Anti-War Protest in London, March 2008
I attended a protest march in London yesterday in opposition to the wars currently being engaged by the UK. These photos are available in a Flickr set.
Crowds at Trafalgar Square
Manchester University Student Union sent two coach-loads of people.
A temporary stage was set up.
George Galloway speaking on said stage.
Emotive slogans.
Tens of thousands of people flooded Trafalgar Square and the surrounding area, but what little media coverage there was of this played the numbers down.
The fact that McDonalds just carried on regardless was fairly amusing.
Damn straight.
The majority of placards at the protest were produced in the thousands by organisations (I carried one from the CND), so more sincere, hand-made versions stood out well.
I took this video as we approached Westminster Bridge. The chant is supposed to be “This is what democracy looks like; this is what democracy feels like”, but a change seemed fitting here…
Final phase of the rally at Westminster.
CPGBs started chanting about revolution. Great to see people enthused, but that wasn’t really the topic of the day chaps.
I noticed these placards lying around at the very end, seemed to sum up the feeling of the day.
Tags: activism, George Galloway, London, photography, politics, protests, video, war
good pics ben. Just got on a computer now so had a chance to look through them, especially like the video
could any one tell when the next protest is due to take place i have recently just found this site so please advise as i would like to attend
thanks rebecca