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G20 Protest in the Guardian

Gruanidad | 22.03.2009 10:20 | G20 London Summit | Climate Chaos | Social Struggles

Check this out:
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/22/g20-anti-globalisation-protests

The Guardian's bigging up the G20 protests, with a fair amount of scare-mongering for good measure. Still, they say that there's no such thing as bad publicity...


'a rumoured plan to block the Blackwall Tunnel and cause a security scare on the London Underground by leaving bags unattended on trains'- didn't the hacks report this sort of nonsense during the runup to the last climate camp. Still, never mind, if a story's ficticious enough to run once, its ficticious enough to run again.

The Grauniad is certainly makiing the G20 protests look like they'll be impressive. They talk about 'leading protest group The Government of the Dead'- although they didn't report any of their previous escapes.

But never mind, this sort of publicity (especially as they include the full itinery) is worth a few thousand flyers at least...

Gruanidad

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and a tank?!

22.03.2009 11:30

"There is also speculation that protesters will drive a tank to the ExCeL conference centre in London's Docklands,"

fucking aye!

how the guardian et al are making these protests out to be a bad thing i do not know.

1. man is created
2. banks under the encouragement of the government create money is risky ways
3. banks lose everyone's money
4. goverment does fuck all to help anyone except bankers
5. citizens are now the bad guy?

what the fuck.

josh


Guardian journos are liberal middle class wankers

22.03.2009 11:36

Guardian journalists are liberal middle class wankers. They may flirt with things like radical politics but at the end of the day they are all entrenched in the system and want to protect their privileged upper middle class Islington lifestyles.

So don't be surprised at the Guardian's muckraking - they have be doing it to animal rights activists for years.

anon


Tank You

22.03.2009 11:50

Do the space hijackers still have the tank they bought for dsei in 07? Can we borrow it pwease?

(a)


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G20 Which side are you on?

22.03.2009 13:52

It has to be made clear as the hype and propaganda towards the G20 builds on both sides  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7955057.stm  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/423642.html we need to ask which side are we on?

Do we enjoy the spectacle of the spectacular of The Middle Class fighting the police, or do we keep raising the concerns of The Police State, that the state to some extent will allow such protesters there moment so they can increase the pressure upon The Working Class, from Climate Change to The Global Crises it is not the making of The Working Class, once again the greed and actions of The Middle Class have brought us here.

The protest over the next coming weeks has nothing to do with the injustice of our class, it has more to do with The Middle Class protecting and protesting to save there privilege, the state welcomes there protest in private as it is a means to practice and clamp down on the Working Class, and if we are asked at underclassrising which side are we are on it has to be made clear neither:

In the last weeks a report was made to parliament [ https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/424120.html] into the abuse of police powers during the climate camp protests at Kingsnorth in 2008. The report [ https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/424121.html] and accompanying video [ https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/423345.html] documented systemic abuses of power including blanket stop and searches, arbitrary seizure of property, and a campaign of phycological intimidation which included sleep deprivation through helicopter overflying late into the night, mock night and dawn raids by tooled up riot police, and the infamous ‘Flight of the Valkyries’ incident.

Following the report the Kent Police voluntarily referred complaints about the actions of their officers to the Independent Police Complaints Commission [ https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/424002.html].

David Howarth, Liberal Democrat Shadow Justice Secretary said [ https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/08/406021.html
over-policing], “What happened at the Climate Camp was deeply disturbing and part of what seems to be a disturbing national trend. Political agendas have no place in policing.”

The extent of political policing was further exposed the previous week the Guardian revealed that the police have been building up a database of thousands of political activists [ https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/423696.html] as well as harassing sympathetic journalists.

The police also began their annual summer propaganda offensive against protesters in the form of ‘the summer of rage’ in [ http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/423055.html] which they began to lay the foundations to justify heavy handed suppression of the right to protest, and further attacks upon The Working Class:

http://underclassrising.net/


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Christ

22.03.2009 15:10

More vitriol, it is the actions of a few of the worlds elites not the middle classes per se that has caused the financial crisis. So what should be done about the kulak's of the financial sector.. a purge perhaps?

Jesus


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All The Hype:

22.03.2009 16:53

It has to be made clear as the hype and propaganda towards the G20 builds on both sides  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7955057.stm  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/423642.html we need to ask which side are we on?

Do we enjoy the spectacle of the spectacular of The Middle Class fighting the police, or do we keep raising the concerns of The Police State, that the state to some extent will allow such protesters there moment so they can increase the pressure upon The Working Class, from Climate Change to The Global Crises it is not the making of The Working Class, once again the greed and actions of The Middle Class have brought us here.

The protest over the next coming weeks has nothing to do with the injustice of our class, it has more to do with The Middle Class protecting and protesting to save there privilege, the state welcomes there protest in private as it is a means to practice and clamp down on the Working Class, and if we are asked at underclassrising which side are we are on it has to be made clear neither:

In the last weeks a report was made to parliament [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/424120.html] into the abuse of police powers during the climate camp protests at Kingsnorth in 2008. The report [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/424121.html] and accompanying video [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/423345.html] documented systemic abuses of power including blanket stop and searches, arbitrary seizure of property, and a campaign of phycological intimidation which included sleep deprivation through helicopter overflying late into the night, mock night and dawn raids by tooled up riot police, and the infamous ‘Flight of the Valkyries’ incident.

Following the report the Kent Police voluntarily referred complaints about the actions of their officers to the Independent Police Complaints Commission [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/424002.html].

David Howarth, Liberal Democrat Shadow Justice Secretary said [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/08/406021.html
over-policing], “What happened at the Climate Camp was deeply disturbing and part of what seems to be a disturbing national trend. Political agendas have no place in policing.”

The extent of political policing was further exposed the previous week the Guardian revealed that the police have been building up a database of thousands of political activists [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/423696.html] as well as harassing sympathetic journalists.

The police also began their annual summer propaganda offensive against protesters in the form of ‘the summer of rage’ in [  http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/423055.html] which they began to lay the foundations to justify heavy handed suppression of the right to protest, and further attacks upon The Working Class:

MTMCH


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All the hype

22.03.2009 17:04

It has to be made clear as the hype and propaganda towards the G20 builds on both sides  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7955057.stm  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/423642.html we need to ask which side are we on?


Do we enjoy the spectacle of the spectacular of The Middle Class fighting the police, or do we keep raising the concerns of The Police State, that the state to some extent will allow such protesters there moment so they can increase the pressure upon The Working Class, from Climate Change to The Global Crises it is not the making of The Working Class, once again the greed and actions of The Middle Class have brought us here.

The protest over the next coming weeks has nothing to do with the injustice of our class, it has more to do with The Middle Class protecting and protesting to save there privilege, the state welcomes there protest in private as it is a means to practice and clamp down on the Working Class, and if we are asked at underclassrising which side are we are on it has to be made clear neither:

In the last weeks a report was made to parliament [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/424120.html] into the abuse of police powers during the climate camp protests at Kingsnorth in 2008. The report [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/424121.html] and accompanying video [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/423345.html] documented systemic abuses of power including blanket stop and searches, arbitrary seizure of property, and a campaign of phycological intimidation which included sleep deprivation through helicopter overflying late into the night, mock night and dawn raids by tooled up riot police, and the infamous ‘Flight of the Valkyries’ incident.

Following the report the Kent Police voluntarily referred complaints about the actions of their officers to the Independent Police Complaints Commission [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/424002.html].

David Howarth, Liberal Democrat Shadow Justice Secretary said [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/08/406021.html
over-policing], “What happened at the Climate Camp was deeply disturbing and part of what seems to be a disturbing national trend. Political agendas have no place in policing.”

The extent of political policing was further exposed the previous week the Guardian revealed that the police have been building up a database of thousands of political activists [  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/...3/423696.html] as well as harassing sympathetic journalists.

The police also began their annual summer propaganda offensive against protesters in the form of ‘the summer of rage’ in [  http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/423055.html] which they began to lay the foundations to justify heavy handed suppression of the right to protest, and further attacks upon The Working Class:

MTMCH


Only a fool would go to work on April 1st.

22.03.2009 20:53

'Transport could also be paralysed'
Unusual for central London?

The only significant snow we've had in 18 years, in February stopped 20% of people going to worker, closed air ports, stopped all London busses and most tube trains, damaged trading on the stock exchange and cost the economy an estimated £1,000,000,000,000 in lost trade, so unprepared were we, for this now unusual event.

Well if the economy slowed down a bit, maybe, just maybe we would get more snow, as we should in February, who knows? But one things for sure; if the economy slowed down a bit, we'd have more time to think, and time spend our all too short lives with our families and friends away from traffic jams, airport queues and bickering bosses.

The employees of financial institutions would be well advised not to don their suits, not to go to work during in protest, tell their bosses to go to hell and join the meltdown!

You'd have to be mad to go to work on april 1st.






twiggs


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Conversation on the day:

22.03.2009 22:49

Come on now Tabbatha and Tarquin move on, Tabbatha to nasty Police Man but mother says you are as she throws her dummy out, and meanwhile Tarquin has another tantrum, because he was not allowed to be a spoilt brat, as the nasty police man gives the soap dodgers some soap, ha but but man that is totely out of order man more bullshit from Tarquin.

On the phone latter oh Mother it was a riot..

Tabbatha and Tarquin


opposition report

23.03.2009 01:46

If you are less than 35 years old then you don't remember what a serious recession is like. A capitalist recession is like a cull of the poor and weak. The last depression could qualify as a class genocide.

It is a time of extreme change. There is a 'think-tank'(?) report today that has been reported upon in the MSM, that rates countries by an imaginary index of disobedience by nationality. As if.

 http://a330.g.akamai.net/7/330/25828/20090318195802/graphics.eiu.com/specialReport/manning_the_barricades.pdf

Danny


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Wrong paper

23.03.2009 09:52


It's not a Guardian story. It's an Observer story. Small point, but suggests you're not paying much attention.

Those who saw the Observer report will also notice the illustration: the front page of Class War urging readers to "Burn a banker". Would say that was a bit more inflammatory and scare-mongering than anything in the Observer article.

Norville B


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Lets Talk..

23.03.2009 11:24

One climate change activist, who has been arrested on numerous protests, said yesterday: "With so much media attention and so many world leaders coming to town next week I can guarantee there will be all sorts of groups looking to perform an array of exciting direct action stunts.

Time again we are told it is divisive crap, to bring forward at this time of the global crises, concern over climate change, the issue of The Middle Class. We are openly classist, not because we are having a temper tantrum, being naughty children, rebelling against The protest over G20 for the sake of it, neither are we seeking attention.

We might have the same concerns, and issues of those involved in The G20 protest, but feel there is more direct action we can take within our locality, for us there seems to very little, no point in taking part of finding a common path with the likes of those involved in what we feel is a utopian and somewhat crass protest.

As has been said it is nothing but a stunt, in all of The Hype we have not read any serious alternatives towards the everyday problem of capitalism, just the need to protest what seems to us for the sake of it, we have been there on such protest and to be frank wish we had not waisted our time in trying to engage or work the middle class involved.

It might be all to easy for us to sit in our little meetings, plagiarise some of our content, spend time writing a cretquie on all of this, then face the bile spewing from the mouths of those involved, telling us we must engage and find common unity.

There is no common unity we have with The Middle Class, there will never be any, we dislike the stretchers of capitalism such as the G20, The Police as much they might do, but we do feel our time our energy is far better spent in giving them a kick.

Agreed it might seem we are just a bunch of extrema head bangers, to place ourself s against The G2O protest, and when we are asked which side are we on, it is simple the side of The Working Class, with so much media attention upon what you are planning, do you not feel you have wasted another opportunity to place anarchism into the conversation? Because we feel once again another opportunity has been waisted, and this is the real shame.

http://underclassrising.net/


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solutions and alternatives needed urgently

23.03.2009 11:57

"we have not read any serious alternatives towards the everyday problem of capitalism"

yes yes spot on. the grand contradiction of the Climate Camp etc. claiming not to be just a lobby group, yet standing outside governmental meetings whinging, yet not proposing a serious alternative system...

if they were in power what would they do? not even they can tell you...

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