Stop the War Protest: Edinburgh
Seeing as how I had covered the London Stop the War coalition protest, as there was one a lot closer in Edinburgh, it seemed silly not to head along to photograph that too. The Edinburgh Stop the War protest march was on the 14th November.
Bright and early Saturday morning, Paul and I headed up to Edinburgh and arrived shortly before the protest started.
There was only a fraction of the attendance compared to the London one, but that is to be expected I suppose, even if only due to the size of the respective cities.
The protest marched round the streets of Edinburgh, passing through major shopping and public areas, passing the Edinburgh International Conference Centre where the NATO conference was being held, then continued on down into the Princes Street Gardens.
A few pics from the day (click to enlarge)
The protest marching through the streets of Edinburgh
Protest passing a poppy wreath on a memorial
A girl carried on her father's shoulders, placard aloft
Mounted police wait for the procession to begin moving again
A young man lights a flare outside the EICC where NATO are meeting
Protest march pass Edinburgh Castle
A young couple have better ideas
The rest of the album can be seen in my gallery here.
~Shepy
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Comments
Comment from Brickman
Time November 19, 2009 at 11:23 am
Bloody hell shep, those pictures are stunning, sell them to papers?
Comment from Paul O’Hanlon
Time November 30, 2009 at 6:43 pm
I was at the NATO demo on November 14th and here is my Indymedia report with 20 photos which are copyleft (available to all): http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/world/2009/11/442048.html
Best, Paul
Comment from Hamlesh
Time November 15, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Surprised 50 let you have them in that picture – usually they get all “anti terrorism – you can’t take our pictures, or pictures of CCTV, let us oppress you now”, at which point they start beating you with sticks.