LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 28.08.09. Environmental activists congregate outside Barclays Bank headquarters in Canary Wharf for a direct action protest on Friday 28 August 2009 in London, England. Around 150 climate campers plastered notices across the front of the banks building – unfurled a banner saying “More Future, Less Capitalism” – protesters allege the bank funds coal power and arms trade industries which contribute to the death and suffering of millions people across the world due to climate change. Environmental activists set up camp on Wednesday 26 August 2009 – in clear sight of London’s financial and corporate centre – to hold a week long protest to highlight climate change. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallee, 2009.
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Great site Marc, I like what you’re doing.
Does anyone apart from the Police pay any attention to climate camp, not a single person has mentioned it to me this week, is it anything more than a teenage summer social event. It seems to me they lose credibility by turning up with colored hair and dreadlocks, they get dismissed as ‘hippies’ and ‘crazies’ by the mainstream. I think most people are concerned about the environmental impact of global business and banking but those same people feel alienated by what’s happening at Blackheath.