Protest Collection (page 7)

Salt March
A scene of illegality : Gandhis followers picking up salt on the seashore at Dandi at the culmination of the Salt March in India to protest against the British tax on salt

The Bonus Army: a leader arrested
A leader of the veterans arrested by the United States government

The Bonus Army: the camp ablaze
The camp of the Bonus Army on fire at Washington

The Bonus Army: the aftermath of the fire
The camp of the Bonus Army at Washington after the fire: the burnt out area as seen from the air

The Bonus Army: arrests made
An arrest in a tree, near the White House, Washington: detectives bringing to ground a leader of the veterans(centre), who has been giving orders from amongst the branches

The Bonus Army camp defended: fighting for the flag
Fighting for the Bonus Army flag:a war veteran armed with a length of lead piping, about to strike a policeman

Veterans Riot at Washington
The Bonus Amy besieging the Capitol: an all night wait by Californian veterans to impress upon Congress the urgency of their demands

The Bonus Army Camp before it was Destroyed
The eviction of the Bonus Army from Washington: part of the camp of ramshackle huts before it was cleared and burnt. The veterans demands for payment of a war bonus were rejected by Congress

The Bonus Army H. Q taken by police
At the war veterans general headquarters:a stars and stripes flag of the Bonus Army flown as the police evicted demonstraters from a ruined building. Date: July 1932

Veterans Riot at Washington: on the Steps of Congress
A demonstration which nearly became a riot: bonus marchers mounting the steps of the Capitol to appeal to congressmen for bonus payments

The Bonus Army Camp Defended
Fighting between war veterans and United States troops where at its height on 28th July, 1932. Men of the Bonus Army flinging stones and bricks at police who advance upon them

The Bonus Army camp defended: veterans forcibly removed
During the bitter struggle in Pennslysvania Avenue, Washington, on July 28th 1932: police carrying a bonus Army veteran away from the occupied area

Conscription Act of 1917
Some 5000 women appeared outside New York City Hall on 16th June 1917 to present an anti-registration petition to the mayor. Two women rioters are arrested for fighting with police

Bloody Sunday Riot - Parliament Street 1887
Bloody Sunday, London, 13th November 1887, the name given to a demonstration against coercion in Ireland and to demand the release from prison of MP William O Brien

Glass-Smashing for Votes! by Wilmot Lunt
This illustration shows suffragettes breaking windows in protest for the right to vote

1957 nuclear test: Student protest in Japan
Tokyo, Japan: a small group of Japanese students, entirely surrounded by police, demonstrating against the British nuclear tests

Childrens Strike of 1894
Procession of children, heading to Hyde Park in London, to demonstrate against their treatment by organ grinders. These children were part of the Organ Dancers Union

A Belgian Church service under German Guard; First World War
Illustration showing a Belgian priest reading Cardinal Merciers protest against deportations to his congregation, whilst a German soldier stands guard at the bottom of his pulpit, 1916

Trains Sabotaged
In protest against the forced enlistment of Poles to help Russia fight the Japanese, patriots sabotage the railways on which they will have to travel

Non-Smokers Attacked
When Austria imposes a tax on tobacco at Milano, Italy, many residents give up smoking in protest : the Austrians then attack those who refuse to smoke !

Russia / 1937 / Baku Strike
Baku workers go on strike in protest at poor working conditions, but their demonstration is quickly dealt with by troops

War with Morocco - 1
In protest against Moroccan piracy and other harrassments, Spain declares war on Morocco

Protesting Bonds
Scouts protest against the Freedom Bonds

Bloody Sunday riot in Trafalgar Square
On 13th November 1887 a demonstration organised by the Social Democratic Federation and the Irish National League in Trafalgar Square in London turned into a riot after police

Anti-Aristocracy Demos
Social democrats protest against the aristocracy. Their banners read " Not a penny for the Princes" and " Victims of capitalist profit- greed"

Bread Riot / London / 1815
Londoners riot in protest against the high cost of bread outside the entrance to Parliament, Westminster

London match workers protesting against tax
When London match workers protest against a proposed tax on matches, police break up the demonstration with unnecessary violence

Homes in County Kerry set alight after evictions
Homes of evicted tenants are set alight at Glenleigh, County Kerry, Ireland

Demo / Wilsons 14 Points
In a popular demonstration the people insist Wilsons 14 points are ours!

1848 / Anti-Papal Protest
Demonstrations in Rome against Pope Pius IX dissociating himself fromthe movement for Italian unification

Versailles Protest
Mass meeting at the Iron Hindenburg in Berlin protesting against the crippling terms of the Treaty of Versailles

Anti-Strike Demo 1926
Approximately 20, 000 women take part in a protest procession through central London, against the suffering caused by the industrial strikes and lockouts

Paris Police / Entertainer
The Paris police arrest a group of gypsey street entertainers and quickly regret their action as chaos ensues

All-Purpose Feminist
A useful all-purpose card for feminists of all persuasions - just write your own slogan on the board, and you re in the protest business !

French Students Protest
A protest or chahut of Paris students in a classroom on the Rive Gauche, Latin Quarter

Boston Tea Party
Boston citizens, dressed as Indians, board English ships and throw tea chests into the harbour in protest against taxation

Anti-Jesuit Protest
To Frances republicans, the Jesuits were seen as a fearsome menace, intent on taking over public education and brainwashing children with papal perversions

Hunt Saboteurs
Country children throw stones at foxhunters, not through concern for animal rights but as a protest on behalf of human rights

Riots at Lyon
Whatever Paris decides, Lyon objects : street fighting breaks out when the silkworkers protest against the monarchy of Louis Philippe

Journalists Protest
Journalists meet to protest the stricter censorship imposed by Charles Xs government

Galileo / Denies Findings
Galileo denies the movement of the Earth to the judges of the Holy Office

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