{"id":101,"date":"2007-10-13T08:54:09","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T08:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=101"},"modified":"2007-10-13T08:54:09","modified_gmt":"2007-10-13T08:54:09","slug":"a-busy-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"A Busy Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m about to set off for another busy day on the streets of London, although this one is a little different, as this afternoon I’m in Bethnal Green not to take photographs but to lead a tour with the author of ‘The Romance of Bethnal Green<\/em>‘ (ISBN 9781901992748), Cathy Ross<\/strong>. Its a book I’m proud to have my name on the cover too, “with photographs by Peter Marshall<\/em>“, and as well as providing 16 of my own images, I also worked on the pictures from local history and other sources, several of which were terribly printed and required considerable rescue in Photoshop.<\/p>\n

Of course I do hope to take a few pictures here and there, and more tomorrow – as usual. But last weekend, as you can see in My London Diary, was a particularly busy one. Last Saturday I took part in the London march, part of the Global Day of Action on Burma<\/a>, and was particularly pleased to get pictures of some of the monks in front of the Houses of Parliament.<\/p>\n

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I left the monks after they had tied ribbons to the gates of Downing St, to photograph a walk organised by Yaa Asantewaa and Carnival Village <\/a>to commemorate 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade – and illustrate some of our history since then, a part of this year’s Black History Festival, before returning to Trafalgar Square for the end of the Burma rally.<\/p>\n

Sunday saw me photographing both the annual Al Quds (Jerusalem) Day<\/a> march, and also a counter-demonstration by those who see it as an event entirely designed to bolster the cruelty of the hard-line Islamic regime in Iran. I think the truth is a little more complex, and various groups participate in the event for different motives, although of course the event was founded by the Ayotollah and is supported financially by Iranian government-backed agencies.<\/p>\n

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That there are sickening abuses of human rights in Iran under the name of Islamic law is too beyond doubt.<\/p>\n

And then on Monday I was back in London taking pictures again of the ‘banned’ ‘Stop the War’ demonstration. But more about that when I get back from today’s work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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