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Photo archives: London Mayday 2K protest, Parliament Square, 1st May 2000
Posted on Friday, May 1, 2020 | No CommentsTwenty years ago, Parliament Square in London was filled with anti-capitalist protesters, green campaigners and activists for a celebration of Mayday. Here’s some photos from the day: -
![Top of my list of films to see is ‘Pride,’ a heart-warming film based on the remarkable story of Welsh mining community miners uniting with gay activists to fight Thatcher during the Miners’ […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pride-miners-strike-gay-activists-3-115x115.jpg "Pride movie dramatises the wonderful solidarity between Welsh miners and gay activists during the 1980s strike")
Pride movie dramatises the wonderful solidarity between Welsh miners and gay activists during the 1980s strike
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 2, 2014 | No CommentsTop of my list of films to see is ‘Pride,’ a heart-warming film based on the remarkable story of Welsh mining community miners uniting with gay activists to fight Thatcher during the Miners’ […] -
![Yesterday, a sign advertising the controversial estate agents, Foxtons appeared tied on to a wall of a council housing estate in Brixton, south London. The sign was positioned next to the entrance […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/foxtons-brixton-sign-115x115.jpg "The short life and swift death of a Foxtons estate agent sign, Brixton")
The short life and swift death of a Foxtons estate agent sign, Brixton
Posted on Saturday, Nov 23, 2013 | No CommentsYesterday, a sign advertising the controversial estate agents, Foxtons appeared tied on to a wall of a council housing estate in Brixton, south London. The sign was positioned next to the entrance […] -
![With rents and house prices going through the roof across London, activists are campaigning hard to highlight the hardships being created by government policies and to fight for the provision […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stratford-halo-housing-protest-5-115x115.jpg "Renters occupy luxury flat in the Stratford Halo development, east London")
Renters occupy luxury flat in the Stratford Halo development, east London
Posted on Friday, Nov 22, 2013 | 4 CommentsWith rents and house prices going through the roof across London, activists are campaigning hard to highlight the hardships being created by government policies and to fight for the provision […]