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My answer (and probably an overly simple one, to be honest) is that we have
a slightly different attitude about work drummed into us from an early age
than other, less progressive economies - basically that a job is a
priviledge, rather than a right or whatever, so workers rights are shakier
here and people just tend to keep their heads down because they're scared of
losing their jobs, and hey, it could be worse. Pretty much what Thatcher
wanted us all to think, basically...
Just look at what happened when Marks and Spencer tried to close down their
shops in France - the law wouldn't allow them to lay off all those people
redundant at such short notice.
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Sent: 02 May 2001 10:26
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Well it did make national news headlines in Spain. It was quite bizarre to
watch as the pictures of the protests in Spain we full of large marches of
the two main unions here, in around about five or six of the main cities - a
sight I don't think seen on the shores of Great Britain for quite a while.
Then switching to the UK, we saw lots of colourful characters generally
looking like they were having fun, until the point that the police started
to beat them up - which the news-reader did comment on the overly strong
response from the UK police - not a union in sight though - or did they miss
that bit? - and not enough burning of the stars and stripes and the
ubiquitous McDonalds flag - seemed to be well up for that in South Korea and
Australia.
What is different about the UK is that in most countries, pro-worker or
anti-capitalism/consumerism/globalisation/Americanisation protests seem to
be the area of Unions and students, in the UK this isn't the case at all.
Funny to see pictures of Cuba, where the horrible communist bay of Mexico
outpost we calmly and collectively listening to Fidel Castro rant on about
those bastard Americans and the like. Seemed a lot less barbaric than the
demonstrations of the democratic West and other westernised parts .....
Mike.
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De: Martin Cosgrave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de Martin
Cosgrave
Enviado el: 01 May 2001 19:16
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Hmm, first chance I've had to look; several cameras turned off...
*loads* of meat wagons in Oxford Circus at the fujiint camera
bastard media never mentioned that it was *a game* - blithely saying
that cyclists had gone from Liverpool St to Euston without pointing
out that they were playing fucking monopoly...
not good to see riotous protesters actually being fluffy I guess - the
public would get the 'wrong' idea
AFAIK the ppl on foot were playing monopoly with the property bits and
critical mass were doing the stations
martian
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> That site seems to have gone down, since The Register linked to it.
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> See. Capitalism doesn't work.
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> and these are ok too http://www.userfrenzy.com/ruckcam/
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> CCTV footage of Oxford Circus RIGHT NOW! (Mayday, etc.)
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> http://www.bbc.co.uk/londonlive/travelandweather/cctv/campop040247.html
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