PHOTOS G20 Protests, London (April 1)

[Jackeens]

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Anti-war demonstrators prepare for a demonstration in front of the statue of former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower outside the U.S. Embassy in London

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Riot police confront protestors near the Bank of England in the City of London

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Police officers in front of the Bank of England help their collegues from the crowds as anti capitalist and climate change activists demonstrate in the City of London

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Hooded protesters gather in central London's financial district

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A mass group of anti capitalist and climate change activists converge on the Bank of England as they demonstrate in the City

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[tekisui]

1. knr!~

[ShortnFiery]

2. The live stream is getting real exciting ... energized crowd.

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=3

[vaberella]

6. Couldn't agree more. n/t

[mod mom]

3. Last photo: "Eat the Bankers" Glad I'm a vegetarian!

[Aloha Spirit]

14. I read it as "Eat Toe Bankers"

Toe Bankers, mmm

[Blue_Tires]

4. i guess next time they will have the summitt in Iceland or wherever...

[endarkenment]

21. Iceland would be a very poor choice at the moment.

They are so over globalization.

[Blue_Tires]

22. yeah, i just remembered that

i was thinking more about remoteness and light population density..

[pleah]

5. K&R

[juno jones]

7. K&R!

Go Loldon!

[liberal N proud]

8. They should hold the G20 in the USA

We never protest.
Not real protests anyway.

[patrice]

16. We demonstrate. And there are large faith groups involved, so it's pretty non-aggressive.

Although I have heard ANSWER field some certified FIRE-BREATHING speakers at some of the things they have helped with.

[StreetKnowledge]

26. You forgotten the Battle of Seattle?

I sure haven't. :yoiks: Americans can protest, it just takes some effort to do so, and I doubt that there will be many conferences in Seattle, again. The whole city went insane during the WTO there.

[liberal N proud]

30. I did forget that

It is just that so much shit has happened and people have done little in the way of protest such as that one or as the Europeans have.

[Clio the Leo]

9. LOL @ "' banker' rhymes with...."

the answer would of course be "wanker."

That's pretty clever.

[dalaigh lllama]

13. Ah, the things I learn here at DU

I just asked what banker rhymed with and then read your post. I had to go look up "wanker" to see what it meant.


:rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

18. I'm a fan of the reality show "Big Brother"...

..... and that includes the UK version as well. So if you need any more slang translation, lol and Jackeens isn't around, just lemme know. :)

Here's another one for you, "Despite common disagreements on policy, most DU'ers agree that both Barack and Michelle Obama are proper fit."

[Jackeens]

20. ROFL....proper fit! My favourite soccer chant: "The referee's a wanker"!

[Arugula Latte]

28. A friend of mine (American) was in England for awhile and

got involved in coaching girls' football (soccer to us). He liked to joke around with the kids and one day said something like: "All right, ya wankers! Get out there and run!" something to that effect, thinking "wanker" was just a generic term like "goof-offs" or similar. Well, the girls stopped in their tracks and looked at him with shock. One reported to her parent: "He called us 'wankers'!" Needless to say, when my friend found out the literal translation he was mortified.

:rofl:

[dalaigh lllama]

23. "Proper fit" ???

do tell!

[Jackeens]

24. It means stupendously gorgeous!!!

[dalaigh lllama]

25. So you're saying I should use that expression if I'm in the UK?

:P

[Jackeens]

27. Only if you bump in to me in London

:-)

[dalaigh lllama]

10. What does that A with the circle around it denote. It's in this last photo

and in the one with the sign saying "Capitalism Kills."

Also, there's a sign that says, "Banker rhymes with..." What does Banker rhyme with that's pertinent? Canker? Tanker?

[patrice]

11. Anarchy

[patrice]

12. P.S. Although there are those of us who think a symbol for anarchy is an oxymoron.

[Enrique]

31. anarchists don't care if it's an oxymoron

they're anarchists!

[patrice]

36. Of course! . . . why didn't I think of that . . . ?

possibly because I'm not an anarchist.

:hi:

[dalaigh lllama]

15. Ah! Thank you n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

17. Those are my favorite...

Because anarchy wouldn't kill, it'd be all different and nonconformist, you know? haha

[patrice]

19. In theory: In a more nearly "pure" anarchy, it wouldn't necessarily be one thing or the other.

Again, IN THEORY, it is Oppression of one form or another that results in skew towards one type of manifestation or the other.

[B Whale]

35. Its 'wanker', ' British expression

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanker

[bdamomma]

29. why can't we be more like them?

they take no crap!!!!

[acmavm]

32. I admire these protesters greatly. The current global financial

system is fixed in favor for a very few.

Time to bring it down. Go France and Germany!

[B Whale]

33. Police are still imprisoning protestors outside bank of england

on sky news i've heard mothers complaining they need to pick their kids up from school and people pleading with the police tp leave.

There's ordinary folks out there just angry and the police are behaving disgracefully.

REAL ANGER NOW. RBS smashed up and effigies of bankers burnt. Any chance of that on wall street US DUers? Come on you can do it...

[Hope And Change]

34. K & R!Thanks for posting!