Saturday October 18th 2014 noticed an enormous march organised by the TUC calling for a pay rise for staff as Britain is recovering from the monetary crash and executives had been getting huge will increase in earnings and bonuses however the staff had been nonetheless struggling.
On my approach there I known as in to Parliament Sq. the place Occupy Democracy who I had been with the earlier night had been nonetheless making an attempt to take over the world – and I went again once more after the TUC march.
Then for one thing utterly completely different I went to Westminster Cathedral to {photograph} the beginning of the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament from there to Southwark Cathedral.
Lastly there was a Poor Doorways Saturday Evening Particular at One Industrial St, Aldgate, the place Class Warfare’s ranks had been augmented by activists who had been attending the Anarchist E-book Honest earlier within the day.
Democracy Camp takes the Sq. – Parliament Sq.
I had come the earlier night with Occupy Democracy for a rally in Parliament Sq. the place they hoped to arrange camp, however police and heritage wardens had saved them off the grass, they usually had been nonetheless on the paved areas once I visited them on Saturday morning, with a big police presence nonetheless managing to stop them establishing camp.
Many had left the sq. to participate within the TUC march, and like me returned after the marchers had gone on their solution to Hyde Park. Others arrived too, together with a bunch from UK Uncut who walked in with a sound system. There have been tense moments as police and Westminster Council officers tried to take this from them, however finally they had been allowed to depart with their gear with the warning that they needed to take it away from Parliament Sq. or it will be taken from them.
Shortly after extra individuals arrived together with those that had been carrying two giant wooden and cloth towers, one with the phrases POWER and OCCUPY and the opposite the phrase DEMOCRACY. Along with different protesters they ran onto the grass sq. and raised the towers, with police unable to cease them. Others adopted them onto the grass and started a rally, with audio system together with Labour MP John McDonnell, Occupy’s George Barda, environmentalist Donnachadh McCarthy and Russell Model.
Police reinforcements started to muster across the sq. and it appeared a battle was inevitable. However immediately the police disappeared, most likely realising that the presence of Model particularly would would have generated huge and largely damaging media protection. A lot better to come back again late at evening and do it after the mass media had left (which they did.)
Many extra photos at Democracy Camp takes the Sq..
Britain Wants A Pay Rise – Embankment
Over 80,000 marchers had come to name for staff to share within the financial restoration the place firm chief executives now earn 175 instances the typical employee, and nurses, academics and others in the private and non-private sector are £50 per week worse off than in 2007.
I don’t typically hassle to {photograph} ‘press calls’ however I arrived simply in time for this one properly earlier than the march began, with Frances O’Grady in a vibrant crimson costume in entrance of the principle banner with individuals holding up the figures 1, 7 and 5. And I stayed in entrance of the march to {photograph} the leaders holding the banner till it set off.
I finished just a few yards alongside the route the place the sunshine was higher and photographed group after group of marchers, together with many from the NHS and different public service unions whose members have been significantly badly handled by the federal government’s pay freezes.
In direction of the again of the march had been many extra radical teams, together with these I’ve photographed typically at different protests, with many acquainted faces. Specifically I used to be happy to have a brief speak with veteran peace protester Pat Arrowsmith of CND who I’d a number of instances walked beside on the best way to Aldermaston.
As the tip of the march went previous me I left to cowl different occasions. There can be lengthy speeches on the rally in Hyde Park!
Procession of the Blessed Sacrament – Westminster Cathedral to Southwark
I waited outdoors Westminster Cathedral for individuals to emerge after the blessing of the sacrament as no images was allowed inside.
The procession was led by a bunch primarily in white tops, some carrying lighted altar candles and a person with a crucifix on a stick and I photographed them as they waited for the procession to kind up behind them. The wind quickly extinguished their candles.
A way again within the procession had been extra individuals sporting clerical costume with one in additional ornate robes carrying the Blessed Sacrament, holding it in his cape and one other holding an offi-white umbrella over him and the sacrament.
Two African ladies in ‘Sacred Coronary heart of Jesus’ attire carried a banner with an unlikely wanting Jesus, however most of people who adopted had been in additional regular costume. Some appeared quite sad or suspicious about being photographed.
I went with the procession to Lambeth Bridge after which returned to Parliament Sq. and the Democracy Camp.
Procession of the Blessed Sacrament
Poor Doorways Saturday Evening Particular – One Industrial St, Aldgate
Class Warfare who had been holding common weekly protests for a number of months towards the separate doorways for wealthy and poor residents at One Industrial St, Aldgate, had known as a particular protest because the Anarchist E-book Honest had been going down earlier only a brief distance away.
Fairly just a few of those that had travelled to London for the E-book Honest got here down to participate within the protest. It made my images a bit of tougher because the pavement was quite crowded, and there have been many participating who didn’t know me – and a few anarchists are eager to not be photographed.
It was good to see just a few new banners – together with one from the Durham Miners Affiliation – and the protest was enlivened with samba from Rhythms of Revolution and a few songs from Cosmo, who received a Class Warfare sticker added to the others on his guitar, in addition to some rousing speeches.
There have been quite extra police round, together with a bunch of seven guarding the poor door, most likely becuase residents from the wealthy aspect of the constructing had been having to make use of this because the protest blocked the wealthy door. There have been sufficient police there as properly to cease the protesters entering into the constructing once they made a short rush at one level.
The protest ended with everybody surging onto the busy Whitechapel Excessive St and blocking it for round ten minutes – sadly as my flash unit determined to enter erratic mode. Thankfully the headlights of the vehicles stopped by the protest supplied some lighting when the flash failed to take action.
Poor Doorways Saturday Evening Particular
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