CZ : Short memories? From BBC archives
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1989: Police crush Prague protest rally
Riot police in Czechoslovakia have arrested hundreds of people taking part in a protest march.
More than 15,000 people, mostly students, took part in the demonstration, the biggest show of public dissent for two decades.
They called for the resignation of their country's communist government, led by Milos Jakes.
Scores of people were injured, several seriously, as the police forcibly broke up the rally.
Witnesses said the police used clubs to beat marchers and sprayed tear gas indiscriminately.
Expectations
It comes in the wake of a wave of reform sweeping through other former Soviet bloc states.
In particular, the fall of the Berlin Wall last week in neighbouring East Germany and the disintegration of its hard-line communist regime has heightened expectations of possible change here.
The demonstration began at Charles University, just south of the city's centre.
It started off as an officially-sanctioned march to commemorate Czech student martyr Jan Opletal, who died at the hands of the country's Nazi occupiers 50 years ago.
The fact permission for the march was given at all reflects a growing recognition on the part of the country's communist leaders of the need for change.
It was only the second time a non-government rally had been allowed in Czechoslovakia since the crushing of Alexander Dubcek's reformist government by the Soviet Union 21 years ago.
Mr Dubcek, who has since lived in relative obscurity, was refused permission to travel to Prague to take part in the rally.
Now look here. The pictures and the term "Welcome to the EU" say it all...
http://wanderkolonie.org/cz/cz.html
such short memories... or a potential return to bad old days?
regime change :mad:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3980553.stm
you losers
when you all wake up and stand up for yourselves?
this is not acceptable
Blunkett’s reforms Do Blunkett's law and order reforms appear to anyone as the encroachment of a police state, what with drug testing for criminals (being done for possession if blood tests positive!) detention without trial for "suspected" terrorists, phone tapping submissible as evidence, judge only trials on the horizon, what can be done by we the people to reclaim the initiative and stop the onset of a Brave New World?
The HeatUK Xmas Curtain Raiser – December 11th@Koko The HeatUK Xmas Curtain Raiser - December 11th@Koko
Here it is! The Christmas party you’ve all been waiting for. After the sensational February sell out of ‘The Final Curtain’ – HeatUK enter the Mecca of clubbing for our first Saturday night event. The former Camden Palace has received a multi-million pound make-over, the new Koko Club is now the most stunning space in the whole of clubland. Imagine your favourite tune being played from a brand new sound system & DJ booth which towers high above the crowd. Imagine a production usually reserved for the Brixton Academy. Get ready to share a mind blowing experience!
The HeatUK Xmas Curtain Raiser
Saturday - 11 December 2004
9pm to 6am
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Phil Reynolds
Spencer Freeland
Marc French
Ian Betts
Ilogik
Steve Blake
Grant Delaney
Cheshire Catz - 3 hour set
Jonny Haze
Graeme Lloyd
Mike Walsh
Don 69
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FR : tear gas used to stop rave original at
http://www.lci.fr/news/france/0,,3189314-VU5WX0lEIDUy,00.html
posted by trinacria on SJ
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Pas de rave-party pendant les les transmusicales de Rennes.
L’ordre de la préfecture de Loire-Atlantique était clair mais plusieurs centaines de jeunes "teufeurs" ont tout de même essayé de se réunir dans un champ privé. L’alcool aidant, le ton est monté entre les forces de l’ordre et quelques jeunes qui voulaient à tout prix se rendre sur le site où un millier de personnes avait réussi à se rendre. "Des gendarmes mobiles ont lancé des gaz lacrymogènes pour répondre aux jets de projectile de quelques dizaines de personnes cherchant à tout prix à accéder au site du rassemblement dont l'accès a été fermé", a-t-on expliqué à la préfecture.
Après la décision des préfets d'Ille-et-Vilaine et des Côtes-d'Armor d'interdire tout "rassemblement festif" dans leurs départements entre le 30 novembre et le 10 décembre, des centaines de jeunes ont tenté de tenir un teknival à Frossay où ils ont occupé un terrain privé. La préfecture de Loire Atlantique a décidé d'interdire le rassemblement et les forces de l'ordre ont fermé les accès menant au site, empêchant notamment l'acheminement de la sono.
Depuis plusieurs années, les "teufeurs" profitent ainsi des Transmusicales pour se réunir dans l'agglomération rennaise, sans concertation avec les responsables du festival, qui ne participent pas à l'organisation de ces rassemblements techno. Organisée sur un terrain de la ville de Rennes réquisitionné par la préfecture, une rave party avait réuni jusqu'à 18.000 "teufeurs" en décembre 2003.
Le maire de Rennes, Edmond Hervé (PS), a toutefois estimé dimanche qu'interdire toute rave party en marge du festival des Transmusicales était "une erreur", quelques heures après les affrontements. "La fête ne doit pas signifier violence et casse. Ces actes, dans notre société de liberté, sont inadmissibles et doivent être sanctionnés", écrit le maire de Rennes dans un communiqué. "Ceci étant, qu'on le veuille ou non, le phénomène de la rave party existe. Il attire massivement la jeunesse, qui aime s'y retrouver. L'interdire était une erreur".
English translation – stuff I have added where things may be unclear is in brackets - any further clarification welcome from native French speakers!
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No rave during the Transmusical festival at Rennes (some kind of festival a bit like Britain’s WOMAD wvent? )
The decision of the Loire-Atlantique council ( to prevent this event) was clear; but many hundreds of young ravers tried anyway to get into a private field. Helped by the drink (giving them courage?), the situation deteriorated between the police and many youths who were intending to get into the field by any means, where about a thousand people had already got in.
A spokesperson for the council explained: “The Police discharged tear-gas canisters in response to missiles thrown by many dozens of people intending to enter the site, to which the entry point had been blocked”.
After the decision of the councils of “Ille et villaine” and “Côtes-d'Armor” to forbid all raves in their council areas between 2004-11-30 and 2004-12-10, hundreds of youths attempted to hold a teknival at Frossay where they got into a private field. The Loire Atlantique council decided to stop the party; the authorities blocked the site entrance, preventing the sound system from being brought in.
Six people were arrested after scuffles between the youths and police. In the Ille-et-Villaine council area, a CRS officer was”lightly wounded”, and 21 others (cops?) “bruised”. The Accident and Emergency department at Rennes Hospital took in “between 25 to 30 injured” amongst the youths, “essentially due to “alcohol intoxication” and woundings from “pieces of glass”. (during the disturbances) A nursery school was ransacked, and nine shop windows were broken.
For several years, ravers have profited from the transmusicales festival to organise their own free party on the sidelines. This was done without consulting the organisers of the (legal) festival. In December 2003, 18,000 ravers partied together on a field in Rennes which had been requisitioned by the council (presumably as there were too many then to stop it!) (!)
Edmond Herve, mayor of Rennes, said that it was a “mistake” to forbid all raves on the fringes of the Transmusicale festive, some hours after the disturbances.
“The party must not mean violence and breakages”. These acts, in our free society, are inadmissible and those who commit them should be punished"; wrote the mayor in a press release. “However, whether one likes it or not, the phenomenon of raves exists.” It attracts massive amounts of young people, who love to get together. To forbid it is a mistake.
Freedom… This came off a computer news site - the quote is from Richard Stallman who devised the GNU/Linux concept of co-operative free software; a concept which keeps this very messageboard and web-server running as well as SJ and many others. But it relates a lot to life in general, not just computer software..
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If you give people freedom today, but they don't appreciate it as freedom, then they will lose it because they won't make the effort to keep it. Freedom doesn't defend itself automatically. If you want to keep your freedom, you have to be ready to defend it.
However, you can't defend the indefensible - how do you justify stuff like trashed buildings filled with human excrement, parties where there is violence, injuries and ambulance admissions (the cost of which is picked up by the local community) etc? (I guess this ties in with what the matey said about "not appreciating the freedom")
Something to think about...
HARD LIFE 1st BIRTHDAY – 04/12/04 After twelve months of blood and sweat, not to mention a few tears along the way, Hard Life Promotions are proud to announce we have reached our first milestone.
On 4th December 2004, we cordially invite you to attend what will be one hell of a party, as we present for your entertainment and pleasure:-
HARD LIFE FIRST BIRTHDAY MASHUP
Featuring four of the North's fastest rising names in hard trance and hardstyle:
Viper & Ikon (Clinic, UKScene)
Liam B (Slightly-Twisted Promotions, Subtract)
Alan Wilson (Binary, Relentless)
Danny Ellis (Generate Records)
...and complimented by the usual ecletic mix of hardstyle, hard trance and darn right dirty techno from residents Rossco, Focus and Marv Knight
This event will take place at The Park nightclub, Grosvenor Street, Manchester. Doors 10-4, last entry 1:30. Admittance just £6. No dress code, no attitudes. ROAR.
Anyone interested in organising coach travel to this event call Kai on 07966006854 to arrange discount entry.
For full event details, DJ mixes, forum, gallery and more visit www.hardlife.org.uk
Wednesday Nights Drum ‘n’ Bass in Surrey Hello All!
If any of you mad party people have nothing to do on a Tuesday night, and can get to Kingston, then read on...............
Moonshine presents Drum 'n' Bass nights at JD's bar (opposite the uni)
From 7pm till close.
DJ's include:
2face
Cope
Kanser
Gurilla freaquency
The venue is quite (probably very) small, but the sound will definetley not be!!
Hope 2 see some of you there!!!!!!!!
Who Puts On The Best Free Parties? ...Just thought it would be nice for everyone to know who holds the best freebies, that way we will know who to visit next...and who to avoid. And the new ppl joining will have better knowledge of this.
No slating pls...be nice and adult about your comments.12
RU: You’re never to old to put on a party :) Fair play to the lady; at least she is not like those killjoys in Belgorod I mentioned in my other post
I wonder what is in the "herbal potion" she is drinking... :D
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Grandma DJ rocks Russian village
Yuliya Ryabinina recording (Russia
A 70-year-old Russian grandmother is taking a small village east of Moscow by storm.
Yuliya Ryabinina, the director of culture for Bolshiye Otary, has decided that discos are the best way to connect with local teenagers.
And she has taken it on herself to spin the discs.
Under the guise of DJ Baba Yuliya, Mrs Ryabinina holds regular dance parties at the village hall.
"I'm a real party animal," she tells Russia's Channel One TV. "My feet and arms start moving and I just want to dance."
Hardly a spring chicken any more, the groovy granny keeps her strength up at the turntables by taking a potion of herbs and roots.
Wanting to look good, she also takes great care with her makeup, the TV says.
Traditional Russian folks songs are strictly off the play list and Baba Yuliya plays only current pop songs.
In the remote village in Nizhny Novgorod region, it is not easy for the septuagenarian DJ to keep up with the latest tunes.
But she does not let this stand in her way and records any new songs she hears from her medium- and short-wave radio.
Karma always catches up with you…. His businesses, whilst financially successful, were constantly being cricitised for not dealing with environmental and people issues...
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Business giant Lord Hanson dies
Lord Hanson, one of the most successful and influential businessmen of the past 50 years, has died aged 82.
As James Hanson, he built Hanson into one of the most powerful industrial conglomerates in the country through a series of fierce takeover battles.
In its heyday Hanson's company was worth more than £11bn and had interests ranging from tobacco to chemicals.
Lord Hanson, who had been suffering from cancer, retired in 1997 but remained in the public spotlight.
It is worrying though to realise this man was so determined to do well in business, he even sacrificed his own health - when you have someone who doesn't even care for his own life how on earth do you think he would ever care for others?
Perhaps he is the corporate equivalent of a suicide terrorist....
SW UK, Generic could equal slow death this is painful to announce, but Generic (Devon crew) have decided to hold a party in a bumker that if full up with aspestos.
if you are thinking of going, DON'T
what the fuck are you thinking of?
norovirus (norwalk bug , winter vomiting bug) from UK Health protection Agency (edited) - full article at
http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpa/news/articles/press_releases/2004/041118_winter_norovirus.htm
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18 November 2004
Winter norovirus activity
With the onset of winter, a peak in activity of norovirus infection can be expected. Norovirus infection, sometimes more commonly called winter vomiting disease, is the most common cause of infectious gastroenteritis (stomach bugs / gut upset) and affects approximately 600,000 to 1 million people in the UK each year.
Outbreaks of norovirus are more common during the winter months and usually tend to affect people in semi-closed environments where large numbers of people congregate for periods of several days (for example, hospitals, residential and nursing homes and schools).
“Norovirus is easily transmitted from one person to another. However, the resulting illness is self-limiting. The symptoms caused will last for 12 to 60 hours and will start with the sudden onset of nausea followed by projectile vomiting and diarrhoea.
A very nasty bug indeed - easily transmitted via contaminated and unsanitary toilet and communal areas. Now consider the state of the "toilets" at an average large multi-rigger; that people have consumed many substances that eventually can lead to physical exhaustion lowering the capacity of the immune system; and the lack (or destruction of) of plumbing facilities to deliver potable (clean) water for hand washing...
A lot of people complain about "dodgy tummies", "feeling ill", "ravers' flu" on Monday, particularly in winter, and often blame it just on the partying lifestyle... but can't help but think the conditions in some buildings do not help....
telecoms rinsing my pocket I'm about to move house, so I've been letting all the services know my change of adress etc.
I have a BT phone line for my internet access and home phone. I let them know 14 days before the move so that things could happen smoothly. It turns out that the soonest I can have a phone line connected in my new home is 7 weeks after i contacted them.
Not only that, but they want to charge me £75 for the priviledge. And on top of that, they will charge wanadoo £25 to move my broadband connection. Wanadoo pass on the charge to yours truly of course. I can't get out of it either as I signed up to a 12 month contract... and I have to have a BT line to get service from wanadoo.
So basically, I'm going to pay £100 to be without phone or internet for almost 2 months for the priviledge of staying a BT customer :mad:
I thought the idea of privitisation was to increase competition and stop monopolies? :confused:
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