London Critical Mass January ride.
Doug | 26.01.2008 09:34 | SOCPA | Climate Chaos | Repression | Social Struggles | London
A subdued start to a good ride, held up by a massive traffic jam in the Strand, but it livened up later with a bike high in Piccadilly Circus and taunts to impatient car horns. Joyful chants of 'More bikes less cars' and 'Whose streets? Our streets'.
Video: 
http://www.archive.org/details/cml25-1-08
Several sound systems this time, some were threatened with SOCPA prosecution if they dared to play in the vicinity of Parliament. Cycle police were back after their Christmas/New Year break, about 28 in all - they usually don't turn up at all to the December ride. They barked orders and blocked the ride at some intersections but did a good job of corking and even told off a few drivers. Later they shut down a sound system in Whitehall.
Just before Oxford Circus, a wannabe saboteur threw a glass bottle into the road which shattered into lots of puncturing shards, something to watch out for in future.
More:
http://criticalmasslondon.org.uk/
http://criticalmasslondon.org.uk/socpasounds.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/socpa/
http://www.archive.org/details/cml25-1-08 Several sound systems this time, some were threatened with SOCPA prosecution if they dared to play in the vicinity of Parliament. Cycle police were back after their Christmas/New Year break, about 28 in all - they usually don't turn up at all to the December ride. They barked orders and blocked the ride at some intersections but did a good job of corking and even told off a few drivers. Later they shut down a sound system in Whitehall.
Just before Oxford Circus, a wannabe saboteur threw a glass bottle into the road which shattered into lots of puncturing shards, something to watch out for in future.
More:
http://criticalmasslondon.org.uk/ http://criticalmasslondon.org.uk/socpasounds.html http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/socpa/
Doug