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Peoples assembly,parliament square, Churchill day of action and focus circle

This is what democracy looks like | 11.05.2010 01:34

Daring democracy villagers climb high to make their point,then get into a focus meeting and tea,make tea NOT WAR

Today at the peoples assembly in parliament square,direct action was taken to redecorate the statue of Churchill with a vest sign saying "Bring our troops home and on the back it read honour the soldiers", the point was made of respecting the soldiers of our forces,but not respecting the polliticians who send us into illegal wars.
The first set of diplomatic support group police who came said the sign was tatty, so a smarter version was produced,and re hung.Then another set of police turned up and found they were in a minority as most assembled around them liked the sign.
They seemed very reluctant to arrest,perhaps as this would attract more media,
The video is available
 http://london.indymedia.org.uk/videos/4760
The Sun news paper turned up and were fed a few positive lines ,we wil see how they spin it,we were told by a camper that the Sun has also been running a bring troops back campaign,...we shall see, the media circus is about to go off.

There then followed the 7 pm camp focalised meeting which lasted for an hour and discussed how to focus and organise the camp,upcoming events workshops and talks,setting up logistics,peoples ideas and actions for the future.
We will try to send regular updates each day as things progress,
The meet agreed to arrange food times,breakfast club camp focus 10am, 12 noon mid day open circle /focus meet,and focalised circle 7 pm.
Also to arrange a time table of workshops/talks etc. some ideas were:

There will be a Solutions brainstorm and workshop wednesday 3pm
A stand up Comedy workshop
Sharing songs evening
Tai Chi soon
Proportional representation what is it
What does democracy mean to you.
Guerilla gardening Saturday bring plants
Permaculture
Renewable Energy
People were invited to share skills and offer workshops/talks


It was mentioned that there was going to be a massive climate vigil with candles and art event on this saturday. http://www.campaigncc.org/ people had gone from the village to network with campaign against climate change.

It was mentioned strongly about the need to build bridges between all groups,Unity through diversity,
There is a rainbow alliance /coalition growing and evolving in parliament square.

The message was passed on through people who had been to Copenhagen Climate summit that all of the grassroots networks, indigenous networks and untold other groups had called for Peoples Assemblies to be set up worldwide throughout June.

Ex soldiers who have served in Iraq and other fronts spoke passionately,as well as relatives who have family members on the frontlines of Afghanistan.
An older gentleman who had said he had been alive before a lot of those present were born and who had worked with CND for decades wished the peoples assembly luck.
These are just some of stories coming through,come visit and help network it in any way u can.
Regular updates available soon ,when tech support gets more on da case.
Network ,Network u Planet Fuckers

This is what democracy looks like

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  1. as long as you.... — @narchist
  2. @ @narchist — rikki
  3. Unity through diversity — A villager
  4. too much Diversity can be dangerous — T
  5. Yes We Can Can — The Pointer Sisters.
  6. Right — T
  7. I'm So Excited. — The Pointer Sisters.