Following a call from London NoBorders, a second 'Life Is Too Short To Be Controlled' [pics 1 | 2 | 3 | vids 1 | 2 | 3] demonstration started in Piccadilly Circus this afternoon. Around sixty people gathered to "connect two locations in London which are symbolic places of both the border regime and surveillance". After a couple of speeches, people started marching through central London street…

Related reports from IMC-London wires:

• Life is too short ... one demo is not enough!
• Piccadilly Circus: CCTV controlling your life
• Life is too short - pics and report
• Demo Connecting Border Regime & Surveillance: pics

Videos:

• St Pancras out of control
• Life Is Too Short: Demo Arrives in St.Pancras
• IMC-London interview to No Borders
• Trailer for "Life is too short - part II"

The demonstration eventually made it to Kings Cross, and it quickly moved into the Eurostar terminal. It kept moving around the terminal until it eventually made its way to the check-in desks and border control. A group of people managed to go throgh the check in and into the border area, which provoked a quick, and quite freaked-out, response from the security personnel. After a while people …

Here is a short video of the No Borders London protest at the Arora International Hotel near Heathrow against the company's plan to convert one of its hotels at Gatwick into an immigration prison. More details at http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/2545