Filed under: Journalism, Political Protest Project | Tags: Camp for Climate Action, Climate Camp, Climate Change, Environment, Environmental, Media Freedom, Media Restriction, Press Freedom
HOO, UNITED KINGDOM – 28.7.08. Kingsnorth power station Hoo, Kent, England on Monday 28th July 2008. Security is high at the E.ON coal-fired power station as an extra high-security fence with razor wire is constructed to protect the plant from the 2008 Camp for Climate Action. The camp is scheduled to be held from 3 to 11 August 2008 on land near the plant. At least 2,000 campaigners are expected to take part in mass action to shut down the power station via land, sea and air to protest at plans to build a new coal-fired plant on the site. (Photo Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
Last year I covered the climate camp protests near Heathrow Airport and this year I will be covering the camp again. The camp is scheduled to be held from 3 to 11 August 2008 on land near Kingsnorth Power Station in Hoo, Kent. At least 2,000 campaigners are expected to take part in mass action to try and shut down the power station via “land, sea and air” to protest at plans to build a new coal-fired plant on the site.
An interesting debate on press freedom and privacy is taking place over at photorights and you can also read John Vidal’s (The Guardian’s environment editor) take on this issue from last year here. My plan is to file images, blog and upload slideshows like I did last year. Well that’s the plan and I will let you know how it goes.
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Filed under: Political Protest Project | Tags: 2008, Camp for Climate Action, Climate, Climate Change, Coal-fired, E.ON, Environment, Environmental, Fence, Global Warming, High-security, Kingsnorth Power Station, Mass Action, Power Station, Razor Wire, Security
www.marcvallee.co.uk/kingsnorth_power_station/28.07.08.html.
“Climate campaigners threaten to invade and shut down power plant” – The Independent.
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Filed under: Journalism, NUJ, News | Tags: Law, Media Freedom, Metropolitan Police, National Union of Journalists, New Scotland Yard, NUJ, Photographer Rights, Police, Political Repression, Press Freedom, State, State Repression, Terrorism
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 24.07.08. New Scotland Yard the Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, London, England on Thursday 24th July 2008. The Metropolitan Police have come under increasing pressure from National Union of Journalists due to numerous complaints about how the police deal with the media, particularly at public events and demonstrations. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
“Government to discuss photography guidelines with Police” – The British Journal of Photography.
“NUJ takes police complaints to the Home Office” – Press Gazette.
“Government offers no relief” – The British Journal of Photography.
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Filed under: Journalism | Tags: Carlo Giuliani, G8, Genoa, Mark Covell, Nick Davies, Police, Police Violence
CARLO GIULIANI 23, shot dead by Italian riot police. Genoa G8 Summit. 21/07/01. Copyright Jess Hurd 2001. Published here by kind permission of Jess Hurd.
“The bloody battle of Genoa” – by Nick Davies, The Guardian.
“MPS: Interview with Mark Covell, a victim of police violence at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa” – The Guardian.
An excellent, powerful and at time frighting article in The Guardian by Nick Davies on the bloody events at the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001. Plus an interview with journalist Mark Covell, a victim of police violence at Genoa. Well worth taking a look at and more so in the context that the G8 summit is back in Italy next year.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 28.03.08. National Union of Journalist General Secretary, Jeremy Dear staging a one-man protest outside the Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, New Scotland Yard, London, England on Friday 28th March 2008. The protest which was attended by press photographers from across of UK was in response to numerous complaints about how the police deal with the media, particularly at public events and demonstrations. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
Well done to The British Journal of Photography for picking up on the House of Loads debate on photography in public places last Wednesday (16th). As the folks over at photorights.org.uk put it, “a few interesting points emerge from some pointed questions”.
On the issue of police surveillance of journalists, Jeremy Dear writes on his Blog, “Police surveillance of journalists who cover protests remains a live issue and on Monday I met with lawyers who are looking at ways we can challenge the harassment of individual members by the Forward Intelligence Team.”. It’s clear to me that this is about deliberate harassment of bona fide journalists and not about questioning the right of the police to use photography (or a note book for that matter) in a public place. The issue is one of harassment and harassment alone. The big question is why? What is also interesting is as all of this is going on the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is trying to uphold the police’s “right” to restrict photography in public places for the rest of us!
“Government to discuss photography guidelines with Police” – The British Journal of Photography.
“Photography: Public Places” – publications.parliament.uk (hansrd).
“Lords debate photographic freedoms” – photorights.org.
“Watching me, watching you, watching them…” – jeremydear.blogspot.com.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 05.07.08. A member of the Metropolitan Police Forward Intelligence Team attentively watches and make notes on freelance film and print journalist Jason N. Parkinson in Croydon, South London, England on Saturday 5th July 2008. Mr. Parkinson was covering an anti-G8 protest at the time. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is under pressure from the National Union of Journalists on police surveillance of journalists by the Metropolitan Police Forward Intelligence Team. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
Filed under: Political Protest Project
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 16.07.08. A mother and her son join fellow striking council workers in London, England on Wednesday 16 July 2008. Up to 600,000 workers took part in action across England, Wales and Northern Ireland over pay. The unions say rising prices in the cost of living make the employers’ pay offer of 2.45% effectively a wage cut, and demand a 6% pay increase. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
“Council workers walk out over pay” – BBC News.
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Filed under: Political Protest Project | Tags: Academy, Academy Schoo, Education, Hank Roberts, Occupation, Sports Ground, Squatting, Wembley Park, Wembley Stadium
www.marcvallee.co.uk/anti_academy_school_protest/15.07.08.html.
“Tent protester digs in against academies” – The Guardian.
“Wembley’s tent city” – The New Statesman.
“I’m making it difficult to get rid of me” – Harrow Times.
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Tearsheet : Pages 6 and 7 of the Press Gazette, 27.06.08. Published here by kind permission of the Press Gazette. (c) Press Gazette, 2008.
“Is Big Brother watching journalists?” – Press Gazette.
“Concern is rising that the police are abusing powers” – Press Gazette.
A PDF of the Press Gazette piece on police surveillance of journalists came today. I’m impressed by the two-page spread and the excellent layout (I was a typesetter and layout artist in the 80’s) and good use of one of my images. To read the articles online click on the links above.
Filed under: Journalism, NUJ, Political Protest Project | Tags: Police, Press, Press Freedom
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 05.07.08. A Metropolitan Police Inspector grabs hold of a working journalists as police clash with a group of anti-G8 activists in Croydon, south London, England on Saturday 5th July 2008. Protesters congregated to protest against the UK Border Agency in Croydon as part of a world wide day of action against the G8 Summit in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
“Government offers no relief” – The British Journal of Photography.
An interesting article by Olivier Laurent in this weeks British Journal of Photography on police restrictions of photography and police surveillance of journalists.
Filed under: Political Protest Project | Tags: Anti-globalization, Croydon, Forward Intelligence Team, G8, G8 Summit, Metropolitan Police
www.marcvallee.co.uk/anti_g8_protest/05.07.08.html.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 05.07.08. Anti-G8 activists hold up a banner against police surveillance of the anti-globalization movement by the Metropolitan Police Forward Intelligence Team in Croydon, south London, England on Saturday 5th July 2008. Protesters congregate to protest against the UK Border Agency in Croydon as part of a world wide day of action against the G8 Summit in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
“G8 summit: Breathtaking venue with no protesters to spoil the view” – The Guardian.
Link : www.g8summit.go.jp.
