Organised by Republic, a group looking for a democratic alternative to the monarchy, the street party kept many entertained with music, beer and wine and food - and a stuff the royal wedding atmosphere.
An anti-wedding zombie breakfast gathering, organised by Chris Knight's Government of the Dead, failed to amass after Chris was arrested last night following a handful of pre-wedding raids in which a guillotine and effigies were also confiscated. London, UK, 29/04/2011.
Brian Haw lost his appeal against eviction from the square, controlled by the London Parks and Gardens Trust but the order does not affect the anti-war protesters from demonstrating on Westminster Council's pavement. The new case will begin May 9th. London, UK, 28/04/2011.
Barclays held it's 2011 AGM at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Shortly before beginning at 11am World Development Movement protesters picketed the entrance focusing on the bank's food speculation role, pushing up the price of staple food globally. London, UK, 27/04/2011.
UK Uncut activists turned the Islington branch of RBS into a laundrette at 11am in response to Islington Council's threatening stance to axe dozens of vital services in a £52 million budget reduction. London, UK, 26/02/2011.
There'll never be consensus on the best way to deal with the capitalist media. Here's an alternative view from that recently posted on Indymedia London:
Chris Knight has been featured in the right wing press again. This time he manages to talk shite about Network X - using it to plug his crazy blood in the streets revolution garbage, drags in the idea of dual power, and once again paints anarchists as a bunch of loons. Funny it may be that the press print this stuff, but like the G20 when he used the same quotes about pressing the nuclear butt…
Protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland in the City of London to demonstrate the bonuses top bankers receive. They tried to get in demanding it was their bank and their right. London, UK, 14/01/2011
A number of different protest groups gathered on Parliament Square during the State opening this morning. London, United Kingdom, 25/05/2010.
As Gordon Brown gave evidence inside the QEII conference centre people such as George, who joined the Royal Artillery in 1947 and served one and a half years in the SAS demonstrated outside. George will be 90 on the 8th of May, but he was still determined to show his anger over the continuous war being waged in Iraq. London, United Kingdom. 05/03/2010.
Care workers protest outside Downing Street to demand more funding and acknowledgment from the government for the work that they undertake. London, United Kingdom, 03/03/2010.
Members of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign demonstrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand. London, United Kingdom, 25/02/2010.
Protest in Trafalgar Square opposite Canada House against the extraction of Tar Sands in Canada. The protest was aimed at Royal Dutch Shell, British Petroleum and the Royal Bank of Scotland. London, United Kingdom, 13/02/2010.