after being told (incorrectly) by cops that the gleneagles demo had been cancelled, thousands of protesters decided to demonstrate against this draconian suppression of free speech and right to peaceful protest. they were joined in prince's street by 200 activists who had just arrived in edinburgh, having travelled up the night before from london in the live8 megabuses. many of the protesters were so-called "wishy-washy liberals" who had become involved in the Make Poverty History campaign, but they soon had their eyes opened to the real power relationship between cop and demonstrator...
video (quicktime, 14'22, 32MB) at: www.thenewagenda.org/g8
video (quicktime, 14'22, 32MB) at: www.thenewagenda.org/g8
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