Category: Protest
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Insure Our Survival
In February 2024 Extinction Rebellion spent three days targeting fossil fuel insurers in the City of London. Shortly after this, major insurers Zurich pulled out of insuring new oil and gas. In late October 2024 XR returned to the City of London for another three themed days. Insurance is the Achilles heel of the global…
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Insure Our Future
Why are these people standing in the window of Talbot AIG insurance in the City of London? New fossil fuel projects need three things: permits, money and insurance. Without insurance, most new fossil fuel projects cannot go ahead, and existing ones must close. This makes insurance the Achilles heel of the fossil fuel industry. Fossil…
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Bonnington Square
Exhibition 1986 Bonnington Square in Vauxhall, south London, was part of an estate of houses built in the 1870s to house railway workers. It became famous in the 1980s when all the houses in it, vacant and awaiting demolition, were squatted. In the late 1970s, the Square was compulsorily purchased by the Greater London Council…
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‘The Right of Juries’
15th May 2023. Outside Inner London Crown Court. This doesn’t look dramatic, but Dr Juliette Brown, a 52-year-old consultant Psychiatrist, seen here, is risking arrest and imprisonment for contempt of court. Before sitting silently on the side of the pavement for an hour she said: “We’re ordinary people, worried about our safety, security, health, the…
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Extinction Rebellion April 2022
“Climate activists are sometimes portrayed as dangerous radicals. The truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing production of fossil fuels. Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness.” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, April 4, 2022
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Ukraine war protests
The Ukraine solidarity protests I’ve attended have had a complex mix of people and agendas. Ukrainian Christians with Uyghur Muslims; Trotskyites, EU supporters and nationalists. Peace campaigners amidst Ukrainians calling for more weapons. Anti-fascists, Russian dissidents, anti-imperialists, Hong Kongers and climate activists, human rights activists and immigration campaigners; trade unionists and British Jews. All made…
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Time
An excellent double edition of Time Magazine, given over to the climate crisis, features a photo of mine from London Fashion Week 2019. You can read the ‘One Last Chance’ edition here: https://time.com/5864702/extinction-rebellion-climate-activism/
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Perimeter
Black Lives Matter There’s a point on the periphery of every demo where people cease to be part of a crowd and become private individuals again. With numbers, comes solidarity and strength, the normalisation of carrying placards and banners, chanting, cheering, and occupying the middle of the road. The usual rules do not apply. After…
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Climate in February
8th Feb. ‘BP Must Fall’ protest at the British Museum. BP sponsored the Troy exhibition at the BM. Protestors smuggled a trojan horse into the museum’s forecourt and held peaceful protest events around the museum. 15th Feb. London Fashion Week Extinction Rebellion staged protests outside a London Fashion Week venue in the Strand. The clothing…
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Creating a scene: XR Oct. 2019 Rising
I’m working out how best to photograph Extinction Rebellion. A friend of mine tells me she does not support XR because their disruptions alienate people who need to be brought on side. So perhaps it’s best to back away from XRs photogenic performances to include the bystanders and their reactions. Much of the time this…
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The battle for the Pullens. June 1986
I’ve recently dug out and scanned these photos I took of the ‘Battle for the Pullens Estate’ 32 years ago. Now a thriving mix of residential and working spaces the Pullens estate came very close to being completely obliterated. On June 10th 1986 squatters attempted to repel police and bailiffs intent on evicting them prior to the…