Belfast Spells Out Message to Bush

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Friday November 21, 2003 01:22

by Lesley Veronica - Direct Action Against Apathy

Lesleyveronica at hotmail dot com

On Wed 19th a number of activists staged a protest outside Belfast City Hall in the early afternoon. The atmosphere was lighthearted even if the message was not. Resplendent in freshly prepared t-shirts a number of the group performed a series of carefully choreographed manuevres in order to spell out simple but clear messages of abhorence for the Bush visit and the policies of his administration in general.

After a somewhat shaky start the move from one slogan to another, No More Oil War quickly leading to Bush Not Welcome or, my personal favourite, Bush Terror Man became smooth and eye catching. Passers-by mostly on shopping trips or out of work for lunch were supportive with a number stopping to join in, the bravest even donning t-shirts and joining in the line up!

This was an excellent opportunity to remind people that the war in Iraq is not over and that the Bush administration poses a huge threat to civil liberties both globally and in the USA. People are generally disgusted that British tax payers have paid for this visit, having already seen resources moved from public service funding in order to pay for the war they didn't want. To have an untried and apparently untouchable war criminal breeze into town and be treated to a state banquet gives a clear illustration of the type of 'democracy' that can be expected from both of these states!!

Bush isn't welcome in the UK, he isn't welcome in Ireland and as he encroaches upon American civil liberties more and more I suspect he's not going to be welcome there much longer either.

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Great!!!

by Bernie

Fri Nov 21, 2003 08:52

How many turned up?

do we have to spell it out...

by darren - daaa

Fri Nov 21, 2003 15:03

directactionagainstapathy at yahoo dot co dot uk

po box 3345, Belfast BT9 7LP, N. Ireland

pics from demo

BUSH

NOT

WELCOME
WELCOME

More pics

Fri Nov 21, 2003 16:16

Bush Terror Man:

There was around 30 people at the demo...

TERROR
TERROR

MAN

& More

by direct action against apathy - daaa

Fri Nov 21, 2003 16:28

This press stunt made the front page of yesterdays Irish News.

Fri Nov 21, 2003 17:12

This press stunt made the front page of yesterdays Irish News

ROUGUE

STATE

BEAUTIFUL!!!

by redjade

Sat Nov 22, 2003 14:24

beautiful.

thanks!

30 people

by Gothkid

Sun Nov 23, 2003 11:48

Upstairs at the BK

Looks like you just asked a bunch of the goths at the city hall to wear your t-shirts for a photo.

big trees from small seeds..

by zapata

Sun Nov 23, 2003 12:26

wish them goth kids had have joined us, probably would have doubled our numbers. a quickly organised protest that was an effective media stunt. life can be great when you start to break free. well done.

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