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Taken on Friday 3rd Feb 2017 during a protest march in Chester untitled: “Chester against Trump's #MuslimBan and U.K. complicity”. See the facebook event:
www.facebook.com/events/388155721533654/
Articles in the local paper leading up to the event include:
www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/che...
and:
www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/org...
They were protesting the events in Ukraine. Hundreds of people turned out on a bitterly cold afternoon to have their voices heard. I rather with more had listened.
Notes: Photo by Thomas W. Benson
Preferred Citation: Thomas W. Benson Political Protest Collection, Historical Collections and Labor Archives, Eberly Family Special Collections Library, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University.
Repository: Penn State Special Collections, University Park, PA, USA.
Protests took place in Rochdale on Saturday 22 July 2017.
The Force worked to ensure the events took place safely and ensuring the right to protest while minimising any disruption to the local community.
Chief Superintendent Neil Evans, Borough Commander, said: “This has been a challenging day with hundreds of people attending Rochdale town centre for the protest.
“I understand that these events are very emotive and that tensions may run high when there are polarised views and counter-protests.
“However, we have worked jointly with Rochdale Council and the community to ensure the most effective way to facilitate and manage this protest in a balanced and safe manner.
“This has very much been a community focused operation aimed at reducing the impact of the protest on the normal lives of people in Rochdale.
“I would like also like to thank members of the community who have acted as mediators and helped the smooth running of today’s event.
“In order to ensure we could deliver a safe operation we deployed large numbers of police which meant another busy weekend for officers, who have worked long hours in challenging circumstances to look after our communities.
“It was pleasing to see that this protest did not stop the people of Rochdale from going about their normal activities.”
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Protest against femicides in the country. Central square of Mar del Plata in the stairs of the Cahedral
A small group of protestors walked up Valencia and then down Mission. They were kettled and arrested around midnight. They were shouty, but non-violent and not damaging property.
A small group of protestors walked up Valencia and then down Mission. They were kettled and arrested around midnight. They were shouty, but non-violent and not damaging property.
A man in Mongkok delivers an impromptu street speech backing pro-democracy protests, Friday 24 October.
We're now into weeks five of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests and a new period of uncertainty. After a spike in violence, student leaders and government officials met for the first talks last Tuesday but made little headway. The government wants further talks but the students and protesters are less keen given there has been little concrete offered by the city authorities on the core demands of full democracy for the southern Chinese city and chief executive CY Leung's resignation.
There was supposed to be a vote held Sunday evening by protest leaders to decide on the movement's next move but it was called off. What happens next is anyone's guess.
US Park Police officer escorting former Army CPT James Pietrangelo to a waiting van for transport to jail after he was placed under arrest for refusing to remove himself from the White House's north fence as part of a civil disobedience protest against the government's policy of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'
Washington, DC / March 18, 2010
Over 100 Dane End Villagers gathered to protest over a proposal to site a digester lagoon in the village. The objection is to the pollution, smell, noise and traffic it would cause. The roads around the village are tiny and already dangerous to negotiate by car or as a pedestrian with tiny carriageways and even tinier bridges, many one lane wide.
While one of them was being put in handcuffs, I said to him: "sure you don't want Second Amendment rights?" Got dirty looks from both the protesters and the cops.
Following the November 27th protest march down Michigan Ave (Magnificent Mile) for Laquan McDonald who was shot 16 times & killed by a Chicago Police Officer who has since been charged. Protests erupted after video of the incident was released to the public.
A small protest in Sheffield City centre. Shot on a Canon P Rangefinder with Vista Plus 200 film developed in Black and White Chemicals
Students and concerned others proclaim the failure of the UC Regents to fund the UC system without increasing student fees & reducing services. In front of Aldrich Hall at the University of California, Irvine on March 3, 2011.
A passing motorist makes an obscene gesture to demonstrators participating in the Refuse Facism #J15 march through New York City, Saturday, July 15, 2017.
Hundreds of protestors marched through Melbourne's CBD on August 24, 2013 to protest against harsh new Australian government and opposition policies on refugees and asylum seekers.
Protesters gathered outside the Minnesota Governor's Residence in Saint Paul, Minnesota, holding signs that read "END MPD." This protest occurred in the context of broader demonstrations and unrest following the killing of Daunte Wright by police in nearby Minneapolis. The "END MPD" slogan calls for the dissolution of the Minneapolis Police Department, reflecting deep-seated concerns about police conduct and accountability that have been amplified by recent events.
This image is part of a continuing series following the unrest and events in Minneapolis following the May 25th, 2020 murder of George Floyd.
29.05.2012
Protest against dismantling of Usfasngandu & calling end to the coup government
www.mvdemocracy.com #Maldives
Hundreds of protesters rallied with signs to counter prostest against members of the Westboro Baptist Church who picketed in front of Glen Burnie high school in Glen Burnie, Md.
Global protest of agricultural-menace Monsanto comes to Winnipeg.
March 11, 2012 – Winnipeg, Manitoba. On Friday, March 16th at 1pm, concerned citizens of Winnipeg will protest outside the Monsanto head office located in the Smart Park, University of Manitoba. Issues include insufficiently tested genetically-engineered foods, global food monopoly, terminator seeds and aggressive legal actions against individual farmers and small seed companies.
“There isn't a better way to show our opposition to such damaging policies they perpetuate than to protest outside their doors.” Occupy Monsanto Winnipeg statement.
Global opposition to Monanto has included class-action lawsuits filed against Monsanto by farmers, an international campaign “Millions Against Monsanto” and protests worldwide. In the aftermath of the earthquake that left the country of Haiti devastated, over ten thousand Haitian peasant farmers marched against Monsanto to protest the “donation” of hybrid seeds to replace the countries depleted stock. Hybrid seeds are engineered to be sterile after first harvest to stop farmers from saving and reusing seed, thus creating total dependence on the seed company.
Monsanto is the world’s largest biotech agricultural seed corporation based in the United States. Started in 1901 as an industrial chemical company, Monsanto has been notorious for producing such deadly compounds as Agent Orange, PCBs, DDT and more recently Roundup. Monsanto’s product Roundup, an herbicide with the active ingredient glyphosate, has been proven to cause birth defects. In recent years, crops have become resistant to Roundup and in some cases, multiple herbicides are now being used. Monsanto produces 90% of the world’s genetically-engineered seeds. Monsanto’s inadequate testing and failure to voluntarily label foods “GMO” has led to many countries, especially in the European Union, to ban all GMO foods.
Protestor in Westminster against the use of plastic and the negative impact of plastic waste upon the environment.
While one of them was being put in handcuffs, I said to him: "sure you don't want Second Amendment rights?" Got dirty looks from both the protesters and the cops.
Protesting the new black format and "followers" vs contacts. No posts on Flickr except these protests until Monday. A PROTEST.
Thousands of parents, teachers and school children descended on Dublin to protest against education cutbacks.
Stop Adani protest in Brisbane on 8 December 2018
“If built, Adani’s Carmichael mine will:
One: Destroy the ancestral lands, waters and cultures of Indigenous people without their consent.
Two: Allow 500 more coal ships to travel through the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area every year for 60 years.
Three: Get access to 270 billion litres of Queensland's precious groundwater for 60 years, for free.
Four: Risk damaging aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin.
Five: Add 4.6 billion tonnes of carbon pollution to our atmosphere.”
www.stopadani.com/why_stop_adani
#StopAdani and move Australia beyond coal
--------- Photo never published until now! On flickr 21 September 2019. Photo by Stephen Hass – Using Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Protest began outside the Adani Brisbane office then marched to Queensland Parliament House to protest outside. Stop Adani protests were held in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Cairns on 8 December 2018. ---------
“Critically, if allowed to go ahead, Adani’s Carmichael coal mine will unlock the Galilee Basin - one of the world's largest untouched coal reserves - paving the way for at least eight more coal mines to be built. All at a time when scientists are warning we can't build any more fossil fuel infrastructure if we want to avoid catastrophic global heating.” www.stopadani.com/why_stop_adani
“Diplomatic officials from countries that I speak with see Australia as a denialist government,” he said. “It’s just accepted that’s what it is. It is seen as doing its own promotion of coal and natural gas against the science.” www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian...
“On top of commitments from Australia's big four banks, another 35 financial institutions have ruled out investing in Adani, including four of the world’s biggest banks.” www.stopadani.com/stop_adani_money
“When the Federal LNP Government announced a billion-dollar taxpayer handout to help Adani build their coal rail line, our movement swung into action.” “we succeeded: our sustained pressure pushed the new Queensland government to veto the $1 billion loan to Adani’s coal rail project in December.” www.stopadani.com/stopped_the_naif_loan
“Greenhouse gas emissions have been rising in Australia since the Coalition repealed Labor’s carbon price despite the country’s commitments to reduce pollution under the Paris agreement. Total national emissions have increased each year since 2014.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/morrison-r...
“Scott Morrison is increasingly seen as running a “denialist government” that is not serious about finding a global climate solution and uses “greenwash” to meet its emissions commitments, analysts and former diplomats say.” www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian...
“Richie Merzian, a former climate diplomat who now works at progressive thinktank the Australian Institute, said Australia was seen by other countries as denying the severity of the problem and in engaging in “greenwashing” by using accounting tricks to meet targets while actual emissions increased.” www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian...
“A report backed by the world’s major climate science bodies released on the eve of the summit found current plans would lead to a rise in average global temperatures of between 2.9C and 3.4C by 2100, a shift likely to bring catastrophic change across the globe.” www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian...
Critical News Update 21 July 2021 : Great Barrier Reef could soon be listed as ‘in danger’ by the World Heritage Committee.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/21/coalition-bel...
Critical News Update 23 July 2021 :
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/23/whether-or-no...