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SCHNEWS IN BRIEF

Slut Walk - Last Saturday thousands marched  provocatively/non provocatively (Christ, what a minefield) through London to protest a statement made by a Toronto policeman that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised” - some demonstrators perhaps then caught the tail end of the...

World Naked Bike Ride - this exhibitionist protest has caught on globally with a few thousand braving the rain (in Brighton at least)  to make a point about oil dependency and cyclist vulnerability. www.worldnakedbikeride.org

If yer bits aren’t too chafed you might want to join The Silent Victories Tour - a ten day long bike ride around the South West of England, starting 1st July and visiting places saved by direct action in the 90s (SchNOTE: remind us to tell you about the 90s sometime, it was great). For more contact silent.victories@gmail.com.

There was also fun for more gymnophobic (look it up!) activists this week, as a group dressed from head to toe in black hit the streets of Oxford in the early hours of 15th June, to throw paint over their local Armed Forces offices.



 

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