Never Mind The Ballots...

London Reclaim the Streets are at it again! A massive ‘Two Day Festival of Resistance!’ is planned for the weekend of Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th April to coincide with the ‘March For Social Justice’ that has been called to highlight the need for social change. While Reclaim The Streets share this aim they do not believe that such a change will be brought about by the mediation of professional politicians, but by individual and collective participation in social affairs. In short -by direct action. Reclaim The Streets are urging people to attend the march with the expectation that an ‘RTS style’ event will coincidentally occur! According to Reclaim The Streets the festivities will continue into the next day with as yet to be announced events!

As an RTS activist said, “With the increasingly meaningless ritual of the general election drawing near, and with the main political parties committed to ‘more of the same’ or at best ‘tinkering with the details,’ what can be done by those with a vision of a liberated green society? Vote for the ‘lesser evil’? Work for change ‘inside the system’? Reclaim The Streets believe there is another way: to take direct action in the streets, in the fields and in the workplace to halt ecological destruction and create a direct democracy in a free and ecological society.”

To be involved in this ‘Two Day Festival of Resistance!’ join the ‘March For Social Justice’ on Saturday 12th April. It meets at 12 noon at Kennington Park, London. For more details contact London Reclaim The Streets, PO Box 9656, London, N4 4JY. Telephone: 0171 281 4621.