Anti-monarchy march, Brighton 30th April

[IndependentCitizen]

Loads of groups in Brighton are coming together to show opposition to the Monarchy. Myself am not sure why it's on the day after, however. Comrades, come down and have some fun on the seaside!

[StalinFanboy]

We did this over here in America like 200 years ago.

[Sasha]

We do the opposite, on 30th of April the dutch population dresses up in Orange and go on an drunken rampage to celebrate our monarchy.

[IndependentCitizen]

We did this over here in America like 200 years ago.

Yeah, and now look at the U.S:rolleyes:

And Psycho, that must be truly traumatic...

[Sasha]

it is:

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[IndependentCitizen]

it is:

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My eyes hurt, and now I believe I will feel sick every time I see a orange tee-shirt.

[Sasha]

imagine your stuck in here:

http://www.buurt-online.nl/koninginnedag2005adam.jpg

[StalinFanboy]

Yeah, and now look at the U.S:rolleyes:


Yeah it's called bourgeois democracy bro

[IndependentCitizen]

Yeah it's called bourgeois democracy bro

Western democracy is a lie

[Queercommie Girl]

The British monarchy is basically descended from Norman invaders who oppressed the Anglo-Saxon population of the country like how the Mongols oppressed the Han Chinese. It's basically a "conquest dynasty" that needs to be overthrown for good.

[Crux]

The British monarchy is basically descended from Norman invaders who oppressed the Anglo-Saxon population of the country like how the Mongols oppressed the Han Chinese. It's basically a "conquest dynasty" that needs to be overthrown for good.
Normans out! I don't disagree really, but, for me at least, that's a pretty weird angle to oppose the british crown from. But yeah whatever floats your boat.

[Queercommie Girl]

Normans out! I don't disagree really, but, for me at least, that's a pretty weird angle to oppose the british crown from. But yeah whatever floats your boat.

Well, it's just one angle out of many of course. Another reason is obviously that feudalism is immensely reactionary...

But actually in this case what I said isn't a "weird angle" at all. "Conquest dynasties" (e.g. British India - Queen Victoria was declared as the Empress of India) should in principle be opposed on the grounds of national liberation. Also, the pre-Norman Anglo-Saxons didn't even possess a fully established feudal society, they were still semi-tribal in some ways.

In China, "Manchus out" was indeed one of the explicit slogans of the bourgeois Xinhai revolution in 1911, which overthrew the Qing Dynasty.

If we oppose capitalist imperialism today, we should in principle oppose slavery and feudal imperialism in the past too.

[Sasha]

The British monarchy is basically descended from Norman invaders who oppressed the Anglo-Saxon population of the country

not really, like the dutch royal family, the current line on the british trone is mostly german, its only in 1917 they dropped their german names in favor of windsor etc to make themselfs more populair and to prevent the same fate as their russian cousin nicolas II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsor)

[Queercommie Girl]

not really, like the dutch royal family, the current line on the british trone is mostly german, its only in 1917 they dropped their german names in favor of windsor etc to make themselfs more populair and to prevent the same fate as their russian cousin nicolas II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsor)

Yes, I can certainly understand this kind of sentiment and reasoning. :cool:

[Anarchist Skinhead]

Independent, its not a anti-monarchy march, its Mayday (well, day befofe mayday ha ha) event with many groups involved.

[Black Sheep]

We do the opposite, on 30th of April the dutch population dresses up in Orange and go on an drunken rampage to celebrate our monarchy.
whoa! :mellow::mellow::mellow:

I assume it's viewed as 'harmless tradition', huh?

[human strike]

Independent, its not a anti-monarchy march, its Mayday (well, day befofe mayday ha ha) event with many groups involved.

Day before? What?

No wait I think I get it, never mind.