{"id":16339,"date":"2015-06-20T22:16:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T21:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=16339"},"modified":"2015-06-20T22:17:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T21:17:57","slug":"fifty-photos-anti-austerity-rally-in-parliament-square-london-20th-june-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/fifty-photos-anti-austerity-rally-in-parliament-square-london-20th-june-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty photos &#8211; Anti Austerity Rally in Parliament Square, London, 20th June 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-01.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of central London today to protest against the government&#8217;s austerity measures.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-02.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/460624807433119\/\" target=\"_blank\">organisers said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With the Tories going it alone in government we know exactly what to expect. More nasty, destructive cuts to the things ordinary people care about- the NHS, the welfare state, education and public services.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be assembling the demonstration in t<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">he heart of the City of London right on the doorstep of the very people who created the crisis in the first place, the banks and their friends in Westminster. We demand that the bankers and elite should pay for the crisis and not the vast majority who had nothing to do with it.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-03.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A estimated crowd of 250,000 people\u00a0attended a rally outside the Bank of England before marching to the Houses of Parliament, where union leaders and celebrities including Russell Brand and Charlotte Church\u00a0gave speeches.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some photos from around Parliament Square.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-04.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-05.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-06.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-07.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-08.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-09.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-10.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brixton was well represented on the march. Earlier in the day, campaigners <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brixtonbuzz.com\/2015\/06\/photos-brixton-campaigners-assemble-in-windrush-square-ahead-of-the-london-end-austerity-march\/\" target=\"_blank\">had assembled in Windrush Square<\/a> before joining the march.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-11.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-12.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-13.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grumpy Old Git\u00a0Against Fracking. And he was indeed grumpy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-14.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anti\u00a0Bedroom Tax campaigners from Bolton.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-15.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-16.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-17.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-18.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-19.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-20.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0Scot on a statue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-21.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dancing in the streets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-22.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Winston gets some company.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-23.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-24.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-25.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-26.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-27.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-28.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-29.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-30.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-31.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-32.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Church gave a wonderfully inspiring speech.<\/p>\n<p>I loved this bit:\u00a0&#8220;One aspect of this that really gets under my skin is that it&#8217;s all wrapped up in a &#8216;proud to be British&#8217; package. I&#8217;m proud to be British because of our National Health Service, the welfare system and David Bowie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also added: &#8220;We need to win back\u2026 young minds and save ourselves from decades of yuppie rule, and the way we do that is with fresh ideas, positive messages, new theories, engaging art and more public figures sticking their heads above the parapet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fantastic stuff. Ms Church.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-33.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Packed Parliament Square.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-34.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-35.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-36.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Superb anti-fracking hat!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-37.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-38.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-39.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flares go off in the square.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-40.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-41.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-42.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nicely to the point.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-43.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another sound system attracts street dancers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-44.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-45.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Free veggie\u00a0food was served up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-46.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-47.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-48.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-49.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/anti-austerity-rally-london-50.jpg\" alt=\"Sat 20th June: Anti Austerity march and rally in Parliament Square, London - in photos\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/anti-austerity-march-urb-meet-up.335836\/page-5\" target=\"_blank\">Chat about the march on the urban75 forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of central London today to protest against the government&#8217;s austerity measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,17,193],"tags":[1166,1168,10,1167,19],"class_list":["post-16339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-photos","category-places","tag-anti-austerity-rally","tag-austerity","tag-london","tag-parliament-square","tag-protest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/anti-austerity-rally-london-011.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-4fx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16343,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339\/revisions\/16343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}