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Anarchists fight with police...and win!

cardiff anarchist network | 01.04.2009 18:03 | G20 London Summit

After breaking through police lines and storming of the royal bank of Scotland, anarchists are claiming victory.

We’ve had a great day. It’s been fantastic! We said we’d storm the bank and we did. They couldn’t stop us. We broke through the police lines and the royal bank of Scotland was trashed. We’ve won! We’ve done what we said we would. It feels fantastic. We’ve had a brilliant day!

We estimate numbers of demonstrators at 8,000. The police were saying about 4,000 in Threadneedle St alone so add on a few thousand to that.

The journalists caused horrendous problems. When we wanted to get through police lines, they were pushing back against us. They were real nerds. They kept pushing in between us and the cops, which was a real problem because when the police were hitting people the journalists were stopping us getting to the injured. Their presence was also stopping demonstrators from going through police lines. In terms of numbers there, half were protestors and half journalists.

The police have used batons on people. They’ve used horses but not for charging. It’s been baton charges. It is arguable that they were less aggressive because the press was there. They could’ve been more aggressive. It could’ve have been worse. Whether the presence of the press tempered them is a possibility.

 http://southwalesanarchists.org/2009/04/01/anarchists-fight-with-policeand-win/

cardiff anarchist network
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Heh - read that article in a welsh accent !

01.04.2009 18:24

There's tidy, we've all aad a good day, isnit ? 'cept for they pesky journo's, bach ...

CLUE: is it wasn't for journalists you would have had your head stoved in and no one would have known. Your cause would remain unknown, your voice relegated to a 3rd class website full of stolen images and halfwit 6th form rantings.

p.s when you come up with a workable alternative operating system for the world, do let everyone know. One. Sentence. At. A. Time. Isnit ?

Down with this sort of thing !!

nerdy journo

Now, now - there's no need for that....

01.04.2009 18:38

Didn't go to the demo as I'm not an anarchist. It's the WELSH thing I object to ... : )

Welsh Mandy in Camden

Fuck you journo

01.04.2009 18:48

Your fucking pathetic racism can fuck off!

Welsh anarcho

typical xenophobic bleating from parasite journo

01.04.2009 18:49

Typical xenophobic bleating from parasite journo - they are the "soft cops".

Some people do, other people just leech from and write about other people doing.

anon

Journalist are worse than soldiers!

01.04.2009 18:50

When they don't write and report the truth, when they cover up and promote the war! If there had been true objective journalism then perhaps the Iraq war may never have happened!

So although on this occassion I agree the police were restrained but that was due to the foreign press because wanker journalists from the BBC, SKy, Fox, Telegrpah, Evening Standard would report from the zionist neocon point of view!

Soldiers argue they follow orders on the battlefield but journalists are scum when they knew the WMD bullshit but instead they chose to like the wanker tabloids write about how in 45 minutes the British could be attacked with missiles!

John Smith

Dear nerdy Journo

01.04.2009 18:51

You are a parasite, I hope you get trapped between some black block and some TSG sometime soon.

I'm sure your racist filth will get censored soon.

not welsh

Help for a lazy journo

01.04.2009 19:20

If you're looking for alternatives to the current capitalist mess (and to save you from doing any journalistic research) just follow my link.

Groovy Bob
- Homepage: http://www.zcommunications.org/zparecon/ippstop.htm

A cracking day

01.04.2009 20:28

So, the anarchist had a great day in the city?

Violence won't abolish capitalism, friends. Many also decry the media. I decry them, on account of their poxy distorted crap they often put out. If you don't like the Press, don't buy their newspapers, for to do so would be double-standards, eh? So a couple of banks got their windows cracked? That will really be a big expense for the Fred the Shred's, then? Mmmm? Boycotting is the best, legal way of opposing capitalism, mates, and educating what's possibly best described as those of the masses who put the politicians in power.

Richard Crossland, sometime MP, once said: "Never educate the masses", but that doesn't mean it's illegal to educate them, in a non-inciting way! Remember, our materialistic-minded society has greatly contributed to our current bad economy. One thing is certain, and that's don't hold out the slightest hope for any fairy dust. Old G. Brown and company are going to need more than fairy dust to put this global financial mess straight!

Francis H. Giles

For god sake, anarchists!

01.04.2009 20:33

Today was nothing short of a total disaster. And its worse because anarchists were actually boasting about how this was the start of the revolution beforehand. Dont you realise that this is embaressing for us?

You are soo naive too. You think you just have to show up wearing masks and there will be automatic anarchy. Then you just stand around and wait for someone else to start shit up. It was pathetic.

Nobody was prepared; where was the tools to break up concrete? Where were the bottles and sticks? Do you actually think you can win a fight with the cops by pushing them? You think you can win a boxingmatch against them?

The truth is that the state won today. The cops were in total control. The anarchists lost. Big.

Smarten up, fools!

@-commie

Don't need them

01.04.2009 20:45

Nerdy journo has a grossly inflated idea of his (and other journos) importance or usefulness. We really don't need them.

Stroppyoldgit
mail e-mail: dodgy@umpire.com

sticks

01.04.2009 21:09

> The truth is that the state won today. The cops were in total control. The anarchists lost. Big.

The democratic majority won today by paying taxes to hire police to beat the riff-raff of society. Unfortunately they hold back and never seem to finish the job. Spare the rod, spoil the child

morris

I was taking a (predictable) piss

01.04.2009 21:21

Well done for being predictably humourless, Shadwell, now fire up your Rhondda 500 and fuck off, isnit ?

Post script: Remember this: The 'right' appear have more fun than the 'left' but the indifferent have the best drugs.





nerdy journo

some tough love

01.04.2009 21:36

4,000-8,000 out of about 60million?
sorry guys, there really isn't enough of you to take you seriously.
I mean theres about 180,000 vegans in the UK which is just 0.3% of the population - and no one takes them seriously, what chance do you think you'll stand?

Assuming it is 8,000 (which it is probably not). Thats just 0.00013% of the population. Its just a freak show to the rest of us.

stats

Victory?

01.04.2009 22:11

I thought by storming the bank you meant the Bank of England not a branch of RBS that was occupied for all of minutes.

Dom

A victory.

01.04.2009 22:18

We never said we were going to start the revolution today. We said that, in the face of police intimidation we would go to the City of London on April 1st and Storm the Banks. We did.

Given our admittedly limited resources, that was the most we could manage. We achieved that, and should celebrate it as such.

Gwent Anarchist
- Homepage: http://southwalesanarchists.org

@ neardy journo

01.04.2009 23:34

typical english racist, "it's a joke" they always bleat. pathetic. you really are the scum of the earth.

Glyndwr

@ neardy journo

02.04.2009 00:01

remember: you are not allowed to say anything nowadays. this is no longer a free country

just

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We've Won?!

02.04.2009 00:16

"We’ve won! We’ve done what we said we would. It feels fantastic. We’ve had a brilliant day!"



Wow! A bank with some broken windows! Medals all round for the sad lifeless muppets! :O)

The Joker

We've Won?!

02.04.2009 00:16

"We’ve won! We’ve done what we said we would. It feels fantastic. We’ve had a brilliant day!"



Wow! A bank with some broken windows! Medals all round for the sad lifeless muppets! :O)

The Joker

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A bank with some broken windows...wow! Stirring stuff.

02.04.2009 00:23

"We said we’d storm the bank and we did. They couldn’t stop us. We broke through the police lines and the royal bank of Scotland was trashed. We’ve won! We’ve done what we said we would. It feels fantastic. We’ve had a brilliant day!" hahahahahahahahaha!




Bore Da Taffies! A bank with a few broken windows? That kind of thing happens every weekend in every town, village and city across the country when it's closing time at the local pubs and clubs.

Taffy Duck

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Victory

02.04.2009 00:37

just more anarchist spin
move along, nothing truthful here

bull

Great British Public - quietly appreciate the sentiment, if not the style

02.04.2009 01:00

South Wales anarchists - bit silly to admit involvement of persons from yr neck of the woods on a public archiv, no? Make the police's job easier why don't you! Actually reeks abit of macho posturing. Be happy that the deed was done and move on to the next thing.

Morris said: "The democratic majority won today by paying taxes to hire police to beat the riff-raff of society. Unfortunately they hold back and never seem to finish the job. Spare the rod, spoil the child"

> The point is that throughout the UK, I bet for every person who finds violent disorder repugnant and a waste of taxpayers money, there is one person who either openly or quietly takes great satisfaction that the RBS windows were smashed in, with a large number of people actuallly going as far as to say "that's what the fuckers deserve - a nice symbolic statement which nicely gets the message over - one we share". The news channels even made note that some pensioners joined the demo today!

I think this demo was a huge success, and will positively resonate with working class people and even some middle class people (and even some people with wealth who don't share the same values as the 'get-rich quick- no-matter-what-the-cost' mentality). Well done to all those brave soldiers out there who fucking went out on a limb today. Nice-one!

Of course, the irony in it also is that the public now has a 75% stake in the bank. Still, it is symbolic - not lost on many also the connection with the attack on Sir Fred's home.

venture anarchist

Strange that the RBS windows weren't boarded up

02.04.2009 01:14

Strange that the RBS windows weren't boarded up, eh? Maybe the staff also wanted the message sent to their bosses?

waltzing matilda

matildas right

02.04.2009 05:13

it is strange that

1. rbs was not boarded up

2. rbs building was closed (unoccupied - staff given day off)

3. rbs was were people were penned in for ages by the police.

my personal theory is that police wanted rbs trashed early - so as to give them justification to get heavy handed with people any time they wanted after that.

shakin stevens

Indymedia "free speech"...aye right!

02.04.2009 10:23

Ahhh I see my comment has dissapeared from last night....thought you lot were all for this "free speech"? Seems to be your just the same as the "enemy" as you call them. You don't like a comment so it gets removed. All pretty sad really.

Taffy Duck

Bank Staff

02.04.2009 10:29

So the RBS staff weren't in the building, that's cos they were at another RBS branch yesterday. Would have been pretty stupid for them to have turned up at that branch, or for any bank worker for that matter.

What would you have done if they were there though? Would you have given the lads and lassies a hammering and a beating for being part of the RBS?

Danny Bhoy

Welsh ..

02.04.2009 10:31

It isn't a race, it's a condition similar to Scots.

Another Journo

anti-welsh bigotry is okay on indymedia...

02.04.2009 10:42

.. same as the rest of the english press.

All journalists are legitimate targets.

anti-english bigot

The english are a backward people

02.04.2009 10:48

they always fall back on petty bigotry and prejudice when their crimes are highlighted. Indymedia is no different, it's always okay to have a pop at the Welsh, they always look down on us. And they wonder why we hate them.

Cymru am byth

@anti-english bigot

02.04.2009 10:52

"All journalists are legitimate targets" What, even Welsh journalists ?

Only extreme regimes attack journalists. Regimes like the Nazi Party, Ba'ath Party etc.

The first thing that goes with the likes of you is any sense of humour, followed by the sense of proportion. Get over yourself.

Yet Another Journo

Rambo ramblings

02.04.2009 10:59

Don't think it's anything to do with the persons race, religion or anything else. Maybe if the person who wrote the article above didn't write it as if he thought he was Rambo on a rampage he'd have been left alone and not slagged off. The person smashed a few windows in a city centre and he thinks he's Rambo, Dirty Harry and Jean Claude van Damme rolled into one.

Organic Oranges

who can't take a joke now?

02.04.2009 11:03

"oohhhh your like the nazis, bleat, bleat , bleat...." FUCK OFF!

anti-english bigot

@ Organic Oranges

02.04.2009 11:05

or maybe the nerdy journo is just a bit racist? Seems more likely.

Seems by your comment, your sexist enough to assume the author was male too huh?

Glyndwr

Newport - City of architecture!

02.04.2009 11:18

Can we all come down to South Wales and wreck Newport and Cardiff city centres?

How would we know we'd gone on a wrecking spree though? The place look slike it's already been in a wrecking spree. So we wouldn't really know the difference though would we?

Dumphy the Dragon

@ Glyndwr

02.04.2009 11:21

I'm sexist? Maybe I am, maybe I'm not, we all have faults.

Has Rambo come down from his/her/it's wrecking spree high yet?

Organic Oranges

Anarchists are "claiming victory" hahahaha

02.04.2009 23:24

A few broken windows and you lot are "clamining victory"? I'm laughing, I really am! A late April fools joke I'm sure! hahahaha

Lenny

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