Banana Republic Day Of Action

This day coincided with a rally against water privatisation and as the rally came to an end, so the banana bunch kicked off! A chaotic procession of erratic drumming, yellowness and what’s going on-ness as observers and participants alike headed for main road, (Buchanan Street) where we joined forces with “Breach of the Peace” sound system. Repetitive beats commenced, the drums played on, bottles started to boogie and after a few minutes we moved to a more “in yer face” part of the street where we had room to spread across the road, and the activities continued! Parcels, containing car-crunching facts, banana chips and leaflets were distributed to the many perplexed onlookers (many of whom had difficulty grasping the idea of something for nothing) while some more receptive individuals reacted to the overwhelming, radiating bananenergy and helplessly joined the dance manoeuvres never performed before, let alone in broad daylight! Giant banana “bull roarers” were swirled alongside some stunning juggling and slightly dangerous diablo launching. The now infamous and well-travelled “RESPECT banana” banner was erected over a street sign to much chanting and cheering - Yarrrrugaaaa! The police presence was kept to a passive duo who did nothing to try and restrict our activities or make any arrests, which was almost as shocking as the fact that no one slipped on absent-mindedly cast away banana peelings. For more info, please contact RAM 74 on 0141 424 1797.