WTO Sixth Ministerial: tales from Hong Kong (1 Viewer)

[La La]

hey guys
so today was the first day and what a fuckin day it;s been. i have taken heaps of photos but am waiting to get them onto a cd before i post them up.

but here's the run down of day one:
the koreans peasant league and other anti-globalisation/capitalist groups marched to the designated protest area (a far cry closer than where we were allowed to get to Farmleigh!) and there were a couple of thousand people there.
so anyway then they (Koreans) fuckin throw themselves into the harbour and start swimming towards the Convention Centre (where the conference is being held)

then everyone starts mobilising towards the riot police (of which there are what seem like thousands) and then the Koreans got this huge big funeral pyre thing that they set on fire, fuck at the police (but the police had extinguished it at this stage), and the fighting begins. they police have so far used batons and pepper spray on protesters even though no violence has been started by protesters - these deterrents have been used when the police think their lines might be broken.

so far the mood has been light but of course passionate; there's been heaps of music, the Koreans have been making as much noise as possible, playing their drums and cymbals an all.

aaaaaanyway there's heaps more that i could waffle on about but i'll let the pictures speak for themselves which i promise to post up asap.
!ninjaaaa !ninjaaaa :heart: !ninjaaaa !ninjaaaa

 

[La La]

oh yeah: a friend of mine has some incredible video footage; i will try and find a way to get this online so you can see some of the action.

 

[Janer]

U want this far for the march then?
If so you are either dedicated or er loaded, or is there a such thing as a dedicated loaded guy

 

[La La]

U want this far for the march then?
If so you are either dedicated or er loaded, or is there a such thing as a dedicated loaded guy

haha noooooo although there were a few heads who travelled over for it.
nah i currently live here, though im headin back to good ol doooblin in 10 days

oh and janer i'm not a boy!

 

[Janer]

Gets better! :heart:.|..|

 

[La La]

Gets better! :heart:.|..|

it will when i post up the pictures from today

 

[Corey]

Gets better! :heart:.|..|

-ew.

 

[La La]

-ew.

yeah...was that a come on? we're talking wto here, it's not a dating service!

 

[Corey]

yeah...was that a come on? we're talking wto here, it's not a dating service!

Love is a battlefield.

 

[ICUH8N]

Post the pictures, innit.

 

[La La]

here we go. i would provide captions...but i think you can figure out the jist of things. and sorry in advance for the big file sizes. i've only attached a handful from today's protests....i have more however if anyone would like to see them. pm me if that's the case.
enjoy!

fortress Hong Kong: the convention centre in the background

police begin mobilising..........

so the koreans react by mobilising their WTO funeral march. (they actually sang this kind of korean burial song or something as they marched towards the riot police....quite amazing to be there

my friend dominic was in the thick of it; he got some great snaps

 

[La La]

 

[La La]

just reading the first few media yarns now.....

"dozens of protesters" they say.
fuckin bollix: there were thousands!

 

[Janer]

Great pictures, not too much coverage on Sky news but thats too be expected I guess from them.

 

[La La]

thanks janer; plus i hope everyone understands that once things started getting heavier at the front the pictures i did take turned out shit, so i didnt bother posting 'em. (so sorry, no major riotporn, although on video we captured a wee bit )
but i hope from these people can see it was, as a whole, a really fun, promising day.

 

[Janer]

My boss is from Hong kong.

 

[La La]

so is oly.

actually, where is oly these days?

 

[nofunchee]

so is oly.

actually, where is oly these days?

he decided that he was too good for the people of eircore since he got a first in his masters. he's a really elitist prick these days. you should have heard what he was saying about you. that you where going over to hong kong and taking the jobs from his da n'all. he's really fuckin' bitter about it. i hope i do well in college so that we can still be friends. i worry about that every day.

 

[La La]

he decided that he was too good for the people of eircore since he got a first in his masters. he's a really elitist prick these days. you should have heard what he was saying about you. that you where going over to hong kong and taking the jobs from his da n'all. he's really fuckin' bitter about it. i hope i do well in college so that we can still be friends. i worry about that every day.

hahaha you can tell oly from me if his da wants to leave his plush home in opluent suburbia and come back to this polluted nutshell of a city, he should!
!cheezy :heart: .|..|

 

[Shine]

great pics thanks la la. i wonder how much about it will seep back here except on indymedia... are you or any of your mates going to post anything on indymedia ireland? maybe with a little background or links esp about the koreans?