Stop the City - Conflict

September the 29th.

An idea that had grown and formed to stop the city was to

take place

A carnival in the streets, a protest against the companies and their new

financed war, an occupation to stop people at theirs

Peaceful blockades, a traffic free zone

So what actually happened?

The walls and pavements were adorned with colored chalks, slogans,

and symbols that probably meant little to the city gents

Some blockades were formed and removed.

There was conversation with city folk

and some music made

But many arrests angered the free, some carried out by brutal police without

their identification numbers

All day people rallied with banks as the starting point

A macing at the guild hall turned into a strong defiant sharp force that

marched though the streets past the bank of England to the stock exchange,

while loud chanting echoed around the tall buildings

People banged on the doors and windows, siege was laid until the horses arrived.

But it was spontaneous, disorganized, except for the whispered word.

Confusing the lot

The result?

The carnival was enjoyed and the city was not stopped.

They worked well under siege, even though many visited the carnival out of

curiosity

The dull day was brightened, but it left no mark

The next day most walls had been scrubbed of their graffiti messages

But the fact remains;

power has been tasted

If you try hard enough, things can work

If you keep on trying, it will