Thursday 7 May 2009

Mayday in Brighton Part 2.

I haven't really got anything new to add but I've just realised that yesterday's post didn't include any video or photographs of the days events. There's two main reasons for this;

  1. There was no mainstream media coverage of the protest. This is a little strange because all the national news networks had people in Brighton to cover a teachers conference and the protest would have made good filler on an otherwise slow news day. You would think a news blackout was in operation.
  2. Unlike the G20 protesters the Mayday protesters seemed more interested in actually doing things rather then filming them.

Despite this lack of available footage this is some of the best I've been able to find on YouTube (sorry still no embedding);

The protest as it move up the Queens Road to Brighton Station at around 13:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyeqgKC4WU8

The Police trying to move the back of the protest down Trafalgar street after the cordon was broken at around 13:20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV9J5q3K0r4

The Police using the sectoring technique to protect the McDonald's on London Road at around 13:40 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cklB6xDyOKI

Same event from the opposite end of the street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laA1unF84PI

The Protest just after it had broken through the London Road cordon and moved onto Ditchling road at around 13:50 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTMrLlUIXgM

The Protest Moving up Ditchling Road at around 14:10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6srqs3cd1pA worth noting because it appears to show the police using a fire engine as a roadblock.

Police redeploying in response to Ditchling Road Break out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUKkYtCHyRA

Protest moving down Stanford Avenue towards Preston Park at around 14:20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KryUxlI6qhQ

Police prevent protest moving back up Trafalgar Street at around 15:15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WIxgYtu9aw

Same incident different angles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd2qvABy0CQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFTgF4uapPc

Protest moving back to Palace Pier from St Peter's Church at around 17:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv45EKAOCRo

The Protest draws to a close on the seafront with kids occupying the roof of an independent, family run cafe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGDc213skt8

If this huge list of YouTube links doesn't sate your interest the local newspaper's coverage of the protest is "unrivalled" because they were the only one's covering it http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/smashedo/

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