Comments on: Demonstration against ISIS this Saturday

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 23:23:00 +0000

In reply to swat. Ah yes, of course you need to protest against fighting terrorism whey they're targeting Jews. Showing your "normal" fanatics, who want body parts...

By: LeoSun75

LeoSun75 — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:31:00 +0000

In reply to Guest. I have two words for you: Countryside Alliance.

By: la catholic state

la catholic state — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:54:00 +0000

In reply to swat. And the one 3 weeks ago to save the Iraqi Christians....which I was at. Great.

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:03:00 +0000

In reply to swat. Politicians and business leaders aren't even in town on Saturday. But it's a day out with like-minded people.

By: swat

swat — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:01:00 +0000

In reply to Guest. Public expression of opinion by Demos and Marches do have an effect; they make these politicians sit up and listen. The more people that turn out the more worried they get.

By: swat

swat — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:58:00 +0000

In reply to la catholic state. Yes the Gaza demo outside the Israeli Embassy in High St Ken. A great turn out and Demo showing the concern of ordinary people aginst the massacre of 2000 Gazans by the Israeli's.

By: swat

swat — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:54:00 +0000

In reply to dave furioso. Lets hope we'll be out protesting outside these 2 Embassies next week. And the UN has said that anyone aiding and abetting islamofacists will be punished. I think that should include S Arabia and Quatar, both are a disgrace for fueling and stokeing up Shiite/Sunnie grievancies. Saudi Arabia has been funding terrorism and its a disgarace that we are selling them weapons.

By: swat

swat — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:49:00 +0000

I wasn’t going to comment on LFF again, but had to in this instance, because the power of demonstration needs to be more effective.
I will be going into London, originally to Support a Demo againt the S African Govt’s complicity in the Marikana Mines incident in which 32 people lost their lives; protest outside the Embassy at 2pm.
I will also be joining the protest against the Egyptian Embassy at 12 and a March down to Downing Street against its repressive Regime,
And thanks to LFF for alerting me to this Demo against ISIS by the Kurdish Peoples which I hope to attend towards the end at Marble Arch. Its the first time we’ve had a Demo against Islamofacists and it is to be applauded. Last week I did the march from BH to the USA Emmbassy. There was criticism from some quarters that there were no anti islamofacist Demos and I think this answers their point.
So this also answers those who say that protest has no effect. It does, if we stick together in solidarity, and force the powers that be and Big Money to rethink their ways.

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 01:26:00 +0000

In reply to Cole.

It’s an out-of-date method. It was useful in previous eras when people had little means of mass communication both with each other and with politicians and business, but in the days of the internet, there are far easier and much more effective ways of creating a lobbing group that achieves results.

Secondly, I remember back in the 80s Michael Heseltine saying “I’m a duly elected member of Parliament. I don’t debate with mobs on the street.” Like it or not, that is the attitude of politicians. They don’t take notice of mobs on the street. To change anything, you have to have credibility. You have to know the facts, you have to create compelling argument, you have to present well.

Shouting out “What do want? xxxx! When do we want it? Now!” has no leverage or credibility with the people that matter. All it achieves is making the people in the demo feel good about themselves.

By: Cole

Cole — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:35:00 +0000

In reply to Guest. Which is why 'people power' needs to put pressure on politicians and big business through any means possible.