November 30, 2011 saw public sector workers strike across the country in protest of so-called 'pension reforms' by the Con-Dem government to public pensions. The following features audio recordings of picketers discussing their reasons for participating in the national day of action as well as some rambles and observations of the days actions from my perspective.

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For anyone wanting to know what happened next about the Royal Wedding/Starbucks Zombie arrests, here it is: we got organised; we found more people who’d suffered the same treatment; we found some brilliant lawyers and we’re going to have a Judicial Review into the Metropolitan Police’s …

City police explained to me that protesters were being arrested under Section 152 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act of 2005. This was incorrect as this section is for the 'Power to seize etc. vehicles driven without licence or insurance'.

Sections 132 to 138 of SOCPA restrict the right to demonstrate within a "designated area" of up to one kilometre from any point in Parliament Sq…

Police closed off Coldharbour Lane at 9am to evict a community squat in the heart of Brixton. Over 50 people protested outside and members of the community joined in. Specialist police units worked with fire crews to remove them. London, UK, 12//07/2011.

Police kettled determined protesters, mainly young students, for the best part of an hour after the main June 30th strike marched through London. Press photographers were also getting hassled by police which were not following ACPO guidelines at all. London, UK, 30/06/2011.

On 29th April Queer Resistance the LGBTQI anti-cuts collective planned a Royal Zombie Wedding Celebration in Soho incorporating a picnic breakfast, performances, a zombie blessing and marriage ceremony by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence followed by a zombie flash mob through Soho. 

A small protest was held outside Paddington Green in solidarity with those arrested from the March 26 protest and the recent raids on squats and social centres including the Ratstar in Camberwell, Offmarket in Hackney and the Grow Heathrow Project. London, UK, 29/04/2011.

A few hundred protested outside New Scotland Yard after marching from Wandsworth over the death of Smiley Culture, who reportedly died from a single stab wound to the heart. Police were searching his home in Warlington, Surrey at the time. London, UK, 16/04/2011. 

Protesters breached the gates of excel during BP's AGM. A teary eyed Diane Wilson from Texas covered her face and hands with oil and was arrested for breach of the peace whilst Axel Kohler-Schnura demandined entry as a shareholder.

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The English Defence League (EDL) rallied outside the Israeli embassy with Orthodox Rabbi Nachum Shifren from L.A. The hope is that a connection will be forged between the EDL and the Tea Party in America. London, United Kingdom, 24/10/2010.

Around 20 people walked into the Department for Business Innovation & Skills making themselves at home just after 8pm, setting up tents, unravelling banners with one eve climbing light rigging inside the lobby. London, United Kingdom, 20/10/2010.

The protest at EDO MBM/ITT, a top ten U.S. defence contractor, aimed to shut the factory down for the day. Hundreds of police ensured that no one got near the facility and ended the day with mass arrests. Brighton, United Kingdom, 13/10/2010.

Over 3,000 people descended on Birmingham city centre to protest against cuts in public spending on the opening day of the Conservative Party conference. Birmingham, United Kingdom, 03/10/2010

A protest was held at the Russian Embassy in London in support of two anti-fascist activists who are in custody in Moscow for their involvement protesting against the proposed Moscow to Saint Petersburg highway. London, United Kingdom, 20/09/2010

Over one hundred members of Muslims Against the Crusades, led by Anjem Choudary gathered on Duke of Wellington Place to protest against the Pope as he traveled through Wellington Arch to a vigil in Hyde Park. London, United Kingdom, 18/09/2010.

On the day that Tony Blair cancelled his book signing event in London, activists scaled the scaffolding on the Houses of Parliament to make a banner drop following a diversion tactic employed at the front gates. London, UK. 08/09/2010

Lancaster Cleaning Services, a contractor for Swiss bank UBS, reportedly colluded with the UKBA by forwarding details of one of the workers who had just left the company. As a result the ex-employee's house was raided and he is currently being held at an unknown location. This follows after a continuous struggle by the unionised workforce, after a decline in working conditions and wages, imposed b…

A small group of protesters gathered outside Kensington Olympia to speak out against the counter terror expo, sponsored by arms company Thales and organised by Clarion events. London, United Kingdom, 14/04/2010.

Around 1,500 Unite Against Fascism supporters gathered in Victoria square to protest against the English Defence League who were also staging a rally in the square. Bolton, United Kingdom, 20/03/2010.

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In the months leading up to London's G20 Summit in April 2009, the British press hyped up police warnings of an impending Summer Of Rage when public anger would erupt over the government's bank bailout. The streets would burn and anarchists would …