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CATEGORIES:anti-militarism,culture,free_spaces,gender,migration,repressio
 n,social_struggles,solidarity,workers_struggles
DESCRIPTION:<p>"The Democracy Village experiement is hereby suspended unt
 il further notice.&nbsp\; As you may be aware\, on Tuesday 20th July at 
 approximately 1AM\, bailifts acting under the authority of a possession 
 order and&nbsp\;an injunction granted to the Mayor of London by the High
  Courts of Justice\, forcibly removed the peaceful asssembly of concerne
 d citizens who had been residing at Parliament Square Gardens as part of
  the Democracy Village since the 1st May.&nbsp\;The Mayor of London and 
 the Greater London Authority claimed that the presence of the village da
 maged Parliament Square and prevented visitors from accessing the Square
  or carrying out demonstrations.&nbsp\; One member of Parliament claimed
  that the village was an international embarrassment.In response\, we wo
 uld like to make the following points clear.&nbsp\; Whilst there was sli
 ght damage to the grass on Parliament Square Gardens\, the square was ke
 pt clean by residents there who worked hard to ensure it remained a tidy
  place.&nbsp\;At no stage was anyone wishing to&nbsp\;demonstrate on PSG
 &nbsp\;told to go away or told that they would be refused access to the 
 Square should they wish to protest.&nbsp\; On more than one occassion re
 sidents of the village offerred to move tents around the square in order
  to accomodate other citizens who were wanting to demonstrate.&nbsp\; Wh
 ilst the village was there several seperate demonstrations took place in
 cluding one major demonstration for the oppressed Tamils in Sri Lanka wh
 ere several thousand Tamils stood on the square for over two hours.&nbsp
 \;We reject the official excuses for the removal of the village.&nbsp\; 
 It&nbsp\;seems more likely to us&nbsp\;that the British Government could
  not tolerate the presence of a determined group of concerned citizens w
 ho were prepared to stick it out in uncomfortable conditions and challen
 ge it's unjust behaviour and immoral policies\, most notably it's milita
 ry occupation of Afghanistan.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;It seems that the government 
 regards temporary&nbsp\;dissent as a nuisance but sustained dissent a th
 reat.&nbsp\;And so now\, there is no more Democracy Village\, but still 
 the concerned citizens remain.&nbsp\; Our dissent does not stop at the b
 oundaries of Parliament Square Gardens.&nbsp\; It has no boundaries.This
  Saturday we will be at the north end of Trafalgar Square from 12.30PM o
 nwards....</p>
URL:http://london.indymedia.org/events/5338
SUMMARY:Democracy Village at Trafalgar Square 
LOCATION:<p>North end of Trafalgar Square</p>
COMMENT:More info at http://london.indymedia.org
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