Some of the chalk graffiti from todays Trafalgar Sq protest

kriptick | 27.09.2003 22:50 | Anti-militarism | London

One really imaginative idea on today's End the Occupation of Iraq demo was to distribute many many boxes of coloured chalk amongst the crowds in Trafalgar Square for them to do their own thing with on the paving stones. The kids especially loved the idea. Here's a selection of some of the work.

Artist was nicked but later released. http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/2

So true

Also see

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/09/278054.html
for the story on how one guy was arrested for chalking on some tedious statue but later released after determined protest by the crowds. Someone later added their own comments on the police's action to his unfinished work.

kriptick

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No one likes war you idiots!

28.09.2003 09:30

No one wanted war. Bush didn't want war, Blair didn't want war, the soldiers didn't want war! But they knew that the only way to get rid of the tyrannical, murderous regime of Saddam Hussein was to go to war, because letting Saddam and his murderous regime stay in power would have resulted in more death and suffering in the long run! So in this case war was the lesser of two evils and they made the right decision.

The people of Iraq have now been liberated and can look forward to democracy and freedom that they would never have enjoyed had Saddam stayed in power. Some things like freedom are worth fighting for and defending!

Rockwell

actually

28.09.2003 10:37

Actually, some people do like war. Arms dealers, generals, CEOs etc...

Conditions in Iraq are now worse than they were under Saddam. And trusting
the US-led coalition to bring 'democracy' and 'freedom' to Iraq is like
trusting a serial killer to do your babysitting; unwise given the history!

There were other ways to bring Saddam down - eg supporting genuine Iraqi
people's resistance. Unfortunately that became pretty much non-existent
after we helped Saddam crush it in 1991.

Everything takes on a different colour when you know the history.

Warmongers

28.09.2003 11:03

Rockwell, you've obviously never heard of Michael Ledeen, a very influential figure closely linked to people like Cheney, Rumsfled, Wolfowitz. Michael Ledeen believes that war is an act of 'creative destruction' which will lead to the spread of US-style 'democracy'. He also believes in 'Total War', a term famously used by Goebbels in one of his speeches ("Wollt ir den totalen Krieg?").

Find out more about him here:

http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Michael_Ledeen

pir

Rockwell the provaricator

28.09.2003 13:30

Rockwell postes on all the regonal sites I visit, if not all the pages on indymedia. Dissagreing nomater what the subject. Leys give Him a big hand for his eforts to hone our arguments.

ty Rockwell.

cat

OK

28.09.2003 13:36

OK, so we'll pull out of Iraq and put Saddam back, if that's what u want...

Jamie

Again?

28.09.2003 20:00

Well, it wouldn't be the first time our governments had supported this tyrant...

History repeats too often...

28.09.2003 21:13

I'm afraid to say, I think the American solution right now is much simpler, just find someone to be the next Sadam. They've often said they'll only leave when they have a government which bums them, Israel, and free trade.

Rebel W

while you're at it

29.09.2003 12:33

as if it was ever up to yourself jamie, why not pull out of all the other countries that are occupied by the US while you're at it, stop propping up brutal, despotic regimes with arms and political support, and allow ordinary, suffering people, to take charge of their own lives. Which of course won't happen, not voluntarily anyway, because that is not on the agenda. How many times does it have to be pointed out that Saddam came to power by way of a CIA sponsored coup d'etat, that saw the overthrow of an elected government (not that i would regard such a government as being particularly democratic)? 'Freedom' and 'democracy' are palliatives that serve to disguise the fact that worldwide society is ruled from the top down, not the other way round. Which is why the US will be imposing it's own style of 'democracy', with it's preferred candidates given all the advantages and any 'elected government' will have it's power constrained within limits imposed by the occupying regime.

As for Rockwell's comments. Basically they are false, as anyone with a few functioning brain cells could deduce. The Bush administration really wanted this conflict. The people of Iraq now live under military occupation, and will have to endure death and suffering for a long time to come. To many of them it must seem that their suffering will be never ending. Not that will concern Rockwell, because to be honest I don't think he gives a toss about the Iraqi people.

frill