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Why I Fight: Cynthia’s Story
Cynthia, an 18-year-old student, was targeted by girl gangs in west London. She has joined the KO Thai boxing gym in Bethnal Green to learn to fight.
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Why I Fight: Cynthia’s Story
Cynthia, an 18-year-old student, was targeted by girl gangs in west London. She has joined the KO Thai boxing gym in Bethnal Green to learn to fight.
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Cairo Nights
Time lapse overlooking central Cairo. Filmed from the top of a tower block next to 6th of October street. Best viewed in full screen. Winter 2011, Al Qahira, Masr
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Time Lapse Experiment No. 2
Experiments with time lapse cinematography, overlooking Hoxton overground station. Best in viewed in full screen mode. Hackney, London, UK
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Noise Demonstration at Wandsworth Prison
Around 50 campaigners, defendants and families gathered outside Wandsworth prison in south London for a “noise protest” against the imprisonment of young people. The protest was in solidarity with all the youths in prison. Some were arrested in connection with the 2010 student protests, others with the summer riots last year.
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EDL Leicester
The English Defence League (EDL) continued their anti-Islam campaign in Leicester on Saturday. Heavy policing facilitated their march through the town centre, with non-white residents and anti-EDL protesters kept away from the far right demonstration. The day was mainly peaceful with a handful of minor clashes between pro- and anti-EDL demonstrators and the police.
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NYE Noise Demo – Holloway Prison
Around 60 protesters played music and made noise outside Holloway Women’s Prison in solidarity with imprisoned protesters and rioters. Friends and family members of inmates spoke about the harsh custodial sentences handed to loved ones. Hip Hop artists Ed Greens and Terror Silencer Mc both dedicated a track to the women prisoners. Other speakers included activists from Defend the Right to Protest, the Free Mumia Abu Jamal Campaign, trade unionists, and the Occupy movement. London, 31/12/11
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Ali – The Student Revolutionary
The Libyan uprising against Gaddafi began on 17th Feb 2011. In a nationwide rebellion, many Libyans took up arms and fought in peoples’ militias. Ali swapped his student life in Manchester for a machine gun to join the fight.
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Time Lapse Experiment No. 1
A time lapse test shoot of a sunset on an east London rooftop. Two hours squashed into thirty six seconds. Filmed on a Canon camera
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Volunteers Of A Revolution
In the spring of 2011, as the Libyan revolution erupted, the world’s cameras turned to Benghazi and Misrati – cities in the the country’s east coast. But the fighters who were to storm Tripoli did not come from Benghazi or Misrata. They were part of a quieter rebellion, in the country’s mountainous West, populated by the Berber minority, long persecuted by Gaddafi. Like the fighters in the East, they were bolstered by volunteers returning from the Libyan diaspora – in [...]
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Alistair Darling Confronted by Squatters
Protesters from Squatters Action Group disrupted a TV interview with former chancellor Alistair Darling on College Green and demanded to know whether or not he was backing the ConDem governments proposed criminalisation of squatting.
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MAC & EDL Clash on 9/11 Anniversary
On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the extremist islamist group Muslims Against Crusades staged a protest outside the US Embassy and the far right EDL staged a counter protest. There were miner clashes on Edgware road between EDL and MAC members which led to a number of arrests.
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EDL Whitechapel
The English Defence League (EDL) continue their anti-Islam campaign in Whitechapel, London. Filmed: Fil Kaler Edited: Xtine Wade Whitechapel, East London 3 / 9 / 11
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Notting Hill Carnival
London’s annual Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest street carnival. This was the first test for the Metropolitan police public order units after rioting rocked English cities.
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Clarence Road Residents Speak About Riots
Clarence Road residents speak about the riots that took place on their street. Church and community groups organise a street party, exactly a week after the the worst civil unrest London has witnessed in 30 years. Clarence Road was a major flash point, with running battles with police, shops looted and cars set on fire.
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Nationalist March Through Brighton
About 300 right wing nationalist marched thought Brighton town center, they were apposed by United Against Fascism protesters and local anit-Fascists. The day marked the fourth annual event that “March For England” had staged in Brighton. Sussex Police said a counter-protest was held by opposing groups within the city as protesters made their way to Victoria Gardens for speeches. Police said eight people were arrested for public order offices.
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Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité ?
London protesters speakout on the French ban on niqab and burqa. Under the law backed by Nicolas Sarkozy, it is illegal for women in full-face veils to go anywhere in public, including walk down the street, enter shops, use public transport, attend doctors’ surgeries or town halls. They face a fine and a citizenship class. Women in niqabs will be effectively under house arrest, allowed only inside a place of worship or a private car, although they risk being stopped [...]
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Interview With an Anarchist
I talked to an anarchist who attended the anti-austerity “march for the alternative” demonstration, and asked her to reflect on the day’s events.
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Far Right Israeli Settlers Stage Purim Parade Though Hebron
Far right Israeli settlers held a traditional Purim parade, marching from Kiryat Arba settlement to the Jewish settlement in the centre of Hebron. Around 300 activists and their families celebrated in the deserted streets of the occupied city of Hebron under heavy guard by Israeli troops and police. Palestinian residents looked on as settlers wearing costumes including Libyan leader Gaddafi and traditional Arab dress marched by. Hebron reflects the complexity and brutality of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It was a occupied [...]
