[g8-sheffield] Penned in? Lets make something of it

[Helen and Nick]

If dev green is the only option then lets try to use
the space proactively rather than being caught out by
it and depressed by it and make it a more positive
experience for people for whom this might their first
steps towards action. We long suspected that we would
be derby mark II

Having a masked carnival party/ball might worth it -
soundsystem, samba. Carnival masks on mass to hide our
ID and defy ID, noise so we are not silent If all else
fails...party!!!!????? 
Hx
--- fabian <fab at in-no.org> wrote:

> 
> Am 24.05.2005 um 01:44 schrieb Jillian Creasy:
> Hi there,
> 
> 
> > The police have told me today that they will not
> allow any kind 
> > of march in the city centre during the
> afternoon/evenings of the G8 
> > visit. In fact they won't allow any sort of
> gathering at all - they 
> > are using "delegated powers" to stop groups of two
> or more people. I 
> > tried to ask where the general public would be
> allowed to move 
> > normally and couldn't get a straight answer. They
> would be happy for 
> > us to demonstrate on Devonshire Green. I said this
> was not an option, 
> > we wanted to have a presence in the city centre
> and to be able to 
> > march, we didn't see the point of being coralled
> on Devonshire Green, 
> > surrounded by police. He - Gary - said Devonshire
> Green was a 
> > traditional place for demos and there would be
> people around.
> Thanks to you Jillian and John for negotiating. I
> think that is playing 
> right into our hands.
> It is what we expected in a way and I think we
> should use this to 
> generate publicity as it is outragous. I cannot
> believe how stupid they 
> are anyway. The same is happening in Gleneagles as
> G8 alternatives is 
> being denied to march there during the conference.
> THey make it all to 
> obvious:  Freedom is slavery, war is peace,
> democracy is staying at 
> home and shut up.
> 
> >   
> > John is rewriting the letter emphasising that this
> is an unacceptable 
> > infringement of our right to demonstrate. We can
> then get is signed by 
> > as many people as possible, including any big
> names we can think of 
> > and send to the press, the police, the Council,
> whatever.
> is good and important. In my opionion though the
> rewritten letter 
> should focus on the right to demostrate being
> deprived of us, without 
> mentioning the way we would have had the march (e.g.
> well disciplined 
> and the like) because that sounds a bit odd to me.
> The right to protest 
> is a fundamental right, full stop, it is not subject
> to further 
> regulations, micro self management, forward self
> diziplin and the 
> like...
> 
> >
> >  
> > Not sure how the SAG8 group will respond in terms
> of doing something 
> > else/different/more so on the afternoon/evening of
> the 15th ...
> As far as I am concerned, gathering on Devonshire
> Green with sound 
> system and hang out there anyway. We could stage a
> protest there for 
> the right to demonstrate, e.g. by having our mouths
> taped, our hands 
> cuffed. We have to make sure that we are on top of
> it though, do not 
> want people to get frustated by sheer police force
> as expressed by some 
> after Derby...we are more powerful than they can
> possibly imagine...
> 
> > as far as I'm concerned, I was only interested in
> helping set up a 
> > peaceful, well disciplined march and will not get
> involved in 
> > alternatives on the street - am going to
> concentrate on getting 
> > maximum publicity for this turn of events and on
> the other things - 
> > march on the 11th
> is it feasable to get the stop the war coalition to
> express solidarity 
> on the 11th to us being denied to march on
> Wednesday? Like having all 
> banners just in black, as if they were being
> censored, having no 
> speeches and everybody quite, no
> slogans....publicity wise that would 
> generate a lot more attention and it also makes more
> sense than the 
> usual march, speech, go home and feel powerless type
> of thing...
> 
> > , Peace in the Park, demo outside and questions
> inside the council 
> > meeting ...
> >  
> would like to emphazise our possibilites to raise
> awareness during the 
> counterconference...after the nottingham dissent
> meeting, I have the 
> impression that we can expect quite a few people to
> come over. The 
> program is slowly growing as there will be meeting
> of make borders 
> history and other campaigns in preparation of G8 in
> Scotland.
> 
> 
> > Will be interested to hear what you all think.
> >  
> 
> Do not forget, that we are using the G8 being in
> Sheffield to 
> deconstruct their faul narrative of freedom and
> democracy (pronouced 
> the american way) and they are of great help to us
> in this respect.
> 
> May the force be with thou
> 
> Fabian
> >  
> > Jillian
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