Terrorism Bill

On Feb 19th the New Terrorism Bill was enacted. The Act brings much of the Northern Ireland ‘emergency’ legislation into mainland UK law and broadens the definition of potential terrorist acts to include damage to property.

In celebration ‘terrorists’ took to the streets in Bristol and London. On Feb 17th people in Bristol staged a roving demo, visiting other actions been carried out that day. Demonstrators against school closures, the sanctions against Iraq and people outside Marks & Spencer (the UK’s largest importer of Israeli goods) were supported and given information.

In London on Feb 19th action started early with leafleting of New Scotland Yard, the Home Office and MI5. 1000+ leaflets based on a subverted version of police antiterrorism posters were distributed. Lab bottles containing GM plants were then delivered to various government departments as examples of “state terrorism” (reference to the Royal Society of Canada’s recent report on GMOs). The action culminated with the unfurling of a long black ‘terrorist’ banner in Parliament square and ‘Terrorist 19/02/01’ banners hung on statues of suffragette Emily Pankhurst and Nelson Mandela.

Contact Kebele kebele@marsbard.com and London RTS rts@gn.apc.org