Jeremy Corbyn’s speech
- mp3 708K
Eyewitness account from an Iraqi doctor
- mp3 481K
Banner hanging from stage
On any other day this would be a Serious Organised Crime
Peace camper Brian Haw with a supporter
Sambatistas sounding good
We marched round the corner of Trafalgar Square
Kids for peace
APARECO (Democratic Republic of Congo)
More supporters of Brian Haw
On the way into Hyde Park
Sambatistas take a well-earned rest
Socialist Party holding their own mini-rally
Rinky Dink sustainable mobile PA system
Bereaved relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes meet a supporter
Banners held by supporters of Hizb ut-Tahrir
7-7 and 9-11 truth campaigns
A large and rather pink samba band provided entertainment for the waiting marchers, of which a 1 minute 16 second mp3 clip is attached. This is recorded at 16kbps to keep the file size small for dial-up users, but I can upload a higher-resolution version on request.
Organisations and campaigns were out in force – Stop the War, local peace groups, Socialist Party, Respect, CND, Campaign against Climate Change, sacked Gate Gourmet workers, trade unions, Congo solidarity campaigners, Artists against War, and the “Green Bush – harmless” guy.
One organisation I hadn’t come across before was Hizb ut-Tahrir, which describes itself as “a global Islamic political party working against western imperialists and their proxies in the form of Arab and Muslim dictators”. It is already defined as “terrorist” in many of the Arab and Muslim countries run by western-supported dictators, and Tony Blair recently announced that he planned to proscribe the party in the UK.
From chatting to one of their activists for a while, and from reading their leaflet, they don’t sound like a terrorist organisation to me, any more than the SWP are. Their idea of a “Caliphate” across the whole Muslim world, governed according to true Islamic law (not the perverted versions of the Taleban or the Saudi Wahabis) sounds to me much more agreeable than the current arrangement, although my anarchic tendencies aren’t too happy with the need for a “Caliph” to rule the whole thing.
We marched to Hyde Park, and near the end of the route a small crowd had formed around what appeared to be an anarchic art exhibition. Attached to the railings were a series of mounted and framed cartoons, subverted propaganda and photographs, apparently for sale although it was not clear who they could be bought from. Some photos of these to follow.
Inside Hyde Park, Stop the War stewards were urging the marchers to drop their placards on a big pile unless they intended to take them home. Hopefully this measure made it easier to clean up Hyde Park afterwards!
Rebel Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn was on fine form, and brought forth a stream of righteous anger at what our government is doing in our name with our money. He summed up the recent incident in Basra quite neatly.
“And what happened in Basra this week, you couldn't have written a play about it. You couldn't have made it up. British SAS officers, armed to the teeth, driving through a checkpoint, dressed in some Arab clothing, then try to shoot their way out of it. And then they were arrested, apparently quite properly, by the local police, and the British army then bombard the police station in which they were held. Who are the lawless forces now?”
A doctor from Iraq, whose name I didn’t catch, brought an eye-witness account of life on the ground in Mosul and Tal Afar. Both this and Jeremy Corbyn’s speech are attached as MP3 files.
I just happened to be in the right place at the right time, when to two relatives of murdered Jean Charles de Menezes were introduced to a supporter in a sports top bearing the name “de Menezes” on the back, and all three posed for photos.
An MP3 file of a jolly tune which the Rinky Dink (mobile sound system powered by renewable energy) was playing when I was passing, is also attached.
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Thanks for uploading the audio
25.09.2005 21:15
if this interests you, please email imc-uk-radio AT lists.indymedia.org
part radio part revolution
What Hizb-ut-Tahrir stand for
25.09.2005 22:10
"Those who are guilty of apostasy (murtadd) from Islam are to be executed according to the rule of apostasy, provided they have by themselves renounced Islam. If they are born as non-Muslims, i.e., if they are the sons of apostates, then they are treated as non-Muslims"
"Muslims are entitled to establish political parties to question the rulers and to access the positions of ruling through the Ummah on condition that the parties are based on the ‘Aqeedah of Islam and their adopted rules are aHkaam shar’iyyah; the establishment of such a party does not require a license by the State. Any party not established on the basis of Islam is prohibited."
"Sovereignty belongs to the divine law (shara’) and not to the people."
"Segregation of the sexes is fundamental, they should not meet together except for a need that the shar’ allows or for a purpose the shar’ allows men and women to meet for, such as trading or pilgrimage (Hajj)."
"Women are not allowed to take charge of ruling, thus women cannot hold the positions of Khaleefah mu’aawin, waali, ‘aamil nor to practice any actions of ruling. She is not allowed to be a chief judge, a judge in maHkaamat ul-MuDHalim nor ameer of Jihad."
Qwerty
Indymedia coverage roundup (so far)
25.09.2005 22:16
Pics of placards, banners and clothing:
Pics from Brian Haw’s peace camp:
Pics of an anarchic art exhibition:
Quicktime Video:
Debate about numbers:
South London feeder march pics:
Mini Mouse pics:
Guido pics:
Fit team vs the Grey Bloc pics:
Drawing from Washingtom:
Concerned Photography pics:
Blair spotted at rally pic (suspect this is a hoax):
PS glad you appreciated the audio uploads, “part radio part revolution” – that was pretty hard work! Capturing video and audio at the point where it happens, and bringing it together into a coherent and understandable report, is something I’m still learning. And no, I’m not London-based, and probably can’t spare any time to help with IMC radio projects (sorry). I’d rather stick to capturing the events I attend in whatever media I capture them in, and publishing to the newswire in a way which makes it understandable to as many people as possible. And if that adds to the pool of copyleft content which you can use to build a feature or a film or whatever, then so much the better
Don’t hate the media, be the media!
Simon
say no more.......
26.09.2005 11:34
need we say anymore!!
rebbe
free speech? remember?
27.09.2005 11:10
But that's not the issue. The question now is, should they be banned? And I could add, should they be banned while the BNP/NF remain entirely at liberty to spread their hate?
If we want to maintain free speech it has to be for all including those we don't like. What makes no sense is to say the far-right can have free speech but extremist Jihadis can't.
Mr Spoon
Strength in Numbers
28.09.2005 16:45
Surely stopping war has something to do with selling arms?
The police and docklands rail system would have been easily overwhelmed by such numbers of people simply using this method of public transport (using a 4 zone travel card to justify them being there!) and essentially shut down DSEI!
Im not slagging off the efforts of those who had a go at DSEI (good on you for getting in there), but you need to be a bit more imaginative then just sitting down at the station and then getting dragged away by aggressive coppers. How about a few people jumping on the track and running in opposite directions - it would take hours to get the trains running again.
People should have been handing out flyers in central london making everyone aware of what was going on at DSEI.
People should have hijacked the 'fuel protesters' media opportunities and got on National TV.
You have to remember it doesnt go on the news, then the event never existed. And, other than back slapping within the protest scene, this is essentially what happens every year.
Lets get organised!
Jolly Jim