Goodbye and Good Riddance – March 2023: Persevering with from yesterday’s submit some extra photos from 2013, from my albums on Fb from March 2003.
Croydon Residents Protest 15% Council Tax Hike. London, UK. 1 Mar 2023. Individuals from the London Borough of Croydon protest exterior the Council workplaces towards the council elevating Council Tax by 15%. The massive rise is required due to of swingeing cuts in help from central authorities and years of mismanagement by each Labour and Tories, notably within the council’s housing firm. The proposed rise comes on high of years of cuts to important providers within the borough. Peter MarshallA Tree Is Planted In Reminiscence of Bruce Kent. London, UK. 4 Mar 2023. Jeremy Corbyn and Valerie, Bruce Kent’s widow, come to plant the tree. A number of hundred got here to the planting of a tree in Finsbury Park in reminiscence of Bruce Kent who died final June. A outstanding Catholic priest he grew to become a political activist and one of many nice peace campaigners of our occasions. Audio system included Jeremy Corbyn and Kent’s spouse Valerie who collectively planted the tree. Peter MarshallMillion Ladies Rise 2023. London, UK. 3 Mar 2023. Ladies, together with many from migrant teams, met simply off Oxford Road for a march organised by Million Ladies Rise, a collective led by Black girls, which welcomes all girls to attend. They referred to as for an finish to male violence towards girls and women in all its varieties. They need an finish to on a regular basis and structural racism on the coronary heart of policing and our immigration system and society usually. Peter MarshallFinancial institution of England – Hand Again Venezuela’s Gold. London, UK. 4 Mar 2023. A protest on the Financial institution of England on the tenth anniversary of Hugo Chavez’s dying demanded they return the 31 tonnes of Venezuela’s gold of their vaults. The UK authorities has refused to recognise the elected authorities of Venezuela and insists the gold belongs to the opposition led by Juan Guaido whose interim presidency has been dissolved by the democratically elected Nationwide Meeting. Peter MarshallSave The NHS, Help Strikers and Welcome Migrants. London, UK. 11 Mar 2023.1000’s marched in London from a brief rally at Warren Road calling for respectable pay for all NHS employees. They demand an finish to NHS privatisation and a return to a publicly funded public service. Migrants Are Welcome with and have performed an important position within the NHS, with giant numbers of nurses, docs and different employees from overseas, and so they supported Gary Lineker in his description of the substance and tone of Authorities insurance policies. Peter MarshallIranians Proceed Protests For Regime Change. London, UK. 11 Mar 2023. Iranians proceed their protests in London in solidarity with protesters in Iran calling for the top of rule by Mullahs. In Parliament Sq. a gaggle held placards towards the gassing of schoolgirl protesters and Iran and calling for Twitter to ban the Taliban, in addition to photos of these killed and held Iranian flags and banners supporting the mourning moms and dads of Iran. Peter MarshallSave Our Faculties Carnival, London, UK. 15 Mar 2023. Putting academics, mother and father and supporters march to a carnival occasion in Trafalgar Sq. organised by the Nationwide Training Union as an enormous Funds Day present of power to demand the Chancellor and ministers ship a fully-funded above inflation pay rise to #SaveOurSchools. They demand motion to finish poor pay, low funding, the SEND disaster and extreme workload, to help pupils in poverty and finish inappropriate inspection and exams. Peter MarshallUN Anti-Racism Day March. London, UK. 18 Mar 2023. Ladies Life Freedom, Iran. 1000’s march by way of London to clarify that refugees are welcome and oppose the federal government’s racist insurance policies towards immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. They demand protected routes for migrants and an finish to institutional racism in policing and an finish to Islamophobia, anti-semitism, and prejudice towards Black, Chinese language, Asians, gypsies, Roma, travellers and different communities within the media and authorities. Peter MarshallUN Anti-Racism Day March. 18 Mar 2023. 1000’s march by way of London to clarify that refugees are welcome and oppose the federal government’s racist insurance policies towards immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. They demand protected routes for migrants and an finish to institutional racism in policing and an finish to Islamophobia, anti-semitism, and prejudice towards Black, Chinese language, Asians, gypsies, Roma, travellers and different communities within the media and authorities. Peter Marshall
Extra photos from these and different protests in March 2023 in my Fb Albums.
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