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july 2021
'Reclaim Pride' March
Stop Bolsonaro Rally and March
Cuba - End the Blockade
Nigerians Protest Against
killings & Rape
Solidarity with Rashford, Saka &
Sancho
Colombians protest for Peace
& Justice
Nigerians protest against
killings
Swanscombe Walk
NHS 73rd Birthday March and Rally
NHS 73rd Birthday Banner Drop
Release Biafran leader held in
Nigeria
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'Reclaim Pride' March
London, 24th July 2021
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The 'Reclaim Pride' march aims to return to the original roots of Pride as a celebration and protest for LGBT+ rights, demanding an end to conversion therapy, reform of the Gender Recognition Act, safe haven for LGBTI+ refugees, worldwide decriminalisation and showing solidarity with Black Lives Matter organised by veteran campaigner Peter Tatchell. After marching up Whitehall it followed the route of the first Pride march in 1972 to a Queer Picnic in Hyde Park
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Stop Bolsonaro Rally and March
London, 24th July 2021
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Brazilians and supporters protest at the Brazilian Embassy and marched along Whitehall against President Bolsonaro, currently under legal investigation for his mishandling of the pandemic. They demand food and vaccines for all, respect for indigenous rights and land, an end to police violence and the killing of black people, calling for an end to his anti-women, anti-worker, anti-gay government and its attack on science, education and culture.
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Cuba - End the Blockade
Trafalgar Square, 24th July 2021
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To mark the 68th anniversary of the 1953 Moncada barracks assault which began the Cuban revolution, campaigners protest at Trafalgar Square for an end to the US blockade of Cuba which continues to cause huge damage to the Cuban economy. Last month saw the 29th annual vote by the UN General Assembly demanding its end, supported by 184 countries, opposed only by the USA and Israel.
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Nigerians Protest Against Killings And Rape
Trafalgar Square, 24th July 2021
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Nigerians protested in Trafalgar Square calling for an end to the genocide in South East Nigeria. They want an end to open grazing on Igbo and Yoruba land and say that Fulani herdsmen are killing Igbo and Yoruba farmers, and raping their mothers and sisters.
London, Trafalgar Square, Nigeria, Nigerians, Igbo, Yoruba, murders, killing, Fulani herdsmen, Fulani terrorists, raping, Yoruba Nation, Anioba Union, South Nigeria, Eastern Nigeria, genocide, protest, Biafra, freedom, Nnesi Community, Igbo Communities,
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Solidarity with Rashford, Saka & Sancho
Downing St, 17th July 2021
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Protesters came to Downing St to show solidarity with England footballers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after the storm of racist abuse after the Euro2020 final penalty shootout. Boris Johnson and Priti Patel had earlier encouraged racist booing of the team for taking the knee before matches, and were called out by team members for their hypocrisy in statements after the shootout, with the team reported to unanimously refuse to attend a planned reception at Downing St.
#TakeTheKnee, #BlackLivesMatter, #BLM, take the knee, opposition to racism, gesture politics, Boris Johnson, Priti Patel, Boris, Priti, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka, racist abuse, solidarity, Rashford, Saka, Sancho, Stand Up To Racism, England team, penalty shoot out, Euro2020 final, Stand Up To Racism, Black Lives Matter, anti-racism, anti-racists, anti-racist gesture, hypocrite, hypocrisy, racist, racist policies, action on racism,
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Colombians protest for Peace & Justice
Parliament Square, 17th July 2021
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Colombians in Parliament Square demand peace and justice in Colombia, where President Duque brutally suppressed opposition and a general strike against proposals to increase VAT on staple goods, tax on pensions and agriculture, eliminate subsidies on public services and freeze public sector pay for 5 years. Paramilitary groups, soldiers and tanks attacked protesters and thousands have been arrested, killed, kidnapped and sexually violated. They want the civilian government to continue but radically change policies.
#SOSColombia, Colombia, human rights, SOSColombia, Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Colombians, protest, London, Parliament Square, masks, social distancing, right to protest, Colombian Cry of Independence, paramilitary, demand peace for Colombia, ESMAD, ESMAD squads, soldiers, tax increases, VAT on food, stable goods, pensions, public service cuts, military rule, right-wing, vaccinations, indigenous leaders, genocide, state complicity, censorship, social media,
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Nigerians protest against killings
Downing St, 17th July 2021
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Nigerians protested at Downing Street calling for an end to the genocide in South East Nigeria. They want an end to open grazing on Igbo and Yoruba land and say that Fulani herdsmen are killing Igbo and Yoruba farmers, and raping their mothers and sisters.
London, Biafra, Biafrans, Nigeria, Nigerians, Igbo, Yoruba, murders, killing, Fulani herdsmen, Fulani terrorists, raping, Yoruba Nation, Anioba Union, South Nigeria, Eastern Nigeria, genocide, protest,
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Swanscombe Walk
Swanscombe, Kent. 10th July 2021
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Swanscombe on the River Thames between Dartford and Gravesend was one of the centres of the North Kent cement industry with the village poised on the top of huge chalk quarries. The industry here went around 50 years ago, and parts of the quarries now have other industrial sites, but much has reverted to nature, though a massive concrete jetty and some nearby structures remain. The Swanscombe peninsula juts out into the river and has areas of freshwater and salt marsh and parts have now been given SSSI status.
Plans were put forward around ten years ago to convert around half this land into a theme park, but these met with determined opposition from many who appreciate the area as a green space, one of the first large stretches of riverside east of London not already lined with luxury flats. The proposed development would include hotels and transport infrastructure which would destroy the current nature of the area though some welcome the jobs it would bring to a relatively deprived area.
I first photographed the area in the 1980s, when there were considerably more signs of the former industry, and returned later both to enjoy the peace and quiet and then to photograph when the Channel Tunnel Rail link came into the area before diving into a tunnel under the Thames. It has long been a crossing point of the river, one of the routes for pilgrims to and from Canterbury, as well as more recently for high voltage wires carried between two enormous pylons. A few years ago, the photography group Crossing Lines, based around Goldsmiths, organised a project and exhibition on the area, and this trip was made with others from the group as they contemplated new work in the area.
Crossing Lines, Kent, project, River Thames, Swanscombe, Swanscombe marshes, Swanscombe peninsula, theme park, green space, post-industrial, landscape,
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NHS 73rd Birthday March and Rally
University Colleg Hospital to Downing St, 3rd July 2021
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Campaigners marched through central London from University College London Hospital to a rally at Downing St at the start of three days celebrating the 73rd anniversary of Labour founding the NHS against Tory opposition. They demanded pay justice for NHS staff and an end to Tory creeping privatisation of the NHS. The march was part of a day of action at nine locations around London and many more across the country.
London, NHS Birthday, NHS anniversary, pay justice, patient safety, end privatisation, march, rally, UCLH, University College, London hospital, public sector, pay freeze, 73rd birthday, NHS at risk, NHS, fair pay, Keep our NHS public, NHS workers, Unite, Tory opposition, creeping privatisation, Tory privatisation, Labour government, banners, nurses, RCN, Royal College of Nursing, fair pay, pay rise, Unite Community, UCH Nurses, migrants, stop scapegoating, Stand Up To Racism, Boris Johnson, #NHSPay15, 15%, No to 1%, NHS 73, #NHS73,/i>
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NHS 73rd Birthday Banner Drop
Westminster Bridge, 3rd July 2021
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Campaigners at St Thomas' Hospital had a large flower display for the NHS, handed out leaflets on the street and had posters 'THE NHS DESERVES BETTER' and collected signatures for a birthday card for the 73rd anniversary of Labour founding the NHS against Tory opposition. A I left they made a banner drop on Westminster Bridge with the message 'STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT - OUR NHS DESERVES BETTER'
London, NHS Birthday, NHS anniversary, pay justice, patient safety, end privatisation, St Thomas's Hospital, St Thomas's, London hospital, public sector, pay freeze, 73rd birthday, NHS at risk, NHS, fair pay, Keep our NHS public, NHS workers, Unite, Tory opposition, creeping privatisation, Tory privatisation, Labour government, banners, nurses, RCN, Royal College of Nursing, fair pay, pay rise, Unite Community, UCH Nurses, migrants, stop scapegoating, Stand Up To Racism, Boris Johnson, #NHSPay15, 15%, No to 1%, NHS 73, #NHS73,
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Release Biafran leader held in Nigeria
Downing St, 3rd July 2021
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Nigerians protest at Downing St for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), an end to the violence against the Biafran people and a separate states for the three tribes of Nigeria, Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa. Kanu was arrested in Kenya last Sunday and extradited to Nigeria. He had fled the country in 2015 after having been charged with various offences and had lived in south London. The Nigerian government claim he has been making broadcasts from abroad inciting violence against the state.
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