We all Live in a terrorist regime - a terrorist regime + IMC being targeted in Praha

by Andrew Thu Nov 21, 2002 16:42

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At about 13:00, police stopped totally peaceful march of around 100
anarchists. The route (leading across the bridge to the Congress
center, the place of the NATO summit) of their fully legal march was
barricaded with two tanks and several lines of policemen with
anti-riot equipment.

This march didn't intend to get across the bridge. Rather it was
manifestation, happening which should show that police abuse its
power and break the law stopping anarchist's fully legal march.
Police announced long time ago that they wouldn't allow anyone to
cross the bridge no matter how legal they assembly is, so this group
of anarchists wanted to show it in praxis.

Anarchists from antiNATO platform decided to go to the court with
that, but they don't think they could achieve something by it. Rather
it is an attempt to show that law is here only for someone and
somewhen...

Real demonstration of anarchist against NATO starts just now on the
Namesti Miru. So far there are about 1500 people and a lot of others
still coming.

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by Andrew Thu Nov 21, 2002 16:50

Manifestation Prague is arriving at the 'red zone'
by joeri 7:26am Thu Nov 21 '02

Manifestation in Prague is arriving at the red zone.

4 pm
The manifestation is now arriving at the Congres Centre. In the front there is a big line of policemen. The atmosphere is still calm, but starts to be a bit more exciting than in the beginning. The press is still very agressive here. I just saw someone giving a speecht that no "war on terror" exists. "War IS terror".
The central slogan of the manifestation is : "Nato. No pasarán."

by Andrew Thu Nov 21, 2002 16:57

Tight security in Prague streets: more police than demonstrators [21-11-2002] By Daniela Lazarova,

Security has been a widely debated issue in connection with the NATO summit. The summit organizers expected up to 12,000 anti-NATO demonstrators in the streets of Prague, and the Interior Ministry has made considerable effort to prevent riots such as those Prague witnessed during the IMF and World Bank meeting in 2000. 12,000 policemen and over 4,000 soldiers have been deployed in the streets to keep the situation under control in what is the country's biggest ever security operation. Rob Cameron is covering the situation in the streets of the Czech capital:

Rob, you've been monitoring the situation in the streets of Prague since yesterday - have fears of street riots proved justified?

Not at all, we're still waiting for the biggest demonstration to take place - that's planned for 2 p.m. this afternoon. At the moment I'm on Wenceslas Square, which our listeners will know is right in the centre of Prague, it's about half a mile from the Congress Centre and it's very, very, very quiet here. The demonstration is due to start here in two hours time but now there's very few people here, and it looks like far less than the 12,000 expected protesters to converge on Prague. So far the demonstrations that had taken place are very low-key.

What is security situation like in the streets, we've heard about 12,000 police officers out in the streets, is it very tight?

That's true, there are 12,000 policemen being reported in the streets of Prague. They're actually playing a low-key role at the moment, there are small patrols of policemen walking up and down the main streets of Prague but I think they're just waiting to respond to any potential trouble and they're keeping a low profile.

People to whom I spoke say the streets of Prague are uncharacteristically deserted and that the whole atmosphere has changed - do you find that is so, do you see boarded shop windows, what is it like out there?

That's exactly right, I'm standing just opposite the Kentucky Fried Chicken which is completely boarded up there are stickers over the panel saying We are open' and that's the case up and down Wenceslas Square and other streets. Many of the shops have decided not to risk it and they put a huge plywood and board over their windows. The streets are quiet, they're not deserted, that would be exaggeration, but they're very, very quiet. Today is a working day so they should be busy with cars and people wandering around, but they are quiet.

Rob, there was an anarchist demonstration on Namesti Republiky last night, do you know how that went?

Yes, I was there and they basically said what they wanted to do was to disrupt the banquet that was going on in the Obecni dum building on Namesti Republiky square. They did not get that far, they stopped about 200 metres from the building and that was a rather noisy but peaceful demonstration against the banquet, they gave out free vegan food to homeless people. Again, the police presence were very low key there were a lot of police waiting in the wing so to speak, but the demonstration dispersed peacefully.

So it was more like a happening really?

Exactly. They called it a street party and they had music and so on.

Rob Cameron there speaking from Wenceslas Square, in the centre of Prague. Earlier, Rob spoke to one of the demonstrators who travelled to Prague for the summit:

"My name is Julian. I am from Frankfurt in Germany. I am against this meeting of NATO because NATO is a military organization. It makes wars and is very aggressive towards other countries and I don't like this."

A lot of people would say though that NATO has guaranteed Europe's security for 50 years - since the war - that it has made Europe a much more stable, a much more peaceful and a much more secure place.

"But now there is no real enemy. Europe has no real enemy and NATO is an aggressive organization which wages wars against peaceful countries like Yugoslavia."

How would you like to see NATO changed? Or, would you like to see NATO abolished altogether?

"Yes, I would like to see NATO abolished, and capitalism abolished as well."

How realistic do you think that is?

"Yes, we are not strong enough but there are already many people here in Prague. And there will be more and more of us. And we will get stronger on world-scale."

by @ Fri Nov 22, 2002 12:37

you know America through her movies, propaganda, historiography, logos, emails, websites, her aircraft that first landed with Lindburg in Mayo, her Presidents seven only one of whom invoked New Ross, her flag and her architecture on the Merrion Road some vicious slight to Joycean Lore.
Her propaganda and her hollywood is a poor imitation of any Hazel wand, any seanachaoi, as open to the wind as any naked emperor´s clothing.

hello!
we´re are assembling