On 15th July, a bunch of people from activist groups Rising Tide and Critical Mass met up on London's South Bank for a climate change bike ride round the city centre. We were going to stop at five evil companies around the capital to give them an award for fucking up our planet. Our first stop was the International Finance Corporation, which is part of the World Bank. It's right next to the Houses of Parliament - coincidence or what? We made some noise outside, handed out leaflets and gave them the award. Next we cruised off round Parliament Square. The 'Countryside Alliance' had a stall there, and I gave them a couple of shouts of 'get a job'. Then it was up Whitehall, through Trafalgar Square and on to the National Portrait Gallery, which is sponsored by BP. Next we moved off to Enterprise IG in Soho. These are the people responsible for BP's Helios awards, the in-house awards given to BP employees who do a good job of making the company look green and nice. We got a baffled response from the company's workers. They had to be told by their boss to get back inside and close all the windows (in case we bit?). We were on our way to Cromwell and Sullivan when some dude in a BMW ran over one of the guys on a bike. Luckily he wasn't hurt, even though the car had gone over his back wheel. The guy in the car looked like he was gonna shit himself when thirty bikers pulled up around him. He called the cops, who soon came and pestered everyone. Last of all, we went to the BP Head Offices in Finsbury Circus. Here the cops were waiting for us. British Transport Police had a dog unit and meat wagon ready. The security people from BP were also waiting, even though we'd no intention of raiding the place. The Azerbaijan PR man Ð sorry, 'Community Relations' officer - came out to talk to us (the demo was mainly about BP's proposed Azerbaijan pipeline). Eventually, everyone except from a couple of the hardcore went off to the London Activist Resource Centre (LARC) in Whitechapel. The hardcore stayed to play with the cops and nearly got stopped for cycling the wrong way round a roundabout. It was a nice protest - Critical Mass is so fucking empowering, I recommend everyone to try it. Blocking up roads with a load of bikes, making noise and just cruising around London Rkn Anarchist Youth Network