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Saturday 17 October 2009: The Great Climate Swoop descended on the Ratcliffe coal-fired power station in Nottingham with the intention of shutting it down.
Using direct action the perimetre fences were breached and pulled down on many occasions, and protestors entered the site, despite the heavy police presence.
52 people were arrested that day. One protestor and three police officers were reported injured, one seriously.Saturday 17 October 2009: The Great Climate Swoop descended on the Ratcliffe... more
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22/09/2009: At 8am in the morning some 600 CRS riot police moved on the Calais refugee "Jungle", under the orders of French immigration minister Eric Besson, to destroy the camp and arrest all the remaining refugees.
The camp usually held up to 1500 people, but many had fled and gone underground, leaving 300 refugees, nearly half of those were children.
Besson announced the operation would be "dignified", but this footage reveals a very different picture, as children as young as 11-years were dragged away and seperated from the only parental figures they had known since fleeing their country.
The camp was cleared in nearly 15 minutes. All refugees were put on buses and taken away to the nearby detention centre in Coquelles to be processed. Then bulldozers and men with chainsaws entered the camp to start the dismantling process.
At 1pm Besson arrived to view his success and paraded around the flattened camp with the international media circus he so desperately needed to publicise his poltical triumph, just as Nicolas Sarkozy (then immigration minister) had done during the Sangatte camp closure in 2002.
Related Films
http://current.com/items/88967594_after-sangatte-europes-untold-refugee-crisis.htm
http://current.com/items/90495639_video-rush-the-jungle-refugee-camp-calais-france.htm
Blog
http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/2009/09/dignified-destruction-of-calais-refugee.html
http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/22/09/2009: At 8am in the morning some 600 CRS riot police moved on the Calais refugee... more
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Tuesday 8 and Thursday 10 September 2009: Anti-arms campaigners took to the streets of London to protest the bi-annual Defence Systems and Equipment International weapons convention (DSEi).
In contrast to previous year's protests, campaigners from Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) to activists from the Brighton-based Smash ITT/EDO campaign targeted the financial backers of the arms trade.
Tuesday saw a tour of London's financial district to hammer on the windows and throw shoes at the likes of Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Lloyds, British Telecom and Axa, where an attempt to storm the foyer left the main door somewhat shattered.
Thursday evening is traditionally the arms dealer's dinner, but this year the event was moved from the usual venue, the Dorchester hotel, to the Park Lane Hilton because Tony Blair's wife, Cherie, was holding her own dinner event.
The protest was entirely peaceful, if somewhat noisy - as you would expect a noise demo to be - but this changed (as the video shows) when private security - either from the Hilton or from the arms dealers themselves - attacked the protest. Section 14 of the Public Order Act was invoked and police tried to remove the 30 or so protestors to put them in a caged area, more commonly known as a "pen".
The protestors resorted to a sit-down demo. Some were removed and dragged away. At least eight were arrested.
Disarm DSEi Campaign
http://www.dsei.org/
Blog
http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/Tuesday 8 and Thursday 10 September 2009: Anti-arms campaigners took to the streets of... more
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The new single and music video from Senser has been released. The video features my footage shot during the G8 protests in Scotland in 2005, the G20 riot in London 2009 and the anti-Nato riot in Strasbourg two days after the G20.
Blog: http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/The new single and music video from Senser has been released. The video features my... more
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Tuesday 4 August and the news headlines are of bankers taking £4bn in bonuses, citing "business as usual" - a stupendous slap on the back for all the great work they have done.
Move ahead, Wednesday 5 August, and Lloyds have lost £4bn in the HBOS takeover, a takeover paid mostly by the UK taxpayer, part of the £500bn bailout by the UK government in November 2008.
Has anyone thought to ask the question; did the Lloyds/HBOS funds get mixed up in the City bonus bin?
Blog: http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/Tuesday 4 August and the news headlines are of bankers taking £4bn in bonuses, citing... more
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Here's something a bit different to my usual, protests, riots and endless lines of riot police.
I visited the London Aquarium with my daughter last week and took the opportunity to film the various breeds of shark, an animal I have had a keen interest in since my childhood.
I tried to film the sharks as if in their natural habitat, avoiding the relfections endless annoying camera flashes from tourists who don't understand the basics of indoor photography.
The result, I hope is some stunning images, from as close as I would like to get to the animals, especially the notorious Sand Tiger Shark.
London Aquarium: http://www.sealifeeurope.com/local/index.php?loc=london
Blog: http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/Here's something a bit different to my usual, protests, riots and endless lines of... more
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Part two of two films documenting the UK Tamil protests that spanned six months, as the final surge by Sri Lankan forces against the Tamil Tigers killed tens of thousands of innocent Tamil civilians and left 300,00 displaced, locked in barbed wire refugee camps.
Part one here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmcbNG...
For a more indepth report: http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/2...
The film is also available on issue 19 of Reel News: www.reelnews.co.uk
This film is copyright (c) 2009 Jason N. Parkinson. All Rights Reserved.
For use please contact the author directly: jasonnparkinson@gmail.comPart two of two films documenting the UK Tamil protests that spanned six months, as... more
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4 April 2009: Strasbourg, France, was the set for protests against the 2009 NATO Summit, but as thousands marched on the Pont Du l'Europe German border point to greet 5000 German protestors, roads blocked by riot police opened fire. Endless tear gas and concussion grenades rained down, and rubber bullets found targets in densely populated crowds. Return fire came fast, first rocks and bottles, then flares and fireworks.
This is just a teaser video of the forthcoming work from myself and Reel News, as the UK and rest of the world slips into mass social unrest, an uneasy and angry reaction to the global economic crisis, failing capitalism, bank bailouts, the military industrial complex and those politicians that are trying desperately to hold the old western civilisation together.
Special thanks to Senser and Paul West at Imprint Music for the use of the latest Senser single "Resistance Now" from the forthcoming album "How To Do Battle".
Related links.
Imprint Music: http://www.imprintmusic.co.uk/
Senser: http://www.senser.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/senserband
Reel News: http://www.reelnews.co.uk/
Blog: http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/4 April 2009: Strasbourg, France, was the set for protests against the 2009 NATO... more
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Thursday 26 February 2009: At the London PhotoForum NUJ member and photographer Andrew Wiard spoke on the history of the UK Press Card.
In this NUJ-funded film - Wiard talked about the creation of the press card without state control and the long campaign to get it in place, the problems and benefits of the card, the future of the UK press card system and the need to hold on to the press card in increasingly difficult social and political times.
PhotoForum Film Part One: Know Your Rights
A short film on photography rights hosted by photographer Peter Macdiarmid and solicitor Anna Mazzola.
http://current.com/items/89927365/photoforum_know_your_rights.htmThursday 26 February 2009: At the London PhotoForum NUJ member and photographer Andrew... more
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Thursday 26 February 2009: Following the arrival of the new 2008 Counter Terrorism law and the introduction of Section 76, the London PhotoForum held a meeting on photographers rights.
Section 76 allows for the arrest and imprisonment of anyone who takes pictures of police officers, and some other public servants, “likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism”. The maximum sentence is ten years.
This NUJ-funded film comprises of two speakers on the issue of photography rights, Anna Mazzola from Hickman and Rose solicitors and photographer Peter Macdiarmid. Experiences of working the streets of the UK, police guidelines, Section 76, stop and search powers and what to do if you detained by police are all covered in this vital reference film for photographers and other lens-based media, both amateur and professional.
PhotoForum Film Part Two: The UK Press Card - Past, Present and Future
A short film on the histroy of the UK Press Card, with speaker Andrew Wiard.
http://current.com/items/89927474/photoforum_the_uk_press_card_past_present_future.htmThursday 26 February 2009: Following the arrival of the new 2008 Counter Terrorism law... more
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Tuesday 24 February 2009: The Government of the Dead marched along Oxford Street to Tyburn, now known as Marble Arch, where until the 18th Century was the popular home of London's public hangings.
The zombies took with them an effigy of a banker, which they hung from London's famous archway at Hyde Park, a symbolic gesture of disgust at the UK banking system and the £500 billion taxpayer bailout of the capitalist system.
This video is released now as the city of London prepares for mass protest against the G20 summit on the 28th of March and 1st and 2nd of April.
Related links:
http://www.graveyard.at/
http://www.putpeoplefirst.org.uk/
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/g20Tuesday 24 February 2009: The Government of the Dead marched along Oxford Street to... more
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County Mayo, Ireland: Staunch Shell To Sea campaigner Maura Harrington has been jailed for 28 days and ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation by an Irish Judge.
Harrington, a retired school head teacher and well known for her staunch resistance to Shell in County Mayo, became one of the most dangerous anti-Shell campaigners in County Mayo when in September 2008 she instigated a hunger strike in her car outside the Corrib Gas pipeline landfall site. Her orders were, remove the pipe laying ship Solitaire from Irish waters or have the death of a local resident on your hands. The historical connotations of this action were too much. The Solitaire ship had an "accident" and left the West Ireland coast for repairs in Scotland.
This latest imprisonment of a Shell To Sea campaigner comes at the same time as Shell announces its plans to attempt to lay the Corrib Gas pipeline for a second time.
Related Films and Reports
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/environment/irish+gas+plant+under+fire/568972
http://current.com/items/87156551/policing_the_pollution_don_t_mention_the_water.htmCounty Mayo, Ireland: Staunch Shell To Sea campaigner Maura Harrington has been jailed... more
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On Saturday 27 December 2008 Israel launched an unprecedented attack into the Gaza Strip. In London protestors took to the streets en-mass, in their thousands. There the anger and outrage manifested themselves in Kensington, the home of the Israeli embassy.
Part Two covers the march of thousands on the Israeli embassy in Kensington from Hyde Park. The footage tells the rest of the story from the day that peaceful protest deteriorated into three-hour running street battles.
Boiling Point is not so much a fully narrated film piece, more of a visual account of what happened between Saturday 3 January and Sunday 11 January, allowing the footage of those days to do the storytelling. Constructed from nearly ten hours of footage shot over four days on two cameras, hopefully it gives the viewer an idea of what really happens down on the front line of a riot situation.
The music comes courtesy of:
"OPT" by MC Cox - Released on "Badly Worn Hat" Soul Prolapse Records 2004
"Dr Benway" by Headjam - http://www.myspace.com/headjamuk
Boiling Point will also be available on the February issue of Reel News:
www.reelnews.co.uk
Home blog
www.jasonnparkinson.blogspot.comOn Saturday 27 December 2008 Israel launched an unprecedented attack into the Gaza... more
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On Saturday 27 December 2008 Israel launched an unprecedented attack into the Gaza Strip. In London protestors took to the streets en-mass, in their thousands. There the anger and outrage manifested themselves in Kensington, the home of the Israeli embassy.
Part One covers the first major protest on Saturday 3 January, where 50,000 people marched through London and over 5,000 protested outside the Israeli embassy, and looks at the comparisons between policing the pro-Palestine protests and the pro-Israel protests.
Boiling Point is not so much a fully narrated film piece, more of a visual account of what happened between Saturday 3 January and Sunday 11 January, allowing the footage of those days to do the storytelling. Constructed from nearly ten hours of footage shot over four days on two cameras, hopefully it gives the viewer an idea of what really happens down on the front line of a riot situation.
The music comes courtesy of:
"OPT" by MC Cox - Released on "Badly Worn Hat", Soul Prolapse Records 2004
"Dr Benway" by Headjam - http://www.myspace.com/headjamuk
Boiling Point will also be available on the February issue of Reel News:
www.reelnews.co.uk
Home blog
www.jasonnparkinson.blogspot.comOn Saturday 27 December 2008 Israel launched an unprecedented attack into the Gaza... more
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In August 2008, environmental protestors set up camp in Kent, England, to protest the current and newly proposed E-On coal-fired power stations at Kingsnorth.
Part Two of two films, Covering Climate Camp continues to document the press coverage and subsequent press freedom restrictions. As the policing gets heavier, journalists trying to cover the story for independent and mainstream news organisations face surveillance, harassment, endless stop-and-searches and assault - they are even followed by a police unit to a McDonald's restaurant.
Part One:
http://current.com/items/89738404/covering_climate_camp_part_one.htm
Media Links:
http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=889&string=climate%20camp
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=41891
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=41915
NUJ Film - Press Freedom: Collateral Damage
http://current.com/items/89284474/press_freedom_collateral_damage.htm
Other Related Films and links.
http://current.com/items/89612620/police_obstruction_of_journalists_at_london_greek_embassy_protest.htm
http://current.com/items/89616054/police_investigate_greek_embassy_obstruction_of_journalists.htmIn August 2008, environmental protestors set up camp in Kent, England, to protest the... more
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