[g8-sheffield] Re: the right of unlawful protest

[Kathleen Holliday]

I don't think there was a hundred in there, I was aware it was a token, the
band played.........BUT
I was there to make a democratic legal protest and it was the nearest I
could get to shouting in their faces. Any nearer and we would all have been
searched for eggs, or camping gear, or yesterdays dinner! The handful of
malcontents who got off the coaches scuttled away into the undergrowth as
fast as possible anyway.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dougald hine" <writetodougald at gmail.com>
To: "adriana" <hjdsmdr at mixmail.com>; "List for organising protests at the G8
meeting in Sheffield." <g8-sheffield at lists.aktivix.org>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [g8-sheffield] Re: the right of unlawful protest


> I did think the 100 protesters limit was (apart from anything else)
> worse than banning protests altogether - it seemed calculated to make
> it appear to the ministers as if protesters were simply a handful of
> malcontents.
>
> I think it's important that different kinds of protest happen and that
> we don't allow the authorities/media to set us against each other. For
> example, there are people who came to the rice dinner who aren't ready
> for some of the more creative, spontaneous actions that took place
> last week. I think it's important that we work on radicalizing people
> step by step, by holding open conversation with anyone who shares some
> of our sympathies in the assumption that we'll learn something from
> each other's experiences.
>
> How do we create big happenings that draw in a wide mix of people,
> including those not up for being arrested, without seeming to
> undermine those involved in impromptu actions?
>
> D.
>
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> Dougald Hine
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