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The SOPA and PIPA protests happened shortly after the occupy wall street movement, at a time when many people were already critical of the government. Taken from theatlantic.com.
Israeli troops attack Palm Sunday protest in Bethlehem, detains 15 among them two journalists full story at www.imemc.org/article/58309
Protesting for refugee rights and an end to Mandatory Detention at Maribyrnong Detention centre, Melbourne, May 2011
Berkeley protests against police brutality in response to Ferguson and Eric Garner decision - 12/6/2014
08/03/10 - Calgarian protestors walked the streets of downtown on Monday, March 10 to protest the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The freedom march started at Olympic Plaza, and continued to the Chinese Consulate. March 10 marks the day, 59 years ago, when China invaded Tibet. In lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Tibetan protestors in Greece lit a freedom torch to show their disapproval of China's presence in Tibet. The Calgary protest was to show support for this.
KIM MASSEY
Some students creatively express their frustrations with the educational system. Santiago, Chile student protest May 15, 2012. photo: Mark Teiwes / ILC News
This afternoon I decided to go out and take some photos. Just as I was about to ride out of the city, I looked behind me and saw a large group of people protesting about something. I decided to abandon my initial project for the day and follow the group instead.
From the pamphlets being distributed by the protesters, and word of mouth, I determined that this was essentially a protest about an eviction. There is a house in the centre of Leiden that, for the past 40 years, has been occupied by squatters. During the 40 years they have been there, the building became somewhat of a cultural centre. Just recently, the local Council decided to evict them: and today they peacefully expressed their objection to the Council's proposal.
I started following the protest from the intersection of the Hooigracht and Nieuwe Rijn, and followed them down Nieuwe Rijn to the Herengracht. From the Herengracht, they turned left along Oude Rijn and into the Haarlemmerstraat. From the Haarlemmerstraat, they travelled up to the Prinsessekade and onto the Breestraat. While travelling down the Breestraat, they stopped and made a point outside the Town Hall, before making their way back to Hooglandse Kerkgracht and the building in question.
Needless to say, I'm glad that I charged my camera and decided to head out... otherwise I would have missed this completely!
Comments are, of course, welcomed!
Ok ,so this was my first attempt to photograph a street protest with a DSLR and not using the Auto mode. My difficulties:
1.People are moving and you are moving too, everyone is pushing you to a side since you are trying to take a photo from the front and therefore blocking the way. Stability is a dream.
2.You need to switch to shutter speed mode as you want to freeze the motions. Then, as a matter of fact, everything turns underexposed.
3.You have to give up your favorite ISO100 and use a higher ISO : (
4.If you use Auto focus, you’ll be slow. If you focus manually, you’ll never get it right.
5.You need to do your best not to get emotional and just record the event. I find it the hardest part!
Well, “education” is what I need I guess ;)
The music and arts department of my local university is getting pressed to cut jobs and the students have organized a very public and active protest, of which this "hands on" line is one.
Students protesting outside the Rheinland State Parliment building in Dusseldorf. They don't agree with the proposed fees for their higher education.
Policemen arrest six youths that were protesting against poor service delivery in Marianhill, KwaZulu-Natal on April 21 2015. (Joe Stolley)