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London Critical Mass under threat

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Thursday October 06, 2005 13:46author by Anthony

On Friday, those who joined London's monthly Critical Mass ride, found themselves being issued with letters from the Metropolitan Police, threatening arrests at future Critical Mass rides, unless the 'organisers' give notice of the route at least six days in advance, and warning that the police can impose restrictions on the rides once the advance notice has been given.The letter stated that the police are reviewing their 'policy' towards critcal mass

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Meanwhile Critical Mass in Budapest with up to 30,000
author by Terrypublication date Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:25author address author phone

Meanwhile the British cops must have been reading about the huge turnout at the Budapest Critical Mass recently where up to 30,000 showed up.

"Budapest, Hungary has experienced its greatest Critical Mass bike ride ever on September 22, 2005. Estimates range between 24,000 and 30,000. This would therefore also make it one of the greatest Critical Mass rides in history."


Perhaps this spurred them into action.

So lets get this straight, the UK govt gives it's soldiers a license to kill, maime and spread depleted uranium (DU) in Iraq, but it will now arrest people for cycling down the streets in large groups. It's certainly a case of war is peace and peace is war.


More about the Budapest Critical Mass at:

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