19 Aug 2000

John Ritson <john@jritson.demon.co.uk>

Middle of the holiday season, but the Test Match had finished in two days, so I was free to watch Scientologists instead. I joined two other suppressives (each armed with an inflatable alien) for a couple of hours leafleting, picketing and slogan-shouting outside the Tottenham Court Road 'Org'. We definitely controlled the situation, with only the occasional miserable-looking Scientologist (plus a small girl) pushed out to hand out copies of 'Freedom' Issue 16 (the one wingeing on about the 'Brighton Argus' expose) . The local street-cleaner came past with his bin containing plenty of 'Freedom's but none of our leaflets. Complete support from the passers-by. Hardly any traffic into the 'Org' apart from the half-a-dozen known Scientologists. Interesting chats with passers-by, including family members of one prominent UK Scientologist.

This was the third successive week on which there have been mini-pickets at Tottenham Court Road.

John *** "The report area for most has been Mars. Some women report to stations elsewhere in the Solar System. There are occasional incidents about Earth report stations. The report stations are protected by screens. The last Martian report station on Earth was established in the Pyrenees."