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Monday Stockwell station vigil. Pictures and report.

Guido | 26.07.2005 12:04 | Repression | London

On Monday evening several hundred people gathered to remember Jean Charles deMenezes at Stockwell tube station.

Some of the hundreds.
Some of the hundreds.

Remembering Jean.
Remembering Jean.

One of Jean's workmates.
One of Jean's workmates.

A strong showing from the...
A strong showing from the...

...local Latin American community.
...local Latin American community.

The placard says it all.
The placard says it all.


Dozens of people had arrived a full half hour before the vigil started to lay flowers by the entrance to the station. By 6pm there were several hundred in attendance mostly from the local Latin American community. The vigil was marred for many by several loud arguments that broke out from the very beginning of the proceedings. On one hand the organizers from the Stop the War Coalition could have done more to facilitate contributions from those in attendance as well as the speakers they had lined up. On the other the heckling from one organized (mostly American) group in the crowd was totally disrespectful to the occasion especially when they shouted abuse during the minutes silence called to remember Jean. Fucking idiots.

This aside the speeches on the whole were very good especially the ones by the local Brazilians and Portuguese who had shown up for the vigil. Considering the short notice the turnout was very good and the local anger was plain to see. Sadly a lot of people left before the end, which was a shame because they missed a very good spontaneous march.



Guido
- e-mail: guidoreports@riseup.net

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Display the following 6 comments

  1. what was the heckling about? — wondering
  2. "hecklers" — Sean
  3. Political capital — Tony
  4. Hecklers — Pete
  5. So they were the 'Global Womens Strike'? — SP
  6. 4th Bomb Survivor - Interrogated by police — Capacity

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