Kids broke through police lines several times and have quite frankly been running rings around them. Several arrests have been made and I saw one sixteen year old held to the floor by his neck with several cops around him.
It really is going mad with separate groups all over the city centre, they really are up for it!
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Whose streets?
19.03.2003 16:53
On a more sombre note, riot police bludgeoned a number of young ladies and some young men on a road near Albert Square, rendering one unable to stand and very, very shaken, as well as trampling people and kicking them from police horses.
Podop
Knowledge is King
19.03.2003 18:25
Knowledge is king, free your minds!
As only a few have actually touched on the issues underlying this wholely unjust & ILLEGAL war, (according to the UN charter, and backed by many international Law academics and Lawyers).
Pre-Emptive strike means just that - an unprovoked attack on a sovereign state - why might I add has been disarmed according to UN inspectors - of which 95% disarmament was achieved from 1992 to 1997 (see Reports from UN at this time). This being ILLEGAL and WRONG under the rules and Laws of the United Nations.
Lets not forget, UNITED NATIONS means a majority in the UN Security Council democratically voting for or against War. The US/UK governments have hijacked the UN process, which was producing major results of WMD disarmament, with the knowledge of progress. Hence, the agendas of the warmongers are highly questionable and not pure to say the least.
Oil is an issue whether the media machine likes it or not, whether corporations want to cover this up or not, the knowledge is out in the open and people at last are beginning to question government motives.
But it isn't the only issue. Look at the past 150 years or so and a distinct pattern of survival of "western interest" in the middle east (and elsewhere) is paramount. Including the Geopolitics and structure of countries - not for the people - but for the elite in power. The cold war ended and the US is unchecked in its vested interest, especially in the middleast.
The Arab populations have been suppressed and imprisoned brutally by their "Governements/Leaders" for the past 60 odd years. Why? How? ask these questions, read and research. ALL have been placed undemocratically, by firstly the British and French empires, recently the US empire. The despots and dictators you see today are remnants of US Foreign policies of the past and DO NOT represent the people in the middle east but they represent the Elite who run the oilfields, who run the big businesses, corporations and institutions. That is why the majority of the populace in the MidEast is quite frankly radicalising to fundamental values (in desparation). The US/UK policies have been designed to keep the status quo and to PROTECT VESTED INTERESTS in the region (ie, The State of Israel - which has defied UN resolutions since 1967 - of which the US vetoed about 30!! Resolution 242 being the most significant)
A lot of issues here... all we can hope is that people wake up from the slumber of ignorance and hypocrisy and start asking questions, demand answers, don't take things at face value (by the way the media is run by corporations so think deep before you judge anything - media always follows government guidlines or rhetoric - this is the propaganda tool)
Finally, as Bob Marley once wrote "You can fool some of the poeple some times, but YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME..."
Think b4 u speak
One Love, PEACE
Frank
No Blood For Oil
19.03.2003 20:54
chris
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manchester demo
19.03.2003 22:32
bill
manchester schools/colleges walk out
20.03.2003 13:06
the police's handling of the situation was sickening. the girls that got trampled were dragged away from each other VERY quickly (presumably to stop them from making some sort of protest)
i always thought that hatred for the police was over exaggurated or unfounded but the events of yesterday made me realise that this is not the case.
anyway, overall an good event. we really did piss the police off by completely dumbfounding them.
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we showed them
20.03.2003 20:58
p.s is there any pics of the day anywhere?
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anti war!
20.03.2003 22:53
I hate bush!!!!!
onon
War
22.03.2003 03:41
Rainman
March
25.03.2003 15:57
nabz