tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093114275469628673.post6288542824350073961..comments2023-06-02T17:22:43.445+01:00Comments on Luna17: Responding to police violenceluna17http://www.blogger.com/profile/03754650933188634442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093114275469628673.post-37869382990398346642010-12-21T16:19:36.123+00:002010-12-21T16:19:36.123+00:00Yes thats right anonymous I am a member of counter...Yes thats right anonymous I am a member of counterfire.<br /><br />To be completely accurate, on the 10th of November I fbookd how fantastic the 50000 strong save education demo was.<br /><br />Then someone commented "fantastic? what rioting smashing buildings up and starting fires. yea brilliant."<br /><br />To which I ignorantly replied (on the basis of a bit of BBC news footage which showed in part some clearly Anarchist graffiti inside millbank + concerns about ultra-leftism dividing and weakening the protest) "no that was the act of an insignificant tiny bunch of unpopular anarchists".<br /><br />A few days later I realised my error and so commented on the same fbook thread: "In fact I was wrong, 5000 people participated in the occupation of the millbank tower and demonstrated that the ConDem govt cares more about a pane of glass than it does about ensuring access to HE for all"<br /><br />I advise you to check my fbook profile if you don't believe meMark Tyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476778738547722562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093114275469628673.post-77426135586303158672010-12-20T16:04:57.360+00:002010-12-20T16:04:57.360+00:00Mark Tyers? He is a counterfire member isn't h...Mark Tyers? He is a counterfire member isn't he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093114275469628673.post-68634492936794211752010-12-20T14:47:07.964+00:002010-12-20T14:47:07.964+00:00I'm pretty sure I know who you're referrin...I'm pretty sure I know who you're referring to - and he's definitely not a Counterfire member!<br /><br />Really, you don't have to look at many of my recent posts on here to grasp my attitude to the student protests. And you don't have to browse the Counterfire site for long to understand CF's attitude either.luna17https://www.blogger.com/profile/03754650933188634442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093114275469628673.post-26416761336167144412010-12-20T14:41:21.004+00:002010-12-20T14:41:21.004+00:00I thought the student protesters were 'regress...I thought the student protesters were 'regressive anarchists'? That's how your counterfire chap in sunderland described them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com