or more van loads of Riot Police. Who were stopping their entry to the gates...Leaving about a 100 or so outside...During this time people were being allowed to leave though at a very slow trickle.
A bit of pushing and shoving going on.Then more Riot vans arrived who blocked the southern end of holloway rd to traffic.
The prospective party goers were the pushed down a couple of blocks away and the road taped off.
This was the position as I saw it at 2.30 am.
(see photos for more detail)
Lu-Key
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Why?
01.04.2007 14:00
Or was some Officer being as stupid as one was at the Police provoked riot outside Wethespoons just dowm the road,was it eighteen months ago, after the trouble makers had been anarchistically evicted?.
Were they hoping for a chance to give the riot squad some practice without the difficulty of stopping the bus service as happened at the Wetherspoon riot?
Perhaps the Police have worked out that Climate change has already passed the point of no return, and are just trying to stop people wasting their time talking about a future.. There are supposed to be clever people in the Police Foprce being fast tracked for promotion.
Looking at a rational Home Secretary's response to the Climate Catastrophe: Food will be rationed at such a low level people will not have the enegy to riot effectively and will be easily controlled by a well fed Police Force. Cannabis will remain illegal to provoke the discontents to grow as much as possible, which will have the effect of getting likely rioters too stoned to do anything.
Or you might like to consider why so many of the Rich now drink bottled water..
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