Slaver art is 2% of Parliamentary collection, review finds after Black Lives Matter protests

DEPICTED  WORK OF ART CODE  ARTIST  TITLE  MEDIUM  YEAR CREATED Sir Robert Peel MP WOA S602 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic unknown WOA S622 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic unknown WOA 86 Dickinson, William Northcote, James Sir Robert Peel Bart. M.P. Print unknown WOA S569 Unknown Sir Robert Peel MP Ceramic unknown WOA M0566 Unknown … Read more

Man, 50, is arrested during protests at military base where 250 Channel migrants are being housed

 A 50-year-old man has been arrested during protests at military base in west Wales, where up to 250 Channel migrants are  The man, who has not been named but is not from the area, is being held on suspicion of public order offences during a second day of protesting outside the camp in the coastal village … Read more

Parliamentary staff write poems about their privilege after Black Lives Matter protests

Parliamentary staff told to write poems about privilege on a ‘digital wall’ made after Black Lives Matter protests – with one woke worker insisting they can no longer watch police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine over its ‘cosy lies’ Parliamentary staff have been urged to admit their ‘privilege’ on a digital wall Staff can write poetry and … Read more

NHS workers who fought on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic take part in mass protests

Frontline NHS workers, many of whom have been helping to fight the coronavirus pandemic, have protested to demand better wages. Campaigners in central London, many wearing scrubs or other NHS uniforms, held banners which read ‘stop clapping, start paying,’ ‘priceless yet penniless’ and ‘640 healthcare workers dead, blood on their hands’ alongside images of Prime … Read more

Trump slams Democrats’ ‘peaceful protests’ with violent video from Portland

President Donald Trump ridiculed ongoing protests in Portland by tweeting a video of an activist accidentally setting himself on fire with a Molotov cocktail.   ‘These are the Democrats “peaceful protests”. Sick!’ Trump panned on Sunday as he retweeted a clip of the activist and fellow protesters desperately trying to extinguish the blaze engulfing his pants.   … Read more

Anti-Trump group Refuse Facism calls for nationwide protests on Saturday as chaotic summer grinds on

Portland reached its 100th night of anti-racism protests on Saturday with spat of Molotov cocktails that lit on person on fire and the home of Pittsburgh’s mayor was surrounded by residents demanding the police be defunded as a swath of demonstrations sparked across the country. Labor Day weekend kicked-off with Black Lives Matter demonstrations taking … Read more

Armed Trump supporters gather near Churchill Downs ahead of Kentucky Derby protests

Heavily armed pro-Trump supporters gather near Churchill Downs vowing to protect Louisville ahead of Breonna Taylor protests during the Kentucky Derby – as spectators begin to arrive Pro-Trump activists and far-right militia members gathered at Cox Park in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday  Men dressed in military gear and armed with semi-automatic weapons were out in … Read more

Officers policing climate change protests have been pulled off duty due to a flare-up of coronavirus

Officers policing Extinction Rebellion’s climate change protests have been pulled off duty due to a flare-up of coronavirus among their ranks A number of police officers who attended the protests returned positive tests Their team mates also began showing symptoms of coronavirus More than 300 activists from XR have been arrested in London since Tuesday  … Read more

Iran says wrestling champion facing the death penalty ‘for taking part in protests’ is a murderer

A young Iranian wrestling champion has been sentenced to death in Iran for the murder of a public sector worker two years ago, a state television-linked news agency said Thursday. It was first reported that Navid Afkari’s sentence was due to taking part in protests against the Iranian regime in 2018. The Young Journalists Club (YJC) … Read more

Family Food Fight contestant Fanos Panayides arrested ahead of Melbourne’s Freedom Day protests 

Former Family Food Fight contestant turned COVID conspiracy theorist Fanos Panayides arrested ahead of Freedom Day protests over the stage 4 lockdown in Melbourne By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:46 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 02:46 BST, 3 September 2020 Former Family Food Fight star Fanos Panayides has been arrested in … Read more