Forget the G20 mob, coping-class fury is about to reach boiling point

Decent folk have been roasted on a spit by a tribe of political pygmies – and they're really bloody angry, says Jeff Randall.

Many are dismayed at the way their local communities have been changed – irreversibly – beyond recognition. Does the Government listen? Not at all. It tramples over dissent, bullying through an unpopular policy with ludicrous propaganda.

...FULL STORY from the GUARDIAN HERE...

Why did the police punish bystanders?

Commentary: Tom Whipple

Rob was a predictably tedious anarchist, with tediously predictable views. Standing beneath a hanged effigy of Sir Fred Goodwin, he explained how the police work. “They aren’t here for us, they’re here for the bankers,” he told me. “But mainly, they are here for a fight.”

Having just watched protesters smash up the Royal Bank of Scotland, I was not in the mood. Not only was Rob wrong, I told him, he was the worst kind of wrong — a clichéd wrong. Seven hours later — seven hours of detention without food or water — I had come to believe that I was the one who had been naive.

...FULL STORY from The TIMES HERE...

G20 protests: The view from the street

Thu Apr 02 09:41AM
It's a strange thing to be told by police that you can't leave an area.

'But I need the loo', you think. 'And something to eat.' And you do feel, rather vaguely, that your human rights are being mildly violated.

I spoke to a man named Andy. Andy is over 50, an IT worker, and, in his words, "can't find work for love nor money". He came to complain about how, in his view, Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling had mismanaged the economy. With a beaming smile on his face and a placard with a cheeky joke about Britain's economic police, I warmed to him instantly. As we spoke, I noticed a policeman filing him with a video camera.

Did this man deserve to be filmed by police as if he was a terrorist, and then kept in an area for hours on end, without access to toilet facilities or food or water, simply because he wanted to protest against British economic policy? Surely not.

...FULL STORY from Ian Dunt HERE...

...more sounds and visions from the Carnival atmosphere as Capitalism Collapses...

JDK - 23:20

...we're down andy's sh'been in the holy headland on a mission of solidarity with pirates and peaceful protesters everywhere, JAH!..

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Financial Fools Day

...At least 32 people were arrested in connection with the protests.

Outside the Bank of England, an effigy of a banker hung from the traffic lights was set on fire, releasing fumes of pungent black smoke.

Later, police slowly began to let people out of the cordon but there were no longer confrontations with demonstrators.

One activist was heard saying to another: "I'll see you tomorrow."

Anger at bankers' role in the global economic downturn and frustration at slow progress in tackling climate change prompted thousands to take to the streets.

Four protest marches converged on the Bank of England after setting off along separate routes as helicopters circled overhead.

City workers leaned out of windows and waved £10 notes at demonstrators on the streets below, who responded with jeers and shouts...

...looks like a jolly good time was had by all, NOW to the SERIOUS stuff, what's going to happen today?..

a Final Word on Bankers

Fight War Not Wars

...5 REASONS TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST WAR THIS WEDNESDAY:

* Barack Obama has just announced a surge of 23,000 extra troops for
Afghanistan. The British government looks set to send another 2,000.

* The murderous siege of Gaza continues. Israel is still bombing the tunnels in
to Gaza.

* No date has been set for the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq.

* Both US and British projected military spending has risen on last year.

* Britain is still selling arms to Israel.

Cameras in Digital Convert Boxes! BEWARE!!!!