Two years ago, following the breakdown of a truce between Israel and Hamas ( controlling party in the Gaza strip) a bombing campaign started against the Palestinians, called Operation Cast Lead. Despite the fact that this was in response to… Read More ›
protests
My Photographic Year 2010
Alot of this year has been about photographing various protests and demonstrations, especially the English Defence League, and associated organisations ( 16 different events with the EDL). Most latterly this has been dominated by the 3 student fees protests that… Read More ›
One-Liner Week 19 December 2010
Richard Holbrooke, US Diplomat dies – most notably responsible for brokering the end of the Balkans way in mid-90’s. Councils announce cuts of between 5-10% in spending following the Spending Review Julian Assange of Wikileaks allowed out of Wandsworth Jail… Read More ›
One-Liner Week 12 December 2010
Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks is arrested on the grounds of sex charges brought by the Swedish authorities. He is in prison in the UK. Unlike the UK which is experiencing extremely low temperatures, Israel prays for rain after months… Read More ›
English Defence League – too Posh for Peterborough?
The EDL ventured to close their 2010 tour of England at the lovely cathedral city of Peterborough in the rural heartland of Cambridgeshire. It was news to me that this was a hotbed of radical Islam – although I was… Read More ›
Students tuition fees protest: Victory or just violence?
30 days after the original, almost now iconic, student protest at Millbank Tory HQ, was the 4th protest which coincided with the day of the vote in the House of Commons. The lead up to this day has seen much… Read More ›
UK Uncut protest: Careful with that Tax regime.
The UK Uncut (#ukuncut) organisation is gathering momentum throughtout the country and is being fuelled through the benefits of social networking, principally through Twitter and Facebook. This is clearly going to be a fascinating development in how democracy can be… Read More ›
Students protest in London for 2nd time over University Fees
For the second time this month, students were on the streets demonstrating against the proposed increase in University tuition fees. The event a few weeks ago was focussed on London- this week there were protests throughout the country so the… Read More ›
Stop the War:more hugging than protesting.
Yesterday’s march by the Stop the War Coalition, CND and the British Muslim Initiative was a very civilised affair with a whole array of the usual suspects that turn up for this type of demonstration. It is very tempting to… Read More ›