Janine Wiedel Photo Library - Documentary images

The Big Willow Eco Camp : A protest opposing the construction of a multiplex leisure center on Crystal Palace parkland (South London). In 1998-1999 Eco Warriors lived in fortified tree houses and makeshift structures. The final eviction took 3 weeks, a battalion of riot troops, hundreds of security police and special tree climbing forces. The propoposal was halted! This is a small selection. For more enter keywords into search or contact me direct

March Against Apartheid in Trafalgar Square November 2 1986.

Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp in Berkshire England was initially established in 1981 as a protest against nuclear missiles being sited at the RAF base and remained active until the last missile left in 1991. These photographs were taken in 1983 and1984. Some of the women had lived there continually while others would arrive for months, days or weeks at a time. Living in very basic makeshift dwellings/benders alongside the perimeter fence, the women had created an alternative and creative existence. Through the barbed wire fencing, soldiers perched on lookout towers observed their every move. On 11 December 1983, there was a massive protest against the cruise missiles which had arrived three weeks earlier. Fifty thousand women circled the base. During a silent vigil, women held up mirrors to symbolically let the base look back at itself and its actions. By the end of the day there were hundreds of arrests as the women pulled down large sections of the fence. On 4 April 1984, the entire camp was evicted and the makeshift dwellings dismantled. However, once again they returned to reform the camp. According to David Cortright (2008. Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas, Cambridge University Press) the media attention surrounding the camp "prompted the creation of other peace camps at more than a dozen sites in Britain and elsewhere in Europe". PLEASE PRESS "ALL" TO VIEW This is a small selection. For more enter keywords into search or contact me direct

Race protests in London in 1970s and 80s. This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

Muslim protest against Salmon Rushdie following publication of Satanic verses which blaspheming of the Prophet Muhammad. London 1989 This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

Black July Eelam Tamil protest,London 1983. Protesting Sinhalese led anti-Tamil Pogrom, riot and massacre in Sri Lanka marking the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Over 3,000 Tamils were murdered and over 150.000 people made homeless. Many Tamils fled to other countries forming Tamil diaspora communities. This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

Gay Pride March 1976 This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

CND rally in Hyde Park 1983

Pensioners march and protest through central London in 1986 This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

Grunwick industrial dispute, strike and lock-down involving trade union recognition of APEX at the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories in Willesden, North London 1976-1978 This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

In 1975 Trade Unions workers and members marched through London demanding release of communist strike picket leaders known as The Shrewsbury Two: Dennis Warren (Des Warren) & Eric Tomlinson (Ricky Tomlinson) jailed for conspiracy. This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

Students march through London protesting against cuts to student grants 1975 This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

National Right to Work march and Campaign in 1976 This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

Today's Occupy Movement has made me revisit my early photographs from the 1969 "People's Park" Occupation and subsequent riots in Berkeley California. Retrospectively, it can been seen as one of the first Occupy Movements and is remembered as a symbol of hope for the free-thinkers; a rare political victory for the ordinary person against the corporate State. The occupation began in June 1969 when students and local people of Berkeley, inspired by the Free Speech and Anti-Authoritarian movements and angered by the Vietnam War, took their initiative and occupied a piece of land belonging to the state owned University of California in Berkeley. The University had purchased the land in 1966. They demolished residential housing and planned to build a car park and student dorms. They ran out of money however and left the land vacant for two years while committees dithered about its future use. It became a dumping ground and an eyesore to the local community. Students and local people drew up their own plans for turning the derelict land into a much needed park and open space for the people. Their own committee approved the plans but the University stalled. Tired of waiting for yet more delays, assessments and permissions, the people took action. Hundreds turned up to occupy and work on the land. Contributions of money, food, shrubs, playground equipment etc. were donated by local shops. On the derelict site there was non-stop clearing, digging and planting and free food was available for all. The park was alive with rebellion, energy and hope. The University was taking a relatively soft line and promised the Park Committee that they would give them 3 weeks to pull together a detailed proposal for the future of the land. However, one week later, Ronald Reagan who was then the governor of California stepped in. On his election in 1966, he had promised to clamp down on student protests and anti-war demonstrators. He called the Berkeley campus "a haven for communist sympathizers, protesters and sex deviants." He considered the creation of the park a direct leftist challenge to the property rights of the university, and took it as an opportunity to fulfill his campaign promise. (This hard line taken against the protesters ended up contributing to his Presidential election a few years later.) At 4AM on what became known as "Bloody Thursday", 250 Highway patrol and Berkeley police officers took over the park. They cleared an 8 block area around the site and began constructing an 8 ft. high perimeter fence. About 6,000 protesters turned up that day. Anger grew and the police retaliated with tear gas and shotguns. James Rector (a bystander)was killed, another man was blinded and 123 people were hospitalised. By the evening Governor Reagan had called in the National Guard and banned public assembly. The town was completely taken over by soldiers with bayonets. A small selection Go to "search" and put in keywords or contact me direct.

These photographs were taken in California in 1969, when The Black Panther Party was being heavily targeted by the police and the FBI. The Panthers emerged from the Black Power Movement in 1966. Founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, they formed an organization of militant blacks committed to improving social conditions and instilling racial pride in their communities. TO VIEW: PLEASE PRESS "ALL" below Inspired by Malcolm X and influenced by Mau Zedong and Che Guevara, the Black Panther Party aimed to protect communities through self-defence and to end racism and police brutality. They denounced the Civil Rights Movement and urged blacks to engage in armed confrontation with the police in order to accelerate the revolutionary struggle. Arguing that only violent revolution could eliminate racism and oppression, they alarmed white Americans by patrolling the streets with shot-guns. In 1967 Huey Newton was wounded during a shootout with police. While in the hospital he was charged with killing a policeman and sentenced to prison. Following this incident most of the BPP leadership was on the run from law enforcement officials. Between 1967 and 1971 more than 300 Panthers were jailed, forced into hiding, or killed. The FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, described the Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country". In November 1968 he ordered the FBI to employ "hard-hitting counter-intelligence measures to cripple the Black Panthers". Over a six years period, 24 Panthers were killed in gun fights with the police. Some of the more notable members were Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver, Angela Davis , David Hilliard, and Fred Hampton. TO VIEW:Please press "ALL" below This is a small selection. For more enter keywords into search or contact me direct

Thousands of Trade Unions workers marched through London demanding release of communist strike picket leaders known as The Shrewsbury Two: Dennis Warren (Des Warren) & Eric Tomlinson (Ricky Tomlinson) jailed for conspiracy. 1975 Please click "ALL" below to see selection This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

1988 Nurses Srike in London asking for better pay and saying "No to Privatisation and hospital closures.