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In what may be the most gross discrepancy of estimated participants so far, “The Stop the War coalition [3], which organised the event, along with CND [4] and the British Muslim Initiative [5], estimated that around 100,000 participated in London; the Metropolitan Police estimated about 2,000-3,000 took part” [6]. Lies, damn lies and Metropolitan Police “estimates”; or perhaps we should blame falling standards of numeracy on New Labour’s support for faith-based education – churning out cop-fodder who sincerely believe that the scores of thousands of people they can see in front of them are merely 2,000-3,000; C21 state-sponsored doublethink, anyone?.
What's Next?
Why not join in Pre-emptive Peace Strike #1 - “Don’t Attack Iran” [7] on Tue 20 Mar 07, the anniversary of attack on Iraq? Be in Parliament Square, Westminster, London from 10:00 for some anti-war peaceful direct action.
For the most politically astute coverage and analysis of the escalating barbarism being visited upon our brothers and sisters in Iraq, I recommend the International Communist Current's 'War in Iraq' portal page:
http://en.internationalism.org/taxonomy/term/70 In International Solidarity,
Tim D Jones
[1] Raised Voices socialist choir:
http://www.raised-voices.org.uk/ [2] Strawberry Thieves socialist choir:
http://www.strawberrythieveschoir.org.uk/st_home.htm [3] Stop the War coalition:
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/ [4] CND:
http://www.cnduk.org/ [5] British Muslim Initiative:
http://www.bminitiative.net/ [6] "Thousands take part in anti-war rallies":
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2020933,00.html - and see also "How Many People Were In Trafalgar Square On Saturday?": http://www.blairwatch.co.uk/node/1660?PHPSESSID=c29ec986bb6cc883c729b38ccd10d44b [7] Pre-emptive Peace Strike #1 - “Don’t Attack Iran”:
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Hymns?
26.02.2007 14:25
rogue
Hims?
27.02.2007 01:50
So how can female hymnsters be pr**ks?
Scaremongering second hand from someone possibly claiming to represent the autonomous bloc? Cud be.?
The nuclear explosion(s) and intense heatwave blast(s) thereafter will be indiscriminate - black bloc, black skin, baby, God botherer - or whatever else we dress up as on demos and protests.
That potential oblivion that we all MAY face soon is surely a little more important and serious than calling each other names?
Where IS Osama Bin Laden? Who? Why?
Ro Gidiot
I'm not sure what you're getting at...
27.02.2007 11:23
I had no issue with the choir, I thought it was a nice touch, but some other members of the bloc seemed to think they were singing Christian hymns. I didn't think this was the case. I now think I was right, after looking more closely at the photos, etc. A lesson to us all - don't jump to conclusions.
rogue