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May Day
("
May Fayre
") has been synonomous with "a day of protesting" in the
UK
(and indeed the rest of the world it seems) and has been dubbed as a "
spring
ritual
" by the media. Anti-capitalist
rallies
are held around the country, the largest being held in
London
(the
square mile
of Central London usually). In recent years these protests have been marred by
vandalism
(causing thousands of pounds worth of damage in
Oxford Street
,
Soho
and
Parliament Square
).
Timeline of protests
May 1, 2003
Protesters gathered around
Trafalgar Square
in a mostly peaceful (only 7 arrests were made compared to 54 in 2002) demonstration and the majority had dispersed by 4pm. Around 200 people remained and danced to tunes provided by a mobile sound system or simply sat and watched. A group marched from Trafalgar Square to
Parliament Square
where they climbed trees and shouted at
Downing Street
. The theme was "weapons of mass destruction" and small groups of demonstrators around the country staged protests against arms and
oil
companies.
May 1, 2002
Two seperate protests - the
TUC
(trade union) march which went from
Green Park
to
Trafalgar Square
(with approval from the authorities), and an independent protest by anarchists held around
Mayfair
. Also worth mentioning was the "
Critical Mass
bike ride" in the morning from
Camden Town
to the
American Embassy
at
Grosvenor Square
. Trouble flared up when police engaged demonstrators in the Soho area. The police were later
sued
by a handful of individuals for wrongful detention.
May 1, 2001
Central London is
paralysed
by a day of violence and some shops are attacked by a
hardcore
of protesters. Police in
riot gear
detain thousands of peaceful protesters in Oxford Street and nearby Soho for up to eight hours.
Police evoke
special powers
to detain the crowd that includes many innocent people who were accidentally caught up in the demonstration.
May 1, 2000
Central London descends into
chaos
as several thousand protestors descend on
Whitehall
in the first of what will be known as the "May Day Protests". After several hours of peaceful protest a number of protestors leave
Parliament Square
and
march
up towards
Trafalgar Square
. A number of monuments, including
Winston Churchill
's statue and the
Cenotaph
are defaced and a branch of
McDonald's
is vandalised (yay). The police operation - the biggest in the capital for a political demonstration for 30 years - are criticised for taking a 'softly softly' approach. Thirty people are arrested.
Full coverage...
If you've got any more information, particularly May Day world events, please /msg me.
Some of the timeline information was legally reproduced from Guardian Unlimited (free news service).
Further reading:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
http://www.ananova.co.uk/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
http://www.time.com/
http://www.riseup.net/ourmayday/mayday/
http://www.ourmayday.org.uk/
http://fergusmurray.members.beeb.net/may2002.htm
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