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Auschwitz Berkenau camp in the 1980s
My 1998 secret squirrel pic of when the Easter Sunday sermon by Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Carey, was disrupted by protesters from Outrage storming the pulpit with Peter Tatchell denouncing homophobia & hypocrisy in the church. Spycop Ian Farmer (really Adrian Radford) in glasses next to Tatchell.
Slutwalk, London, 2011 an international protest against rape and sexual violence triggered by a Toronto policeman's comment that women should “avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised”.
From my new book Protest! Nation of Islam at a protest in Lambeth following the death of Brian Douglas after being struck on the back of the head by PC Mark Tuffey with one of the new American-style long batons.
A protest in front of Westminster Cathedral against the proposed visit by Pope Benedict XVI, led by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The Pope had described homosexuality as an "intrinsic moral evil" and stated that there is "no right" to be gay.
Late night, Bank Holiday Monday 1979, Notting Hill Carnival. Police move along Ladbroke Grove attacking isolated groups of revellers & sparking counter attacks.
Activists in a tree house slated to be cut down during the protest against the M11 link road extension in Claremont Road, Leyton in 1994 became a unique community of resistance.
G20 police about to punch a protester but stopping at last minute when he sees my camera. From book with a Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar/protest-0/
A 1993 Dongas Tribe action to stop the extension of the M3 motorway throughTwyford Down, the setting for ‘Watership Down’ a book about rabbits under threat.
The Kickstarter is https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iar/protest-0/ and there’s a link in my @davidhoffmanuk profile. If you like it, please share, I’d really appreciate your help. This photo is from a Reclaim the Streets “March for Social Justice” with the sacked Liverpool Dockers just before the 1997 general election. There was a rally in Trafalgar Square & the sound systems soon turned it into an energetic and entirely peaceful dance which was enthusiastically attacked by hundreds of viciously aggressive Territorial Support Group (TSG) police officers dressed in full riot gear. Expecting this, some protesters had brought squeezy bottles of paint which they used to considerable effect, rendering visors and shields opaque.
Editing my book photo 'Protest' showing small proofs & the designer's notes.
Cover of my Protest book with QR code to Kickstarter