Manchester Occupied
pinkolady | 02.10.2011 23:28 | Occupy Everywhere | Free Spaces | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles
The occupation starts
For more text and photographs, plus photographs of the main march, go to:
http://owlsotherblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/manchester-occupied.html
pinkolady
Homepage:
http://carol-laidlaw.blogspot.com
Additions
Albert Square occupation report
03.10.2011 09:07
OccupyMCR this morning 9.30am
Police kettle / hassle last night (via @ManyHeadedHydra)
The persistent rain proved to be a discouraging factor and after several hours the size of the crowd pretty much matched the size of the tarps strung across lamposts to provide some cover (earlier the police had tried to prevent people rigging up the shelters).
Later in the evening people heckled guests attending tory party fringe meetings at the town hall and the police went around grabbing beers off a few people.
Around 9pm a group of 20-30 people with a sound system on their way to the occupation from the squatted convergence centre were hassled by the cops and there were a few arrests.
http://www.occupymanchester.org 30,000 march against Conservatives in Manchester
http://manchestermule.com/article/30000-march-against-conservatives-in-manchester “Occupy! Manchester is based on this desire to rediscover ‘direct action’ as a popular political form”
http://shiftmag.co.uk/?p=489 Webcam
http://www.manchesterdda.net/webcams/albert-square/?q=hd
Lucy
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