I did some travelling round Central London on Saturday nineteenth November 2011, from the Metropolis to Westminster primarily to cowl varied features of Occupy London, but in addition to a march about ladies’s rights organised by the Fawcett Society.
Saturday Morning Occupy London – St Paul’s Cathedral, Saturday 19 November 2011
My work started at St Paul’s Cathedral, the place 5 weeks earlier I had include Occupy who had been meaning to Occupy the close by Inventory Alternate. Police had managed to disclaim them entry to the ‘personal’ public Paternoster Sq. in entrance of the Inventory Alternate, they usually had as an alternative arrange camp at St Paul’s, the place they had been nonetheless in occupation.
For varied causes, not least my age and well being, I hadn’t felt in a position to participate on this occupation although I felt a substantial amount of sympathy with its goals, and residing on the sting of London had not been in a position to commit myself to photographing it like another photographers, however I had stored in contact and had referred to as in quite a lot of occasions at St Paul’s and to the associated occupation at Finsbury Sq., in addition to assembly individuals from Occupy participating in different protests.
There was nothing specific scheduled for my go to on this Saturday morning – it was quite extra a social name and a chance to search out out extra about what can be occurring later within the day. The occupation at St Paul’s continued till the top of February, and I used to be sorry to be on a hillside within the north of England once I obtained a telephone name from Occupy LSX asking for me to return and take photos of the anticipated eviction and unable to make it.
Saturday Morning Occupy London.
Don’t Flip The Clock Again – Embankment to Westminster, Saturday 19 Nov 2011
I walked from St Paul’s to Temple, the place round a thousand individuals, primarily ladies, had been getting ready to march from Temple previous Downing St to a rally subsequent to the Treasury in King Charles St, calling to the federal government to not flip again time on ladies’s equality although the cuts they had been making.
The Fawcett Society who had organised the march say the cuts will put the clock again on the advances which ladies have made in direction of equality for the reason that Fifties, and referred to as on these participating within the protest to return in Fifties type, variously interpreted by these participating from Paris fashions to carrying brushes or brooms, picket spoons or different kitchen implements as symbols of what they felt was the one function our authorities can envisage for ladies, the “good little spouse.”
When the march neared Downing Avenue the slogans modified to ‘Calm Down Pricey!’ with the deafening response ‘No We Received’t‘, repeating David Cameron’s sexist and patronising put down directed at Labour MP Angela Eagle within the Home of Commons.
There have been criticisms of the press for his or her belittling labelling of some teams of girls in public life – resembling ‘Blair’s Babes’ – in addition to the final predominance of semi-pornographic imagery and demeaning attitudes to ladies. However many of the criticism was aimed on the authorities for the cuts which is able to have an effect on ladies disproportionally as many extra ladies than males within the NHS and different public sector companies will lose their jobs and ladies are extra depending on these companies than males.
In addition to the Fawcett Society, based in 1866 to marketing campaign peacefully for votes for ladies and nonetheless a strong campaigning organisation for equal rights, many different organisations had been represented on the march from throughout society and politics, together with journalists, commerce unionists, and campaigning organisations together with Southall Black Sisters, UK Uncut and the Turkish and Kurdish Refugee Girls’s group.
Financial institution of Concepts & Finsbury Sq. – Solar Avenue & Finsbury Sq., Saturday 19 Nov 2011
Occupy had arrange The Financial institution of Concepts in a disused financial institution constructing, empty for a number of years, on Solar St and there I used to be in a position to hearken to considered one of many talks going down – an fascinating and detailed presentation and query and reply session on the surveillance society.
I walked the quick distance to Finsbury Sq. and made a number of photos of the tents within the Occupy camp there, however there have been only a few individuals round and little was occurring.
I used to be informed many of the residents had both gone to participate in occasions on the Financial institution of Concepts or at St Paul’s, the place I then additionally made my technique to.
Financial institution of Concepts & Finsbury Sq.
Audio system At Occupy London – St Paul’s Cathedral, Saturday 19 Nov 2011
On the steps of St Paul’s I joined a crowd of some hundred listening to audio system giving information from different occupations together with these in New York and Bristol.
They had been adopted by quite a lot of others who had come to offer their assist to Occupy, together with amongst others Jeremy Corbyn, Vivienne Westwood and the now retired Methodist minister David Haslam who has been concerned with many campaigns over time.
Metropolis of London Anti-Apartheid Group At Occupy London – Saturday 19 November 2011
Additionally visiting St Paul’s to offer assist had been a bunch who had taken half within the Non-Cease Picket of South Africa Home began by the Metropolis of London Anti-Apartheid Group on 19 April 1986 who defied makes an attempt by British police, the British authorities and the South African embassy to take away them for nearly 4 years till Nelson Mandela was lastly launched in 1990. Over a thousand arrests had been made – together with of Jeremy Corbyn, however 96% of those had been dismissed by the courts.
The picket gained widespread assist around the globe however had been attacked and disowned by the official management of the Anti-Apartheid Motion, due to their assist for revolutionary actions aside from the ANC, and since the official motion wished to keep away from confrontation with the UK authorities. The group had been expelled from the AAM round a yr earlier than their lengthy continuous protest started, after finishing up quite a lot of shorter protests. The group got here and spoke concerning the protest and likewise sang – singing performed an necessary half in maintaining their 4 yr continuous vigil outdoors South Africa Home.
Metropolis of London Anti-Apartheid Group
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