may day and indymedia

beanis
Posts: 224 Joined: 26-09-03
Submitted by beanis on 5 May, 2006 - 00:27.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/manchester/2006/05/339480.html

what do people think of the discussion on this indymedia thread?

Steven. ""Best hair at Unison conference""
Posts: 1854 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
5 May, 2006 - 01:03

That huw guy is talking sense. This also made me laugh:

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well bum

03.05.2006 13:17

me and twenty of my mates are, like, well pissed at capitalism and the state and, like, world starvation and shit so we decided to have a well bum picnic against world starvation yeah? but its manchester and it rained right which is well macca. so we danced against capitalism instead yeah? cos like it was mayday and these 4 blokes got killed ages ago in america right? and we hate the po po man they're like well macca and shit? and we totally reclaimed the printworks yeah cos its like evil and shit - people just go there and like drink alcohol and watch well raas films about war and how great america is and stuff but we reckon america is rubbish. cos we reckon, right, that if all the people shopping and spending they're money on crap that they don't need can see us having a party and dancing and stuff instead of buying stuff, they'll start dancing too, and then they'll probably go vegan, and then they'll all call in sick and tell they're mates in liverpool about it, and then there'll be a general strike cos all the workers will join in and all start dancing in the streets, even the peasants in poor countries where they don't have anything to eat will start dancing and everything will be like well bum and like totally dutty man.

de niro

Holy shit just re-read this:

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You Are Not Your Things

03.05.2006 02:18

An excellent day, which if nothing else made a few people think.

Quote of the day: Mother (to son): "That's what happens when you do drugs" (points at march).

I thought that was well funny, and taking the piss, but then no I see it's posted by someone involved, who then says

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Perhaps some more literature needed, but for a rainswept manc day a considerable turnout. I'll post up some pics once i've uploaded them.

eek

beanis
Posts: 224 Joined: 26-09-03
5 May, 2006 - 07:31

i think de niro may be our friend submission.

lucy82 "evolutionary baggage"
Posts: 1806 Joined: 31-05-04
5 May, 2006 - 11:37

yeah, i figured it was.

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cos like it was mayday and these 4 blokes got killed ages ago in america right?

what you talking about? confused

we pledge alliegance only to love angry

Kidda
Posts: 472 Joined: 30-09-03
21 June, 2006 - 12:50
lucy82 wrote:
yeah, i figured it was.

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cos like it was mayday and these 4 blokes got killed ages ago in america right?

what you talking about? confused

we pledge alliegance only to love angry

a proper coffee at screen moment, cheers lucy grin

ftony "crews are for boats"
Posts: 3705 Joined: 26-05-04 Location: East London
21 June, 2006 - 15:51

crap action, but generally very twatty responses too

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beanis
Posts: 224 Joined: 26-09-03
21 June, 2006 - 16:33

what do you mean by 'twatty' ?

ftony "crews are for boats"
Posts: 3705 Joined: 26-05-04 Location: East London
23 June, 2006 - 13:28

i mean a lot of them could have been done in a much more constructive way IMO. you don't just lay into someone for doing a crappy action (which it was) you try and make a better go of it for next time these people decide to have an 'action'- maybe suggest other things to do, maybe suggest groups/orgs they can go to and encourage their youthful exhuberance to get channelled into something more positive and useful.

i must say though, the 'well at least they're doing something' argument doesn't really work for me. yes, they are doing *something*, now let's get together and do something better next time.

beanis
Posts: 224 Joined: 26-09-03
5 July, 2006 - 08:13

most people on that 'demo' are a fair bit older than me.

anyway,

yes the criticism should be constructive, i think most of it was, well, at the end it was.