By Simon-K Tamil protesters remain in Parliament Square this morning, calling for the UK government to act to end the war in Sri Lanka. The demonstration caused chaos on Westminster Bridge yesterday as protestors sat down en masse, forcing police to close the bridge to …
Police push into a crowd of protesters near Bank / image by chrisjohnbeckett from the Londonist Flickr pool We’ve been talking a lot about the G20 protests this week and been mulling over a number of points. Namely, police tactics and what the point of …
Tents, bunting and fluffiness at Climate Camp yesterday / image courtesy of Zaykoski from the Londonist Flickr pool As predicted yesterday, police broke up the Climate Camp on Bishopsgate. Reader ohmyliver drew our attention to a film of riot police using shields to hit non-violent …
Image by Chris Coltrane There’s not been a great deal of change at Bank. That branch of RBS had its windows smashed (the BBC’s got a photo of someone doing the smashing, surrounded, or egged on, by photographers) and word is, a small group of …
By sudlow If you can’t skip work to join protest frenzy today or tomorrow or don’t know what to protest about anyway, perhaps you should consider protesting for peas or neglected ‘p’s on Saturday 18 April. Remember Thera-pea? Well Bobby Baker’s back at Wellcome Collection …
The Silver Horse against financial crimes at London Bridge / image author’s own Accompanied by a brass band, the Silver Horse against financial crimes left London Bridge about 11.15am heading for the Bank of England. Apparently the Moorgate march also left without incident but according …
The University of East London has decided to close its doors between Wednesday and Friday, citing “uncertainty about transport and possible disruption”. Fair enough, you might think, since it’s very close to the ExCel centre where the summit is taking place, but the effect is …
G20 protests started a day early with elevenses at the Bank of England this morning. With the bulk of protests expected tomorrow, security is beginning to ramp up across London. Police have told people living near ExCel to carry two forms of ID, one with …
The Put People First march was held on Saturday – the first of the G20 protests. An estimated 35,000 people took to the cold and grey streets of London to demand action on climate change, poverty and jobs. All images from the Londonist Flickr pool.
2007 Climate Camp at Heathrow / courtesy of Andrew* under a Creative Commons licence Right then! We’ve seen what the G20 is and what people are mad at them about. Or just mad about in general. Now for the fun bit: what’s actually happening on …
Protestors at the Kingsnorth Climate Camp last summer / courtesy of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition under a Creative Commons licence We know why the G-20 are in London, so why are people protesting? You might think this was a no-brainer: because they’re angry about …
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