PHIL MAXWELL

The photographs below are dedicated to the memory of Jo Cox MP. She was a mother, a campaigner, an MP, an advocate for the voiceless and those in poverty, and a passionate fighter against racism.

Her life was ruthlessly cut short by her alleged murderer Thomas Mair who has a well documented history of links with neo-Nazi organisations.

Love will always win over hate and terrorism, we will never forget Jo and her legacy.

TUC Anti-Racist demonstration, East London 1994

Tower Hamlets Le Pen protest 1991

Anti-Racist demonstration Tower Hamlets 1992

Demonstration in Newham c.1985

The BNP on Bethnal Green Road (top of Brick Lane) c.1990

TUC Anti-Racist demonstration, East London 1994

Anti-Racist demonstration, South London c.1990

Demonstration in Newham c.1985

Brick Lane c.1992

50th Anniversary event celebrating the battle of Cable Street, Stepney 1986

50th anniversary march celebrating the battle of Cable Street, East London 1986

TUC Anti-Racist demonstration, East London 1994

Demonstration in Newham c.1985

Brick Lane c.1992

Anti-Racist demonstration Bethnal Green Road 1992

Anti-Racist Demonstration West London c.1995

Anti-Racist Demonstration West London c.1995

Bethnal Green Road 1992

Stepney c.1986

The following words are by my nephew Oscar Maxwell:

Jo Cox was a relentless defender of anti-racism and progressive ideals, with a profusion of political and personal achievements to her name. The blind hatefulness and bigotry of one individual could not tarnish nor destroy such successes, and it is with this that the above photos express the solidarity of the many individuals involved in the struggle against such reckless ignorance. The legacy of Jo Cox, as with all who fight against such injustice, is as timeless and unassailable as the struggle itself.

As such, the countless faces of those protestors, lobbyists and activists united against these forms of injustice offer a hopeful affirmation of a people unafraid of hate and cowardice. They show not only a strong and unified vanguard against neo-Nazism and all other forms of ignorance, but also a multiracial, bilingual and multi-theistic mosaic of cultural cohesion and human understanding.

‘Britain First’ on Brick Lane, November 2015