Prydz
March 27th, 2009, 11:51 am
Office staff warned of confrontation as City braces for mass G20 protests
Police forecast transport paralysis in capital as campaigners insist demonstrations against globalisation and climate change will be peaceful
Office workers face chaos next week with swaths of London (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/london) in security lockdown for the G20 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/g20) summit and warnings that bankers will be targeted in a series of protests aimed at causing maximum disruption.
Staff in the City are being advised to dress down and postpone non-essential meetings amid fears that they will be forced to run the gauntlet of protesters. Thousands of G20 Meltdown campaign posters show a mannequin wearing a suit being hanged, while an anarchist website has the slogan: "Burn a banker!"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/22/g20-anti-globalisation-protests
Seems a bit more diverse than the usual anarchist/hippy rent-a-mob, with Unions and even faith groups organising protests.
The highlight for me has to be this - "There is also speculation that protesters will drive a tank to the ExCeL conference centre in London's Docklands".
I'm looking forward to getting phone calls from my mates who work in the City moaning about the rabble storming their offices.
"Bloody hippies! Have a wash you bums - what the ****, they've got a tank!!"
Poor dears, no bonuses and now under siege from heavy armour at their workplaces.
Police forecast transport paralysis in capital as campaigners insist demonstrations against globalisation and climate change will be peaceful
Office workers face chaos next week with swaths of London (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/london) in security lockdown for the G20 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/g20) summit and warnings that bankers will be targeted in a series of protests aimed at causing maximum disruption.
Staff in the City are being advised to dress down and postpone non-essential meetings amid fears that they will be forced to run the gauntlet of protesters. Thousands of G20 Meltdown campaign posters show a mannequin wearing a suit being hanged, while an anarchist website has the slogan: "Burn a banker!"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/22/g20-anti-globalisation-protests
Seems a bit more diverse than the usual anarchist/hippy rent-a-mob, with Unions and even faith groups organising protests.
The highlight for me has to be this - "There is also speculation that protesters will drive a tank to the ExCeL conference centre in London's Docklands".
I'm looking forward to getting phone calls from my mates who work in the City moaning about the rabble storming their offices.
"Bloody hippies! Have a wash you bums - what the ****, they've got a tank!!"
Poor dears, no bonuses and now under siege from heavy armour at their workplaces.