From: Bill Cochrane <wrc1961-AT-midland.co.nz> Subject: Re: M-I: How Revenge became REVANGE Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 11:08:26 +1200 Comrades In Gary's entertaining post he writes: >Bill has sent me off list an account for how he avenged himself on the >right wing dirt that persecuted his dying father because Bill had played a >key part in highlight of the great 1981 protests in New Zealand against the >racist South African team. Alas I must correct him and say that my roll was not key, rather I received a small amount of publicity due to the random gaze of the camera. My presence on the field was as much by accident as by design. My luck held even during the difficult process of leaving the playing field, the riot cops were basically told by their commander that if the crowd attacked us on mass they were to fend for themselves. Those of us not arrested had to retreat from the field through a narrow gap between the stands. This gave ample opportunity to the enraged crowd to pelt us with missiles and to assault us (there were about 30000 of them and 300 of us on the field, though some thousands were demonstrating outside the playing ground). I avoided being hit by anything and affected my escape by blending into the crowd, pausing briefly I must admit to inflict injury on a goon who was beating up a middle aged women ( I harbor the belief that his dentist was more than pleased by the fee he recieved for repairing the damage a steel capped boot propelled by 18 stone can do). Bill Cochrane Ngaruawahia New Zealand wrc1961-AT-midland.co.nz --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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