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Election meltdown: Mayday Carnival Parades and Direct Democracy Village

Apocalypse Now | 10.04.2010 04:56 | Social Struggles | World

On International Worker's Day, Saturday 1st May 2010, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will take to the streets again at the head of four Mayday Carnival Parades.





All four Parades will converge on Parliament Square at 2:30pm, and the carcasses of the four party leaders will be hung, drawn and quartered, or guillotined in accordance with the wishes of the assembled multitudes in a Mayday Carnival.

The Carnival will set up a Direct Democracy Village to occupy the Square until the General Election likely to be on Thurs May 6.


A People's Assembly will convene on the green, where people can meet as equals to decide what we really want.

Can we oust the bankers from power?

Can we get rid of the corrupt politicians in their pay?

Can we guarantee everyone a job, a home, a future?

Can we establish government by the people, for the people, of the people?

Can we abolish all borders and be patriots for our planet?

Can we all live sustainably and stop climate chaos?

Can we make capitalism history?

YES WE CAN!



DEATH TO THE OLD, CORRUPT ORDER – POWER TO THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY!

Apocalypse Now
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Met police to enforce ban on 'illegal' Mayday demonstration!

10.04.2010 12:22

The Metropolitan police issued a statement to the press stating that as the Mayday demonstration in Parliament Square does not have prior written permission it is illegal under the SOCPA law and that they will be deploying hundreds of officers to prevent the demonstration taking place and to order any groups of people they see protesting to disperse or face arrest.

Reality check


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@reality check

10.04.2010 13:32

can we have a link to the police statement please?

maydayer


Looks abit scareybut interesting,hung parliament could be good,we should vote4it

10.04.2010 14:38

having a party outside every poll both would also be a good idea & there is a facebook site on this,
all we want is a party& more democratic participation.
If they stop us going to parliament square why not go to the park on the other side of parliament where locals play football& touch rugby.
This demo isnt calling for violence& it shouldnt be provoked into it by fascist leaning or police agent provocatuers, some police & politicians who may try this should know this would only lead us all down the wrong path & only get media vultures buzzing rather than the pigeons& songbirds.

Its calling for real direct democracy a working & proven concept supported by many people including those in all the political parties, the people doing are vwell organised stopping it via violence or kettling would likely look extremely bad for you.
This is also a traditional theatrical event that goes back many,many years,
lets never be provoked by agent provocatuers wether their working for reactionaires or fascists or brew crew!,

A hung parliament where no one wins the first past the post could be good, all parties may be forced to cooperate & go for more Proportion rep-Direct democracy.

The media pack will have to give it international coverage whatever happens& of course anarchists have many contacts in the media & lots of cameras themselves.

Just Take "Piss jugs"& pots incase the inevitable police kettle happens, not point in trying to break out by force unless the police attack.
 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1026512281693127582#
11.20, as abit of a diddicoy-gypo-new age traveller-trucker I reccomend milk containers,
their light, girls can use them too unless theres enough pot-s:).

 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113583552000656

Next time lets just call a origin@l style footy match on the park near parliament PLEASE,
alot less hard work & much less potential for trouble, it would also get attention& they wont be able to stop it legally, more people would likely turn up & we would get better media coverage.
We could even challenge MPs to a match, without having to burn anything

Trailer park boy aka Green syndicalist


Government by the people: How to do it

14.04.2010 17:02

It is great to see that you call for people's assemblies and direct democracy. We run a campaign for citizen-led direct democracy for the whole country and are definitely in favour of having assemblies or "town meetings" if this is practicable.

An introduction to citizen-led democracy is here  http://www.iniref.org/
and a "Voters' Guide" (nod, wink) for Non-Voters, the Undecided and Party Faithful
can be found at  http://www.iniref.org/index.enter.html

Let's all exploit this general election to put direct democracy up front!

iniref

iniref
mail e-mail: info@iniref.org
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Its good to lend a hand

16.04.2010 17:08

In my experience, people tend to follow those four horses. People carrying them often get tired and ask nearby persons to carry them for a while as they perhaps smoke a rollie or av a can. If anyone is so inclined, they could perhaps be awfully helpful and carry the horses, my only worry is that individuals choosing to be so helpful may not have the orienteering skills necessary to reach parliament square..........

Angela Rippon


on brew crew

20.04.2010 14:36

brew crew have helped me out of more tight situations with pigs on demos than any green sydicalist...no offence mind. just thought id point that out.
i thought we were free to do what we want on the day, including fighting pigs if needed. the pigs start most if not all of the rucks anyway.

fran


Retaliate

21.04.2010 16:09

Why don't we just get into their faces straight away, if we raise the game from the off they'll be on the back foot!!! Flour and eggs

Ian Thomlison


Hung parliament?

23.04.2010 21:44

The best way of having "hung parliament" is to hang all the PM's. See U May the 1st;)

hangman


Revolutionary Peoples' Party

25.04.2010 12:51

Election Broadcasts

From Ian, Yodet and Chris
 http://podcasts.resonancefm.com/archives/3537

From Danny:
>> It's an election! A chance for YOU to have your say and make a difference!
>> Except...it seems that whichever way you vote, hung parliament or not, we're
>> going to end up with either Labour or the Tories back in power. Again.
>> Woop-de-doo.
>>
>> It's easy to get depressed by this - but don't get depressed. Watch this
>> video instead:
>>
>>  http://fburls.com/32-b9n2Lh0n/t/s/txt/cid/618679/sid/96909082
>>
>> If you like it, then please spread it around and encourage lots of other
>> people to watch it too, and ask THEM to pass it on to other people until
>> loads of people have watched it and then we'll all get together and have
>> some sort of revolution or something. It'll be fun. I'll bring biscuits.

May 1st and Democracy Camp for the Election
Bring pop up tents!

No-one
- Homepage: http://www.meltdown.uk.net


Ive helped defend people against riot cops many times as many can verify,Ive bee

01.05.2010 10:17

n hit in the back of the head as many times by some violent brew crew as by riot truncheons, many times. Ive pushed many sound systems around too etc, anyway.
Violent brew crew specifically wind up almost everyone up, Ive seen a girl with wrists cut to the bone on demos by brew crew bottles waived in the air in our "defence",
lets have a good laugh & if anyone attacks us let our discipline& response be like steel.

Remember The attack on voluntary workers & welfare is another attack on all of us, to make jobs lower paid,
Dont vote conservative, "cos making it worse, will bring on the revolution", their the most pro bank etc.
Vote tactically, majoirity of people who read this are smart enough to understand& many anarchists-direct democrats will vote tactically for cooperation & to hang em all:).

For direct democracy & a univers@l constitution

green syn


Good turn out

01.05.2010 14:38

No rain as forcasted so I am sweating, some argie bargie with three facist drunks in the strand, Talks are being held in T Square as I type and Party is in P Square. Tourist are intermingling with the crowd. Churchill statue been deface with an (A) symbol. The Highjackers bus been spotted outside McDonald in Whitehall. Police are reinforcement there but are hidden.

Joe


T Square now finish P Square cont'

01.05.2010 15:45

T Square now finish P Square continues, people are starting to break off to different gigs/Banksy Tunnel a group headed towards the south of the river followed by four police vans. Police Heli' gone for refuel Police are now being assy, best to leave P Square in groups or rap up your flags. More police reinforcement are arriving.

Joe


A protester scale the Parliament Railings?

01.05.2010 15:51

A protester/s may have managed to scale the Parliament House railings hence a very low pass by the police helicopter Police now lining the route of the railings. A maypole has been seen in P Square.

Joe


fair enough green syndicalist...

01.05.2010 19:26

fair enough green syndicalist, i believe you know you're brew crew from 'genuine' blac bloc, self-defence militants, concerned activists, etc. im not arguing with you.k?

fran


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