DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
laptop said:
no need to make it sound so clandestine! it was being discussed in the public meetings in the lead-up to the-thing-that-became-j18.
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no need to make it sound so clandestine! it was being discussed in the public meetings in the lead-up to the-thing-that-became-j18.
aurora green
Tectonic
Birmingham was part of the Global day of action in May 1998, called for by the newly formed PGA.There's a very entertaining report of the day here 
and whilst I do think it was a very significant day, if I had to pick one protest from that time I would choose Seattle (as I have on the other thread) for sheer jaw dropping impact and the feeling that things had really shifted in quite a big way.
Quite a good time-line here .
and whilst I do think it was a very significant day, if I had to pick one protest from that time I would choose Seattle (as I have on the other thread) for sheer jaw dropping impact and the feeling that things had really shifted in quite a big way.
Quite a good time-line here .
Badger Kitten
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Rosa Parks on the colour-segregated bus,Rosa RIP.
Groucho said:It was the biggest single protest march ever in the UK and the biggest ever internationally co-ordinated protest. The impact of which is still being felt and the movement is still a going concern. The full impact has yet to be felt.
I think there is a strong case for 15 February 2003.
But it didn't stop the war. The winner should be something which has actually met it's aims.
Badger Kitten
oof
Rosa then.
Civil Rights movement.
Civil Rights movement.
Badger Kitten
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good point.
Or the Ukranian Orange revolution
Or the Ukranian Orange revolution
steeplejack
seeing off the new ball
Badger Kitten said:
Where a CIA backed candidate replaced Putin's candidate, who he has now reached an accommodation with in order to continue with much the same set of policies (whilst smokescreening this unpalatable fact with a trumped up set of corruption charges & sackings?)
I believe that many Ukrainians are now asking themselves why they bothered.
steeplejack
seeing off the new ball
It's such a broad question and hence almost impossible to answer.
But certainly the violently protesting Romanians in Cluj, Timisoara etc stick in my memory. The bravery of those involved in a people vs. Securitate battle for three days in Bucharest.
Or the Solidarnosc protests of 1980-81 in Gdansk.
the 'Singing revolution' of 1989-91 in Estonia, latvia and lithuania which allowed these countries to regain their freedom and independnece after 50 years of Soviet occupation, achived with the connivance firstly of Nazi germany, the the UK &US after the war.
But certainly the violently protesting Romanians in Cluj, Timisoara etc stick in my memory. The bravery of those involved in a people vs. Securitate battle for three days in Bucharest.
Or the Solidarnosc protests of 1980-81 in Gdansk.
the 'Singing revolution' of 1989-91 in Estonia, latvia and lithuania which allowed these countries to regain their freedom and independnece after 50 years of Soviet occupation, achived with the connivance firstly of Nazi germany, the the UK &US after the war.
It's not quite as important as chopping off the kings head, establishing a Reign of Terror, and then degenerating into a Empire which spans from Poland to Portugal, is it?steeplejack said:
Where a CIA backed candidate replaced Putin's candidate, who he has now reached an accommodation with in order to continue with much the same set of policies (whilst smokescreening this unpalatable fact with a trumped up set of corruption charges & sackings?)
I believe that many Ukrainians are now asking themselves why they bothered.
steeplejack
seeing off the new ball
mattkidd12 said:It's not quite as important as chopping off the kings head, establishing a Reign of Terror, and then degenerating into a Empire which spans from Poland to Portugal, is it?
cathal marcs
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Not the most important but very interesting and a feeling of what could have been. The battle of George Square (Bloody Friday) 1919 in Glasgow.
Andy the Don
Wise men say only fools..
The Short & Long Parliments of 1640..
Beginning of the end of the right of the monarchy to rule without parliment.
Or
The barons forcing King John to sign the Magna Carta.
Beginning of the end of the right of the monarchy to rule without parliment.
Or
The barons forcing King John to sign the Magna Carta.
The Irish hunger strikes
The East German demonstrations that led to the wall coming down
The attack on the Spar shop at Gleneagles and the removal of the fence panel by Workers Power
The East German demonstrations that led to the wall coming down
The attack on the Spar shop at Gleneagles and the removal of the fence panel by Workers Power
Has it come in yet?
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
surprised no-one's mentioned cable street
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
if it's not on this thread, i mentioned it on the other one.Red Jezza said:
Jografer said:
Since 15 Feb the UK Govt. have been saddled with the nightmare of this war and occupation. A million votes fell away from Labour, election night was about anti-war - Galloway and Reg Keys, the Military Families are growing daily and the Govt. are falling apart. Meanwhile the movement continues.
Outside of the UK (15 Feb was not just the biggest ever protest in the UK but the biggest ever international mobilisation) the anti-war movement has claimed the Spanish premier, is going strong in Italy - Burlosconi on the ropes and is taking off in the US where Bush and co. are now floundering. Not bad...certainly not 'nothing'. And the full impact is yet to be felt for sure.
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
and it's all down to the swc?Groucho said:
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