In preparation for protests at the English Defence League's demonstration in Glasgow on Saturday 14th November there will be a legal observer's training session on Monday 7th November at 6.30 in the Glasgow Social Centre.
If you are interested in playing a useful role during the protests then you could become one of the independent legal observers who will be monitoring the situation in Glasgow city centre during the day.
Our volunteer legal observers will be recording if anyone gets arrested or faces violence from the police/ fascists. As well as our team of volunteers we urge anyone thinking of taking direct action on 14th November to take legal support seriously and to make sure to arrange their own legal observers to work with us.
We have already made arrangements for a legal support office in Glasgow to provide legal support and have arranged for lawyers to be available. Bust cards are being printed with a Legal Support contact number for people to phone if they get arrested, want to let us know about anyone who has been arrested or want to find out about people who have been arrested.
Any information given to us will be held confidentially and will never be divulged to the police or media. So that there is no misunderstanding we would like to make it clear that we are deliberately NOT impartial - we will NEVER extend legal support to any fascists who are arrested.
The training will explain more about how to do legal support and sort out arrangements for the 14th November. If you are interested in helping please come along to the meeting at the Glasgow Social Centre on Monday 9th November
A map of how to find the social centre can be found here: maps.google.co.uk/maps
This is part of the newly-formed Scottish Activist Legal Project - briefings and other useful bits and bobs wil go on-line soon - watch this space!
Re: Legal Observer training for EDL protests
I hope that the efforts of the left wing and muslim estremists to deny those who object to Islamic extremism will be a total failure. The British people have had enough of your message of hate and we will make a stand to defend our ancient freedoms. Hitler and the USSR could not take away our freedom and neither will these UAF bigots and the Islamic extremists which they shelter.