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March for Jobs – Brighton protest

March 6th, 2010 | From Journalism | tags: Brighton, protest, Sussex University, Trade Unions |

Unison workers in support of Phoenix creche and nursery, under risk of closure. Photo © Josh Jones / Photography Without Borders 2010

Workers, students and young people of Brighton gathered today to March for Jobs. The aptly named protest opposed public sector cuts and job losses. The demonstration marched Brighton city centre for one hour, with chants such as ‘Students, and workers, unite and fight.’

The protest comes in the wake of two student occupations at Sussex University, proposed public sector job cuts in Brighton, and promises by both the major political parties to make nationwide cut-backs in public services.

Workers, students and children marching by the Clock Tower in Brighton centre. Photo © Josh Jones / Photography Without Borders 2010

'Organise, occupy, fight for the right to work': chants on the day supported militant action against opposed public sector cutbacks. Photo © Josh Jones / Photography Without Borders 2010

Photo © Josh Jones / Photography Without Borders 2010

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‘Remember Gaza’ – Smash EDO protest, Brighton

January 18th, 2010 | From Journalism | tags: Brighton, Gaza, Palestine, police, protest, Smash EDO |

'Remember Gaza', 'Blood on your hands' - the protest marches along Lewes Road outside Moulsecoomb. Photo © Josh Jones 2010

Monday 18th January, 2010: Hundreds gathered in Brighton today to protest the presence of EDO, an arms firm that develops weapons parts used in the assault on Gaza last year. Police responded with force, and scuffles outside the EDO/ITT weapons factory on Home Farm Road led to several injuries. In Brighton city centre, protestors were kettled by police for up to an hour, and several arrests were made, including one medic.

The Smash EDO campaign has been calling for the closure of the Brighton-based arms manufacturer for six years, and claims EDO/ITT corp. is complicit in war crimes.

Mounted police find a picturesque position to await the protest. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

Avoiding a police blockade on Lewes Road viaduct, protesters storm up the hill towards the EDO/ITT weapons factory. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

Defiant, one protester faces police as they attempt to protect the EDO/ITT arms factory. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

Police in riot gear form a line outside the weapons manufacturer. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

Protesters attempt to force their way through police lines. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

In town, Brighton and Hove bus drivers look on as the protest passes. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

In Brighton, demonstrators resist all efforts to kettle or curb the march's progress. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

Local citizens show their support as the protest passes Brighton University. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

A group of 50 protesters were 'kettled' by police in the North Laine for one hour, including the present photographer. Photo © Josh Jones 2010.

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1417 dead in Gaza – London remembers

January 16th, 2010 | From Journalism | tags: Gaza, London, Palestine, protest, Trafalgar Square |

People from all over the United Kingdom came to London today to remember the 1417 Palestinians who died in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip one year ago.

‘This is not only to remember the dead’, one speaker announced, ‘but also to protest at Israel’s ongoing policy of occupation.’

The planned ‘die-in’ protest at Trafalgar Square was instead held as a minute’s silence, due to wet weather. Each attendee held up the name of one person who died in the assault, to emphasise that the victims were individuals and not just part of a statistic. Of the 1417 Palestinians killed, up to 1181 are thought to have been civillians.