If you make peaceful protest impossible, you make violent revolt inevitable; so the recent news that the City of London police are treating the naive but mostly harmless middle class “Occupy” protesters - who are striking a blow against capitalism by, er, camping in a churchyard – as a terrorist organisation, is a worrying new development, and one that indicates how those who hold power view the rest of the population: terror legislation is being abused, as many had predicted.

The Occupy protests in this country have been a poorly focused attempt by fluffy, well meaning people to bring about change. But there’s growing realisation amongst other groups that peaceful protest is achieving nothing – the fact that a million people can march in London to demonstrate against going to war in Iraq, and the government of the day (New Labour) went ahead anyway, proves the point perfectly. The stakes are about to rise, and the protest game will soon be played by tougher, angrier people not willing to be “kettled” by a dwindling, demoralised police force.

How long can it be in America – where there are more guns than people - before shots are fired at one of their protests, possibly in self defence against police brutality, or simply from redundant or homeless ex-workers, ready to unleash their anger on the authorities? The middle class of America are hurting so bad right now, the people who had it all are having it taken away from them. When people have nothing left to lose, who knows what they may resort to.

Hopey-Changey Obama, another empty suit in the Blair/Cameron mould, has been a huge disappointment using any criteria you care to choose: the American nation is deeper in debt, their manufacturing base is shrinking, and their young men and women are still being sent to fight and die in far off lands. It is fast becoming a nation of tramps and millionaires.

Closer to home in Europe, we are about to see one of two scenarios play out:
A Eurozone collapse brought about either by a credit downgrade of a major player like France or Germany, a major banking collapse, or both. Or, alternatively:
The banks will “persuade” the EU to write off all their exposure to PIIGS debt, and hike the taxes of ALL EU citizens to pay for it. Either way, the Euro is likely to plummet and ordinary people will be furious, and bodes ill for the politicians when it happens. Britain will not escape the fallout, tied as we are to the EU and with much of our national income generated by revenue from sources such as international banking and insurance.

One wonders, as the British government cuts front line policing ever further, who would stand in the way of even a few thousand really determined, angry people who were bent on bloodshed? The Army? Also being cut to the bone, and traditionally not very happy about being used to police civil disobedience, especially if facing their own people. One could envisage a scenario where an officer orders his working class troops to open fire on a demonstration, and the men refuse to comply. Not many soldiers want a Bloody Sunday or Amritsar on their conscience.

What form of revolt would take place in England? One could see it starting simply as a repeat of the summer riots – not political to start with, just opportunist kids looting the nearest shopping centre. As this misbehaviour escalated and the gangs became larger and bolder, the overstretched police would effectively lose control of the streets and would be limited to launching sporadic raids into trouble spots from behind reinforced positions – just like Northern Ireland. It is at this point that groups with a political agenda may emerge, and proclaim themselves to be the “protectors” of the local communities – just like Northern Ireland.

In spite of the enemy being global capitalism, the Left are currently splintered and in disarray. Certain nationalist groups have numbers, but no real political philosophy other than a dislike of foreigners. The real danger lies in a charismatic “Messiah” emerging, offering leadership and solutions and gathering enough followers nationally from one side or the other to fall in behind him. Is it very likely that this “Messiah” will be a committed libertarian, or a democrat?

While all this is going on – Britain and England would effectively be defenceless against any potential foreign aggressor. A nation at war with itself is in no position to defend itself. So what have the corrupt British government just done? Sold 80 of our Harriers to the Yanks for the knock down price of £34 million! This act is so crassly stupid it is actually criminal. Might we not need them at some point? Are there so few external threats that we can sell off half our air force – if so, why are we replacing Trident?

The politicians of the world seem to have learnt nothing: a quick study of the post-WW1 Weimar Republic in Germany – weak government, high inflation, high unemployment – proved the perfect breeding ground for the rise of hard-man paramilitary organisations, of which the National Socialist party were simply the scum that rose to the top of a heap of other extremist Left and Right wing groups.

The English Radicals have always been committed to peaceful democratic change via the ballot box – but events are now escalating beyond everyone’s control, and we fear our reasonable voice will soon be drowned out by the sound of battle. To the British government, we say your terrible policy decisions and your inept handling of events are almost certain to result in bloody confrontation on the streets of this country. Do you really want political martyrs? It only takes one to die for their cause, and ten more will rise up to take their place. You lost Ireland this way – stay on your present course, and you will lose England also.




 


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