[Free-sklyarov-uk] Protests

[Timothy Baldwin]

On Monday 30 July 2001 2:24 pm, Anton Chterenlikht 
a.chterenlikht at sheffield.ac.uk wrote:
> I'm very concerned about anti WTO organisations. What are these? If these
> are
>
> "Globalise Resistance" or "Socialist Alliance" I would rather prefer not to
> inform them
> of our actions at all bearing in mind their attitude of getting the aim at
> all costs. I do
> think that these people can only make it worse for Dmitry. I do not want to
> give the prosecution any chance to associate Dmitry with any violent
> protest.

Globalise Resistance are not violent except possibly for self-defence, 
altougth they obstructed the passage of conference delegates. The Socialist 
Alliance is also not violent except for self-defence. Both of these are 
simply not stupid enough to use violence in this situation.

Any reports that these organisations are violent is an attempt to discredit 
them. Almost all violence at Genoa was from the police and fascists (and 
possibly Black Block who may have been present), some of which were disguised 
as protesters (typically as Black Block).

If the prosecution wanted to associate Dmitry with a violent protest, they 
could arrange for undercover police, secret agents or fascists to join the 
protests and commit acts of violence.

-- 
Timothy Baldwin
Member of WYLUG, WACG, SWP, SA and GR
2nd year Computer Science, University of Leeds