{"id":4335,"date":"2011-03-10T12:24:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T11:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?p=4335"},"modified":"2011-03-10T12:24:51","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T11:24:51","slug":"gaddafi-squat-kfc-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/gaddafi-squat-kfc-frenzy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaddafi squat KFC frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hours\u00a0after my post yesterday about the occupation of the Libyan emabassy in 1986<\/a>, a group called Topple The Tyrants<\/strong> squatted Gaddafi’s son Saif’s \u00a310 million\u00a0mansion in Hampstead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Far be it for a humble man like myself to suggest that there is any connection<\/em> between these two events…<\/p>\n

History is Made at Night <\/a>came good with some more info on the eighties occupation, as well as a worrying look at Gaddafi’s support amongst some elements of the euro-anarcho scene in the early nineties.<\/p>\n

Comrade Sufi over at Dissensus<\/a> brought me up to date with the Gaddafi Kentucky Fried Chicken meme:<\/p>\n

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Mubarak KFC<\/p><\/div>\n

This image emerged from the Egyptian uprising. There is a branch of KFC in Tahir Square.<\/p>\n

Desperate Egyptian dictator Mubarak accused the protestors of all being pro-american lackeys who ate KFC etc. This lie\u00a0was then replicated in the state media with reports that protestors were being paid $100 US and given free KFC meals<\/a>. (This has echoes of various left wing protestors in the UK, from miners’ strike supporters to anti-capitalists at May Day\u00a0being accused in the tabloids of being paid…)<\/p>\n

The protestors then took the piss out of Mubarak with the above image.<\/p>\n

In fact the KFC in Tahir Square was closed after the Jan 25th protests. A makeshift medical clinic was set up in front of it for the duration.<\/a><\/p>\n

The protestors also defaced said KFC thusly:<\/p>\n

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Apparently this text reads “No to Mubarak the U.S. Client.”<\/a>\u00a0(Another image, slightly clearer is here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The anti-dictator\/KFC image now seems to have gone viral, which brings us right back to Gaddafi:<\/p>\n

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Gaddafi KFC<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Now far be it for me to suggest<\/em> that eighties Hackney squat punks God Told Me To Do It <\/a>had any inflence on this…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hours\u00a0after my post yesterday about the occupation of the Libyan emabassy in 1986, a group called Topple The Tyrants squatted Gaddafi’s son Saif’s \u00a310 million\u00a0mansion in Hampstead. Far be it for a humble man like myself to suggest that there is any connection between these two events… History is Made at Night came good with …<\/p>\n

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