Harrods anti-fur protest, London. 10.05.08
Billy Macrae | 11.05.2008 19:41 | Animal Liberation | Free Spaces | London
Loudhaler1
Loudhaler group
Tourist photographer
Man taking leaflet
Shopping bag woman
Handing out leaflets 2
Handing leaflet to child
Woman handing out leaflets
Loudhaler group
Leaflets and crowd
Location: Knightsbridge, London.
As far as I understand these protests will be occurring every Saturday for the forseeable future.
(Or until Harrods decide not to stock any more fur products.)
The protesters are a well-read, gentle, humorous bunch, who get their point across without being overly aggressive. They have my full support.
In the tradition of street-activists, they even alternate their loudhaler protests with the local West-Indian busking troupe, so they don't drown out their steel band. This made me smile.
As well as generating a large amount of interest with Londoners doing their shopping, the protests are also a definite hit with the tourists, who stand around snapping away with their ice-creams and trying to work out what is going on. (Amazingly, the protesters re-run their comments on the loudhaler in perfect Spanish for exactly this reason.)
Satisfyingly, there is nothing the Harrods security can do, except watch.
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