The Police Have Been Protesting
10 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Comedy, Crime, Extreme Sports, Political Events Tags: cuts, employment, federation, jobs, met, metropolitan, neoliberal, opinion, police, protest, recession, strike
For the second time in four years, the Police were back on the streets of London in protest against cuts to their organisation.
The Biggest Strike In 30 Years
04 Dec 2011 3 Comments
in Crime, Political Events, Society & Culture Tags: #occupy, government, investment, money, occupyLSX, pension, protest, public sector, reform, retirement, strike, strikes, unison, unite
November 2011 saw the biggest strike in the UK for 30 years. Various polls (in both left and right wing press) suggested an average of 70% of the population supported the public sector workers involved in the action.
A Tale Of Tent City
23 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in Extreme Sports, Political Events, Religion, Society & Culture Tags: #occupy, death, economy, graveyard, london, occupation, occupyLSX, protest, st pauls, st pauls cathedral, stock exchange
The streets of London are paved with gold and sometimes tents.
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March For The Alternative – The Battle For Hearts & Minds
28 Mar 2011 6 Comments
in Political Events, Society & Culture Tags: 26th march, anarchist, fortnum and mason, london, march, march for the alternative, police, protest, uk uncut
Following on from the winter 2010 student protests against increases in tuition fees, a protest against more general government cuts took place in the spring of 2011 –
More photos & footage from the direct action activities are contained within the article.
For The Mouths Of Babes – The Spoon Of Tuition Fees.
07 Dec 2010 8 Comments
in Political Events, Society & Culture Tags: dayx2, debt, demo2010, education, graduate, loans, police van, protest, riot, student, students, tax, tuition fees, ukuncut, university
Students were recently staging protests and walk-outs in order to illustrate their opposition against the proposed increases in tuition fees for higher education courses and the abolition of educational maintenance allowances (EMA) for college students.
(The above video – but with subtitles / narration is shown at the bottom of this article.)
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One Leicester – United Against Divisions.
12 Oct 2010 7 Comments
in Political Events, Society & Culture, Sport Tags: BNP, EDL, english defence league, extremism, immigration, protest, religion, UAF, united against facism
Members of the English Defence League (EDL) gathered in Leicester on Saturday 9th October 2010. All marches had been banned in the centre on that day, but static demonstrations were still allowed. The following footage was taken from the EDL side of the Police barrier.
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English Defence League Protest in Nottingham on Saturday 5th December 2009
06 Dec 2009 7 Comments
in Political Events Tags: BNP, EDL, english defence league, frustration, immigration, Nottingham, politics, protest, recession, right wing, UAF, unemployment, YouTube
The following YouTube videos are silent documentaries. This means that they have no narration, (but still have all the background sound), as my main objective is to represent the event that happened in Nottingham, not tinge the footage with my own personal political views.
The following silent documentaries were recorded in Nottingham when the English Defence League (EDL) and Unite Against Facism (UAF) groups both held protests in the city centre. A large Police presence was required to keep the two groups apart.
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