Feature: May Day For The UK
MAYDAY is RED for international workers day, GREEN for Beltane - the ancient fire and fertility festival that signals rebirth, and BLACK for the anarchists executed on MayDay 1886.
The "Class Of 2000" Photo
More than 300 people gathered on Sunday afternoon for a "Class of 2000" group photograph in an act of good-humoured defiance at the forthcoming Anti-terrorist bill. They purposely arrived dressed-up in the clothes that make the stereotypes of what "direct action" activists should look like, and in a party atmosphere endured the good two hours it took for the set up to be finished.
The photo was a spoof version of the Sergeant Peppers’ Lonely Hearts Club album cover and is being produced with contact details on the back of all the groups involved. Soon to be available from: A30 Group at the Manchester EF! address.
In depth legal analysis of bill 'www.blagged.freeserve.co.uk/terrorbill'
Details of the protest 'drink.to/dissent/'
The Conference
The anti-capitalist conference passed off without a hitch, and with satisfied participants all round. Workshops bashed out theoretical and strategic arguments, while the relaxed venue allowed much mingling and meeting between like-minded people.
Around The World
Actions, demo's and celebrations took place all round the world on this day, the traditional day of pagan celebration and solidarity amongst the oppressed of capitalism. 15,000 marched in S.Korea, 10,000 in Ankara, Turkey. 10,000 fought the police in Berlin, where one Swiss Anarchist was killed. The Dutch killed their Queen.
We can't list it all here, but try these websites:
www.indymedia.org
www.reclaimthestreets.net
www.freespeech.org/mayday2k