On 1 August 2005 Section 132 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA) came into force, making any protest in the 'designated area' - up to 1km around Parliament - illegal unless police permission has first been received.

On 1 May 2006 we will be BEATING THE BOUNDS of this massive protest exclusion zone against our loss of freedoms of association and expression. We will assemble at 12 noon in Trafalgar Square on 1 May 2006

ON THIS TRADITIONAL DAY OF COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE AND UPHOLD OUR RIGHTS, LETS DEFEND OUR FREEDOM TO PROTEST WITHOUT POLICE PERMISSION

COME AND TAKE PART IN THIS FUN, NOISY, CREATIVE AND PEACEFUL CHALLENGE TO AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SHORTLY

See here for a reports/photos from a previous Beating the Bounds demo:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/12/329275.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/12/329150.html

Lets make this next one really big and really noisy!

A map of the exclusion zone can be seen here:

http://www.met.police.uk/publicorder/images/Section_132_7_boundary.jpg

A detailed description of the boundary of the 'designated area' can be seen here:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20051537.htm

For more details on SOCPA and the protests against it see:

http://www.peopleincommon.org

http://www.parliamentprotest.org.uk

http://www.pledgebank.com/protest