The protest within a protest

So, we went marching in protest against attacks on foreigners this weekend, to point out that no, we’re not all like that. Surrounded by communists and socialists and unionists and other great folks, I tried valiantly to get my “free markets, free immigration” message in front of the big red banners. Call it a protest within a protest. Not having marched in any cause since before 1994, I made two double-sided posters and one tall one, and met up with Duncan McLeod from the Financial Mail, and our convict-cursing comrade, Brian Bakker. Somehow we swindled him into carrying the poster with Duncan’s line on it. He will not be living this down any time soon.

The other side of my placard says “free markets, free immigration, free south africa”, and the other side of Brian’s placard reads “foreigners are scapegoats for government failure”.

A few more pictures can be found below the fold, and here’s a cool photo-essay by someone I don’t know, to a very appropriate sound-track:

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