MASS ACT OF DEFIANCE: Sunday 7 August

[ian neal]

For the Right to Protest

Assemble 12 noon, Sunday 7 August, Parliament Square

The new Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (April 2005) makes all
unauthorised protests within 1km of Parliament illegal after 1 August. Five
people have already been arrested under the new law and the weekly Anti-war
Community Picket of the
Global Women Strike (also in the Square, see [B] below) is likely to be its
next target. However the law affects *all* activists and campaigners.

PLEASE JOIN US ON 7 AUGUST: Bring your banners, leaflets, placards and
campaigns for peace, human rights, asylum rights, labour rights, animal
rights, social justice, international solidarity, the environment etc... to
this action to defy the new anti-protest legislation and defend the right to
demonstrate near Parliament.

PLEASE NOTE:
[1] THERE IS A RISK OF ARREST AT THIS ACTION, since it is an unauthorised
protest against a law which makes such protests illegal. Please read the
legal briefing below before deciding to attend.
[2] THIS IS A PEACEFUL PROTEST: participants should not harm or dehumanise
any human being at this event.

Called by the Mass Act of Defiance Group. For more info. e-mail
massactofdefiance@fastmail.fm.