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CPC Direct Action Bloc Meeting Point for Sundays Protests.

CPC direct action bloc | 01.10.2010 18:44 | Public sector cuts | Repression | Workers' Movements | Birmingham

I suppose we should start with the shite news, the squatted convergence space is looking very unlikely as police arrested those involved with taking the space earlier this week and confiscated tools. We are trying to co-ordinate with the few Brummies that we know to try and open another convergence space before the weekend but at this moment no guarantees.

Anyone who can offer floors to activists on the day who stay around for the evening activities please let us know. I know this is quite annoying but we simply don’t have the numbers in Brum beforehand to secure the space, if anyone wants to get down to Brum before and open a space let us know and we will put it on the site.

Now for the main news. After much discussion we have decided that having a separate meeting place for the unauthorised march would be a bad idea for the following reasons.

1) If we have our own meeting place cops would most probably act quickly and prevent us from taking action by cordoning us before we move off.

2) If we marched separately to the other marchers it removes the radical option for those who want to take part in actions on the day. Now everyone can decide whether they want to get to the ICC and other venues and disrupt the conference and know that they have our full support!

3) We want to show solidarity with others marching and present a working class, anti-authoritarian, anti-state message to other marchers instead of the one track reformist pro-government agenda of the liberals and trots on the day.

4) If the cops get heavy, we would have no support from the thousands of marchers on the day and vis versa.

Therefore we will be meeting at the same location as the SWP / RTW convergence and will be carrying black flags and a big old banner that you won’t miss. Remember to bring spare masks if the cops confiscate yours, consider wearing normal clothes until the march starts then changing top and masking up etc when we are moving.

Try and bloc as soon as possible head towards the anarcho / black / red & black flags, and bring your own. We will try and merge with the militant workers bloc as we are all there for the same thing. Then we can break off from the main march when we approach the ICC check out the venues and use google street level to get an idea of the layout of the streets so you are more prepared.

The use of blockades and road blocking comes into its own here, there aren’t that many roads leading to or from the ICC.

Print off the map and bust-card so you know where the targets are, and keep moving don’t let the cops cordon us or dictate the pace. Lets give them a show they won’t soon forget!

See you on the streets,

(A)

CPC direct action bloc
- e-mail: smashcpc@gmail.com
- Homepage: http://toffsout.wordpress.com


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Comradely advice

02.10.2010 07:46

First of all, its great that you have put effort and time in organising this, and your suggestions for the bloc - as organisers - are pretty much spot on. However, you have missed one crucial part out of the process of co-ordinating this bloc - inclusion of anarchist groups and federations from across the country to get involved in the organising.

This could easily be achieved by:

1 .organising a public meeting in Birmingham some months ago
2. sending out invites to various groups from different cities.

This would have meant that more people would have a greater stake in the mobilisation and bloc and have effected the numbers for the better on the day.

As far as I know, no one I know knows who you are, and we are being asked to turn up and march together against the Tories. Fair enough but we can't go on as a movement acting and organising blindly like this.

I for one for that reason won't be in Birmingham but I hope the best for those that do go, and I fully support the intentions of the what you are trying to achieve.

London Anarchist


So..

02.10.2010 17:33

"London anarchist" you aren't coming along because someone put up a website and forgot to invite you! Boo hoo! Won't be seeing you on the angry streets then .. never mind eh?

North East Anarchist


To North East Anarchist

03.10.2010 06:55

Instead of being an immature child, at least read what I said.

If you think it is enough to organise like this, if you feel confident enough that this bloc is being organised properly then fair enough. I on the other hand don't, and having been around and involved for some time, I see this as problematic.

It is not about me being invited, it is the process of this being organised that I could lead to problems.

What if police had set this up? What if two people and a dog had called this? What if some provocateurs had called this? I am NOT saying they have, but there is no certainty they hadn't.

Good luck anyway,

in solidarity

London Anarchist


@London Anarchist

05.10.2010 09:21

The point of the day was to disrupt the conference, if this was organised by the cops what would have happened? They would have tried to get people to break the law.. and disrupt the conference? You stay at home though you poor excuse, can't be fucked to organise ourselves and don't trust others organising. Cunt.

Southern Anarcho


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