Mayday Events 1 Parade

Icon_article Star-blue1 Published: May 07, 2013 11:13 by Tash [Alan Lodge] |

Tagged as: cuts demo local_communities mayday protest
Neighbourhoods: market nottingham square

11.00am Saturday 4th May 2013

"May the fourth be with you!"

Gathering on the Forest ground, people assembled for the annual parade and rally. 

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Banners displayed, charnts regarding various things to do with the torys :-) [oh and now UKIP also]. leaflets handed out.   

Lead by Lillian Greenwood MP [Nottingham South], they processed down the Mansfield Road and held a rally at Speakers Corner Nr Market Square.

Further to the events of last year, where many had complained about the invited speakers, the same seemed to me to be true of this year. A number did want to protest but were drowned out by what appeared to be an organised effort to prevent them.

 

Last years piccys:

1 Mayday March & Event http://nottingham.tachanka.org/articles/2571

2 Mayday Speeches & Event http://nottingham.tachanka.org/articles/2572

3 Mayday  Events, Anti-Labour Protest http://nottingham.tachanka.org/articles/2573

4 Mayday Workfare Protests http://nottingham.tachanka.org/articles/2574

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ALAN LODGE 

Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham.  UK

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Comments

Carry on Cutting

Comment Published: May 07, 2013 18:40 by Ross

This so-called May Day demonstration was nothing more than a Labour Party rally led by scab MP Lillian Greenwood who refused to support the members of her union, UNISON, when they took industrial action to defend their pensions.

Labour taking control of Nottinghamshire County Council was hailed as a great victory although the Labour Group will carry on cutting where the Tories left off. Mercifully, this dismal event was brought to an abrupt end by a sudden downpour. Perhaps he above is not always on the wrong side.

The next Notts TUC scam to try to drum up some votes for Labour is the People's Assembly. Beware of Trotskyites bearing gifts.

beware of stalinists talking shxt

Comment Published: May 18, 2013 23:41 by georgina orwell

Thanks nice article, the rally was a coalition effort with greens,labour which is a broadchurch& anarchists involved, thankfully no harcore maoist-stalinists were in the least& are at least generally relegated to moaning here like this on indymedia.