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ANTI WAR DEMO GLASGOW - UK

HOLGER MOHAUPT | 12.04.2003 14:39

all three stills are from the anti-war march in Glasgow on April 12th 2003. (article 1)

ANTI WAR DEMO GLASGOW - UK
ANTI WAR DEMO GLASGOW - UK

ANTI WAR DEMO GLASGOW - UK
ANTI WAR DEMO GLASGOW - UK

ANTI WAR DEMO GLASGOW - UK
ANTI WAR DEMO GLASGOW - UK


2000 people marched through the city centre of Glasgow in protest of the war in Iraq and for justice. Police presence was small and the atmosphere was sombre and quite restrained. Speeches were made by the various political parties including the Scottish Socialist Tony Sheridan. The most impressive one came from 16-year-old Briney McCloud from a group called Edinburgh Youth.
The next protest in Scotland will be the Blockade of the Nuclear Submarine Base in Faslane on 22. April 2003. Faslane is where Britain keeps its "Weapons of Mass Destruction".

HOLGER MOHAUPT
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Recouperating Anti-War

13.04.2003 00:04

The demo was thoroughly recouperated. We marched from one place where there was nobody to another place where there was nobody, albeit passing through the center, then we listened to cheesy music and speeches exhorting us to vote for their party.

The psychogeography of the setup at Glasgow Green was fascinating, a stage at the front and hemmed in by stalls peddling ideologies at either side. It looked to me like nothing more than an attempt to channel anti-war feeling into SSP/Green votes. I was disgusted and left before the bands came on.

AnarchoAl
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