Action And Words

On Oct 7th the ‘No War but the Class War’ discussion group was holding an open meeting about a class-based response to the current ‘war’. 30 minutes into the meeting news of the first US bombings arrived, within the hour they were out in the streets. 60 people set off down Regents Street with loud, vocal “No War but the Class War” chants. Receiving support and encouragement from both pedestrians and motorists (despite the hold-up to traffic) they reached Pall Mall before the cops discovered them.

Shunning the gathering leftists in Trafalgar Square the group pushed on to Downing Street where a Socialist Party member told them all to shut-up as their collective voices were drowning out her megaphone! As their numbers were swelled by those who saw movement and activity as better than just standing around, the police began to see them as more of a threat. As a game of cat-and-mouse ensued numbers gradually dropped before the group dispersed to either go home or join the other groups out on the street.

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