“A collaboration between a national paper staff reporter and one of the union’s most active street photographers has produced a string of groundbreaking stories on police interference with the right to protest”.
Here are the links to the interview that Paul Lewis and I did with the National Union of Journalists magazine – The Journalist . You can read it online here and here (PDF).
Note: The article incorrectly states that Paul Lewis and I broke the story of the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 – this was not the case – this was the work of Paul alone.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 24.10.09. A small group of alleged BNP supporters are escorted away from an anti-war rally in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 24 October 2009 in London, England. Plastic bottles and the contents of a flower pot were thrown at the alleged BNP supporters and police officers as around 200 protestors from the Stop the War Coalition rally followed and jeered them. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 24.10.09. A small group of alleged BNP supporters are escorted away from an anti-war rally in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 24 October 2009 in London, England. Plastic bottles and the contents of a flower pot were thrown at the alleged BNP supporters and police officers as around 200 protestors from the Stop the War Coalition rally followed and jeered them. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 24.10.09. Anti-war protesters march from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square for a rally on Saturday 24 October 2009 in London, England. The Stop the War Coalition called for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 24.10.09. 104-year-old Hetty Bower joins anti-war protesters in Hyde Park before marching to Trafalgar Square for a rally on Saturday 24 October 2009 in London, England. The Stop the War Coalition called for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 22.10.09. Anti-fascist protesters congregate out side BBC Television Centre on Thursday 22 October 2009 in London, England. Nick Griffin – leader of the far right British National Party – was due to appear on ‘Question Time’ the BBC’s political discussion programme. Anti-fascist protesters breached the barriers of the BBC in protest at the BNP leader being invited to appear on the flagship programme. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
Publication: Pages 50 and 51 of Huck Magazine, October 2009.
Out now – a feature length interview by Olly Zanetti with yours truly in HUCK – the international surf, skate and snowboarding magazine. Without doubt the most definitive interview about my work and life yet!
Make sure you pick up a copy or you can read it online here.
Publication: Pages 52 and 53 of Huck Magazine, October 2009.
NOTTINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM – 17.10.09. Hundreds of environmental activists surround Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station with the aim to shut it down on Saturday 17 October 2009 in Nottingham, England. Activists used bolt cutters and ropes to pull down sections of the 3m electrified fence. Later a police officer was airlifted to hospital after being hurt. 52 people where arrested for a variety of offences. (Photo by Marc Vallee/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.
Over the last two weeks I have been working for The Financial Times on an investigation into a secret police database of pictures of protesters. This made the front page today of the FT. The investigation team included Michael Peel the FT Legal Correspondent, James Boxell the FT Home Affairs Correspondent and yours truly.
To read what we found out click on the links above.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 02.05.08. A civilian police photographer films and photographs working journalists outside City Hall on Friday 2 May 2008 in London, England. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
Film footage of me being assaulted in 2006 by the police when working – the footage is from the BAFTA nominated feature film documentary “Taking Liberties” – a gripping exploration of New Labour’s Orwellian legacy. Published here by kind permission of S2S Post. (c) S2S Post, 2006.
Three years ago today – I was doing this and this – then I did this and then went on to do this.
Olly Zanetti writes in Huck Magazine, “After skater Zach Stowe was arrested in San Francisco, the question is again raised, ‘Whose cities do we really live in?’” – to read more click here.
