A-Infos (en) Britain, Anaechist Federation Resistance #103 June 2008 - page 3 - May Day across the UK

(1) Glasgow (2)Manchester (3)Nottingham (4)Liverpool (5) Birmingham (6)London
(1) Glasgow: This year's illegal street party was enjoyable: there was food, 
dancing, groovy tunes, and the police were not as heavy or annoying as last 
year. Members of the public got involved, in a very entertaining and inclusive 
event. After a few hours of fun, there was a march through town to Kelvingrove 
Park. There were stall from Glasgow's new anarchist group, Industrial Workers of 
the World, the Unity Centre and the AF. ---- (2)Manchester : No Borders 
alongside many others participated in the annual 'Mayday march', this year held 
on Monday 5 May. There were over 200 people on the demonstration who marched 
around the city centre before attending a speaker event in Manchester's Peace 
Gardens.

The march featured a huge
anarchist presence, of which a size-
able proportion was composed of AF
comrades. Manchester AF also had a
speaker who talked of the persecu-
tion of the immigrants that marked
the first Mayday (that of the Haymar-
ket martyrs) and the need to con-
tinue the struggle against borders
and for free communism for all.


(3) Nottingham: Attracting a couple of
hundred people, this year's Mayday
march was, as has been the case for
the last few years, organised by an
off-shoot of the Nottingham Refugee
Campaign Group and led by an excel-
lent samba band. There were also
speakers from a range of local group
including Nottingham NUT & Notting
ham Defy-ID. Stalls included No Bor-
ders Nottingham & our very own
Nottingham AF.

4) Liverpool : On Thursday, 1st May,
there was a march and rally organ-
ised by Merseyside TUC. This was
followed by a party at the Next To
Nowhere social centre on Bold
Street, organised by the Liverpool
Social Forum and with the involve-
ment of AF activists.

(5) Birmingham :The West Midlands
branch of the Industrial Workers of
the World union (IWW) organised a
Mayday celebration at a pub in Bir-
mingham. Decorated with posters
and the new, huge IWW banner, the
room was packed with members and
friends, who spent the evening
watching films, chatting and drinking

(6)London: Cross-dressing 18th cen-
tury lords and ladies gather to rein-
state the celebration of the May Fayre in
central London. Sound systems on bikes
accompanied them, and provided the mu-
sic for the maypole.
www.spacehijackers.co.uk
  Along with cross-dressing merry-makers,
some also attended the traditional TU or-
ganised march from Clerkenwell Green to
Trafalgar Sq. As well as AF representation,
Solfed, Class War, IWW and Black Flag
were present. Finally, London anarchists
were out once more on the 2nd May in a
joint action against the mayoral elections
and the BNP.

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