Anti-capital street theatre calls for return to socialist values and nationalisation of banks. V I Lenin raises his fist
Chris Knight and 'The Government of the Dead' came to the offices of New Labour on Victoria Street, close to the Houses of Parliament, bringing with them a life-size dummy of Gordon Brown. They called for the government to go, and for the Labour Party to return to socialist values, starting with the re-adoption of Clause 4: "To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service." Knight had a simple solution for a current problem: "No Redundancies - we'll nationalize the Lot!" Soon blood was covering the pavement as Brown's head and arms were ripped off, and the zombies began trying to eat his body parts. A PCSO came and asked them not to be there too long and make sure they tidy up afterwards. Treating street theatre as a 'media event' rather than a demonstration avoids a lot of police paperwork. Membership cards for the real The Labour Party were handed out, signed by the new General Secretary, Chris Knight, who led the small assembled crowd in 'The Red Flag’, and unlike most delegates to the annual party congress he actually knew the words. The meeting was also addressed the Political Commissar for Zombie Wrangling of the Government of the Dead, one V I Lenin, who carried a poster misquoting himself from 1918, "I want to support the 'New' Labour Party in the same way as the rope supports the hanged man", complete with a small gibbet and hanging skeleton for the benefit of photographers and the illiterate. The event was also watched by a couple of rather low-key security men from the New Labour offices, one taking photos. One man on his way into the offices pushed several people angrily and threatened a photographer but they escorted him inside.
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Location: Victoria St, Westminster, London, England, UK
Photo credit: © Peter Marshall / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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