In an act of utter shamefaced prudishness and class warfare the actions of the cambridgeshire constabulary have led to the Cambridge cultural event the strawberry fayre to be called of by the organisers for fayre.
It is understandable why the rich and their lap dogs would want the it not to happen: the fayre is large oneday event with a festival feel organised entirely by the community. Thats right no burocrats or profiteers involved. It takes place on midsummer common in cambridge on the first saturday of june, has done for years, as an opportunity for local arists and bands to give their work an airing and gives great coverage to the community groups and campaigns that so often get subordinated to money making events.
This decision comes as no surprise to those involved in organising the event, last year the police demanded payment in the hundreds of thousands for policing the event. Thats right folks! Despite no one asking them to attend, and many criticising them for creating a hostile atmosphere, the coppers demanded payment for policing the event or they would do every thing they could to stop it going ahead. A successful campaign was launched last year against these Mafioso tactics and the fayre went ahead but the pigs had it in for the fayre.
This year the police decided that they didn’t have the resources to police the fair, again no one asked them too, so called upon the council to ban it. To their credit the cambridge city council chucked the veto out on it’s arse. But the police were not to be beaten so easily. They began a campaign of intimidation against the organisers, and tied the organisers up in appeals and paperwork.
The overwealming feeling has been that of disgust at the police action and the class boundries have been drawn very clearly. As one of the cities few free events it is the faovurite event in the social calendar of the working class in cambridge, free music cheap beer lots of cool stalls and a chance to just chill out on the common, but the middle classes have applauded the decision claiming “It’s about time! Lets keep cambridge looking clean, and maybe it’ll encourage some of those wasters to get a job!” http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Strawberry-Fair-cancelled.htm
The organisers have taken the sad decision to cancel the fayre. But the people are up in arms. A facebook group has been set up and now nearly 20,000 people have said they are going to turn up anyway. This could be the biggest kick off in local Cambridge history. Cambridge Anarchists and Class War Cambridgeshire invite all those who believe that the working class has as much right to a good day out as the rich and their pet police men to come down and join us on the first saturday of june. Big your family, picnics and music.
NO CONTROL!
ACAB
Link to article on national Class War website
why oh why issit it that any sort of free tradional gathering is being annihilated.wot exactly are people afraid of! obviously i could answer my own question but would very much appreciate your correspondance. all the love and luck in the world to you,hope you have a memorable and peacefull day.sorry i carnt do more to support you than this short ditty
fucking spot on , we’ll be there !
How sad. I’ll be there
1.Well, Many thanks for your efforts. This is a positive way forward. Not only is this going to really get up the nose of others, it will waste more money of police resources, and remove money from essentual services, including Libries, Social Services, and city events. This will also result in a loss of Jobs, reducing money flow, as people wont be spending, which then results in less revenue for businesses, and more job losses. Oh shit we will be living in a squat like you!
Not only is the effort so wonderful, it cleary exposes why Strawberry Fair should be cancelled. It is a proffit making exercise of the organisers, who have lost the origional focus. It shows that only the likes of yobs come to deal drugs, get drunk abuse Parking wardens who are only doing their Job.
If you want to have a festivle like Strawberry Fair organise one. Have a community event, that is clean and alcohol free. This will reduce carbon emissions as there will not be the lorries carrying the alcohol, the use of Carbon emitting equipment for the toilets, sound systems.
In short, Fuck off you inconsiderate wanker. You deserve everything that you are about to get and I hope that the police will fuck you over. If you come near our properties childeren and boats, we will ready.
Yes we’re positively shaking in our shoes. If we find you you soft as shite twat expect a beating.
Jason. To show that you are a caring individual I suggest that you go and visit your local library & look up the word library in a dictionary – I think that you will find that you cannot spell it. Look up profit too, you can’t spell that either.
In fact, ignore them, look up words such as freedom, fun, rights (other than yours) and tradition.
You want to assert your opinion with threats. Threats against people who want to have fun. Yes I agree that an organised event would be great but when was the last wedding, birthday or other event in your locale organised without alcohol.
Go back to your liberal niceties of fluffy bunnies & garden gnomes and leave real people alone
and even “festival” and “essential” are spelled wrong.
Hmmm
Are you able to chew gum and also walk at the same time?
I don’t think that you are capable
The word “Neanderthal” springs to mind
It is rather obvious that you have not-ing else to do. I am rather impressed that you all are able to spell. Anyway. . .
It was a lovely social experiment and I see that you are all very angry people and they world seems to be against you. But many people work hard for their lives and to get somewhere in their lives.
SO do tell me what are your objectives in the long term?
• How is this going to help the SFC?
• How this is going to ensure the event comes back? How about support by being a volunteer?
How about contribute financially to the cost of policing…. Oh I forgot. You are living in a SQUAT and have no money other than for Special Brew from Mill Road, or do you now drink antifreeze ?
I think that you are only going to isolate yourselves further from society and as Manson said in Bowling for Columbine . . . “if you induce fear people will consume”. You will consume city resources and social services which are there to help you get on in life.
Let’s face it, the Strawberry Fayre had become a horrible nightmare and it’s no real tragedy to anyone that it’s over.
As far as I remember, it amounted to little more than legions of kids get wasted and starting fights sitting around doughnut stands and pissing under trees. Not a strawberry in sight.
It comes as no surprise that someone (that actually knew how to spell ‘bureaucrat’) exercised some sense and decided to call it a day.
Of course an event of that scale requires policing – just in the same way that it requires the use of public highways, electricity, drinking water, sewerage and all of the other wonderful benefits of living in a modern democratic society from which i’m sure you also benefit, but of which you appear blissfully unaware.
There is not need for a ‘class war’ on these grounds, you just need to come to your senses and realise that more often than not, rules exist to act in the interest people and communities (local and national), for whom the Strawberry Fayre was doing no good whatsoever.
Grow up and get real mate.
Jason,
I neither squat nor drink and certainly claim not a penny of Dole. I earn my way, have 3 properties and land & support many others including financing 3 orphanages and a safe house for street children.
As far as having nothing to do, I would quote that “if you give a job to a busy man it will get done. An idle man will never get around to it”
The reason that I can spell is that not only did I attend school but I listened and learned. I secured both a Bachelors and a Masters Degree in an engineering science.
In saying that, the people you call squatters & Special Brew Quaffer’s are still members of society and are entitled to use of the local services and are equal under the law. Would you rather load them on trains to the death camps? In the same way you say that you do not want to be irritated by their presence at an event such as this, they too do not want your presence, or that of your Neanderthal drongo mates threatening violence.
After speaking to the police today about my event on the 5th of June – They are happy for my event to go ahead but you guys are in trouble – they do know who you are and I have put a line between your group of violent idiots and my group of happy people – if you kick off, you will be arrested – not me or my group.
Please go somewhere else – midsummer common is going to be happy not violent and angry. Go to Parkers Piece if you have to. Just please leave us all alone as we will be happy and there will be families and small children!!
Please don’t make this bad BAD choice.
The police have spoken to me and we have agreed to outline all the points they are fine with – You guys how ever and really not helping anyone.
If you were smarter you would realise that next year SF is back for definate so what I am doing this year is just a small version for fun.
Please don’t fuck this up.
I have been taking your posters down and pubs have been told to do the same and have agreed.
Stop being idiots.
Stupid spoilt bitch.
But of course – I must be a stupid spoilt bitch asking people to NOT cause trouble on the day so people DONT get hurt – how spoilt of me…
By the way…isn’t it Strawberry Fair? Not Strawberry Fayre…
ah well cinammon and we were giving the sold out hippy cunts of the strawberry fair organising committee a hard time for slagging you off… too bad we didn’t know you were a silly liberal twat. for the police reading this… fuck off. A.C.A.B.
Yours truly,
Harry Roberts
Cambridge Anarchists
Well Harry
It would help if rather than being called names because they community actually think I am part of your group!
I am not a liberal twat for your infomation – what I am saying is the police, until yesterday, thought I was YOU lot.
You haven’t done anything but made the SFC more angry at me because they thought I was being a twat like you lot are.
Just leave it.
Cinamon Francis-Burnett you do not own the Strawberry Fair like you proclaim (‘my event…’).
You maybe from the ruling class but this is a community fair for and by the people of cambridge.
Now that you have grassed up local activists to the police you will not be welcome at any meeting I attend.
Fuck Francis-Burnett and Fuck the plod!
My event is Happy Fun Day not Strawberry Fair you fuck tard
I would never want to be in the same room as you lot – you are idiots.
I hope you all get arrested and chucked in a cell for 48 hours on the 4th of June. Save alot of people the hassle or having to listen to your bullshit and actually let people relax.
Prats.
> last year the police demanded payment in the hundreds of thousands
You’re waaay off there. It was £1500.
hahahah “happy fun day” jokes, facebook warrior who decided would try and take the working classes day away from us and claim it your own, you are a joke, n on top that no one likes a snitch. happy fun day my arse haha, jokes
No actually just a girl who wanted to organise some thing for everyone to go to whilst SF has a day off.. and grow up you prat.
Hey guys. No need for all this anger. Just remember what this fair is all about – Strawberries. Why so much fuss over some soft fruit? Worry about the important stuff. If you really care about Strawberry fair read the info on the attached link. Then you will feel foolish for all of your angry thoughts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_strawberry
Weather forecast is rain. At least you load of wasters will get a shower.
*cough* “This could be the biggest kick off in local Cambridge history” – *shakes head* The most that happened was one member shouted at me that I shouldn’t be angry with you… Lol :’)
And it could of been, is that not an accurate statement?
Anyway, to the point. CA never said the group would ‘kick off’, as you snitched to the coppers. Instead, as was stated in a press release to the Cambridge Evening News it was hoped that the event would go off smoothly and not be hindered by aggressive policing. I think even you would agree that such an event, aimed at families, wouldn’t be fair or sensible to engage in a pitched battle with robocops, eh?
Just to add I wouldn’t be so ready to make enemies with crews you don’t know, Cinnamon.
Honestly – I’d never want to be friends with any of the CA anyway… personally I prefer being liked
Liked by the police, certainly. Choose your friends wisely Cinammon.
Honestly – not scared of you guys because, as I realised on saturday, you are just angry little people. I would never want you as my friends – I’m happy with the lot I have and I’m happy being liked be people
You certainly seem to spend a lot of energy commenting on our blog. And denouncing us to the police and newspaper. Grow up.
Love,
Anna Key
cambridge anarchists i quote babilon burning! you lot dont even know how to light a match! where were you? i was waiting for this kick off but you lot couldnt even kick a ball! ive lost all respect in you. What are you lot a bunch of kids? writing crap to get noticed you remind me of school kids.