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Class War issue 81: Foot In Mouth Disease: The Politics Of The Countryside Alliance
The best news of 2001 so far has been the cancellation of the March 18th "Liberty and Livelihood" march planned through central London by the Countryside Alliance. Up to 300,000 toffs and toadies, foxhunters and fawners, bumpkins and barristers, idiots and inbreds were expected to congregate at Embankment. As their Land Rover Discoverys would have had difficulty getting through the traffic, many were expected to walk past Parliament, Downing Street, Trafalgar Square and then to stop off at the Ritz for a quick sherry. Those who could not get their servants to walk the rest of the way for them would then be left to stagger into Hyde Park, where the march was due to finish.
A figure of 300,000 may well be an underestimate. Two special Eurostars were booked to take exiled English nobs from Paris to London, 7 planes from Inverness to London Luton airport, and most of the top hotels in London were booked up for the weekend. Add to that the "countrymen" who would stay at their London address that weekend, and the hundreds of coaches and trains booked, some estimates move up towards 450,000.
Class War has covered the rise of the Countryside Alliance ever since 1997, and we have been involved in opposing their activities around the country. That they attempt to disguise their demands to murder animals for fun as some sort of civil rights issue is a sign of their weakness, not their strength. Quite simply they have already lost all the other arguments.
We are not aware of ONE civil rights issue in the whole of the twentieth century that was supported by the groups that make up the Countryside Alliance. Not one campaign for workers' rights was supported. One of their few campaign issues apart from promoting foxhunting is about restricting not increasing freedom - they have lobbied hard against the right to roam.
That new Labour waver rather than stand up to these characters proves everything we have said about the Labour Party over the years. Labour are open to pressure and will buckle - provided that pressure is applied from the right, not the left, from above not below.
Class War members have been instrumental in setting up a group that is the exact opposite of the Countryside Alliance. Look out for the thousands of Urban Alliance stickers going up and contact the Urban Alliance on 07946 687192 to oppose the Countryside Alliance march when it happens. In the meantime, get out there sabbing their hunts, slashing the tyres on their Range Rovers and encouraging your friends to hit these bastards hard.
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