It was alright, their has been stuff happening all week in the town. Their have been demos and protests etc and then people started marching on the street. Since you cant just to that the police tried to move them but they were outnumbered. Today was the first time a was able to get up their. Their was an offical march the day that went through the council so the police were only to watch and video us like normal and stop trouble makers if they can be arsed, like normal. It was well organised and a few thousand people attended and overal people in the streets were cheering the march, which was good. Their were a few speaches at the rally from the people that were talking earlier in tthe week. We got some news of what was happening over their and why. And the organisers said thanks for showing up.
Their was a wee report written about it by RSF quoted below:
"Press Release/Preas Ráiteas
Republican SINN FÉIN Poblachtach
This afternoon members of the Francis Hughes cumman Republican Sinn Féin Glasgow took to the streets in a demonstration through Glasgow city centre for the ending of Israel's massacres in Gaza, The demonstration which was attended by round about 1,000 people from different organisations.
When the crowd assembled they were surrounded by heavy police force due to the heavy numbers, The Protest never took off till a while later, When all was sorted the demonstration began, The crowd were chanting all the way through the city centre, The public took well to the demonstration with people clapping there hands to the crowd a few people tried to disturb the demonstration with launching abuse and insults which was intervened immediately by the police.
At the end of the demonstration speakers gathered to say a few words, Speakers from different organisation such as Glasgow Palestinian Human Rights Campaign (GPHRC), SPSC, Muslim association of Britain and others, The speakers spoke about the lack of medical supplies heading into Gaza and how the help that MAP, Unicef and Palestinian aid has been making, They also spoke about how no amount of rocket attacks justifies Israel's cruel attacks over the past week, One speaker said Israel calls for democracy but what kind of democracy attacks innocent people and said the only reason they are doing these attacks is from the weapons coming from the US and called for Barak Obama to stand up and speak out now for the people of Palestine, He also called for the people of Scotland & Palestine to stand together and says the fight of the Palestinians is not just the fight for Palestine or Scotland or just the fight for the UK but the fight of the whole world.
The demonstration was then ended with the crowd gathering and chanting Free Palestine, With posters and banners waving different slogans such as Freedom for Palestine and George Bush No#1 Terrorist.
Fraser Gorman
PRO
Francis Hughes Cumann
Glasgow"
Theirs been that and a few down in London, dont know about other parts of the country.
