Protest in London over the killings in Gaza
Yesterday I participated in the protest march in London, to show our outrage as human beings as the enormous and flagrant loss of innocent civilian life in Gaza, as numbers of dead have exceeded 800 i
n the last two weeks. The atmosphere was electric, and the roads were absolutely utterly jam-packed. Human beings from up and down the country literally poured through the streets. Estimates vary between a paltry 12,000 up to 100,000. It certainly felt much closer to the upper end of that spectrum.
People completely filled Bayswater Road from Speakers Corner, to Notting Hill down Kensington Church Street and along Kensington high street. The presence was solid and full across the whole road for that whole stretch. 
The police was present in huge numbers right from the very beginning. Check out these photos. T
he first shows the vigour with which the police was present - this is right near the beginning, but they've already knocked over a protester. Also notice the huge range of people who attended, and the passion with which they came from so far away, to show this: that the killing must stop.
The police was present in huge numbers right from the very beginning. Check out these photos. T
he first shows the vigour with which the police was present - this is right near the beginning, but they've already knocked over a protester. Also notice the huge range of people who attended, and the passion with which they came from so far away, to show this: that the killing must stop.
posted by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed at 17:14
3 Comments:
I think it´s especially horrible the way the israeli government has planned all of this, dealing with the end of the "Bush Age" and the welcoming of Obama, for example. I bet that the war activities will cease towards the end of January. If not, I won´t know what to think. In the meantime, politicians all over the world send assistance and, of course, "long speeches" (I guess that´s better than nothing). How annoying!
In this article - http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/12/foreignpolicy-israelandthepalestinians
Britain’s Justice Minister Shahid Malik seems at first to be criticising the British government for its response to the Gaza Massacre. In fact, he is blaming British Muslims for not appreciating the government’s position. Worse, Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood “dismissed suggestions of an arms embargo.” Isn’t an arms embargo the very least that he should be asking for? Please write to these people - who we vote for, whose salaries are paid by us - and set things straight for them.
And please visit http://pulsemedia.org/ for news and activism and information on Gaza.
and, o, Shelina, where's my book review??!
your book review is forthcoming!
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