nobody wants a mobid revolution but perhaps it is just me but i don't understand how holding a tiny 'anti-capitalist' street party is kickstarting the necessary revolt? meeningless, self-indulgent, ineffective, alienating. how about you guys but down your dressing up box and start organising.
i suggest you start by looking towards france.

who said it was kick starting the revolution

it was a party, it was fun, get over it

congratulations you had a party.
I went to a party last night, would you like an indymeida report about it?

Most of the dressing up stuff was taking the piss out of the cops. Particular congrats to the pedal-powered "riot van" and the numerous...err..."constables" on duty. I enjoyed being kettled for once -so thanks to those who brought a nice big one, lit a fire and brewed tea.

Excellent selection of relevant tunes, too.

Nobody was nicked for impersonating police officers on this occasion (unlike April 1st). There were little groups of people in high-vis jackets hanging round the edge impersonating frustrated, pissed-off pillocks, though. Rather a convincing impersonation, I'd say. I can't say it was good to see their sour faces, but if they were going to show up at all (why?) I'd much rather see them like this.

The point was to go back to the place where they killed Ian Tomlinson and a month ago and show them we're defiant, not intimidated, and and not going away. The only thing I thought was missing (at least up to the time I left) was to stop the party for a minute's silence for Ian. That would have made it complete.

It takes a lot of things to make a revolution. Derision is one of them. Oh, and it looks like this derision took quite a lot of organising.

Most of the dressing up stuff was taking the piss out of the cops. Particular congrats to the pedal-powered "riot van" and the numerous...err..."constables" on duty. I enjoyed being kettled for once -so thanks to those who brought a nice big one, lit a fire and brewed tea.

Excellent selection of relevant tunes, too.

Nobody was nicked for impersonating police officers on this occasion (unlike April 1st). There were little groups of people in high-vis jackets hanging round the edge impersonating frustrated, pissed-off pillocks, though. Rather a convincing impersonation, I'd say. I can't say it was good to see their sour faces, but if they were going to show up at all (why?) I'd much rather see them like this. Even the FIT couldn't be arsed to take any more pics after a while.

The point was to go back to the place where they killed Ian Tomlinson and a month ago and show them we're defiant, not intimidated, and and not going away. The only thing I thought was missing (at least up to the time I left) was to stop the party for a minute's silence for Ian. That would have made it complete.

It takes a lot of things to make a revolution. Derision is one of them. Oh, and it looks like this derision took quite a lot of organising.

"If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution"

absolutely derrision is/will be part of it, im just concerend that when i look through the history of movements through the 90s and of this last decade all im really seeing is attempts by a fringe minority at derrision. we have to on the one hand fight, but also withdraw and just ignore the system we oppose. My concern is that subverting the exploitation of capitalism through the sparkles of our fairy wings as we dance in the street shuold not be the focal point of our organising and when i look back at so much anti-capitalist protest, thats all we seem to get. Again at the g20 climate camp it seems that people felt the best way to express the complexities of climate change, carbon tradding, the horrors of capitalism and the possible alternatives was to have yet another party. No-one is taking us seriously for good reason!!!!

Plus if Ian Tomlinson was your concern, then do really think turning up where he died and having a party is the best way to go. I consider the recent SWP branded jump on the issue of tomlinson extremely disreseptful to his family and rather counter-productive. whats with all this complaining about police violence? They protect the state, if we are actually doing something to make any sort of difference then what do we expect? The lack of police presence at your party is probably a sign of the political ineffectiveness of these actions.

And oi! nobody wants a morbid revolution mate, but there has never been and will never be a revolution against the most powerful system created by man through having a party.

> Now who was it who said...?
> "If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution"

Well, that wasn't exactly what Emma Goldman said, but 'words to that effect':
 http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Features/dances_shulman.html