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Critical Mass was a pressure group based in Kent, England. A special interest is a person, group, or organization attempting to influence legislators or other public officials in favor of one particular interest or issue. ...

In 1983 a 'rock the bomb' concert was heldon the Ramsgate sea front, where the rock band 'Hawkwind' performed in a disused swimming pool. The organisers were raising awareness of local objections to the use of RAF Manston, (now Manston Airport) on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, as a USAF airbase. The US Air force were blamed for extensive noise and pollution caused by their warplanes passing very low over playgrounds and residential areas. Note: See Ramsgate, KwaZulu-Natal for a town in South Africa. ... Hawkwind is a British rock music group. ... Kent International Airport (IATA airport code: MSE) is an airport, formerly a Royal Air Force airbase (RAF Manston), in Kent, England. ... William Cobbett in 1827 when he rode to the Island The Isle of Thanet is an area of northeast Kent, England. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Seal of the Air Force. ...

With the closure of the east Kent coal mines imminent, various issues were in need of some kind of formal representation. In 1982 a town Councillor (Derek Dolding) had dressed up as an Arab Sheik to convince the local ferry operators into massive expansion work. Increased pollution (and bad publicity for the Council) resulted from what was considered ill-planned harbour expansion. Effluence being washed up on the residential beaches was to become a serious threat to the nearby nature reserve at Pegwell bay.

These events were compounded by the advent of the development of the Channel tunnel. Radioactive spillages on the roads at night made things worse. A general pressure group began to develop. Channel Tunnel The English terminal at Cheriton, from the Pilgrims Way The Channel Tunnel, (French: le tunnel sous la Manche; once popularly nicknamed the Chunnel in English) is a 50-km-long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover, connecting Cheriton in Kent, England and Sangatte...

As if to focus the attention of local residents the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher introduced a new law placing restrictions on where the under 25's could live. This was vigorously supported by disgraced MP (for Ramsgate), Jonathan Aitken. 'The Board and Lodging Regulations', intended to deter migration from the Northern Counties caused housing problems for very many local youth. A strange alliance between hotelliers and lodgers emerged for a while. The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), is a British stateswoman and was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, also Leader of the Opposition from 1975, and the only woman to date to hold those positions. ... Jonathan Aitken (born August 30, 1942) is a former Conservative minister, and convicted perjurer. ...

Critical Mass decided to occupy the Social Security Offices, the press began to take notice and it was not long after this decisive action was rendered by the group supporting a squat of the old disused unemployment center.

Local radio, the press and the BBC all came up for a visit. The occupation was included in a BBC TV programme (Red Herrings: BBC2) on homelessness. The squat was to become a crisis center for people, mostly young and suddenly made homeless as a result of the 'Gale initiative' (Roger Gale MP for Margate supported government ruling.) The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... A homeless American. ... Roger James Gale (born 20 August 1943) is an English politician. ...

Most local shopkeepers and residents seemed to be generally supportive of the groups solution to this and it pressed the council (Thanet district) for official recognition and planning permission to set up an Unemployment Center. Some of the core group continued with regular visits to London and working with Shelter, Hassle and other National support groups for the protection of the rights of the homeless.

Shortly after these events, and after 'the bloke from Class War' had gone home, another faction of opinion developed and split from the group, calling itself 'Catch 22'. this was the first significant division of the core group that had its roots in Critical Mass. This article is about the organisation and newspaper Class War. ...

Critical Mass quickly acquired a reputation as an anarchist cell, but the democratic members of the loose alliance of local citizens decided to continue with its program of concerns about pollution and world peace, working closely aside the green movement.

locally 'Heretic' emerged as the groups first 'coherent' voice. Another splinter group with the slogan 'It's party time', those active in the Ramsgate Flat Earth Society, and the music collective (Critical Mass) that was loosely funding the hydra initiated the magazine 'Slaughterhouse UK'.

At about the same time both Critical Mass and 'catch 22' were independently supporting a project for the education of 'gypsy' children,'The Travellers school bus project', associated with the Green Collective, strongly influenced by rogue Thanet voices. A Gypsy (derived from Egyptian) may be: any member of any nomadic people (the term is sometimes considered derogatory), especially: the Roma and Sinti, found worldwide but mainly in Europe; Travellers found mainly in Great Britain, Ireland and the United States; and Luli in Central Asia. ...

Ramsgate is as a maritime community associated with the travellers way of life and a lot of people of 'no fixed abode', especially after the 'bxb'(bed and breakfast) incident took an interest in these activities.

"We decided to raise our concerns for the environmental protection of our sacred site (Stonehenge) and the Campaign run by the Polytantric Circle." Jazza Jarret. Stonehenge Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Salisbury. ... The Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge have been provided for free by the Politantic Stage crew to facilitate the enjoyment of the solstice celebrations for over two decades. ...

A fundamentalist Occult cell named in 1985 the Ramsgate Illuminates of Thanet (Riot) (variations) catered for those partial to the study of Chaosmagic, inspired by the Official Uk Illuminates of Thanateros some years earlier. Riot is not to be confused by RIOT a German offshoot of IOT, Uk. Chaos magic is a relatively new form of ceremonial magic, generally involving paradigm shifting and empty-handed rituals. ... The Illuminates of Thanateros are an occult society that pursues chaos magic. ... For the rock band Riot see Riot (the band) Riots in Newark, New Jersey Riots occur when crowds of people have gathered and are committing crimes or acts of violence. ...

Other activity, notably on the road, speaks for itself. Their has never been a formal structure to the core movement other than in its ability to divide itself, endlessly changing, moving forward.

Other groups have vindicated this approach in the environmentalist lobby by adopting the strategy of mass blocking of roads on bicycles, and this movement is now global, it has been said that this group was founded in San Francisco, USA, but having chosen the name of an established and known English environmentalist lobby, (as above) some confusion has arisen as to the relationship between the two. It is the belief of this author that the global CM lobby grew from inspiration derived from the English circle. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Critical Mass cyclist lobby. A sphere of plutonium surrounded by neutron-reflecting blocks of tungsten carbide. ...

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