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This photo was taken in London's Parliament Square on Monday 20 February 2017 during a protest against the proposed state visit of American president Donald Trump to Britiain.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of the square as British MPs debated president Trump's visit in the House of Commons. They were rallying to demand that the government repudiate his shameful racist, sexist and imperialist policies and revoke his state invitation as a guest of the Queen. Many also expressed the wish that the British government itself should do far more to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers .
1.8 million people have already signed an online petition asking the government to rescind the offer of a state visit. Labour MP Paul Flynn condemned it as “terribly wrong” and the speaker of the British parliament John Bercow had already stated his view that if he was allowed to address parliament we would be effectively endorsing his extremely divisive views on women and Muslims.
In contrast Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was defiant arguing that Britain should "use all the tools at its disposal to build common ground" with America's extreme right wing president who, if invited on a state visit, would only be the third US president to be so honoured since 1952.
Former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn't understand the fuss. The queen was, he argued in the Daily Telegraph, used to meeting some of the world's bloodiest tyrants, "such as presidents Mobutu of Zaire and Caeucescu of Romania" and seemed to imply there was no need to improve our ethical standards now.
By 6 pm approximately five thousand angry protesters had gathered and the police had to close part of the square to traffic.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". However for the most part people quietly listened to the speakers who included Owen Jones, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour MP Naz Shah, the SNP's Carol Monaghan and Shadow home secretary Diane Abbot who told the crowd that Trump
"was supported in his presidential campaign by white supremacists. Even in the first weeks of his presidency, he had had a visceral anti-immigrant line.We hear that he has been invited for state visit. Whatever you think, a state visit is meant to be an honour. I would say that Donald Trump has done nothing to be honoured for."
Owen Jones called for continued solidarity with immigrants and refugees and was optimistic tolerance would win out over bigotry
"The racists and the fascists have been defeated before," he told the crowd, "and we will defeat them again.
If you wish to contact me -
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Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchel, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
This photo was taken in London's Parliament Square on Monday 20 February 2017 during a protest against the proposed state visit of American president Donald Trump to Britiain.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of the square as British MPs debated president Trump's visit in the House of Commons. They were rallying to demand that the government repudiate his shameful racist, sexist and imperialist policies and revoke his state invitation as a guest of the Queen. Many also expressed the wish that the British government itself should do far more to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers .
1.8 million people have already signed an online petition asking the government to rescind the offer of a state visit. Labour MP Paul Flynn condemned it as “terribly wrong” and the speaker of the British parliament John Bercow had already stated his view that if he was allowed to address parliament we would be effectively endorsing his extremely divisive views on women and Muslims.
In contrast Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was defiant arguing that Britain should "use all the tools at its disposal to build common ground" with America's extreme right wing president who, if invited on a state visit, would only be the third US president to be so honoured since 1952.
Former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn't understand the fuss. The queen was, he argued in the Daily Telegraph, used to meeting some of the world's bloodiest tyrants, "such as presidents Mobutu of Zaire and Caeucescu of Romania" and seemed to imply there was no need to improve our ethical standards now.
By 6 pm approximately five thousand angry protesters had gathered and the police had to close part of the square to traffic.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". However for the most part people quietly listened to the speakers who included Owen Jones, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour MP Naz Shah, the SNP's Carol Monaghan and Shadow home secretary Diane Abbot who told the crowd that Trump
"was supported in his presidential campaign by white supremacists. Even in the first weeks of his presidency, he had had a visceral anti-immigrant line.We hear that he has been invited for state visit. Whatever you think, a state visit is meant to be an honour. I would say that Donald Trump has done nothing to be honoured for."
Owen Jones called for continued solidarity with immigrants and refugees and was optimistic tolerance would win out over bigotry
"The racists and the fascists have been defeated before," he told the crowd, "and we will defeat them again".
If you wish to contact me -
You can email me at alisdare@gmail.com
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or via twitter at @AlisdareHickson
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Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside the US Embassy in London's Grovesnor Square for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Today I have tried something I haven't done for years, Me shaved....I don't like it and these are the only pics you will see of me like that!
"Iftah qalbak !" - "Open your heart !" written in Arabic.
This photo was taken in Whitehall during the anti-Trump ban march from the US embassy to Downing Street.
On Friday morning thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
By 11 am an estimated ten thousand had gathered outside the US Embassy for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
This photo was taken in London's Parliament Square on Monday 20 February 2017 during a protest against the proposed state visit of American president Donald Trump to Britiain.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of the square as British MPs debated president Trump's visit in the House of Commons. They were rallying to demand that the government repudiate his shameful racist, sexist and imperialist policies and revoke his state invitation as a guest of the Queen. Many also expressed the wish that the British government itself should do far more to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers .
1.8 million people have already signed an online petition asking the government to rescind the offer of a state visit. Labour MP Paul Flynn condemned it as “terribly wrong” and the speaker of the British parliament John Bercow had already stated his view that if he was allowed to address parliament we would be effectively endorsing his extremely divisive views on women and Muslims.
In contrast Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was defiant arguing that Britain should "use all the tools at its disposal to build common ground" with America's extreme right wing president who, if invited on a state visit, would only be the third US president to be so honoured since 1952.
Former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn't understand the fuss. The queen was, he argued in the Daily Telegraph, used to meeting some of the world's bloodiest tyrants, "such as presidents Mobutu of Zaire and Caeucescu of Romania" and seemed to imply there was no need to improve our ethical standards now.
By 6 pm approximately five thousand angry protesters had gathered and the police had to close part of the square to traffic.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". However for the most part people quietly listened to the speakers who included Owen Jones, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour MP Naz Shah, the SNP's Carol Monaghan and Shadow home secretary Diane Abbot who told the crowd that Trump
"was supported in his presidential campaign by white supremacists. Even in the first weeks of his presidency, he had had a visceral anti-immigrant line.We hear that he has been invited for state visit. Whatever you think, a state visit is meant to be an honour. I would say that Donald Trump has done nothing to be honoured for."
Owen Jones called for continued solidarity with immigrants and refugees and was optimistic tolerance would win out over bigotry
"The racists and the fascists have been defeated before," he told the crowd, "and we will defeat them again.
If you wish to contact me -
You can email me at alisdare@gmail.com
You can also contact or add me via Facebook at
or via twitter at @AlisdareHickson
This photo was taken on Piccadilly near Hyde Park Corner during the anti-Trump ban march from the US embassy to Downing Street.
On Friday morning thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
By 11 am an estimated ten thousand had gathered outside the US Embassy for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
This photo was taken in London's Parliament Square on Monday 20 February 2017 during a protest against the proposed state visit of American president Donald Trump to Britiain.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of the square as British MPs debated president Trump's visit in the House of Commons. They were rallying to demand that the government repudiate his shameful racist, sexist and imperialist policies and revoke his state invitation as a guest of the Queen. Many also expressed the wish that the British government itself should do far more to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers .
1.8 million people have already signed an online petition asking the government to rescind the offer of a state visit. Labour MP Paul Flynn condemned it as “terribly wrong” and the speaker of the British parliament John Bercow had already stated his view that if he was allowed to address parliament we would be effectively endorsing his extremely divisive views on women and Muslims.
In contrast Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was defiant arguing that Britain should "use all the tools at its disposal to build common ground" with America's extreme right wing president who, if invited on a state visit, would only be the third US president to be so honoured since 1952.
Former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn't understand the fuss. The queen was, he argued in the Daily Telegraph, used to meeting some of the world's bloodiest tyrants, "such as presidents Mobutu of Zaire and Caeucescu of Romania" and seemed to imply there was no need to improve our ethical standards now.
By 6 pm approximately five thousand angry protesters had gathered and the police had to close part of the square to traffic.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". However for the most part people quietly listened to the speakers who included Owen Jones, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour MP Naz Shah, the SNP's Carol Monaghan and Shadow home secretary Diane Abbot who told the crowd that Trump
"was supported in his presidential campaign by white supremacists. Even in the first weeks of his presidency, he had had a visceral anti-immigrant line.We hear that he has been invited for state visit. Whatever you think, a state visit is meant to be an honour. I would say that Donald Trump has done nothing to be honoured for."
Owen Jones called for continued solidarity with immigrants and refugees and was optimistic tolerance would win out over bigotry
"The racists and the fascists have been defeated before," he told the crowd, "and we will defeat them again.
If you wish to contact me -
You can email me at alisdare@gmail.com
You can also contact or add me via Facebook at
or via twitter at @AlisdareHickson
Washington, D.C. | Saturday, March 24, 2018 | A series of photographs documenting the "March For Our Lives" rallies that took place in the nations capitol and all over the globe.
Another artwork, this one by Serena May Illescas, with Emma Gonzalez in a mosaic of signs related to the growing movement against gun violence. Serena displayed the art on Facebook with the following text: "One bright spot in all the anger and frustration of current events is that it’s fertile soil for artists. I’ve been compelled for the first time in a long time to create work, and that’s due in no small part to being inspired by the passion and conviction of these emerging adults, particularly #EmmaGonzalez. Americans, call your senators and representatives. Donate. Make art and music and champion the people who are out there doing the damn thing." (Serena kindly allowed me to post this image with the license shown. If reposting must credit the artist).
Of the young activists, one exchange between these survivors and a spokesperson of a terrorist organization can be viewed here:
A wonderful organization that encourages Jews to learn and continuously train for armed self-defense. Their slogan: Nothing Says Never Again Like an Armed Jew.
You can buy this sticker and other gear at www.thearmedjew.com
The sign stood between the housing blocks and double electric fence - Halt! Stoj!
Auschwitz has become synonymous with terror, genocide, and The Holocaust. The site, though partially destroyed by the retreating Nazi’s in 1945, has been established as a museum to help future generations understand the atrocities committed within its fences.
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This photo was taken on Piccadilly near Hyde Park Corner during the anti-Trump ban march from the US embassy to Downing Street.
On Friday morning thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
By 11 am an estimated ten thousand had gathered outside the US Embassy for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside the US Embassy in London's Grovesnor Square for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
This photo was taken in London's Parliament Square on Monday 20 February 2017 during a protest against the proposed state visit of American president Donald Trump to Britiain.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of the square as British MPs debated president Trump's visit in the House of Commons. They were rallying to demand that the government repudiate his shameful racist, sexist and imperialist policies and revoke his state invitation as a guest of the Queen. Many also expressed the wish that the British government itself should do far more to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers .
1.8 million people have already signed an online petition asking the government to rescind the offer of a state visit. Labour MP Paul Flynn condemned it as “terribly wrong” and the speaker of the British parliament John Bercow had already stated his view that if he was allowed to address parliament we would be effectively endorsing his extremely divisive views on women and Muslims.
In contrast Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was defiant arguing that Britain should "use all the tools at its disposal to build common ground" with America's extreme right wing president who, if invited on a state visit, would only be the third US president to be so honoured since 1952.
Former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn't understand the fuss. The queen was, he argued in the Daily Telegraph, used to meeting some of the world's bloodiest tyrants, "such as presidents Mobutu of Zaire and Caeucescu of Romania" and seemed to imply there was no need to improve our ethical standards now.
By 6 pm approximately five thousand angry protesters had gathered and the police had to close part of the square to traffic.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". However for the most part people quietly listened to the speakers who included Owen Jones, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour MP Naz Shah, the SNP's Carol Monaghan and Shadow home secretary Diane Abbot who told the crowd that Trump
"was supported in his presidential campaign by white supremacists. Even in the first weeks of his presidency, he had had a visceral anti-immigrant line.We hear that he has been invited for state visit. Whatever you think, a state visit is meant to be an honour. I would say that Donald Trump has done nothing to be honoured for."
Owen Jones called for continued solidarity with immigrants and refugees and was optimistic tolerance would win out over bigotry
"The racists and the fascists have been defeated before," he told the crowd, "and we will defeat them again.
If you wish to contact me -
You can email me at alisdare@gmail.com
You can also contact or add me via Facebook at
or via twitter at @AlisdareHickson
The British Airways i360 *** and West Pier Trust laid on a special remembrance journey for War Veterans on Armistice Day. The glass passenger pod started out at 10.45 am and slowly climbed to the top, 162 metres, where it stopped just before 11 am for readings of 'Never Again' by 10 year old Scott Beer and 'Making or Breaking' by David Roberts. This was followed by 2 minutes silence and the bugle call. I did take photos of the war veterans from behind the BBC news crew but I felt this image, taken afterwards, was more appropriate for Flickr.
*** The i360, standing on Brighton seafront, was designed, engineered, manufactured and promoted by the team responsible for the London Eye. It is the world's first vertical viewing tower and the world's tallest observation tower. It is expected that the i360 will qualify for the 2017 Guinness Book of Records as the world's 'slenderest tall tower'.
The owners of the site, the West Pier Trust, hope that the successful i360 will fund and lead to the rebuilding of the iconic West Pier.
This photo was taken on Piccadilly near Hyde Park Corner during the anti-Trump ban march from the US embassy to Downing Street.
On Friday morning thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
By 11 am an estimated ten thousand had gathered outside the US Embassy for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
This photo was taken on Piccadilly near Hyde Park Corner during the anti-Trump ban march from the US embassy to Downing Street.
On Friday morning thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Grosvenor Square outside the American Embassy in London. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
By 11 am an estimated ten thousand had gathered outside the US Embassy for a march on Downing Street organized by the Stop the War Coalition, Stand Up to Racism and the Muslim Association of Britain
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
This photo was taken in London's Parliament Square on Monday 20 February 2017 during a protest against the proposed state visit of American president Donald Trump to Britain.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of the square as British MPs debated president Trump's visit in the House of Commons. They were rallying to demand that the government repudiate his shameful racist, sexist and imperialist policies and revoke his state invitation as a guest of the Queen. Many also expressed the wish that the British government itself should do far more to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers .
1.8 million people have already signed an online petition asking the government to rescind the offer of a state visit. Labour MP Paul Flynn condemned it as “terribly wrong” and the speaker of the British parliament John Bercow had already stated his view that if he was allowed to address parliament we would be effectively endorsing his extremely divisive views on women and Muslims.
In contrast Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was defiant arguing that Britain should "use all the tools at its disposal to build common ground" with America's extreme right wing president who, if invited on a state visit, would only be the third US president to be so honoured since 1952.
Former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn't understand the fuss. The queen was, he argued in the Daily Telegraph, used to meeting some of the world's bloodiest tyrants, "such as presidents Mobutu of Zaire and Caeucescu of Romania" and seemed to imply there was no need to improve our ethical standards now.
By 6 pm approximately five thousand angry protesters had gathered and the police had to close part of the square to traffic.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". However for the most part people quietly listened to the speakers who included Owen Jones, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour MP Naz Shah, the SNP's Carol Monaghan and Shadow home secretary Diane Abbot who told the crowd that Trump
"was supported in his presidential campaign by white supremacists. Even in the first weeks of his presidency, he had had a visceral anti-immigrant line.We hear that he has been invited for state visit. Whatever you think, a state visit is meant to be an honour. I would say that Donald Trump has done nothing to be honoured for."
Owen Jones called for continued solidarity with immigrants and refugees and was optimistic tolerance would win out over bigotry
"The racists and the fascists have been defeated before," he told the crowd, "and we will defeat them again".
If you wish to contact me -
You can email me at alisdare@gmail.com
You can also contact or add me via Facebook at
or via twitter at @AlisdareHickson
Parkland student: My generation won't stand for this
Alfonso Calderon Speech
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1KJvFsKEY
How the Survivors of Parkland Began the Never Again Movement
By Emily WittFebruary 19, 2018
David Hogg is one of the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, in Parkland, Florida, who started the Never Again movement, to advocate for gun control, after a mass shooting at their school.
By Sunday, only four days after the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, the activist movement that emerged in its aftermath had a name (Never Again), a policy goal (stricter background checks for gun buyers), and a plan for a nationwide protest (a March for Our Lives, scheduled for March 24th). It also had a panel of luminary teens who were reminding America that the shooting was not a freak accident or a natural disaster but the result of actual human decisions.
The funerals continued in Parkland and surrounding cities—for the students Jaime Guttenberg and Joaquin Oliver and Alex Schachter and the geography teacher Scott Beigel—with attendance sometimes surpassing a thousand people. On a local level, at least, the activism did not overshadow the grieving. The tragedy affected this student body of more than three thousand people in different ways: some students lost their closest friends, others hallway acquaintances. And the student leaders knew, with the clarity of thought that had distinguished them from the beginning, that the headline-industrial complex granted only a very narrow window of attention. Had they waited even a week to start advocating for change, the reporters would have gone home.
Also, different people express grief in different ways. The activists are grieving, too, but it’s not a coincidence that a disproportionate number of the Never Again leaders are dedicated members of the drama club. Cameron Kasky is a theatre kid. Before he went on Anderson Cooper, he was best known as a class clown. “I’m a talker,” he told me. “The only thing I’ve had this whole time is the fact that I never shut up.” Kasky started writing Facebook posts in the car after he and his brother, who has special needs, were picked up after the shooting by their dad. “I’m safe,” he wrote in the first, posted two hours after the shooting. “Thank you to all the second amendment warriors who protected me.” For the rest of the day, in between posts about missing students and recalling the experience of hiding in a classroom with his brother, Kasky’s frustration grew: “Can’t sleep. Thinking about so many things. So angry that I’m not scared or nervous anymore . . . I’m just angry,” he wrote. “I just want people to understand what happened and understand that doing nothing will lead to nothing. Who’d have thought that concept was so difficult to grasp?”
The social-media posts led to an invitation from CNN to write an op-ed, which led to televised interviews in the course of the day. “People are listening and people care,” Kasky wrote. “They’re reporting the right things.” That night, Thursday, after the candlelight vigil ended, Kasky invited a few friends over to his house to try to start a movement. “Working on a central space that isn’t just my personal page for all of us to come together and change this,” he posted. “Stay alert. #NeverAgain.” He had thought of the name, he later told me, “while sitting on the toilet in my Ghostbuster pajamas.” In early interviews Kasky had criticized the Republican Party, but he and his friends had decided since that the movement should be nonpartisan. Surely everyone—gun owner or pacifist, conservative or liberal—could agree that school massacres should be stopped. The group stayed up all night creating social-media accounts and trying to figure out what needed to be said, “because the important thing here wasn’t talking about gore,” Kasky said on Sunday. “It was talking about change and it was talking about remembrance.” It was then that they decided to petition for more thorough background checks. As Alfonso Calderon, a co-founder of Never Again, who was there that night, told me, “Nikolas Cruz, the shooter at my school, was reported to the police thirty-nine times.” He added, “We have to vote people out who have been paid for by the N.R.A. They’re allowing this to happen. They’re making it easier for people like Nick Cruz to acquire an AR-15.”
Further Reading
New Yorker writers respond to the Parkland school shooting.
They launched their new Facebook page just before midnight on February 15th. “Thank you to everybody who has been so supportive of our community and please remember to keep the memory of those beloved people we’ve lost fresh in your minds,” Kasky wrote.
While Kasky, Calderon, and their other friends huddled among snack wrappers in a gated-community war room, another student was developing a different plan. Jaclyn Corin is the seventeen-year-old junior-class president at Marjory Stoneman Douglas. She woke up the morning after the attack to the confirmation that her missing friend, Joaquin Oliver, was among them.
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Estudiante de Parkland: Mi generación no tolerará esto
Discurso de Alfonso Calderón
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1KJvFsKEY
Cómo los sobrevivientes de Parkland comenzaron el movimiento Never Again
Por Emily Witt, 19 de febrero de 2018
David Hogg es uno de los estudiantes de Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, en Parkland, Florida, que comenzó el movimiento Never Again, para abogar por el control de armas, después de un tiroteo masivo en su escuela.
El domingo, solo cuatro días después del tiroteo en la escuela Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, en Parkland, Florida, el movimiento activista que surgió después tuvo un nombre (nunca más), un objetivo político (verificaciones de antecedentes más estrictas para los compradores de armas), y un plan para una protesta nacional (una Marcha por Nuestras Vidas, programada para el 24 de marzo). También tenía un panel de adolescentes luminarias que le recordaban a Estados Unidos que el tiroteo no fue un accidente extraño o un desastre natural, sino el resultado de decisiones humanas reales.
Los funerales continuaron en Parkland y las ciudades circundantes, para los estudiantes Jaime Guttenberg y Joaquin Oliver y Alex Schachter y el profesor de geografía Scott Beigel, con asistencia que a veces supera las mil personas. A nivel local, al menos, el activismo no eclipsó al duelo. La tragedia afectó a este cuerpo estudiantil de más de tres mil personas de diferentes maneras: algunos estudiantes perdieron a sus amigos más cercanos, otros a conocidos del pasillo. Y los líderes estudiantiles sabían, con la claridad de pensamiento que los había distinguido desde el principio, que el complejo industrial general solo otorgaba una ventana de atención muy estrecha. Si hubieran esperado incluso una semana para comenzar a abogar por el cambio, los reporteros se habrían ido a casa.
Además, diferentes personas expresan su dolor de diferentes maneras. Los activistas también están de duelo, pero no es una coincidencia que un número desproporcionado de los líderes Nunca Más sean miembros dedicados del club de teatro. Cameron Kasky es un chico de teatro. Antes de ir a Anderson Cooper, era mejor conocido como un payaso de la clase. "Soy un hablador", me dijo. "Lo único que he tenido todo este tiempo es el hecho de que nunca me callé". Kasky comenzó a escribir publicaciones en Facebook en el automóvil después de que él y su hermano, que tiene necesidades especiales, fueron recogidos después del tiroteo por parte de su padre. "Estoy a salvo", escribió en el primero, publicado dos horas después del tiroteo. "Gracias a todos los guerreros de la segunda enmienda que me protegieron". Durante el resto del día, entre mensajes sobre estudiantes desaparecidos y recordando la experiencia de esconderse en un aula con su hermano, la frustración de Kasky creció: "No puedo dormir. Pensando en tantas cosas. Tan enojado que ya no estoy asustado ni nervioso. . . Estoy enojado ", escribió. "Solo quiero que la gente entienda lo que sucedió y entienda que no hacer nada no conducirá a nada. ¿Quién hubiera pensado que ese concepto era tan difícil de entender?
Las publicaciones en los medios sociales dieron lugar a una invitación de CNN para escribir un artículo de opinión, que dio lugar a entrevistas televisadas en el transcurso del día. "La gente escucha y las personas se preocupan", escribió Kasky. "Están informando las cosas correctas". Esa noche, el jueves, después de que finalizó la vigilia con velas, Kasky invitó a algunos amigos a su casa para tratar de iniciar un movimiento. "Trabajar en un espacio central que no es solo mi página personal para que todos nos unamos y cambiemos esto", publicó. "Quédate alerta. #NeverAgain. "Había pensado en el nombre, más tarde me dijo," mientras estaba sentado en el inodoro en mi pijama Ghostbuster. "En las primeras entrevistas, Kasky había criticado al Partido Republicano, pero él y sus amigos habían decidido que el movimiento debería ser no partidista Seguramente todo el mundo, propietario de armas o pacifista, conservador o liberal, podría estar de acuerdo en que las masacres escolares deberían detenerse. El grupo se quedó despierto toda la noche creando cuentas en las redes sociales e intentando averiguar qué se necesitaba decir, "porque lo importante aquí no era hablar de sangre derramada", dijo Kasky el domingo. "Hablaba de cambio y hablaba de remembranza". Fue entonces cuando decidieron solicitar una verificación de antecedentes más exhaustiva. Como Alfonso Calderón, cofundador de Never Again, que estuvo allí esa noche, me dijo: "Nikolas Cruz, el tirador de mi escuela, fue denunciado a la policía treinta y nueve veces". Y añadió: "Tenemos que votar". personas que han sido pagadas por la NRA Están permitiendo que esto suceda. Están facilitando que personas como Nick Cruz adquieran un AR-15 ".
Otras lecturas
Los escritores de New Yorker responden al tiroteo de la escuela Parkland.
Lanzaron su nueva página de Facebook justo antes de la medianoche del 15 de febrero. "Gracias a todos los que han apoyado a nuestra comunidad y por favor recuerden mantener en sus mentes el recuerdo de las personas queridas que hemos perdido en sus mentes", escribió Kasky.
Mientras Kasky, Calderón y sus otros amigos se acurrucaban entre los envoltorios de bocadillos en una sala de guerra de la comunidad cerrada, otro estudiante estaba desarrollando un plan diferente. Jaclyn Corin es la presidenta de clase media de diecisiete años de Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Se despertó la mañana después del ataque para confirmar que su amigo desaparecido, Joaquín Oliver, estaba entre ellos.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchel, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
This is a poster designed by Michael Drake, which was released as an available poster to be used for the anti-gun-violence rally in Washington, D.C. planned for March 24, 2018.
Michael Drake also created another poster which simply has the text from part of one of Emma's famous speeches: "We are going to be the kids you read about in textbooks".
Shot for Sun Sentinel
Munther Atallah holds a sign that likens those of the Jewish faith to Nazis during a heated protest at Bayfront Park on Biscayne Blvd in Miami. On opposite sides of the street, pro-Israel and pro-Palestine supporters exchanged words against each other's views.
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Thousands of students participated in the 'March for Our Lives' rally at San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza. They called upon lawmakers to make schools safer; to prohibit the sale of high-capacity magazines, and; to ban the high-powered, highly lethal assault-style weapons often used in mass shootings.
One of the slogans displayed at the rally was 'Never Again'. The phrase had been used previously as a reference to the Holocaust. It first appeared in 1945 at the end of WWII on handmade signs put up by inmates at Buchenwald Concentration Camp (Germany) shortly after they had been liberated by U.S. Forces.
This portrait of Emma Gonzalez is by "sheringsnippets" and is one of 30 artworks of Emma featured in Latina magazine. The artist has declared the work to be in the public domain: "Save this image, share it, repost it, I want this spread like wildfire". Her illustration also includes this text: "I don't care what your affiliation is, but I think the fact that some people are waking up without a child or a sibling or a friend is an issue beyond politics. We need change...Gun reform needs to happen. No more thoughts. No more prayers. I stand with Emma Gonzalez."
(This image is cropped from the original to focus on the portrait).
Oops, forgot it was supposed to be wordless wednesday... too late now LOL
So, have a beautiful blue Wednesday. (I just made that up).
Photo details:
Late afternoon sun.
Taken from one of my favourite spots to stop and shoot along my bike route...
the photos below were all taken from roughly the same spot (before or after the little foot bridge...)
A photo of Peter Tatchell taken in Whitehall during an anti-Trump rally on 30 January 2017 with a very apt message -
"First they came for the Muslims. Next they'll come for you."
I don't think I know of any political activist who is so committed, works so hard without hoping for any personal reward and often taking extreme risks with his own safety during some of his more daring protests at home and abroad.
Here however there was not only safety in numbers but no hint of any disturbance of the peace as thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchell, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
The next two images are frame captures from HD video, using the Canon EOS Rebel T6 and the Canon 18-55mm zoom lens. I wanted to get a regular still photo, but I was lucky to be able to catch up to get the video image. Whoever created this sign did an amazing job of matching both sides perfectly. This was taken somewhere halfway between Pershing Square and Grand Park.
You can see this shot in the video I created about the Women's March on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lXIqv8D70Q&t=1s
Also, any political comments must stick to the subject and be intelligent and thoughtful. Any ad hominem attacks, or remarks that involve insults and poor grammar and poor punctuation, will be immediately deleted.