March for Palestine 14th & 28th October 2023

[The39thStep]

again fair play to all that attended btw

Wonder if there was a demo for the fence sitters tendency

 

[Ax^]

tends to be a twitter account these days

 

[Gramsci]

Sorry I missed this. Been working today. Glad I went to the last two.

Good to see others went.

And thanks to posters for the photos

I'm also surprised ( in good way) that the turn out has been so high when these demos are being held every week.

 

[Ax^]

hope their a 4th

should not be working next Saturday ..

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Sorry I missed this. Been working today. Glad I went to the last two.

Good to see others went.

And thanks to posters for the photos

I'm also surprised ( in good way) that the turn out has been so high when these demos are being held every week.

I'm not surprised. Every week the situation is worse and the anger is spreading.

I can't do next week. Sadly there will probably still be a need for one. More than ever.

 

[Gramsci]

I was listening to the guy whose head of PSC talk about the marches. He said he's in contact with people in Palestine and it means a lot to them to see people across the world on demos. He said the solidarity from people in other countries does mean something.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I was listening to the guy whose head of PSC talk about the marches. He said he's in contact with people in Palestine and it means a lot to them to see people across the world on demos. He said the solidarity from people in other countries does mean something.

I hope so. It's a big reason why I turn out.

 

[8ball]

Speakers all along Whitehall this time.

About a dozen fash being protected by about 30 coppers.

Just seems bizarre that the fash would be out.

 

[Gramsci]

Another thing when talking the head of PSC said as aside he'd been meeting police about march.

Reminds me groups like PSC put a lot of effort into organising these demos.

It takes up a lot of it's resources.

If people can't make the marches but can afford to help financially here is PSC donation page

https://donate.palestinecampaign.org/

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Man arrested on Whitehall. Bunch of coppers rushing him through the crowd. I took photos but all blurry.

I saw that. Interesting juxtaposition of tourists and baton wielding police too

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Just seems bizarre that the fash would be out.

And a small but persistent demonstration against the ban of bully xl dogs

 

[8ball]

And a small but persistent demonstration against the ban of bully xl dogs

Just happening to be in the area, I presume.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I saw that. Interesting juxtaposition of tourists and baton wielding police too

I was right next to it. Looked like it might turn nasty at one point. Coppers looked scared, which is when they are dangerous. They managed to get him onto the side street to take him away, which you can just about make out in the first half-second of my rubbish second-long video. It was at that point that it became clear that they'd just arrested one person. At first I'd assumed it was much bigger than that.

 

[mojo pixy]

Just seems bizarre that the fash would be out.

Not really. They were almost certainly there to harangue the muslamic rayguns, it's normal behaviour for EDL types at a pro-palestine demo.

 

[Ax^]

pitching up to an event like this they can also expect the police to protect them

 

[oryx]

 

[ska invita]

I can't do next week. Sadly there will probably still be a need for one. More than ever.

Supposedly next demo is 11th Nov - so ive heard - might be wrong

 

[magneze]

I was also struck by the number of families attending.

 

[8ball]

Not really. They were almost certainly there to harangue the muslamic rayguns, it's normal behaviour for EDL types at a pro-palestine demo.

Ok, I guess it makes some sense to them.
Fucking twats.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Not really. They were almost certainly there to harangue the muslamic rayguns, it's normal behaviour for EDL types at a pro-palestine demo.

They were pathetic. About a dozen sad old men stood behind a ring of coppers. I recognised a couple of them from two weeks ago

 

[8ball]

They were pathetic. About a dozen sad old men stood behind a ring of coppers. I recognised a couple of them from two weeks ago

What do they do? Just yell some racist slogans from behind their ring of protection?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

What do they do? Just yell some racist slogans from behind their ring of protection?

Nope. they just stood there. I think if they'd started chanting the coppers might not have been amused.

 

[magneze]

They were pretty much ignored when I went past.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

They were pretty much ignored when I went past.

Yep. I just stopped briefly to laugh at them.

 

[8ball]

Nope. they just stood there. I think if they'd started chanting the coppers might not have been amused.

Fair dos. I still don’t get why they’d choose that over an afternoon in Spoons.

 

[hitmouse]

I happened to be in London at the weekend for other reasons, and prioritised getting down to the UFFC demo, cos that seemed like an event where one face more or less might make more of a difference, and also cos I don't feel hugely optimistic about either but the idea of a demo in London having some impact on the Met's behaviour seems more plausible than a demo in London having any impact on the IDF. When the UFFC got to Downing Street I peeled off to find the Palestine demo - wanted to try and join up with the TU or the Jewish bloc, and as it happened I think I found the march more or less right as the Jewish bloc was going past (I think, might also have been just that there were loads of Jews all over the place). Saw someone spraying some Free Palestine graff in broad daylight, which feels a bit more up-for-it than most to A-to-B demos, but for obvious reasons waited until they'd finished to get any photos. Good level of support from people in buildings and so on going past.

 

[hitmouse]

Oh, and there was a sit-in at Waterloo Station as part of the demo - Protesters stage sit-in at Waterloo station, calling for Gaza ceasefire
Think Sisters Uncut and Na'amod took part among others: