Anti War Protest against George Bush london 15/06/08

The ban on the demonstration down Whitehall to protest the visit of war criminal George Bush was enforced with violence by the Metropolitan police. 2 protestors were hospitalised by baton weilding police. Stop the War Coalition have organised over 20 national protests all of which have been peaceful. We have written a letter of protest to the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith.

GeorgeGalloway MP, a vice president of the Stop the War Coalition, has also written a letter of protest to the Commissioner of Police, Sir Ian Blair. Images of the demo can be found here and here. A video will follow.

Police Brutality

2 protestors were hospitalised after police batoned those who approached the security fence around the protest free 'green zone'. The image below shows one hospitalised protestor being pulled towards the police before being struck on the head and back.


Prominent supporters of Stop the War Coalition condemned police violence. Bianca Jagger said "Our civil liberties are becoming another casualty of the 'war on terror'. I was born in a dictatorship and look with great concern at recent erosions of our liberties. At the demonstration today all I wanted to do with others was to peacefully deliver my letter to the Prime Minister. I was prevented from doing so and instead witnessed brutality towards the demonstrators."

Andrew Murray, Chair of StWC, said "We condemn the decision of the British government and police to deny the British public the right to peacefully demonstrate while acting on behalf of the criminal administration in the USA. We also denounce the brutal conduct of many police officers towards demonstrators in Whitehall. This evening's events highlight both the growing menace to freedoms in Britain and also the fear that George W Bush and Gordon Brown have of being held to account for their disastrous war policies."

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[soundwavespace]

well done good vid, what is the song?

[servinifilms]

michael franti we dont stop.

[crazations]

Great video.

The yellow jacket is the new brown shirt...

and they picked the right colour - COWARDS!

I only saw the BBC sanitised version of the protest and they didn't show any of this. Thanks for posting - keep the good work.

[easyrider24857]

Yeah? i dont think you'll be quite so fucking pleased with yourself when martial law comes into force and throws your ass into a concentration camp.

I live in Britain and even i know that your country is about to implode. Do your research and educate yourself.

F*cking immature prick. You haven't got a clue.

[wolfdaddy205]

@wolfdaddy205

,,all the deaths due to this criminal families' miserable hides...disgusting and depressing.

[wolfdaddy205]

,,bush needs tried and hung...for starters!

[gruzzo18]

And you people are morons. The Palestinians don't want peace, which is why they're not getting "their" land back. They lost that opportunity long ago. The Palestinians are Islamic fundamentalist nutjobs who would just LOVE it if the world converted. That is their ultimate goal, not peace, you morons. They would shoot you and I in a fucking second for "disrespecting" Islam, you stupid dickweeds.

[gruzzo18]

@easyrider24857 You're an idiot. If the US "implodes," the world will feel the aftershocks. The US will not implode, the US isn't going anywhere, we are the largest economy in the world BY FAR. Our GDP is nearly twice China's STILL. You are a moron if you think that the US is actually going to fall into some worthless imploded state.

[Paulyb1010]

When do the police get the hoses out on these smelly hippies?

[rocksiphone]

Peter Schiff is running for Senate and he would support Bombing Iran's nukes if he believed or was told they had them. Peter is a great economist, but I do not support any attacks on foreign land. We were told Iraq had WMD which were never found. Bombing in Iran could cause a major war in the region.

If you are against War, can you comment on my video called:

Peter Schiff says Bomb Iran's Nukes

[sweeetly]

@huricane868 ....war affects us all, directly or indirectly

[AnthraxByEmail]

what r we protesting today? gay rights, right? shit we're protesting war, i brought the wrong flag. south park was so right about protestors.

[fayik123]

I don't think alot of these people really care about humanity and are just attending to have some recreation. ALot of protestors generally do cause trouble, not all though obviously but there are these ones who attend just to cause some trouble.

[fayik123]

if somebody does launch a nuke against the uk just remeber that bush was the one who wanted to prevent it being built. His government & the fbi do alot to keep us from becoming vapoourized. SO if you see nukes coming over here just remember that bush was wright and tried to warn everybody