I was just wondering if there are any events planned for the big day anywhere else other than London. I cannot make it to the capital, could make it to Manchester, Leeds or somewhere near. If anyone knows I would be very grateful, thank you.

Alexander, if you're not going to London, that's okay. Get together with others and start something off in your own town. The wider the protests, the better.

I'd like to add some thoughts to this whole Sukie and social media thing, because this matter becomes more and more important recently.

First of all: No digital communication can be claimed safe. Perhaps the Met's arsenal is limited, because they are not a specialised intelligence service, but they have access to other government agencies whose only purpose is to gather intel on any possible threat against the government. Since all protests are challenging those in power, no matter how tiny is it, these services are always "on the case". Digital communication in our times is highly centralized (yes, the internet IS CENTRALIZED too!) therefore:
1. It can be wiretapped easily, because it was designed for this reason.
2. It can be manipulated easily, because this its primary purpose.

Anytime if you use any digital communication, you must be aware of this, and restrict the information to protect your privacy. People do not credit recently much to privacy: Many of us thinks that they have nothing to hide (the "good" protestors) their behaviour in delicate situation is as much open as having some chat about the last night party on facebook. In fact, although unaware their exact role, they are the perfect snitches and gossip mongers. Anyone, who seeks to challenge the power, should be careful to choose what kind of friends she is informing even verbally.

Concerning the social media, I know for fact because of my profession, that these means of communication are highly useful for any policing operation. We should listen more what Richard Stallman said in his conference speech, which was published on this site ( http://london.indymedia.org/articles/7759). Using server-client based solution is as "evil" as one can think of, leaving us vulnerable to any external policing.

My proposition is:
1. DO NOT USE any social network, neither sukie, neither facebook, twitter so on. I know this sounds almost ridiculous in these "social networking" times but it is more than dangerous.
2. Look for stone-age alternatives and give more attention to the credibility of the person you sharing experiences and information with rather than looking for some huge number of followers!
3. Look for means to obfuscate any central information network, like cell phones, the radio communication between cops and TUC filths/stewards, sabotage the mainstream media presence!

Massive Central London building squatted to put up anyone who needs a place to stay etc from now until after the weekend.

61 Curzon Street.
Right next to Green Park Tube Station and very near Hyde Park.

 http://london.indymedia.org/articles/7993

Call the number and ask if they need anything if you're feeling helpful :)

Video of the violent protest in london today (March 26th) [you tube] Daily Mail - Battle of Trafalgar Telegraph: TUC protest march: as it happened