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G20 protests at the Bank of England

April 1, 2009 by duncanjbrown

A cultural event for us all to be proud of: flag-waving, shouting and oodles of idealism. However, when Will Daunt and I went down to find some anarchists, we got more than we bargained for….

You may feel seasick whilst viewing as the entire thing was shot on a camera the size of a fag packet. For this I can only apologise.

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Posted in Hin & Zuruck | Tagged anarchists, bank of england, climate change, direct action, g20, protest, riot, royal exchange | 12 Comments

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on April 1, 2009 at 7:54 pm | Reply cjhall31

I like “There’s no such thing as good capitalism or bad capitalism. Capitalism is just bad.” Also the idea that the ‘protest’ would have dissipated more effectively without the police keeping you all there.
on April 1, 2009 at 9:59 pm | Reply steveshark

Many thanks, chaps – really enjoyed that.

I shall blog about it!
on April 1, 2009 at 10:02 pm | Reply Spot the anarchist « Hundreds and Thousands (on the trifle of life)

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on April 1, 2009 at 10:09 pm | Reply Nick

Nicely done – the futility and anti-climax of the whole thing come across.

After watching BBC snippets of shattering windows and bloody foreheads earlier, it was refreshing.
on April 1, 2009 at 11:16 pm | Reply Loulla-Mae

If the Guardian were to put this into their (ahem) new twitter format, I hope it would read something along the lines of:

“OMG anarchy leaves students starved while police ROFL in street!!!”
on April 2, 2009 at 4:38 pm | Reply shelleylee

really funny, good editing too! The amount of journalists is insane, “nest of hacks.”
on April 3, 2009 at 12:45 am | Reply jessewhittock

Nicely done, a hint of Hunter Thompson about it. Albeit without the acid trips and vodka shots.
on April 3, 2009 at 8:27 am | Reply duncanjbrown

thanks for the nice comments! mescaline next time.
on April 3, 2009 at 1:35 pm | Reply willdaunt

nicely done. you made me look brave, when actually I was a mere mouse
on April 3, 2009 at 2:55 pm | Reply steveshark

In all seriousness, it deserves to reach a wider audience.
There’s something refreshingly different about it and the tone is perfect.
It took no fixed moral position yet managed to be involved and involving at the same time.
Might be worth a punt sending this to a few documentary film makers and production companies.
on April 3, 2009 at 5:31 pm | Reply Apologies for the repeat plugging! « Hundreds and Thousands (on the trifle of life)

[...] Apologies for the repeat plugging! Posted on April 3, 2009 by steveshark I know I only blogged about this a couple of days ago, but I urge you to watch the short film here. [...]
on April 4, 2009 at 6:27 pm | Reply Hannah Hudson

Will Daunt caught on camera! (Rachell’s in fact. See here: http://racheloneill.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/g20-protests-windows-smashed-buildings-stormed/) — second photo in the slideshow peeking out from behind the police line.