{"id":358239,"date":"2011-04-01T13:45:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T13:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/anarchist-threaten-to-disrupt-royal-wedding\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T13:45:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T13:45:28","slug":"anarchist-threaten-to-disrupt-royal-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/anarchist-threaten-to-disrupt-royal-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Anarchist threaten to disrupt royal wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"86.170579779588\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><br \/>\n<!--[if lte IE 7]>\n\t\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.1428571428571\">\n<div readability=\"4.8333333333333\">\n<p>Part of complete coverage on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"86.594594594595\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"6\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Security fears ahead of royal wedding<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Planning are being drawn up to disrupt royal wedding, says leading anarchist protester<\/li>\n<li>Anarchist groups are planning a &#8220;shock and awe campaign&#8221; which could involve fireworks<\/li>\n<li>Black-clad protesters have recently marred legitimate anti-austerity rallies in London<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>London, England (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Plans are being drawn up for a major protest and disruption of the Royal Wedding, according to a leading anarchist protester.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Veitch is a former City banker, who was made redundant during the financial crisis. He now heads a group of colorful protesters called the &#8220;Love Police Academy.&#8221; He says they are committed to non-violent protest against the austerity cuts, the status quo and the establishment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As an anarchist, philosophical and political anarchist, I cannot support the royal family, I cannot support this government&#8217;s actions,&#8221; Veitch said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I give full support to black bloc tactics that we saw at the weekend,&#8221; he added, referring to the black-clad, hooded hardcore of protesters who have marred legitimate anti-austerity rallies in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Veitch is open about his privileged &#8220;right wing, traditional&#8221; family background. Indeed, he was the epitome of the British establishment until he was made redundant during the downturn.<\/p>\n<p>Veitch is candid about the anarchists&#8217; plans for April 29, the day of the royal wedding.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>He says they are putting together a &#8220;a &#8216;shock and awe campaign;&#8217; it will involve a lot of fireworks; it will involve a lot of people dressed in black; it will involve a lot of very, very loud music to try and hack all the mainstream media broadcasts of that day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Veitch says the anarchists are planning their action via the internet. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are plans, which are being passed around online in encrypted forums and through encrypted emails &#8212; which the government cannot hack &#8212; to disrupt the procession route as well. Any more than that, I&#8217;m afraid I cannot tell you at risk of incriminating myself or my colleagues,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Veitch predicts tens of thousands of people will try to protest on the day of the wedding, but admits that &#8220;maybe one or two thousand&#8221; will be directly involved with disrupting the event.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<p>I don&#8217;t see disrupting an illegitimate wedding between two very posh people who don&#8217;t represent the average man on the street as terrorism.<br \/><span>&#8211;Charlie Veitch, leading anarchist protester.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d say it will be a big mass rally. There will be of course people who are dressed all in black, who will be involved in more direct action. Of course, they will remain nameless,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Veitch denies that direct action to interfere with the wedding could be seen as a form of terrorism. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t see disrupting an illegitimate wedding between two very posh people who don&#8217;t represent the average man on the street as terrorism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the threats of Veitch and other anarchists are based on real plans, the police are taking the potential for disruption seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Police Commander Bob Broadhurst says the police face a difficult balancing act: They need to allow legitimate protest, without it getting out of hand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a lot of chatter out there and no real intelligence, but we must bear in mind that people have a right to protest,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters have already targeted the royal family, attacking a limousine carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall last year. It&#8217;s a repeat of scenes like that, which police are desperate to prevent and that anarchists would see as a huge victory.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.5471854304636\">\n<div readability=\"3.3220338983051\">\n<p>Part of complete coverage on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"4.8387096774194\">\n<div readability=\"5.6451612903226\">\n<p>Counting down the days? 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Charlie Veitch is a former City banker, who was made redundant during the financial crisis. He now heads a group of colorful protesters called the &#8220;Love Police Academy.&#8221; He says they are committed to non-violent protest against the austerity cuts, the status quo and the establishment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-358239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anarchist threaten to disrupt royal wedding - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/anarchist-threaten-to-disrupt-royal-wedding\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Anarchist threaten to disrupt royal wedding - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Part of complete coverage on Security fears ahead of royal wedding STORY HIGHLIGHTS Planning are being drawn up to disrupt royal wedding, says leading anarchist protester Anarchist groups are planning a &quot;shock and awe campaign&quot; which could involve fireworks Black-clad protesters have recently marred legitimate anti-austerity rallies in London London, England (CNN) -- Plans are being drawn up for a major protest and disruption of the Royal Wedding, according to a leading anarchist protester. 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