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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 04:23 AM
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Need inspiration? Look to the Brits...
"Pictures from today's noisy unwelcome bush demo from Burning Planet climate change campaign. Marched from Holborn through trafalger square and on to the US embassy where speeches were made acusing Bush and his corporate backers of crimes against humanity and the earth..."



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http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/11/280873.html

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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 04:29 AM
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1. Well we do have our demonstrations here
maybe we should start topling statues too
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Muesli Donating Member (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 04:48 AM
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2. Unfortunately...
demonstrations have no effect unless they consist out of tens of thousands of people and/or turn violent.
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 04:57 AM
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3. Keep an eye on London, then.
If half a million people turn out to protest and completely block any and all land routes through London, there will be an effect. It could even get (negative) coverage in American press.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-03 05:42 AM
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4. We Turned Out HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Demonstrators Against the War
and still didn't stop it. x(

Turned violent? Some of them did. But it was only the police who were violent.:spank:
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