Welsh anti-WTO protest

hiya

on nov 30th a coilition of groups held a nonviolent and colourful protest march in the high street in bangor, north wales.

organised by gwynnedd and mon EF! the demo attracted a big range of allies including the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru whose leader Dafydd Wigely emailed a message of support.

what was exciting was that this was a demo that had such a radical agenda and yet still attracted so much "straight" political support and public interest -we ran out of leaflets in about 10 minutes!!! (and got more...)

approx 40 people attended the demo (a lot for bangor as it goes so no bwhahhahas please...!)- a lot of new faces- and there was good press coverage and, on the streets, a lot of people who wanted to get info, talk over the issues etc.

so "just" as a public education exercise this was very positive as the seed for future coilitions it was also very positive- good connections made- the EF! group has got a lot more interest as a result which in turn has rekindled motivation. more actions to follow!!

(its cos the wto is so obviously shit for so many many reasons- and lots and lots of 'ordinary people' know this quite instinctively i feel- thats why "they" have to go to such extraordinary lengths to debunk us,write us off as the lunatic fringe rather than as being the active manifestation of what a lot of people feel)

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alexandra plows
sop04a@bangor.ac.uk