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#J11: Carnival in the West End of London

anti-cap | 25.04.2013 16:22 | London

11 June 2013. #J11.
One Common Struggle.
Carnival Against Capitalism.



Their London?

London is right at the heart of global capitalism. And the West End of London, including elite areas like Piccadilly, Mayfair and Knightsbridge, is where power and greed are most concentrated. The West End is home to:

* Corporations. Many of the world’s most brutal and polluting companies, including oil and mining giants, arms dealers, and the businesses profiting from cuts and privatisation.
* Vulture funds. Global base of the “hedge fund” and “private equity” industries, laundering the world’s blood money to invest in war, food speculation and debt slavery.
* Tyrants. Government offices, embassies, cultural and commercial fronts of colonial powers and murderous regimes.
* Playground of the mega-rich. Middle Eastern dictators, Russian mafia oligarchs, and home-grown parasites all see London as a “safe” place to hide and spend their loot.

Our Carnival.

Traditionally, carnival is the time where the people take over the streets, the bosses run and hide, and the world gets turned upside down. It is a time to celebrate our resistance and our dreams, to bring music and colour to the streets. And also to show our strength and our anger.

The powerful feel safe in London so long as they go unchallenged. But the people looting our planet have names and addresses. On #J11 we will party in the streets, point out the hiding places of power, and take back the heart of our city for a day. Our streets. Our world.

Join us.

Like any good carnival, everyone’s invited: this will be an open, inclusive, and lively event. There will be a main route with sound systems and public meeting points. Bring music, costumes, banners, friends, ideas. We also encourage independent actions, and will publish soon a detailed map of the area to help you make your own plans. The Green and Black Cross group will provide experienced medical and legal support.

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download the PDF of the Week of Action flyer (front)  http://network23.org/stopg8/files/2012/12/stopg8txt.pdf

download the PDF of the Week of Action flyer (back)  http://network23.org/stopg8/files/2012/12/stopg8txtbak.pdf

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 https://network23.org/stopg8/2013/03/15/j11-carnival-in-the-west-end-of-london/

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That is one cool piece of artwork...

25.04.2013 17:30

... and the call-out's not bad either! See you there!

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By the way

26.04.2013 05:27


BTW when are you going to tell people this is an SWP organised event so there will be stewards telling us all what to do and where to stand and numpties selling their rag ?

Thatcher's children

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Eh?

26.04.2013 07:26

SWP? What are you talking about? It's nothing of the sort. Check out the website. There was a meeting at the London Anarchist Bookfair in October.

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Cool piece of artwork

27.04.2013 10:56

Black-bloc / anarchopunk / LoC type graphics, as always (consciously or unconsciously) designed to help keep protest culture safely confined to the activist ghetto

Graphic designer

Learn from experience

27.04.2013 11:26

Imperfect as they are, there are good reasons why movements like Occupy and UK Uncut have been 1,000 times more successful than traditional lifestylist counter-culture in agitating public opinion

Guide

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We will stop you

28.04.2013 15:06

We will stop you evil anarchists from attacking London like you have done on previous occasions see this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2bIzM-IT34

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