RTW Steward threatens protesters and tries to get them nicked.

After unveiling our banner at the front before the march left off on Sunday we were told "Put that banner away or ill get you all nicked"

We obviously told the guy to fuck off and reminded him that he didn't have that power.

Here are the photos of the shameful police collaborator (in orange).

He then talked with police who told us that he had complained therefore we had to put the banner away or face arrest. so we temporarily put the banner away until the march started.

This is not the first time the SWP have allowed stewards to work as plastic Gestapo, they need a statement issued NOW on this sort of shit because next time we will use more than words in response to their collusion with the police and state.

(A)

Action Blocer
Homepage: http://toffsout.wordpress.com

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not very nice

05.10.2010 12:20

Amusing scenes later when a copper asked you to put it away cos it 'wasn't very nice' only to find himself surrounded by around 30 protestors happily explaining that the banner was staying.

Bcw hear that once the evening came many a nervous delegate was engaged in meaningful discussion regarding policy by small groups of the working class.

bcw

What a little fucker

05.10.2010 12:29

Should take the snivelling little worm to the side and give him a good kicking for making threats like that.

I'm afraid though there is no hope for some people in this world, if they're still unable to see that the SWP is nothing but a state collaborater organisation then they'll forever be terminally deluded.

Smashy smashy

The steward in question is Chris Bambery

05.10.2010 12:45

Chris Bambery - leader of SWP threaten protestors with arrest

The chief steward was none other than CC SWP member Chris Bambery. He threatened people with arrest( I thought only cops can do this!) because of that banner. See his profile here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bambery

london anarchist

Chris Bambery

05.10.2010 12:51

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bambery

This is your man...

"Chris Bambery is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party."

Gloucestershire Resistance Network

Déjà vu

05.10.2010 13:26

Their trot comrades across the channel actually collaborated with police to get people snatched en masse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IU7PIk6kV4

'Cops are workers like us, let them do their job'

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/10/464083.html

anarchist worker

write up

05.10.2010 14:18

Our experiences on the day can be found at

www.bcwthebristolhum.blogspot.com

bcw

same

05.10.2010 15:40

done it to me when we were down to twat edl in Manchester
swp yet again show their true colours .

oi oi

recored stuck on repeate

05.10.2010 17:13

they do it all the time and when we say owt they start screaming there were being sectarian.

they did it to me at leeds edl.
fixed the wiki page by the way :P

roddes

Chris Bambery is the police stooge

05.10.2010 17:51

The SWP honcho Chris Bambery is the police stooge wearing orange in the photo.

Rebel

Doubts

05.10.2010 17:57

all it shows are three photos a couple with Bamber in them, and with suggestive comments, drawing the reader to make their own conclusions, it would have been helpful to have a photo with Bamber telling the banner holders to put it away and fuck off.....
BTW the other bloke in the first photo who Bamber is talking is Charlie Kimber editor of Socialist Worker

Not to be trusted.

05.10.2010 18:18

The other stewards were just as bad when half of us got kettled on Broad Street... we managed to muster a few numbers together at the bottom of the slip road on to the round about.

When we tried to assist our kettled comrades a few of the other marchers did stand with us to show a little solidarity for the members of the bloc surrounded.
However the shit house stewards were ushering the marchers (who did bother to assist) away and like sheep they followed.

Just as you thought it could not get any worse.... the stewards then began whispering sweet nothings into plods ear and pointing at different people in the crowd and trying to stitch every one up.

Kick it till it breaks.

@Si

05.10.2010 18:25

The full information will be on our site in a while. I was personally there and was one of the people threatened with arrest by this guy.

We will be publishing the witness statements also, hopefully he will confirm what he said, but frankly I doubt it...

CPC direct action bloc
Homepage: http://toffsout.wordpress.com

I can confirm

05.10.2010 19:13

that the steward in question did threaten to get us arrested and did indeed inform one of the Police officers of the banner and actually when the officer came over to warn us he didn't seem that bothered by the banner unlike the steward who looked like he was going to have kittens!!

Gemma

this is funny

05.10.2010 19:40

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bambery
read it

lol

shock / horror

05.10.2010 22:58

Like anyone cares.

This is so non-news its ridiculous. Moral of story - never get between an anarchist and his march. I guess everyone needs a hobby regardless of how stupid it is.

If you didn't spend all your time marching and actually working you wouldn't have to complain about being poor. Seriously, you are putting too much time into this bullshit

Tabby

Thanks tabby

06.10.2010 07:15

Your right, why should people protest, life is for working. All that marching just eats up all that quality work time. God, I can't wait until we can work longer and longer hours, that would be such a dream life, maybe retire at 85? Or maybe not at all, what a nice idea that when we are all older the dream of dying whilst doing something we love, like working, would be a reality.

Gwad bless the queen.

Lesson here-treat SWP with same mistrust as the old bill

06.10.2010 08:16

Maybe we should take this and learn from it...dont trust these SWP weirdo's...do we really need to be directed / instructed on how to protest by a bunch of odd ball police collaborators-unbelievable-bubbling you up to the filth??!!
Look forward to London on 23rd October for some real fun and games...

Southend

response from Chris Bambery to the allegations

06.10.2010 08:35

1) I never told anyone whatsoever to remove any banner.
2) I did not exchange a word with a single anarchist all day.
3) I did not ask/request/instruct the police to remove/arrest anyone.
4) My position from the march forming to leaving was at the very front
of the demonstration. As that involved agreeing a slight change in the
route with the police and replying to their requests about what time
we were leaving I'm sure if someone wants a picture of me talking to a
cop they can get one. I can say there are no pictures of me
threatening anyone because I did not.
Finally, no one has asked me about any of this, rather there seems to
be great desire to be judge and jury.
Ciao,
Chris Bambery------------------

Well Chris, there are 8 witness statements to this effect. Are you saying they are all lying?

bbloc

A tried and tested solution

06.10.2010 17:30

Anarchists of conscience and courage should target this low-life whenever and wherever possible and kick the living shit out of him. It wouldn't be the first time SWP scum have had to be put under manners. Its a simple solution and it works.

John Creaghe

wait a sec

06.10.2010 18:17

can we not, for once, fucking get bogged down in hating the SWP after a manifestation like sunday last?
i'm an anarchist, i call myself an anarchist and try to live each moment and be the best anarchist i can be for me and my comrades, not for anyone else, certainly not to keep any other 'group' happy.
So i automatically dis the SWP, I automatically cant stand loads of what they do...Ok, so we know that,

but all this 'bickering' off point, this is taking away from the positive solidarity that was taking place. i personally saw HUNDREDS of people showing solidarity to my fellow anarchos trapped by the pigs, the choirs, the students, SOME SWPers, the old people, the young, the guy with the pushchair and kid, the other 'groups' the IWW, various unions...the people were showing solidarity, it was real.IT WAS REAL.

Now, we know the banner issues was/is real and we know the manchester/leeds and nottingam UAF issues are real.

But we now need to pull our energies into the next event (leicester EDL, SMASH EDO, London) where we can manifest again and not allow the 'leaders' to set us up, where we can look at each other and know, in those moments, that another 'poll tax riot' is possible....thats the next stage for me, so hats off to those that showed solidarity, I COULDN'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THE COLLABORATORS AND LIARS, but to those that know the time is coming, that a break through from the streets upwards is coming.....fight on.

the kettle solidarity was real, remember that,

as for the banner, lets have it twice as big and twice as angry next time and lets see them try and take it....

the third person

@bbloc

06.10.2010 22:37

> Well Chris, there are 8 witness statements to this effect. Are you saying they are all lying?

Thats funny mate since I know of 4 witnesses who say this story is a load of crock.
Are they lying too?

michelle b

this thread is embarrassing

07.10.2010 07:32

Did the nasty swp man tell you to put your banner away?

Aww diddums

My nan is more of a threat to the state than you clowns. And she's been dead for 20 years.

real anarchist

State agent

07.10.2010 08:28

The point about this is that Bambery appears to have collaborated with the state, does Bambery the Marxist want a revolution or does he want reforms?

Police collaborator

07.10.2010 09:02

"Did the nasty swp man tell you to put your banner away?"

Are you fucking thick? We told him to fuck off until he got the cops to threaten us with arrest.

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