{"id":13125,"date":"2022-03-16T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=13125"},"modified":"2022-03-14T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T16:14:12","slug":"fukushima-no-to-racism-no-to-assad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=13125","title":{"rendered":"Fukushima, No to Racism &amp; No to Assad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fukushima, No to Racism &amp; No to Assad. Three years ago on Saturday 16th March 2019 people marched in London 8 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, still spreading radioactivity, took part in a large demonstration on UN Anti-Racist Day chanting &#8216;No to Fascism&#8217; and &#8216;Refugees are welcome&#8217; here while Syrians calling for a peaceful, democratic Syria marched to a rally in Whitehall on the 8th anniversary of the start of the Syrian revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remember Fukushima 8 years On<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/16\/20190316-d0043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anti-nuclear campaigners met outside the Japanese Embassy on the eight anniversary of the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at Fukushima. Little progress has been made on cleaning up the site and large amounts of radioactive material are still being released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/16\/20190316-d0052.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>50,000 people are still refugees and many are being given no alternative but to move back into areas still heavily contaminated. The clean-up is proving much more difficult than anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/16\/20190316-d0161.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Japanese Embassy they marched down Piccadilly, where I left them to go to another protest, returning later to photograph them at a rally opposite Parliamen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/mar.htm#fukushima\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remember Fukushima 8 years On<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No to Racism, No to Fascism<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/16\/20190316-d0260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Park Lane was packed at the start of the march on UN Anti-Racism Day to show solidarity with the victims of racist attacks and oppose Islamophobic hate crimes and racist policies in the UK and elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/16\/20190316-d0186.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The march was joined by a wide range of groups, all agreed that &#8216;Refugees Are Welcome Here&#8217; and opposed to fascism and racism. Many held large posters denouncing racist leaders from around the world, including Presidents Trump and Bolsonaro as well as fascist party leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/16\/20190316-d0217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The march to a rally in Whitehall had an added significance after the previous day&#8217;s Christchurch mosque attack by a white supremacist terrorist who killed 51 people and injured 40. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/mar.htm#racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No to Racism, No to Fascism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8th Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/16\/20190316-d0631.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I left the anti-racist march on Piccadilly and walked and ran back up to Marble Arch, close to which I met Syrians opposed to the Assad regime who were marching through London from Paddington Green to a rally in Whitehall on the 8th anniversary of the start of the Syrian revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/16\/20190316-d0577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately their revolution was sold out by Western leaders who failed to stand up to the Russian support for President Assad and his authoritarian regime, ending any real hope of Assad being defeated and a peaceful democratic Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/16\/20190316-d0721.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the fight continues in Syria, and there remain some autonomous areas such as Rojava, the revolution as a whole seems doomed to failure at least for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/mar.htm#syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8th Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>More on My London Diary about the three events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/mar.htm#syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8th Anniversary of the Syrian Revolution<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/mar.htm#racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No to Racism, No to Fascism<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/mylondondiary.co.uk\/2019\/03\/mar.htm#fukushima\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remember Fukushima 8 years On<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukushima, No to Racism &amp; No to Assad. 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