I SENT MY NUMBER TO BE INVOLVE IN MAYDAY PROTEST, BUT I DID NOT GET ANY MESSAGE BACK! TANX FOR NOT BEING INVOLVED! I LOOK AT THE PICS OF PEOPLE ARRESTED AND I THINK THAT IS PROBABILY BETTER THAT I DID NOT GO. PEOPLE DON'T U FEEL AT LEAST A BIT FRUSTRATED JUST LOOKING AT THOSE PICS? SO MUCH REPRESSION DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ANY OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EXPECT ENGLAND. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY? THE RADICAL MOVEMENT IS REPRESSED AND CRIMINALISE AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE SITUATION WORSE IS JUST WHAT THE ORGANISERS DID THIS YEAR. GIVING A SECRET LOCATION! WELL DONE!!! WHY SECRET LOCATION! PROTESTS SHOULD NOT BE SECRETS! I WANT TO GET INVOLVE, I WANT LOTS OF PEOPLE INVOLVE AND I WANT THIS WITHOUT ANY RISK OF BEING ARRESTED. INSTEAD, THE TACTICS OF PEOPLE WHO ORGANISE MAYDAY IS TO CREATE TENSION AND FEAR IN MASS MEDIA AND PEOPLE! WHY? YOU INVOLVE PEOPLE AND THEN THEY GET ARRESTED! IS THAT OK? WHY SHOULD I GO TO A DEMOSTRATION TO GET ARRESTED! I DO NOT WHY IN ENGLAND THE MOVEMENT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAN IF U WANT TO OBTAIN CREDIBILITY U MUST GROWTH, BEING COMMUNICATIVE WITH PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY MANTEINING YOUR LANGUAGE AND WHAT U REALLY WANT. WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW DURING THESE RADICAL PROTESTS IS JUST PATHETIC!!!
LETS SEE HOW IT WILL BE NEXT YEAR! PROBABILY WORSE IF PEOPLE TO ORGANISE THE EVENT THE PROTEST IS THE SAME OF THESE MAGIC MAYDAY WITH LOTS OF ARRESTS!
WELL DONE!
ANDREA
LETS SEE HOW IT WILL BE NEXT YEAR! PROBABILY WORSE IF PEOPLE TO ORGANISE THE EVENT THE PROTEST IS THE SAME OF THESE MAGIC MAYDAY WITH LOTS OF ARRESTS!
WELL DONE!
ANDREA
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STOP SHOUTING FOOL
02.05.2005 16:38
As for why you didn't get a text message.. apparently the automated texting system failed and people had to virtually manually feed in all the numbers and send messages in batches which took hours when obviously the point was to be able to mobilise people quickly to a location before the police had time to plan a effective deployment.
You should take the responsibility to research for yourself what is likely to be going on at any protest and decide for youself whether the possible risks fit into your life plan.
Any effective protest is going to come into confrontation with the state at some point - FULL STOP!
ben
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02.05.2005 16:41
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Don't blame the protestors
03.05.2005 10:17
I have attended a number of protests against the animal testing labs in Cambridge and now Oxford. On a recent protest in Oxford, I distributed leaflets in a peaceful and friendly manner to passers by.
I was stopped and searched by officers and then had 8 officers buzzing around me with video's and cameras (gathering evidence). They also served a copy of the recent injunction taken out to protect University against terrosist. What a load of bull. I was handed paperwork which listed the reason for my stop and search as "Carrier bag of leaflets". This crime was so severe that Thames Valley Police thought it necessary to send 8 officers to intimidate and ensure that I left town.
I moved on, but was followed everywhere I went. I was later told that I should leave or I would be arrested.
Having read the injunction in detail several times, I did not breach any of the terms of that injunction which include threatening members of Oxford University or their conractors. Neither did I attempt to enter Oxford university buildings. My actions were legal at all times, and my manner remained polite and non-threatening. So why did the police see fit to use such heavy handed threats. Because I was a public nuisance because I stepped outside of my house to protest against something which I feel strongly about and which the government support.
The police and the law are regularly being used to stop any form of protest in a country where freedom of speech is supposed to be a right of everybody.
There is legislation already in existence to tackle those breaking the law. But in order to use it they need proof, so its much easier to get a blanket ban on anyone protesting in this country. This has happened at Oxford Universitys new site, the "SNGP" protests, and against the Smash-EDO protestors and will be used in the future to stop legitimate protests. These injunctions stop me from protesting in Oxford except for 3 hours on a Thursday. Unfortunately, that is a time that is difficult for me to attend, and so through draconian measures they have ensured that my protest has been silenced. I still attend organised marches and protests, but the times that I do so are governed by the police.
So I repeat my initial comment. Don't blame the protestors for the secrecy. Blame the oppresive government and the bully boys they employ (and we pay for) to do their dirty work.
Stephen Parker
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better being humble sometimes
03.05.2005 14:38
so you think the mayday action was effective? In which way?
With all the respect I have with the organizers I have to agree with the first post.
In the current situation I don't think it makes sense to organize this kind of 'secretive' actions:
1 - police were surely waiting to get an sms with the location too. And they definitely move faster than us around london
2 - Was the failure of the automated texting system just a case of bad luck?
Sometimes circumstance require to make some steps back....
passer-by
organisation
05.05.2005 13:31
D-I-Y remember!
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