Protests/Meetings/Events

[Volume8]

Simple thread concept

Share experiances that you have had of Protests, Meetings and Events, for instance anti racism festivals, Anarchist/Socialist/Communist meetings and protests no matter how trivial.

Share the wealth of your experiances!

(And if you have not been to any of the above and are actually an ignorant fool who has nothing to contribute to the thread, please feel free to spam in the community thread, thats what its there for, keep this topic on and around its original point)

[DeathHawk]

I've been to feminist protests.

They're interesting in meeting cool people but, just like in any group, there is a wealth of dumbasses.

The ones I've been to were for pro-choice and the usage of the abortion pill.

[Volume8]

I used to go to Anarchist meetings before the whole thing was destroyed as ive explained before, I personally blame the current fad but whatever. Idiots tend to kill off the attendence of good speakers.

Various protests, think im learning that if you stick out in a crowed when your at a protest they tend to label you as a trouble maker and make an example of you, the coppers that is.

Anti Facism events are actually a rarety in the south west of the uk but i try to attend them when they are on.

[sketchyjoe]

I went to this teenager's protest against the Iraq War but all the people there were idiots who wanted to get out of school and look cool. I wish I'd had a "You're all stupid posers" placard with me. It was terribly organised, there was no structure and some idiots broke into some places leading to the inevitable quasi-fascist editorials in the local paper about 'kid's today'. I just got annoyed with the idiots so I left.

Since I live in Oxford there are quite a few political meetings but most are just boring. It's like the People's Front Of Judea and the Judean People's Front.

[Volume8]

Notice how sit threads prosper in these forums, and the meaningful ones are lay to rest.

[Johnny EPHC]

I've been to peace protests a few times.

[Volume8]

Care to illabirate on the protests, inform the people who don't know what goes on at such events what it is actually all about.

[Jedi Jesus]

Protesting is actually one of the lowest forms of politicial involvement.

Take that time to do direct action in your community, help the homeless, animals, clean up parks.

I goto monthly DuPage Democrat meetings, those are pretty boring.

[IFlogMyMolly16]

I used to make sandwiches for homeless people in DC with my church. But I don't participate in that youth group anymore.

[Volume8]

Protesting is actually one of the lowest forms of politicial involvement.

Take that time to do direct action in your community, help the homeless, animals, clean up parks.

I goto monthly DuPage Democrat meetings, those are pretty boring.

Yes but some protests are neccissary, Like the closing of local libraries just to build a ****ing nght club in its place. Got in a bit or trouble at that one and the cunts still went ahead with it.

Few christmas's back i bought a few crates of beer with a mate and took it to the homeless shelter, They have a crap little dinner n all, we walked in and announced free ber for all, haha the religous knobs that ran the place were furious but nothing stood between the homeless dudes gettin a beer for with their meal.

Protesting is often the only way to get a message through to local councils, Protest's, Partitions and leaflet/poster campaigns.

A fair few people who go to protests are so shallow, they feel they are doing good in the world by turning up and standing about for a day, then going home around 5 for their tea. Makes them feel better about themselves, makes me ****ing sick!

[Nihilism'99]

I went to this teenager's protest against the Iraq War but all the people there were idiots who wanted to get out of school and look cool. I wish I'd had a "You're all stupid posers" placard with me. It was terribly organised, there was no structure and some idiots broke into some places leading to the inevitable quasi-fascist editorials in the local paper about 'kid's today'. I just got annoyed with the idiots so I left.

Front.
Yeah, we also had a school walk out against the war but like you said, kids thought it was cool to skip class so it kind of defeated the purpose of protesting the war.

I went to a World Bank and IMF protest which was good because there were so many different people protesting one thing, and I learned a lot more about the subject then I knew previously before I went to the protest.

[Nihilism'99]

I used to make sandwiches for homeless people in DC with my church. But I don't participate in that youth group anymore.
I'm in this school club SFSC-Students for Social Change and we did that a lot last year where we would make food and buy drinks and hand them out to homeless people.

[IFlogMyMolly16]

I'm in this school club SFSC-Students for Social Change and we did that a lot last year where we would make food and buy drinks and hand them out to homeless people.
Our community service thing at school is mostly just helping out with the Special school that's next door. I'd rather go out and help homeless.

[sketchyjoe]

A fair few people who go to protests are so shallow, they feel they are doing good in the world by turning up and standing about for a day, then going home around 5 for their tea. Makes them feel better about themselves, makes me ****ing sick!
There are a lot of people like that in Oxford. Upper Middle-Class hypocrites who support the welfare state and equality before sending their kids to a £3000-a-term private school. A lot of my parents friends are like that and seem to treat the fact that I go to a school that has 30% A*-C passes at GCSE and 40% ethnic minority students as some kind of mental handicap. What pisses me off is that whenever there is a council-funded program in the council estates for working class kids with single mothers it's full of these parents who come down to these community centres they'd usually never go near in a 1000 years to take advantage of something aimed at giving kids more likely to turn to crime/violence etc a chance to express themselves. It makes me sick. Their attitude seems to be "Save the Iraqis but Bomb the Pakis"

[Alley McSqueal]

I went to an Iraq war protest when it was first being discussed. Some Australian representative was in Aus and talking to Australians about it. The protest was really small, about 30 people, but we were interupting his little speech thing. Someone in the media asked him if he could do anything about the protesters, what would he do, and he said he'd shoot as us. A couple of pretty radical guys then got up in his face about being a fascist and got arrested.

[Brain Toad]

I have yet to go to a protest. I was going to go to one of the many in San Francisco about the war, but I saw how many morons were there, just to defy authority because it was cool, or to skip work/school.

[AIRIC]

Some kids walked out of MIDDLE SCHOOL for the war in Iraq, just to look cool, and it was ****ing sickening. Because all it did was get you suspended, and it proved or changed absolutely nothing. And if you asked these kids why they did it, it was usually some **** answer about Bush that made no sense.

[refuse_amen]

i'd like to get involved with the hunt sabs, but i don't know if their are any groups or hunts near where i live.

also, there was a BNP mp who came here a few weeks ago, and a big protest was organised. I would've gone, but it was a school day :(

[redstainedeyes]

im involved in a little thing called MMYAC(milton[the place where im from]mayors youth advisory council)
as far as i know we dont correspond with the mayor, but we organize stuff for youth, like meetings with a-hole store owners who all think were gonna steal stuff.
Its a good time though.

[skateMASTERbater2]

i went to a huge iraq protest before the war started. it turned out to be pretty useless, since the war started shortly after that

[DK44]

i'd like to get involved with the hunt sabs, but i don't know if their are any groups or hunts near where i live.

also, there was a BNP mp who came here a few weeks ago, and a big protest was organised. I would've gone, but it was a school day :(

http://hsa.enviroweb.org/hsa.shtml

thats's the site for the hunt saboteurs association, click on the groups section and it gives you links to a lot of the sab groups in the uk, hope it helps

[AIRIC]

im involved in a little thing called MMYAC(milton[the place where im from]mayors youth advisory council)
as far as i know we dont correspond with the mayor, but we organize stuff for youth, like meetings with a-hole store owners who all think were gonna steal stuff.
Its a good time though.


Milton in New York, near Ballston Spa?

[refuse_amen]

http://hsa.enviroweb.org/hsa.shtml

thats's the site for the hunt saboteurs association, click on the groups section and it gives you links to a lot of the sab groups in the uk, hope it helps

yeah i know that site, the nearest ones are about half an hour away. thanks for the help anyways.

[Saberpunk]

I haven't been to a protest in a long time, mainly because noone at any protests around where i live gives a crap about what their protesting and i don't want to be seen with people like that. i do try to make the city a better place by helping out at soup kitchens/habitat for humanity, things like that. but since im homeschooled i probably miss out on lots of youth oriented activisim projects

[Anti-Prefix]

I've protested against the GAP a couple of times. In different places around Philadelphia, we hand out these leaflets in front of the store or building. It was relatively successful. If you're interested email or aim me and i can send you the leaflet we were handing out.

[mole]

Even though this is a bumped thread, March 19th is the anti-war protest around the whole U.S., if I remembered correctly from the inauguration protests. I may check it out at Central Park, if it's not on a school day.

[Anti-Prefix]

Even though this is a bumped thread, March 19th is the anti-war protest around the whole U.S., if I remembered correctly from the inauguration protests. I may check it out at Central Park, if it's not on a school day.

I might too. Do you think you could check that date?

[mole]

I'm pretty sure it's March 19th, nation-wide.

[Nihilism'99]

I went to a protest of the IMF World Bank last year. It was pretty cool a lot of people, a lot of chants. Had the hippies, anarchists, speakers, and reporters-usual stuff.

[invrtedflag]

i had a school walkout once i was the only one that walked out....................

[TheNowhereman42]

Just today I acctually went to Freedom Uprising festival at the Santa Monica College bell tower. It was cool, they had a few performers there, some food, a bunch of workshops. Just a cool little place to chill out.

I went to the Pasedena Anarchist Federation thing on the Iraqi war fanniversery and we all took an area and passed out pamphlets, stood infront of supermarkets, etc, it was their "mobilize like cats, not sheep" protest strategy.

I've been to a few meetings at the Anarchist Cafe that they do every so often, and I've been to a couple things at the Black Book Anarchist Bookstore, as well as a few random Food Not Bombs gatherings. On friday got invited to a vegan potluck at a new anarchist space, The Gaian-Mind in Longbeach, but unfortunatly could not attend.

I might go to the Mayday Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Authoritarian gathring thing tomorrow in LA, if I can gather some gas money or find a carpool. I went to the Zapatista Festival last Saturday too, and I've done a few random marches at times.

[asdf]

On friday I went to a critical mass bike ride. Critical mass is bicyclists things done all around the world. It's where bicyclists get together (usually on the last friday of every month) and ride through the streets during rush hour together. It's to show that bikes are a good source of alternative transportation. Also some people protest in need of bike paths, and others want to show car drivers that bicyclists are part of traffic. Then there are a couple people who do it for the sake of being assholes, but there are very few of them.

It was really fun. I did it 4 years ago too. We get both honks of anger and honks of support from car drivers. It's a really fun expirience if you're a bike rider. Even more fun if you want to meet new people in your town.

www.critical-mass.org see if your town has one.

[TheNowhereman42]

How can you differ between a honk of anger and a honk of support?

[asdf]

How can you differ between a honk of anger and a honk of support?
Sometimes you can see the person in their car. If they wave happily or shout "woohoo!" out of their car, it's for support. Other then that I just assume it's pissed off people.

[invrtedflag]

the finger is a good sign of a honk of anger

[TheNowhereman42]

Ah cool cool, I'd go to one in LA, but I'd have to drive to it so that would kind of defeat the purpose. I'd love to be able to bike everywhere, but my school is 20 minutes away and if I ride the bus I have to wait in the freezing cold for an hour or get there late.

[asdf]

Ah cool cool, I'd go to one in LA, but I'd have to drive to it so that would kind of defeat the purpose. I'd love to be able to bike everywhere, but my school is 20 minutes away and if I ride the bus I have to wait in the freezing cold for an hour or get there late.
A couple of people biked to the critical mass in my town from far far away. It took them 4 hours to get there, they claimed. As soon as they got to the meeting spot, one of their tires popped. I felt so bad for the guy :(

I do bike everywhere because I'm too poor for a car, I have no interest in driving, I was raised to hate cars, and I don't really have anywhere to go that I can't bike, walk, bus, or freeload a car ride from a friend to.

[AIRIC]

That's really cool.

[asdf]

During the bike ride we all got into single file (probably 40 people) and biked through the vallet parking at this nice hotel. I heard some kids laughing, and saw the vallet parkers being confused. good times.

[AIRIC]

That really sounds fun, actually. Except I'm not really to much of a biker.

[invrtedflag]

i live in a rural area so i cant really bike everywhere but if i lived in the city i def would

[shane italian]

Do anti-black seminars count?

[username77]

Haha, I live on Cape Cod, so its just a bunch of old rich people. Id probably have to drive an hour to go to any sort of protest, a d seeing as Im 14, I dont see that happening any time soon. But Id definatly go to any sort of anarchist/anti war meetings that popped up.

[BlkWidowBassist]

I had a mosh party thing in school. it was great i had like 30 kids moshing about, and when teachers came they tried to stop people but were to scared of getting hurt so they just said stop! then the bell rang to go to your class (we have a 10 min class switch), and we all just grabbed our bags and went to class teachers didnt do anything! it was grewat were gonna do it again on the last day of school.

also on the last day of school we have 27 people ready to march into school wearing punk & goth style clothes and we have a american flag that we have spraypainted a anarchy logo on. and the princible said we could have an american flag on a pole brought in to the school.

well thats it sorry for the long post.

[Oi_addict]

I did not have the chace to do lot of event like this because i'm 15 and the only place were these things happens in Quebec is montreal and i'm about 1 hour far from montreal by car. But i had the chance to go to the manifestation about the money that the governement did not spend on scholarship but nothing really happened, we just walked like 2 hours and thats all.

[coheneran]

I was in Dissent's G8 protests, that was fun. I was in the protests in London about DSei, got arrested there, for being 'equipped with intent to cause criminal damage'! I had a permanent marker and some spray paint for God's sake! I was arrested under the Terrorism Act. Apparantly a permanent marker is a 'tool of terrorism'. Are they going to arrest every person who has a pen because he might use it to sign for a delivery of dirty plutonium?!

To anyone protesting in Britain, if the police detain you (not arrest) and make you move from place to place and other stuff they shouldn't be able to do, if they say anything about Section 60 or Section 44, then yes, it's a bummer, but they can do all those things. It means they can blockade any road at any time for whatever reason, they can search people for weapons without suspicion, they can move whole groups of people as long as there are over twenty of them, they can confiscate anything that could be used to hide a person's identity, they can detain you for up to 6 hours, but if they don't tell you why by 20 minutes, that's 'against the rules'.

[TakeWarning]

I was in Dissent's G8 protests, that was fun. I was in the protests in London about DSei, got arrested there, for being 'equipped with intent to cause criminal damage'! I had a permanent marker and some spray paint for God's sake! I was arrested under the Terrorism Act. Apparantly a permanent marker is a 'tool of terrorism'. Are they going to arrest every person who has a pen because he might use it to sign for a delivery of dirty plutonium?!

To anyone protesting in Britain, if the police detain you (not arrest) and make you move from place to place and other stuff they shouldn't be able to do, if they say anything about Section 60 or Section 44, then yes, it's a bummer, but they can do all those things. It means they can blockade any road at any time for whatever reason, they can search people for weapons without suspicion, they can move whole groups of people as long as there are over twenty of them, they can confiscate anything that could be used to hide a person's identity, they can detain you for up to 6 hours, but if they don't tell you why by 20 minutes, that's 'against the rules'.

My Religion teacher went through the new terrorism laws today in class. Absolute bullshit, next time I go out with fireworks on me I could end up in jail for two weeks without any reason. And if I try to run from the cops they can legally shoot me dead.

[StruckEverywhere]

On friday I went to a critical mass bike ride.

I've seen flyers around for that.

I bike as much as I can, purely because I flat out prefer to.

[coheneran]

I've seen flyers around for that.

I bike as much as I can, purely because I flat out prefer to.

I believe Cambridge has a Critical Mass every Friday. We also had one for the DSEi protests, we held up loads of traffic and a bunch of cop-carriers.

I used to bike around loads, but there was too much maintenance to do as my bike kept falling apart, and it's not fun to run around the road every time there are no cars around in the pouring London acid rain trying to find the little hexagonal screw that keeps your pedal on your bike.

Does anyone know any protests/demonstrations coming up in England, or sites that list them?
And has anyone been to Rossport?

[Mr.Shankly]

There was one in D.C. with Le Tigre, Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, and a buncha others i wanted to go to, but I couldn't... I had to go to some family thing instead.

[Aus Rotten]

Haven't been to a Protest or an event of the sort yet, but I want to go soon. They look very interesting, and from what i've researched online, i'd meet lots of interesting/like-minded people. It seems like a great medium to learn a lot. I was supposed to attend the annual Mumim Abu-Jamal rally in the city this past year, but went to a show instead, forgot which show.

[coheneran]

Haven't been to a Protest or an event of the sort yet, but I want to go soon. They look very interesting, and from what i've researched online, i'd meet lots of interesting/like-minded people. It seems like a great medium to learn a lot. I was supposed to attend the annual Mumim Abu-Jamal rally in the city this past year, but went to a show instead, forgot which show.

there are always demonstrations and protests going on. try googling your city and protests/demonstrations.

[asdf]

I've seen flyers around for that.

I bike as much as I can, purely because I flat out prefer to.
Same with me, and same with my mom. My mom is 50 years old, doesn't have a license, and hasn't driven since the 70's.

[whowritesyourrules]

i just went to a protest yesterday. organized by the world cant wait organization. i met a lot of cool peope adn anarchists

[Let's Chop Cats!]

This thread is so old.

[Culture Shock]

There was one in D.C. with Le Tigre, Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, and a buncha others i wanted to go to, but I couldn't... I had to go to some family thing instead.

Yeah, that was Operation Ceasefire hosted by Jello Biafra. That concert was actually very minor compared to the rest of the anti-war events on September 24th with over 300,000 people attending.

I also met Sam (Anti-Prefix) at the Green Festival that was held on the same day, same place.

[jonny no-name]

i live in northen cali and live 45 minits away from even a movie theater so not much out here in the way of protests. i am planing on makeing my own biodiesel. my way of "sticking it to the man"

[coheneran]

i live in northen cali and live 45 minits away from even a movie theater so not much out here in the way of protests. i am planing on makeing my own biodiesel. my way of "sticking it to the man"

If my american geography is correct, it probably isn't, northern cali is the part with most of the redwoods isn't it? because if it is you're surrounded by small camps of Forest Defenders from Earth First! and Green Peace Action and Friend Of The Earth. They're full of conscientous punks and other activists (well duh).

[dropkickstreetpunk2]

I remember this thread.

I was supposed to go to a protest 2 weeks ago, but it rained like a bitch. BUT, theres one coming up soon.

[coheneran]

I remember this thread.

I was supposed to go to a protest 2 weeks ago, but it rained like a bitch. BUT, theres one coming up soon.

What part of the world are you in?

[jonny no-name]

If my american geography is correct, it probably isn't, northern cali is the part with most of the redwoods isn't it? because if it is you're surrounded by small camps of Forest Defenders from Earth First! and Green Peace Action and Friend Of The Earth. They're full of conscientous punks and other activists (well duh).
i went to soulfest a few weeks back, but you could hardly call that a protest. but i woudnt be suprised if there was many orgnizations around here, i just havent looked. im only 16 so my choices are limited by the parents.

[angryyoungandpoor]

No protests where i live, and i have to drive because im in a rural area. I would have gone to a anti-war protest in a city near me a couple years ago but i didnt have a ride.

[RudeBoyStompin]

Has anyone ever been to Burning Man Festival? I would love to go sometime. I think I'm going to the summer after I graduate high school if at all possible.

[pedro durruti]

I saw a Malcolm in the Middle episode where they went to that and it looks like a big hippie partying fest

[Skidmark Steve]

My local public transportation is on strike :upset:. It's going to suck getting to shows now

[RudeBoyStompin]

I saw a Malcolm in the Middle episode where they went to that and it looks like a big hippie partying fest

Yeah it also experiments with the concept of a gift economy. Little to no money is exchanged during the festival. There's also I lot of art displays which interest me. And when they torch the burning man sculpture, that must be something to behold.

[coheneran]

My local public transportation is on strike :upset:. It's going to suck getting to shows now

JOIN THE PICKETS! FIGHT THE FATCATS! FASCIST PIGS, ON THE BEAT! FASCIST PIGS, IN THE STREETS!

I just came back from a Class War bonfire night party in Hackney. It was fun. Cool fireworks, a bonfire, general putting down of the police, burning effigies of Thatcher, Reagan, Blair and I made one of Sharon. Alcohol, ganja, you know how it goes. I got invited to a squat party in Manor House or Manor Park somewhere by a guy from Colorado.

[Brain Toad]

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

[Flagjacket]

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.
Flyering!

[TheNowhereman42]

Yeah it also experiments with the concept of a gift economy. Little to no money is exchanged during the festival. There's also I lot of art displays which interest me. And when they torch the burning man sculpture, that must be something to behold.

Its all a bit pagan though.

[coheneran]

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

Why are you against picketing?

[Anti-Prefix]

Did anyone go to the huge anti-war protest in Washington D.C.? I went, and it was a very emotional experience. It was cool to see all the Vietnam war veterans carrying the same flags they carried back then. Anyway, it was really awesome, and I was wondering if anyone else in the punk forum went.

[Brain Toad]

Why are you against picketing?
Congratulations, you get jokes!

Did anyone go to the huge anti-war protest in Washington D.C.? I went, and it was a very emotional experience. It was cool to see all the Vietnam war veterans carrying the same flags they carried back then. Anyway, it was really awesome, and I was wondering if anyone else in the punk forum went.

Was that the World Can't Wait protest, or another one?

World Can't Wait was in SF (and across the country) last wednesday. 13 people got arrested, 2 for molotov cocktails, what morons.

[shane italian]

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.Stop pawning Hedburg jokes off as your own.

[Brain Toad]

Stop pawning Hedburg jokes off as your own.

I never said it was my own.

[coheneran]

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

I still don't get it...
Is picketing in the USA the same as it is in England?

[Skidmark Steve]

I still don't get it...
Is picketing in the USA the same as it is in England?
hes AGAINST picketing, but he doesnt know how to show it (meaning he would be picketing AGAINST picketing to show it)

*rubs sweat off face* i hope that cleared it up for you, i said "picketing" to many times for one sentance.

[Anarchy&Peace]

The picketing joke was terrible, it made me unlaugh.

[one dead punk]

no it was very clever a well thought out joke. good work man really good work.

[Rise Me Up]

Today all the skateboaders in my town are going befroe the city council and requesting a skatepark because we're tired of being kicked out of everywhere. This is just the first in a series of meetings we will have and we are expecting a large turnout of folks.

[Culture Shock]

Today all the skateboaders in my town are going befroe the city council and requesting a skatepark because we're tired of being kicked out of everywhere. This is just the first in a series of meetings we will have and we are expecting a large turnout of folks.

Be prepared to protest in a few years or whenever they finish their half-assed park.

[Scabies]

yeah, councils have no idea how to build skateparks, they never ask skaters what they actually want in there park. our local one has been falling apart for years.

[Scabies]

yeah, councils have no idea how to build skateparks, they never ask skaters what they actually want in there park. our local one has been falling apart for years.

[Rise Me Up]

We would be satisfied with anything, honestly.

[holy_roller99]

we have been trying to get a skatepark here 4 years but the council keeps claiming there was not enough support but there is quite a few skaters in town and thier parents too. lazy council ****s.

[coheneran]

We would be satisfied with anything, honestly.

Trust me, get involved in the planning or trash the whole idea. My borough council in London (Barnet) built a skatepark ON THE SIDE OF A HILL! I'm not kidding. It consists of 100s of metal rails going down the tarmacked hill and a slippery metal quarter pipe in the end that's too thin to do anything on it safely, apart from lip tricks.

[Brain Toad]

When they were planning a skatepark around here they had a bunch of skaters work on the planning comittee. But they still haven't built the park. The town next time mine has one, which is behind a Taco Bell and just looks like a bunch of speed bumps.

[coheneran]

When they were planning a skatepark around here they had a bunch of skaters work on the planning comittee. But they still haven't built the park. The town next time mine has one, which is behind a Taco Bell and just looks like a bunch of speed bumps.

That's because skaters are stupid and don't think of people like us bladers and the poor BMXers.

[insalubrious]

protests...i went on strike from work...but the strike was about pay debat...and how we wanted more...i didnt join the pickets...i'm as punX as charlie chaplin flucking hanika rice...that...i'd...pay...to...see

[DaveToopes]

The skatepark in my town is a joke, everything's broken and the coping on the mini ramp is gone. There's a nice concrete one like 20 minutes away, and a pretty big indoor one. I don't skate anymore, I used to inline though.

[Rise Me Up]

Okay, I'm back from the meeting 45+ parents/sakters showed up. We must become an organinzation first, but basically they said "IN time". Hoorah.

[skavid]

Well, I went to a "No Coal Plant" protest/informational meeting last night. Learned some stuff, knew some stuff already, but it was quite a good meeting. They had lots of people from the Clean Air Coalition, allergists, hippies, all sorts of people. Very well organized. Got a free sign and some bumper stickers too.

[WorldWideTakeover]

I went to the massive protest in DC a few months back. It was incredible; there were like 300,000 people there, and there were maybe another 100,000 who were unable to get to the city because the metro "had a schedualed maintainence." I even saw a few street punx scattered throughout the crowd, and a hardcore/hippie girl. That was weird. But after the protest, there was the Operation Ceasefire concert. I showed up about half an hour early, and there was no one there, so I was in the front row when JELLO BIAFRA started hosting the whole thing. It was great; me and my friend were 20 feet away from him. Then some psuedo-punk bands came on, and a few acoustic people, and there were some speakers in between, like Cindy Sheehan. There was also this Hip-Hop band there called the Coup. I usually shy away from anything even related to the genre, but they were actually really good. Really. I was just starting to get really happy because Ian MacKaye's new band was going to be on next, but then my friend's mom got bitchy and made us leave. That sucked alot of anus. So anyway, thats about the only real protest I've ever been to, and actually the only time I've ever seen any big name Punk people.

[Culture Shock]

I went to the massive protest in DC a few months back. It was incredible; there were like 300,000 people there, and there were maybe another 100,000 who were unable to get to the city because the metro "had a schedualed maintainence." I even saw a few street punx scattered throughout the crowd, and a hardcore/hippie girl. That was weird. But after the protest, there was the Operation Ceasefire concert. I showed up about half an hour early, and there was no one there, so I was in the front row when JELLO BIAFRA started hosting the whole thing. It was great; me and my friend were 20 feet away from him. Then some psuedo-punk bands came on, and a few acoustic people, and there were some speakers in between, like Cindy Sheehan. There was also this Hip-Hop band there called the Coup. I usually shy away from anything even related to the genre, but they were actually really good. Really. I was just starting to get really happy because Ian MacKaye's new band was going to be on next, but then my friend's mom got bitchy and made us leave. That sucked alot of anus. So anyway, thats about the only real protest I've ever been to, and actually the only time I've ever seen any big name Punk people.

Hopefully you weren't one of those kids 'moshing' for that.

[TheNowhereman42]

Ian is lame

[FunknPunk]

Ian is lame
wheres th love, man?

[WorldWideTakeover]

Well no, I wasn't one of the three or four kids who were sort of dancing, but I could see them from where I was. They just kindof had a circle going for a little while, but no one else was into it so they stopped pretty quickly. And I actually have no idea what the new Ian is like, but I figure it would still be good to see him, just to say that I have.

[coheneran]

I went to the massive protest in DC a few months back. It was incredible; there were like 300,000 people there, and there were maybe another 100,000 who were unable to get to the city because the metro "had a schedualed maintainence." I even saw a few street punx scattered throughout the crowd, and a hardcore/hippie girl. That was weird. But after the protest, there was the Operation Ceasefire concert. I showed up about half an hour early, and there was no one there, so I was in the front row when JELLO BIAFRA started hosting the whole thing. It was great; me and my friend were 20 feet away from him. Then some psuedo-punk bands came on, and a few acoustic people, and there were some speakers in between, like Cindy Sheehan. There was also this Hip-Hop band there called the Coup. I usually shy away from anything even related to the genre, but they were actually really good. Really. I was just starting to get really happy because Ian MacKaye's new band was going to be on next, but then my friend's mom got bitchy and made us leave. That sucked alot of anus. So anyway, thats about the only real protest I've ever been to, and actually the only time I've ever seen any big name Punk people.

Sounds pretty awesome, shame about your friend's mum though. Word to the wise, always go after punk/hippie chicks you see in protests/demonstrations/meetings/concerts. They are really nice (I know I'm generalising, but still) and there are very few posers among them, mostly because they look too silly to be considered cool enough to pose as. And some of them are very sexually open-minded (ie. they will shag you even if you is a minger, or if they have a boyfriend:thumb:).