It was my second May Day demonstration of the weekend. I was on the Cardiff rally and march on Saturday and on Monday I was in Trafalgar Square for the 136th London May Day march and rally. The first in 1890 in Hyde Park was attended by Engels although he did not speak.
The demonstration is usually on May Day itself but this year May 4th was chosen as the anniversary of the start of the 1926 General Strike. As ever there was a good and varied turnout with plenty of union and campaign banners. These marches are invariably peaceful and orderly but that didn’t stop the Met turning up in large numbers.
There is increasing official pressure to restrict and ban demonstrations currently, a reflection of both an authoritarian lurch by also a political crisis at the top of society. One way to push back on that is to keep on keepin’ on attendong protests.
The drawing here is by veteran protest artist Inga Bystram
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