Anti-SOCPA Events

[Annie]

The following are a number of events protesting against the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA), which allows for the setting up of an FBI-style organisation in the UK, and also excludes protesters from a kilometre radius around the Houses of Parliament.

Annie


Subject: Time to Push It
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> Dear Folks
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> This email is about events and meetings upcoming and is a request for
> everyone to help and get more involved with everything that is going
> on in coming weeks.
>
> Please read carefully and make a note of dates, and if you have the
> time please help out if you are able. We need help promoting and
> organising the party, and also in preparing for the coming actions.
> The more of us that get involved in the making of props etc, the more
> fun, and effective it will be
>
> Also, as mentioned by Sean and Jeff - especially want to draw your attention
> to
> APRIL 1st - THE NEW UK-FBI AGENCY [see below]
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> For you diaries/for the front of the web page:
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> [1] Saturday April 1st SOCPA Day of Action from 11am at London Eye
> [more on this below]
> [2] Saturday April 1st SOCPA Benefit Party at 21 Russell Square [come
> to planning meeting!]
> [3] Sunday April 2nd 12 Noon SOCPA Civil Disobedience in Parliament
> Square to mark the anniversary of Fallujah see www.voicesuk.org
> [4] Saturday April 22nd and 23rd Freedom Weekend Runnymede to Parly Square
> For more info on this see
> http://www.peopleincommon.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23 next meeting to
> be announced soon
> and also please help distribute poster at
> http://www.peopleincommon.org/images/alt_st_georges_flyer.pdf
> We especially need people to help give out fliers about this at the
> STWC March this weekend. Any volunteers?
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> [5] May 1st - Human Chain around Westminster - please sign
> up/encourage others to do so. Link on front page of PIC site. Again,
> would be good to flier this at the march this weekend - print out the
> pledgebank page and photocopy if you can..
>
> APRIL 1st
>
> Seeing as April 1st is the traditional day of truth telling and that
> this year it also sees the setting up of a new UK version of the FBI
> under the terms of SOCPA please join us for a day of action in the
> SOCPA Zone [and, assuming we have worked out by then where the new
> agency will be based and if it is having some kind of press launch,
> elsewhere]
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> This action will take the form of a Fools' Parade starting at the
> London Eye at 11am going on into Parliament Square. It will be done in
> order to raise awareness about the campaign against SOCPA and in
> particular to promote the various up and coming events. It will
> involve childrens' games, puppets, teddy bears, planting seeds and
> truth telling.
>
> Meetings about all this are taking place this week and it would be
> good if some members of the picnic gang could attend. Especially
> seeing as the evening of the 1st we are also holding, in conjunction
> with CIRCA, our first benefit gig at 21 Russell Square!
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> Details of these meetings are as follow.
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> [1] Creative Meeting [some of us will begin making props and puppets
> etc] Thursday 16th at 2pm RAMPART [Rampart Street, near Aldgate East]
> [2] Planning Meeting at 8pm 21 Russell Square.
> [3] April 1st gig/benefit planning this Wednesday 15th at
> 7pm Russell Square. We need people to promote, operate the door/bar
> that night and also performers to volunteer
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> All in all, the general idea is to make April a month of pushing
> harder against SOCPA with a climax on Mayday.
>
> Also, the BBC are planning on attending the picnic [on a small scale]
> this Sunday 19th so would be good to have a reasonable attendance
>
> Cheers
> M
> Xx
>
> PS - if you haven't already please sign up to the list as it makes
> communications much easier.
> To do this, go to https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/peopleincommon
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The Picnic meets every Sunday in Parliament Square, on the Green at
around 1.30pm
For more info on Alternative St George please go to
http://www.peopleincommon.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23
Or join the list at http://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/peopleincommon