And so this is Scotland
We arrived in Edinburgh today in the midst of the protests. We almost weren't able to get out of the train station because the protests were right outside. It was all very inconvenient, having the tourist info center closed and all.Today was a the Carnival of Full Enjoyment in Edinburgh. Some people were dressed as clowns, and at times I saw the Infernal Noise Brigade. It seems that people were trying to march around downtown, but they were continually being blocked in by the police. This went on from when we got in, around 2:30, all the way up to after 7pm, when we went inside. Not sure if the message is getting out there.
Apparently there have been over 50 arrests today. So many police. We couldn't get very close to the blocked-in protesters this evening, but what we could see was that from time to time the cops' shields would flash, as if there were confrontations. It appears to be that sometimes the protesters would be moving a lot, maybe in circles, and that the cops might have been letting people get out of the blocked-in area a few at a time.
We found the IMC fairly easily, but it wasn't clear where to get other info. We stumbled around on two different sets of bad directions to try to find a bookstore that would have bus tickets for tomorrow's protest. We eventually located the infodesk, where there was a bit more info about some things. Outside of that building, there is a big drum circle that includes the INB. It looks like the IMC meeting tonight didn't happen- too bad, cuz we could help with things and would like to get plugged in to covering things/assignments. I guess all the bigwigs were out in the street.
Haven't seen Tristan yet, but have seen some friends and/or lovers of his.
Z is trying to get his photos off of his camera and then maybe we will go see if people are setill out in the street.
posted by mahtin @ 11:49 AM
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