Life is too short - pics and report
anon@indymedia.org (pfm) | 30.10.2010 20:22 | London
Some pics of the march today. Weather was nice, cops hardly any hassle until the end. Passers by were happy to take the flyers, and some cheering in support. Starting at Piccadilly Circus we went the long way round to St Pancras, where the march didn't stop, but went right on. Some folks even got through the border at the Eurostar check in, which seemed to puzzle some and freak out others.
Cops tried to arrest the person with the sound system, citing some obscure by-law (how is that even spelled?). Luckily some other cyclist was clued up and intervened asking the cops for a copy of that by-law. Turns out people have to know common law, but not by-law and if coppers want to use those as grounds of arrest they have to produce a copy and let you read it. That's a good thing to know.
Sadly another person did get arrested, it is unclear why, probably for holding the wrong banner. They were actually trying to leave the station when they were jumped and dragged back in.
About 50 people turned up, I guess some folks preferred the Vodafone thing. They missed out on a neat event, one of the best things was the sound system playing good tunes on a volume so you could still have a conversation. Also people giving thumbs up and cars honking in support was a good thing. Sadly some cabbies got impatient and tried to run people over, but we are glad to report that they did not succeed in their undertaking.
Can't wait for the third installment of Life is too short to be controlled!
anon@indymedia.org (pfm)
Original article on IMC London:
http://london.indymedia.org/articles/5841