More pix on my Flickr page.
I marched today as part of the People First demo protesting against the G20. Tens of thousands of people were there such as NGOs, trade unions, leftie groups, religious organisations and anyone else who is opposed to the neo-liberal project.
Though I must admit the ‘Put People First’ slogan that was being chanted at the front of the march was a little lame as the ruling class does indeed put people first….rich people…
The demo was kinda quiet thankfully I ended up at the sections where people were playing various musical instruments with lots of partying and dancing. Pretty much a carnival atmosphere.
It was very difficult to get pix at the front of the demo as there were stewards holding rope that kept the front of the march together yet pretty hard to photograph.
Why couldn’t the organisers let people take pix for around 10mins before setting off..? Strange tactics.
The cops were at the front yet policing was pretty much absent as far as I could tell. Nothing like the brutal and violent policing over the Gaza demos!
But the anarchists had a police escort (bless Her Maj’s Finest!) around Hyde Park. They had positioned themselves in a square shape, people at the front and people around the sides, this was probably to stop the cops indulging in snatch arrests.
Overall a very good day, and I was pleased to see so many people and so many trade union banners.
