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XR Summer Uprising procession

London. Mon 15 Jul 2019



 People and the pink Dodo line up behind the main banner 'Climate And Ecological Emergency'

 and there are some chants and some instructions for the procession, which is waiting for the boat to be ready

 

 Finally the procession sets off

 led by the Act Now bike and drummers

 

 The pink Dodo and other marchers

 

 The procession goes down the Strand

 with drumming

 and loud chanting

 and turns down towards Waterloo Bridge

 I stop and let the procession go past, waiting for the Polly Higgins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 'We Can't Eat Money'

 'End Ecocide Now' poster

 The Polly Higgins has a police escort at the end of the procession, the mast strapped down

 Behind it people carry a banner with the message 'Rebel For Life'

 The front of the procession is almost across the bridge

 

 

 and stops, and people sit down

 in a short protest against the police violence towards peaceful protesters when they were arresting people

 during the 'Garden Bridge' occupaton of the bridge in April.

 There are some short speeches

 and people chant 'Tell the Truth' and other slogans

 before getting up and moving off towards Waterloo

 Rupert Read speaks

 and the march goes down Waterloo Rd. A woman carries a large placard with the message 'Out of Excuses, Out of TIME'

 and another has XR symbols on both cheeks

 

 'The Dinosaurs Had No Choice - We DO'

 A giant banner 'MAN UP No.10! - 2050 Extinction 2025 To Survive'. We need to cut carbon emissions much quicker than the government plans
     

A woman holds a smudge stick and another has a complicated placard. The front of the procession is more or less at the Waterloo Millenium Garden
where XR are intending to stay most of the week, but it has stopped moving. I decide it is time for me to catch a train home from Waterloo station.

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