SHAC DEMO REPORT(COVENTRY):

Five of us started our shac outreach demo outside of barclays,an 1hr and half b4 they closed.We educated people,with our voices and banner,and got support from individuals that said they wud join the shac campaign and a little girl bringing us a cookie to show her support.People genuinely wanted to know the link between the two(Barclays & HLS) and were astonished at this.Barclays didn't like the fact we were there and were using pathetic excuses that our banner was "upsetting children".

We did have problems from the Barclays staff ,especially one,who threatened to beat up one of our activists.Asking us to wait till they close so he cud sort it out around the back. The manager was much more cordial,apart from the occasional("fuck off"),and just stood by us constantly. The police arrived,one copper on a bike,and told us that he recieved complaints that we threatened barclays staff! He wasn't seriously interested in the real threats we had recieved.

We educated both passersby and maybe even the Barclays staff who were unaware of this.We stayed until they closed.