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CONTRAFLOW IN SHORTS.
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Seems like the post-summer of love 1989 travellers- casuals
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unity has yet to cross the North Sea into Holland. Surprise
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visitors to the August full moon festival in the 20 year
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old squatted village in Ruigoord described as 'a special,
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magical 10 day event' were the UK sound system Spiral Tribe
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(trendy, entrepaneuriel, rip-off wankers - worse than
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hippies!). The good vibes and sobriety were suddenly dashed
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by the 'sub-bass set up booming all over the Ruigoord
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plains'. The next day, 400 placid hippies held a meeting,
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man, and marched to the Spiral Tribe field, chanting 'house
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out!, house out!'. After a nonviolent confrontation, the
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Tribe's generator was sabotaged but not enough it seems to
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stop the party. The next day came and the Tribe's 'post
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holocaust, Mad Max style end of the world or bust 24 hour
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earth shattering continental drift party ' was back,
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disturbing the usual acoustic guitars and didjeridoo
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playing.
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Helen Woodson was released on parole after serving 9 years
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of a 17 year sentence for disarming a missile silo with a
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jackhammer. The trouble was she didn't want to be released
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so in order to break parole, she used a starter pistol to
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hold up a Chicago bank, and after grabbing $25,000, she
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doused the cash with lighter fuel and torched the wads,
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announcing that 'the false money god must be destroyed'.
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Helen Woodson is now doing time for armed robbery.
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Not content with keeping London Transport fares the highest
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of any capital city, the last few years, have seen the
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power that be running high intensity ad campaigns aimed at
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stopping fare fraud. Most of the ads feature weird
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psychologically threatening images such as hands that spring
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out of seats to imprison the fare dodger or giant fingers
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pointing you out for shame by everyone else whose got a
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ticket. They need to be seen to be believed! However, now
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that their control mania has got....out of control, they
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are now posting signs telling you not to play your walkmans
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or give money to 'beggars' who they say are 'proffessional
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thieves'. And they don't want you to eat snacks on the tube
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as 'the smell of a snack can make most people crack'.
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Contraflow asks 'what drugs are LT bosses on ? And where
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can we get some?'
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The phrase 'justice is an M113 tank from Irwin barracks'
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springs to mind when we heard of the super exploits of
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Australia's Gary Hayes. Strangled unconscious by cops 5
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years ago, it seems he just couldn't forget it and so
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nipped off to buy the tank in late April last year. Driving
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the tank to Wembley CIB, the scene of his torture he
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destroyed the wall of the cop shop, a shed and 2 cop cars.
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Then he drove to East Perth HQ and wrecked another 6 cop
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cars before having a go at the central law courts and
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ramming the law courts in Hay St. After going for Beaufort
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St. police HQ too, he drives to Parliament House and does 2
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laps round the perimeter. Gary's vengeful spree was only
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ended after the cops tear gassed him out. Buy this man a
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new tank!
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Ivan the terrible, Hitler, Sadaam Hussein, General Galtieri
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all turned up to the Royal Navy and British Army equipment
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exhibition this year, courtesy of Campaign against the Arms
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trade, who brought them to the show in a Daimler. Driving
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past security was fine until a suspicious bod asked to
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check the accompanying General Pinochet's briefcase and
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found it stuffed with fivers. 'Those aren't real', he said
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and the game was rumbled. When the dictators (played by
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actors) left the checkpoint they were saluted by a
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policeman!
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The wonderful world of global capitalism has brought havoc
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again to the cosy world of punk rock. Signed by EMI last
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year, the Blaggers ITA, well respected (by us too!) hard
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core antifascist band have been pushing the struggle
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forward with a series of cracking records. The Swedish
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division of EMI, operating a similar policy of signing
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whatever's trendy with the kids, have signed the band
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Ultima Thule who made No.4 in the charts. Employees of EMI
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protested in September to management that it is well
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documented that the Thules are a fascist band! After their
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Stockholm concert in October, the nearby anarchist
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bookstore and another communist cafe were attacked.
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A news release from the 'Blue Tuesday' devastation of the Wanstead chestnut
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tree to make way for the M11 link road, written by anti-road campaigners,
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reports severe violence from the cops and bailiffs with people injured all
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over the place. 'Campaigners', it says, 'tried to hug the police to get the
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message through - we are peaceful'.
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Greek anarchists report a flurry of activity in the cities in what is,
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perhaps, their attempt for the annual anarchist fire brigade award. August to
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October witnessed many Molotov attacks against the media, the ruling New
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Democracy, the Pasok party, against bus company offices and buses (subject
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of a recent strike), teachers' offices and finally banks. The best titled
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group to claim some of the damage was the 'non-arrested anarchists'.
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Alongside the fire party the anarchists held demos and workshops for
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prisoners, for refugees, commemorated the Spanish revolution of 1936 and
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occupied Rock FM 'against the spectacle'. Way to go.
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