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Singled Out And Suppressed At Birmigham Anti-Tory March

FB-AUCPB | 13.10.2010 08:39 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | Birmingham | World

On 3 october 2010 during the demonstration in Birmingham against Tory party cuts, the comrade holding the red flag in the photos was singled out by the police in a sinister fashion and brutally set upon on by over 6 policemen, after been thrown onto the ground.















Whilst on the ground, the cop leading supervising this was clearly heard by witnesses to have shouted at the other policemen to “get into him!”. The comrade afterwards, was then thrown into a police riot van, searched and questioned, then released without charge. The pretext for the brutal police action was in the words of the cops “the person was suspected of being in possession of a weapon”. The activist was holding a red flag and in an area where the police nearby were at the same time “kettling” and suppressing a number of protestors in the black bloc that had broken away from the main body of the march a little earlier. Police attack dogs were used to disperse protestors that the police “saw” as being “in the way”. After suffering injuries as a result of the police wading in and wresting the red flag from the activist by now on the ground and under attack by over six policemen, he was sent to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Indeed, being singled out in a sinister fashion for attack by police for holding a red flag, clearly shows the aims and nature of capitalist rule – to suppress progressive forces and frighten young people away from fighting capitalism. Capitalism is in a systemic crisis, therefore methods of suppressing progressive forces will become even more brutal.

Therefore, For Bolshevism-AUCPB and its supporters in the UK and around the world denounce, and at the same time express their deep hatred and indignation at the UK police who committed the outrageous attack on the comrade in the photos, and extend militant solidarity and sincere wishes for his speedy recovery from the incident.

The atrocious actions of the police against the comrade on that day is an act of intolerable violence, an inhumane act and a despicable suppression after designating him to be stopped and searched.

Though the suppression of the progressive force by the authorities gets more vicious and despicable, they cannot quell his revolutionary courage and spirit, we believe.

REVOLUTION!
SMASH CAPITALISM!

For Bolshevism –AUCPB



From Indymedia UK - A repost in solidarity with those who recently carried out the following attacks against the police!

ATTACKS AGAINST POLICE TARGETS IN BRISTOL

@ | 10.10.2010 14:08 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements
Anti-police actions on the nights of the 8th and 9th October.

1. Avonmouth police garage was a soft target with 30 rocks thrown over the fence at vehicles.

2. CID regional HQ, Kenneth Steele House, Feeder rd. Plainclothes vehicles, including one sports car, smashed with rocks.

3. Fishing line strung up at 9ft for the mounted police of Bower Ashton mounted police and dog section.

Pick your moment, your terrain. Ambush.

Some angry people are not content to stagnate in silence. We recognise our brains as weapons. Wouldn't it be nice if more people broke away from the British tradition of sitting back and taking shit from cops in the U.K and actually fought back for a change?

Solidarity with all those inside and outside the prison who fight the system.

This is for all those beaten, abused and murdered by police.
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Comment to above statement

Good on em! Enough of shit from the cops! Time to go on the offensive! Fuck the police!

IN SOLIDARITY!

FB-AUCPB
B.R.G.
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  1. f-off — anarchist bb
  2. Begin the fight! — anarchist-communist
  3. Hmmm — Muppetwatch
  4. Come the revolution... — @Muppetwatch
  5. tactical unity - don't make me laugh — a
  6. reds under the bed — anony mouse
  7. i was there, — fran
  8. @anarchist bb — anon
  9. @Fran — BruisedShins
  10. I'm with the cops on this one... — Grey Blockers
  11. solidarity — solidarity pixy
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