Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 01:08:12 +0000
Subject: Re: AUT: demos in UK
From: svejk <anterotesis-AT-yahoo.co.uk>


Been at the demo in Parliament Square, London. Very good, very fun - 
the upbeat atmosphere was a real suprise. I was expecting something 
mournful. But not a bit of it. The samba band, a steel drum band, a 
sound system, noise, dancing, some running around the streets and 
barracking the cops, people gathered around bonfires. Lots of graffiti 
- two cops guarding the statue of Churchill, but Palmerston got 
decorated with "Another warmongering pm" and "No War but Class War."

Lots of schoolkids, they really made the occasion, not jaded cynics 
like me, but enjoying a day off from school. Lots of media fuss about 
truants from cops and some idiot headteachers union.

5,000 people acording to the media, but I think there was probably 
more, because there was lots of people coming and going - 5,000 at any 
one time, sure.

There's plenty of reports of other demos around the UK: Swansea, 
Bristol, Manchester, Halifax and elsewhere. See www.uk.indymedia.org 
for various reports.

John

On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 06:11  pm, keir wrote:

>>
>> Any reactions on the streets or elsewhere that other list members 
>> care to report?
>>
>> Steve
>
> Well I've just got back from an afternoon demo in Leeds, UK.

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