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2003-06-02 Fifth Column

Anti-capitalist protesters wonder where to go next

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Posted by Steve 2003-06-02 12:24 pm|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "We're still winning!" graffiti'd on the side of a porta-potty is a pep talk?
Anybody else out there thinking that maybe Microsoft should provide i-Loos for Halkidiki?

Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-06-02 12:46:27|| 2003-06-02 12:46:27|| Front Page Top

#2 The anti-globalisation movement, a regular if uninvited guest at world economic conferences, is wondering which way to go after its disappointing show at the Group of Eight summit in Evian.

Suggestion: North. These wankers should go north as far as it is possible to go north, and when that point is reached, stay there.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-06-02 12:54:21|| 2003-06-02 12:54:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, I don't know... HELL?

Posted by Celissa 2003-06-02 13:20:13|| [www.celissasblog.com/weblog.php] 2003-06-02 13:20:13|| Front Page Top

#4 " ... heartless Masters of the Universe."

This sounds like the invention of the comic books. Which is appropriate given these comical figures.

They remind me of the "Rainbow" group out here in the western United States which are an itinerant band of counter-cultures that encamp for great lengths of time by squatting on land in the forest.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-06-02 14:41:44|| 2003-06-02 14:41:44|| Front Page Top

#5 I can't help wondering if some of the funding that previously helped to organize these rebels without a clue, has dried up a bit. No doubt the financial activities of "charities" and "peace foundations" are feeling a bit of heat from the war on terrorism. Could it be that the loss of subsidy checks to the George Galloways and others-less-known is putting a damper on their recruiting efforts?

Let's hope so.

Posted by Becky 2003-06-02 18:28:45|| 2003-06-02 18:28:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Where to go? Why Bunia of course! Where globalization is absent and the food organic. Party in a non-industrialized, non-developed enviornment free of evil capitialism.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-06-02 18:29:30|| 2003-06-02 18:29:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds like they may be starting to realize that they're an international fucking joke.

Posted by tu3031 2003-06-02 21:47:07|| 2003-06-02 21:47:07|| Front Page Top

#8 "There were maybe fewer people than in Genoa... partly because the strikes against pension reforms in France limited the presence of the trade unions"

Yeah, that's right, blame the poor trade unions for messing up your well planned outing.

The next big date on the protest calendar is June 21

That's much better. Just in time for summer break.

"What to do? What to do?"
"I guess get a job for the summer?"
"You fool! Create wealth for 'heartless Masters of the Universe'? Are you a simplisme Americaine?"
"You mean we should something important? Then we need a cunning plan!"
"No, fool! A VERY CUNNING PLAN!"

Posted by Bubblehead 2003-06-02 23:41:24|| 2003-06-02 23:41:24|| Front Page Top

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