12 months after the 2010 protests which, notoriously, resulted in levels of violence to police and property, the students took to the streets again this week. The subject of the tuition fees has been out of the news for most… Read More ›
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UKUncut – becoming a Rag Week Protest.
UKUncut is one of those groups that has previously touched the zeitgeist, and has highlighted and exploited a small piece of news about the methods of tax avoidance used by large organisations. There is never a hint here that anyone… Read More ›
DAYX – A New Era of Violent Protest (Now available)
Tuition fees set to triple Four protest marches Four riots Thousands of police Mass arrests Serious injuries A new era of violent protest dayX DAY X is a new independently produced book showing the complete story of the student protests… Read More ›
The flame of student protest extinguished by light police touch
MORE HERE Following the 4 major protests in November and December last year in the lead up the vote in the House of Commons, a further 2 were organised for London and Manchester. This was always going to be a… Read More ›
One-Liner Week 16th January 2011
Brisbane, Australia’s third largest city braces itself for significant flooding. Edward Woollard, 18, student who infamously through a fire extinguisher from the top of Millbank Tower on the day of the student protests gets jailed for 2 years 8 months…. Read More ›
Student Tuition Fees Protest: Before the Violence.
Much has been written about the violence at Millbank Tower, in Parliament Square, the vandalism of government and public property, the dropping of the fire extinguisher, the destruction of a “fake” police van, the kettling, the thugs, youths, anarchists, the… Read More ›
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 ›
Cancun Climate talks: Global Turd Polishing
After the debacle that was the Copenhagen Climate conference, there followed the Cancun conference attended by 20,000+ people which used as much energy as a small UK town uses in a whole year. The science on the subject is so… Read More ›