Protest Collection (page 5)

The Disruption of 1843
The interior of St Andrews Church, Edinburgh, at the first meeting of the General Assembly, where the Free Church of Scotland was formed, after members withdrew from the Church of Scotland

Match Makers
The Match Makers of the East End. The match-making industry employed mainly female workers and came to prominence in 1888 during the match-making strike when, led by Annie Besant

MATCHMAKERS DEMO / 1871
THE MATCHMAKERS PROCESSION This demonstration in London against working conditions led to reforms, but also to charges of police brutality

Lex Oppia / Roman Women
Roman ladies (in 15th century costume) protest against the Lex Oppia, cutting down on luxury and finery - from Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, 1475

Peoples march for jobs, Cornwall, with trade union and Labour Party banners. Date: 1983

Protest placard printed with ?Afghanistan time to go?, 2006-2011. Example of placards held by protesters on marches against the ?wars on terror

West End riots: shops looted by rioters, 1886
Articles of plunder from shops, used as missiles during the 1886 West End riots. At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square

West End riots: break up of Trafalgar Square meeting, 1886
At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square, the people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches, and rioted

West End riots: shops damaged by rioters, 1886
The damage caused by rioters to Messrs T. Goode and Co, a large china ware shop on South Audley Street, during the 1886 West End riots

Demonstration in Chesham Place, Belgravia, London, with a struggle between protesters and police. Date: late 1960s

Student fees demonstration, Eastbourne
A woman takes time out from her shopping trip to read the placards and banners of a group of female students who are protesting in Eastbourne against a rise in student tuition fees. Date: 1960s

Miners demonstrating, Eastbourne, Sussex
Miners demonstrating at Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: 1960s

General Alexander Kaulbars (1844-1925) interrupted by voters
Alexander Kaulbars (1844-1925). General of the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer of Central Asia. Bulgaria. Sofia. Voters interrupting a speech by General Kaulbars. Engraving by Rico

Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818-1883). Ottoman statesman. Protests
Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818-1883). Ottoman statesman. Demonstration and protests in the streets of Istanbul against Minister. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1876. Colored

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Patriotic demonstration in S
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Patriotic demonstration in front of the Winter Palace. Saint Petersburg. Russia. Engraving. Colored

Spain. Barcelona. Working demonstration. Engraving. Colored
Spain. Barcelona. Working demonstration. The Tivoli Theatre, a meeting point of the protesters. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored

Ireland. Agrarian agitation in the farm of Captain Boycott (
Ireland. Agrarian agitation. Ulsters farmers escorted by soldiers to go to work on the farm of Captain Charles Boycott (1832-1897). Ballinrobe, 1880. Engraving

Peninsular War (1808-1814). Barcelona city. 1808-2-29. Engra
Peninsular War (1808-1814). The French occupied the citadel of Montjuic on February 29, 1808. Catalan people angry. Colored engraving

Austria 19th century. Labour movement. Charge of Austrian hussars against the strikers mutineers in the neighborhood of New-Lerchenfeld (Vienna), April 8, 1890. Colored engraving

History of France. Decazeville strike. Military patrols crossing the Duke of Decazes square occupied by the strikers in the coal mines and steel mills. Engraving in 1886 by Comba. Colored engraving

Meeting of workers unemployed in Trafalgar Square. London. United Kingdom. Engraving by Rico in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886

Police officers dispersing the strike of employees of Streetcar in New York, March 4, 1886. Colored engraving

Strikers Stop Train
The wives & children of strikers at the Cummings Nail Mills in Chicago stop a train as a protest. Date: 1886

Bristol Riot / 1831 / Dawson
In Bristol, where only 6000 of the 104, 000 population had the vote in 1830, a crowd protest against the House of Lords defeat of the Reform Bill by burning 100 houses Date: 31 October 1831

Unemployment in Britain in 1903
Unemployed workers processing along the Strand, London - not a one-off event but a daily happening Date: February 1903

Cigar makers demonstraion in Havana
In Havana, Cuba, the cigar- makers demonstrate in protest against the mechanisation of their trade Date: 1928

Protest meeting for farmers, Salisbury, 1930
Farmers protest meeting, Salisbury Date: 1930

Anti-Germanism during WW1
Examples of Anti-German action during the first years of the First World War; property being looted, Germans not being served in certain premises

Land League Agitation: mob protests outside Cork Jail, 1887
The scene outside Cork County Jail on 18th September 1887: a mob from a National Land League meeting, with banners, a band of musicians and men armed with heavy clubs

Philippines (1899). Protest in Manila. Engraving

Russian Soldiers demonstrate in Petrograd
Russian soldiers march through the streets of Petrograd (St Petersburg) proclaiming, Death or Victory and carrying a banner, the message of which is War to the end Date: May 1917

Tea Party Tablet, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, where Griffins Wharf used to be, commemorating the event of 6 December 1773 when chests of tea were thrown into the sea in response to the British tax

Suffragette Protest Meeting Home Secretary. The scenes of uproar at a meeting addressed by Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary in Leeds, November 30th, 1907

Suffragette Protests at Liberal Meetings. Handbill/leaflet issued by the National Womens Social & Political Union, giving reasons why they will continue to protest at Liberal meetings

Suffragette Chubby Babies Want Vote. Two rather chubby and crying babies protest, We want our vote Date: circa 1909

CND Protesters
A supporter of the nuclear deterrant spraying Flit insecticide over CND protesters in Trafalgar Square

Press Photographers at CND Protest
Press photographers covering the CND protest sit down at Horseguards Parade by St Jamess Park

Food Protest in Hyde Park, WW1
A crowd in Hyde Park, London, protesting about the high price of food and of profiteering during the First World War. Date: 1917

The Eagle hut disturbance, 1919
Soldiers, sailors and civilians retiring from Bow Street police station following a riot where a crowd of around 1000 had protested at the arrest of two American soldiers

Great Food Demonstration on Embankment, London, WW1
A procession organised by the National Union of Railwaymen who marched to Hyde Park in order to demonstrate against rising food prices during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Helen Fox, suffragette
Suffragette Helen Fox poses with chains, following her House of Commons protest with Muriel Matters on 28th October, 1908, when they chained themselves to the grille of the Ladies Gallery

Suffragette disturbance at Royal Horse Show, 1914
Scenes at the Royal Horse Show in June 1914, when two suffragettes made an attempt to appeal to the King. Larger picture shows Princess Mary, Lady Desborough, King George V, Queen Mary

Sale of cattle in Ireland by Sheriff
Land League agitation in Ireland. A sheriff sells cattle to raise the rent that the previous owner of the cattle was unable to pay

Marines on the march on Skye
Royal Marines march across the isle of Skye having arrived by gunboat in order to prevent any violent acts which had been threatened by local crofters with land grievances. Date: 1884

Smallpox inoculation cartoon
Jack of Both Sides; Sympathetic, but doubtful, and by no means Bright Animals protest against the 1874 Act of Parliament which made inoculation against smallpox compulsory

Man protesting against playing of football during WW1
Frederick Nicholas Charrington (a member of the brewing family) protesting against the playing of football during the First World War

A trade union rally in Hackney for the unemployed. London

The Bonus Army Camp Destroyed: Use of Tear Gas
Use of tear gas bombs by United States troops against war veterans in the clearnance of the Bonus Army encampment at Washington

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