Report on Stop the War March, London, Sat March 18th 2006

From: Andrew Johnson

Date: 2006-03-19 11:42:29

Attachments : Report on Stop the War March, London, Sat March 18th 2006 I got the train down from Derby to London and arrived just before 10am. I met Belinda and Penny at Belinda’s house in Highgate and then we made our way down to Parliament Square. Due to a busy underground, I got separated from Belinda and so ended up at Embankment and had to walk half a mile back up to meet them in Parliament Square (trying to ring 3 people resulted in no response from any of them, so I had to hunt for them!). But after a short search, I found Belinda, Kenny, Colin, Keith, Neil, Ian N and Nick K.   Keith’s fantastic 911 banner was unfurled in the centre of Parliament Square (if you can’t see the image below, see slideshow) and we got some attention.       I was talking to one American woman who totally supported the official story and we did not seem to make much on an impression, but it was a civilised debate nevertheless. We talked to another couple of people who were a bit more receptive and they took a disk. One guy I talked to was interested in what we were saying about 7-7 and he had already seen “Power of Nightmares” and so seemed to connect the dots when I showed him the “bombs under the train” accounts of Bruce Lait and others in my folder.   We then had to “queue” for the start of the March and it didn’t start moving until about 1:30pm (it was supposed to start at 12). With Brigit and Ant and 2 teenage girls (whom I did not get the names of) we held Keith’s 7-7 Banner (“Who Really Bombed London? – Release the 7-7 Evidence”). The March was slow to start and it was quite cold. I was glad I had brought some provisions! Another lady, Frankie, also joined us and helped carry the banner and she did a sterling job distributing leaflets.   The march took us out of Parliament square and (not surprisingly) away from Whitehall and Buckingham Palace (round the back of St James’s Park). We walked up Piccadilly and then into Trafalgar Square. This was a distance of about 3 miles. The weather was kind to us, apart from the cold. The atmosphere of the demonstration was peaceful, but very assertive of dissent, with some chanting of slogans.   Things slowed down again as we got near Trafalgar Square. There was quite a large crowd in Trafalgar Square (though not as big as I had expected). We got there about 3:30 and speeches from a podium had been underway for some time. Fortunately, I was able to catch Ben Griffin’s speech (see below). Apologies for rubbish camera work, but there were people waving banners in front of me and I was tired, having walked a total of about 5 miles, 3 of those helping to carry the banner.   Belinda, Steve, Kenny and others had already set up a stall in Trafalgar square, from where we distributed books, DVD’s and leaflets. I spoke to a few people and I was surprised in that several people I spoke to had already either seen Loose Change or something similar, or were at least partly aware of the 9-11 Truth Movement. I encouraged those people to join us on the UK forum.   I got speaking to one chap who was homeless and I gave him a booklet which I had printed (from www.tyrannyalert.com). This was a very good conversation as he could immediately grasp what I was saying and could see how ridiculous the Official Story was, once I had pointed out a few facts to him. I asked him to share the information with others.   We had to pack up about 4:30 – there was quite a lot to carry back – bags of DVD’s, leaflets and books.I was quite cold and tired, so Belinda, Penny and me headed back to Belinda’s house.   Overall, it was a very good day – Neil did some awesome work and distributed 148 disks. He was also stopped by the police and searched!! (See slideshow). I caught the train back to Derby at about 8:30 and got home just after 11pm. Total walking for the day – probably about 8 miles!!!   I saw no obvious media coverage of the event and could find nothing on the BBC Website this morning (Sun 19th) when I looked.  I did find this report on ITV’s website.   www.itv.com/news/bri…   Slideshow and video links below.       www.checktheevidence…   If you see no images, try this:   www.checktheevidence…   Ben Griffin’s Speech   www.checktheevidence…   Short video (55 seconds!) of the march.   www.checktheevidence…

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