Goodbye & Good Riddance 2023: Aside from a protest by Simply Cease Oil in opposition to the best way their protests are being policed and non-violent protesters being given prolonged jail sentences due to political stress by our authorities which has continued to maneuver away from our concepts of liberal democracy in the direction of a police state, all however one of many different occasions I photographed have been concerning the persevering with genocide of the folks of Gaza. Increasingly more civilians – males, girls and particularly kids – have been being killed daily, extra compelled to maneuver out of their properties with nowhere protected to go, and an growing humanitarian disaster – with many employees for aid companies additionally being killed by Israeli forces.
Simply Cease Oil met at New Scotland Yard for a peaceable non-violent march. Because it was about to begin one of many organisers was arrested and others have been warned that in the event that they stepped into the highway they’d even be arrested. After a brief assembly the protesters marched by way of the crowded pavements of Westminster holding pictures of jailed JSO protesters behind a banner ‘NO PRISON FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST’ to a rally exterior the Supreme Courtroom. Some held massive pictures of peaceable Simply Cease Oil protesters who’re in jail, some serving prolonged phrases although some juries have refused to convict these standing up for the way forward for our planet.
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On the finish of a Gaza Ceasefire march to a rally in Brixton, a crowd surrounded a police van containing a younger teenager arrested for an allegedly anti-Semitic poster, shouting “Let Them Go!” and stopping the van from leaving. Police argued with protesters for round 45 minutes, ultimately bringing in nearly 100 officers who pushed the group again to the pavement so the van might depart.
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The scenario in Brixton was relatively confused and I bought completely different tales from completely different folks. The police too have been arguing with one another for a lot of the time earlier than a Senior Commander arrived, stopped one other officer who had been making an attempt to calm the scenario and introduced in reinforcements. There have been no less than two arrests, one for carrying a placard which I believe in contrast not directly the actions of Israel in Gaza with these of the Nazis and the second for damaging a police automobile.
Local weather Justice Coalition protest at BP’s London HQ calling for local weather justice. The UN COP28 local weather summit within the UAE is presided over by an oil CEO and attended by a report variety of fossil gas lobbyists who togther noticed we didn’t get the committment to part out fossil fuels we have to survive. Our authorities too is obstructing the trail to a inexperienced transition, backtracking on slicing carbon and granting many new oil and fuel licences regardless of report world temperatures and more and more dire scientific predictions.
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Neturei Karta Jews assist the march. A whole bunch of 1000’s march in London to name for a full ceasefire in Gaza the place Israeli forces have killed over 17,000 folks together with greater than 7,000 kids. Bombing has made humanitarian assist and medical remedy unattainable and widespread deaths from illness and hunger now appear inevitable. Marchers name for an finish to the genocide and a political answer to deliver peace and justice to Palestine below worldwide regulation.
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The Gaza Ceasefire Now! rally in Elephant Sq. was considered one of many throughout the nation in a day of motion for Palestine as rage grows over the growing dying toll, with over 18,600, primarily girls and kids, now having been killed by Israeli assaults. A whole bunch got here to a rally to demand a everlasting Ceasefire now, and for an finish to British complicity in Israeli apartheid earlier than marching to affix a vigil by medical employees at St Thomas’s Hospital.
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Gaza Ceasefire Now! rally on the Tower Hamlets City Corridor was considered one of many throughout the nation in a day of motion for Palestine as rage grows over the growing dying toll, with over 18,600, primarily girls and kids, having been killed by Israeli assaults. A number of hundred got here to demand a everlasting Ceasefire now, and for an finish to British complicity in Israeli apartheid and have been supported by many drivers who hooted as they drove previous on the busy highway.
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The Gaza Ceasefire Now! march in Lewisham was considered one of many occasions throughout the nation in a day of motion for Palestine as rage grows over the growing dying toll, with over 18,600, primarily girls and kids, having been killed by Israeli assaults. A big crowd probably round a thousand met at New Cross to march demanding a everlasting ceasefire now, and for an finish to British complicity in Israeli apartheid.
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A vigil for the kids of Palestine in Valentines Park was considered one of many occasions throughout the nation in a day of motion for Palestine as rage grows over the growing dying toll. Adults and kids spoke, some studying poems and we heard concerning the lives of some of the numerous murdered kids. The protest condemned the genocide in Gaza, calling for a everlasting ceasefire now, and for an finish to British complicity in Israeli apartheid.
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It was nearly the tip of the yr. Christmas too was overshadowed by the information of latest killings and growing struggling in Gaza. Christmas festivities have been cancelled in Bethlehem, and the Nativity scene on the The Evangelical Lutheran Church there confirmed the new child Jesus wrapped in a kaffiyeh an a heap of rubble to point out solidarity with the folks of Gaza.
Like many others I greeted the passing of 2023 on the finish of New Yr’s Eve with thanks that 2023 was over and the hope that 2024 would see a greater yr for us all. However maybe that hope was realistically solely a glimmer.
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