Images of the March for the Alternative 2011

IMAGES OF THE MARCH FOR THE ALTERNATIVE! gary marlowe IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARY MARCH 2011

IMAGES OUT OF THE ORDINARYLONDON 26 MARCH 2011, THE SKIES WERE GREY, THERE WAS A CHILL IN THE AIR. 4 HELICOPTERS BUZZEDOVERHEAD. BENEATH THEM, SOME 250,000 PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS BRITAIN PROVIDED THE COLOUR.THEY WERE TAKING PART IN ‘THE MARCH FOR THE ALTERNATIVE’, THE BIGGEST PROTEST THE CAPITAL HADSEEN FOR 18 YEARS. THIS TIME IT WASN’T A WAR PEOPLE WERE PROTESTING ABOUT, IT WAS THEGOVERNMENT’S SWINGEING CUTS. AND EVERYONE WAS REPRESENTED: THE OLD, THE YOUNG, FAMILIESWITH KIDS, SOME EVEN BROUGHT THEIR DOGS AND THEIR VUVUZELAS! MOST CARRIED BANNERS,EVERYTHING FROM THOSE PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED BY UNIONS TO HANDMADE ONES BEARING THEIROWN PERSONAL MESSAGE. AND THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR: PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THE TORIESCUTS, CUTS THAT ARE AFFECTING EVERYONE AND CAUSING HUGE HARDSHIP RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.SO MANY TOOK PART, THE MARCH LASTED OVER 4 HOURS. IT CULMINATED IN HYDE PARK WITH A RALLY ATWHICH LABOUR’S ED MILIBAND SPOKE. DESPITE THE HUGE NUMBERS, FROM WHAT I SAW, IT WAS MOSTLY APEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION. BUT MENACINGLY, INFILTRATING THE CROWD WERE HUNDREDS OF MASKEDYOUTHS, MOSTLY WEARING BLACK HOODIES AND CARRYING RED AND BLACK FLAGS. THEY CLEARLY HADANOTHER AGENDA. I SAW SCUFFLES OUTSIDE FORTNUM & MASON AND FOR A WHILE IT LOOKED LIKE THETROUBLE WAS GOING TO ESCALATE. SOME WINDOWS WERE BROKEN, AND THE RITZ WAS A HIGH PROFILETARGET. AND WHILST THERE WERE PROBLEMS LATER IN THE EVENING AT TRAFALGAR SQUARE, I HAVE TOSAY FROM WHAT I SAW, THE MARCH WAS VERY WELL ORGANISED AND WELL-POLICED. THESE IMAGES AIMTO CAPTURE MY EXPERIENCE OF THE DAY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN WHO MADE ITSUCH A SPECTACLE!INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOTICETHE IMAGES CONTAINED IN THIS PRESENTATION WERE CREATED BY GARY MARLOWE AND, WHILST BEINGAVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON SLIDESHARE, THEY REMAIN THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF GARY MARLOWE.© GARY MARLOWE | 2011 gary marlowe

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