Goodbye & Good Riddance – September 2003: After all there have been instances in 2023 that I bear in mind warmly, and the primary week of September after I was with a bunch of pals in a vacation let in Barmouth was filled with them, although getting there and again was more durable going with a rail strike and several other lengthy rail alternative bus journeys. However even these lengthy bus journeys had their compensations, with some splendid views and clear home windows via which I photographed a few of them.
The rail and footbridge throughout the estuary at Barmouth closed for main engineering work the day earlier than we arrived so we got here and left on a rail alternative buses. The footpath throughout was additionally closed, which was a dissapointment as it might have allowed extra nice walks.
The vacation had been a really welcome break, and we had been very lucky with the climate, however too quickly we needed to return residence – beginning with two bus journeys to Machynlleth after which on to Shrewsbury and I returned to photographing protests the next day.
Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old unarmed black man, was driving a good friend’s automobile in Camberwell when police stopped the automobile and fired a single shot via the windscreen killing him. The CPS obtained a report on the case in March however have but to resolve if the officer needs to be charged. Lots of got here a 12 months after his killing to help the household and demand justice at a march from New Scotland Yard and rally in Parliament Sq..
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Folks march in London as part of actions by tens of millions all over the world to demand the world leaders gathering in New York for the United Nations Secretary Basic’s Local weather Ambition Summit take the pressing motion wanted for a speedy, simply and equitable finish to the usage of all fossil fuels.
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Protests came about in London and all over the world in help of the Girl Life Freedom revolution in Iran on the primary anniversary of the killing of Iranian Kurdish girl Mahsa Amini by the IGRC. Folks in Iran are struggling immense oppression and injustice. There have been protests on the Iranian Embassy and a march to Trafalgar Sq. the place a rally and different protests had been going down.
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Protests came about in London and all over the world in help of the Girl Life Freedom revolution in Iran on the primary anniversary of the killing of Iranian Kurdish girl Mahsa Amini by the IGRC. Folks in Iran are struggling immense oppression and injustice. There have been protests on the Iranian Embassy and a march to Trafalgar Sq. the place a rally and different protests had been going down. Photos are in the identical album as these from the Iranian Embassy above.
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1000’s march in Nationwide Rejoin March from Hyde Park calling for an finish to Brexit and to revive freedom of motion and reverse the assaults on residing requirements, public companies and employees rights Brexit has prompted. The march was adopted by a rally in Parliament Sq..
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Greater than a thousand individuals marched from Hyde Park within the World Extensive Rally For Freedom of speech, motion, meeting, well being and selection.The march included many anti-vaxxers, local weather change deniers and others however was dominated by these condemning London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ enlargement to incorporate all of London. They referred to as for mass non-compliance with this and different tyrannical authorities management.
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The Rally For Freedom was in opposition to the varied authorities payments and acts which have severely restricted our freedom – equivalent to these geared toward stopping protests and severely proscribing the correct to strike. However we urgently have to take motion towards local weather change “FOR THE SAKE OF ALL OUR CHILDREN” and the vaccinations have definitely saved many, many extra lives than few deaths they’ve prompted. Any accountable mayor of London could be taking related motion to enhance London’s air high quality, and whereas there could also be particulars in Khan’s method which may have been higher, he has proved a significantly higher mayor for London than his predecessor, and deserves to beat the Tory candidate within the 2024 election.
Extra on the 2023 protests I photographed in later posts.
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