Public Sector Strikes Tomorrow
Around two million workers nationwide expected to strike over proposed changes to their pensions.
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March For The Alternative: Major Anti-Cuts Protests In London Today
The latest from today’s march through central London.
Why Are You Protesting? Puppets For Protest
Lots of people are protesting against government cuts on Saturday. We asked a group of people in the arts why they’re doing it with puppets.
Why Are You Protesting? The Public Sector Worker
We’re asking various people why they’re protesting against government cuts on Saturday, and what they’d do instead.
Weekend Protests: Student Fees And Tax Avoidance
It’s another weekend of protests: a march against the rise in tuition fees and scrapping of EMA, plus fake hospitals setting up in Boots.
Student Fees Protest: A View From The Front
Photo by Selenaaaaa from the Londonist Flickr pool Apparently the government have been surprised at how little public opposition there’s been so far to their programme of austerity cuts. Well, yesterday, as thousands of student protesters laid siege to the Conservative party offices, smashed windows, …
50,000 Students Protest In Central London
Photo by hayjane The NUS estimates over 50,000 people are protesting in central London right now. Students and lecturers are marching over plans to increase tuition fees to up to £9k a year from 2012, and remove government funding from some courses entirely. The Guardian’s …
I’m A Photographer, Not A Terrorist
On Saturday, Trafalgar square saw.the I’m a photographer, not a terrorist mass turnout defend our rights to street photography and protest at the abuse of terror laws. This peaceful, jolly and snap happy event, attended by both pro and amateur photographers, and a few stray …
Wave To Stop Climate Change
Tens of thousands of people are expected in central London today, taking part in The Wave climate change protest ahead of the Copenhagen summit. If you want to register your feelings about the importance of making a difference on global warming, join the march at …
In Pictures: London May Day 2009
Yesterday’s May Day march did not really grab the news media’s attention (they were probably too busy perpetuating their wall-to-wall swine flu hysteria), but a few photographers still managed to capture some great shots of the occasion.
