cuts - preliminary skirmishes

nomos

Administrator
Same thing happened at the G20 this year in Toronto: cruiser inexplicably left in an intersection, then predictably, descended upon, set ablaze, and turned into an icon of 'violent protest.'

http://twitpic.com/207nez
 

sufi

lala
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/dec/03/uk-uncut-protests-undercover-police - undercover surveillance of protesters against the 'urban myth'of vodaphone tax evasion

i heard last week, a 100% credible account (directly from a well known freelance journo) of this demo against group 4/g4s killers of Jimmy Mubenga amongst others
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apparently as the march arrived at Marsham Street 4 'black block' types showed up from nowhere, sticking out like sore thumbs from the other demonstrators,
and suddenly, lo & behold, from the opposite direction there's a group 4 van, which the agents provocateurs immediately set about, encouraging everyone to get in there, until they were told to f off by the genuine demonstrators

same story, with photos, here: http://savageclown.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/twelve-eleven-ten/
 

nomos

Administrator
where should i be looking for decent reporting on all of this? the news over here isn't touching it. i'm mainly getting updates and links from twitter and seeing the odd story on the bbc and guardian sites. and some blog posts.
 

mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
where should i be looking for decent reporting on all of this? the news over here isn't touching it. i'm mainly getting updates and links from twitter and seeing the odd story on the bbc and guardian sites. and some blog posts.

Schnews

http://www.schnews.org.uk/index.php

and Indymedia

are both good but biased and on-the-streets. Guardian is doing pretty well at the moment, it works best as an opposition paper.

There's also fitwatch.org.uk for the really paranoid, it's fun though.
 

crackerjack

Well-known member
where should i be looking for decent reporting on all of this? the news over here isn't touching it. i'm mainly getting updates and links from twitter and seeing the odd story on the bbc and guardian sites. and some blog posts.

this is a very handy Twitter account - been organising the Vodafone and Topshop demos among other things

@UKuncut
 

nomos

Administrator
^^ good stuff. thank you.


"we are no longer that post-ideological generation..."
 
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baboon2004

Darned cockwombles.
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grizzleb

Well-known member
Was a great atmosphere there yesterday. The feeling of reclaiming parliament square was great. Some quality tunes getting busted out too. Hope this isn't the last.

Yeah baboon me and some people got caught in the kettle which started about 6ish I think. Got let out in groups of 3 around half 7ish. Taking everyones photograph as they left too.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Got let out in groups of 3 around half 7ish. Taking everyones photograph as they left too.

Sounds like trying to get into a really arsey nightclub!

Were the cops wearing their numbers, just out of interest? I know there have been a lot of complaints about them (illegally) taking their numbers off when policing protests in the last few years.
 

grizzleb

Well-known member
To be honest, I didn't notice. I think they were wearing their numbers where we were, I didn't see any actual violence up close though, aside from some bizzare fence chucking. Watched this one yob just attacking a concrete block for hours trying to break it up, I suppose to get rocks for throwing. He wasn't having much success. Proper caveman shit.

Funny old day it was. Felt like a festival at points. We managed to blag a bit for a good few joints off one guy too. Yas.
 

mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
Taking everyones photograph as they left too.

It's illegal for them to do that unless they arrest you, but of course that leads to the 'well I won't let you out without arresting you' conversation, but you can intimidate them into letting you out without the photo.
 
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