March for Europe
Today, I bore witness again to an incredible, massive show of peace and unity, following Pride that was held last week. Organisers estimate that 50,000 people marched to Parliament Square in the anti-Brexit, pro-EU protest, which was also meant to be a show of solidarity for Europe, Europeans, and other immigrants in the UK.
‘Carnival Against Capitalism’
I had to give the whole storming and raiding ruckus in the West End a miss, but managed to pass through Piccadilly Circus in the evening where I came upon members of the StopG8 group packing up the party.
British Turkish in solidarity with Taksim
After a series of peaceful demonstrations for preserving a recreational area in Istanbul
Photographing protests – my experience so far
How it all began In 2006, a photographer friend asked me along to the 'No More Fallujahs' peace camp at Parliament Square, where anti-war campaigners were demanding an end to the UK/US military occupation of Iraq. It sounded exciting. It was all new ground to me, photographically and otherwise. I was tempted, but hesitant. Coming
Operation Vendetta
George Orwell's 1984 leads to V for Vendetta leads to a bunch of Guy Fawkes-masked activists marching on the Houses of Parliament from Trafalgar Square this 5th of November. Lots of discontent, it seems, about the government's failure to serve its people, the dismal state of the economy and the environment. Also something about
Anti-Islamic film protest
"You cannot pass through here." One of the stewards stepped to the side and blocked my way, "You have to go round the other side." "But I'm not passing through," I told him. "I'm here to cover the event." A moment later, I was receiving a briefing from their media person, and then let loose