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To protest or to advertise your political party

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | opinion/analysis author Thursday July 28, 2005 01:10author by No logo just priciples Report this post to the editors

What are your real reasons to turn up at a protest march?

The line between advertising and just plain protesting and lending support? Have we lost the plot

Im getting really sick of people turning up to protests with political banners promoting the fact that they belong to a certain political party.

There is a childish tendancy, much like sheep, to march in a group of people from the same political party.

Baaahahahahahahhaaaa!

In some cases the political party banners are bigger than those which are specific to the protest!

Would it be possible to have marches which maintain the core message by not having any mention of political parties?

I find the gratuitous self promotion of political parties distasteful and distracting - "here take this banner, sponsored by Sinn Fein or the SWP"

"NO piss off, I'd prefer to march with no banner rather than promote your party"

"I am attending a public protest not a party political publicity stunt"

Leave your political party at home when you go out to a public march in future please, keep it neutral and mainstream - just march for the cause in question and dont try to get free advertising

How impossible is that? Would noone turn up?

The floor is open......

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   agreed     redcow    Thu Jul 28, 2005 02:44 
   why dont we all just get along?     count me in (im a utopian)    Thu Jul 28, 2005 09:17 
   Why Not ?     By Any Means Necessary    Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:56 
   Hats Flags or headbands get your headbands     Bonzo    Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:00 
   Take politics out of politics     Joe    Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:02 
   Objections understandable - But the whole left movement in Ireland HAS to grow     Michael    Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:11 
   Visual conscription     Ciaron    Thu Jul 28, 2005 15:37 
   Branding     mayoman    Thu Jul 28, 2005 15:49 
   reaction to comments     No logo just priciples    Thu Jul 28, 2005 16:36 
 10   On the other hand.....always better to be the guard van than the vanguard!     Ciaron    Thu Jul 28, 2005 17:36 
 11   What I am talking about is attracting     No logo just principles    Thu Jul 28, 2005 17:59 
 12   Censorship     By Any Means Necessary    Thu Jul 28, 2005 18:07 
 13   I wonder do you have any evidence for that idea?     R. Isible    Thu Jul 28, 2005 18:10 
 14   parties showing solidarity and support     hs    Thu Jul 28, 2005 18:16 
 15   Difference of Opinion     On the One Road    Thu Jul 28, 2005 18:59 
 16   a suggestion     LOL    Thu Jul 28, 2005 21:19 
 17   Dares     Mark P    Thu Jul 28, 2005 21:37 
 18   Well done socialist party     No Logo just principles    Fri Jul 29, 2005 01:43 
 19   hs - I can think of another. I was there.     Republican    Fri Jul 29, 2005 01:59 
 20   Don't Argue About Tactics.     By Any Means Necessary    Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:57 
 21   Rossport 5 Support     m.m.mccarron    Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:44 
 22   Mondays Irish Times     No Logo just principles    Fri Jul 29, 2005 15:51 
 23   Madam Wrote an Editorial with Wrong Facts: Repeated Sindo Smears about Intimidation     eeekkkk    Fri Jul 29, 2005 16:02 
 24   interesting thought no logo     hs    Fri Jul 29, 2005 17:22 
 25   that is to say...     hs    Fri Jul 29, 2005 17:24 
 26   Re: hp-sp     By Any Means Necessary    Fri Jul 29, 2005 17:31 
 27   Im not politically affiliated     No Logo just principles    Fri Jul 29, 2005 18:37 
 28   Parties and Organisations     Rob Speare    Sat Jul 30, 2005 14:17 
 29   I've another suggestion, which shows I'm moving forward the agenda in search of concensus,     LOL    Sat Jul 30, 2005 23:32 
 30   Suggestion     Masters Voice    Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:33 
 31   Rallies and marches are over rated!     Ciaron    Mon Aug 01, 2005 14:35 


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