PHIL MAXWELL

Over a million people demonstrated on the streets of London to voice their opposition to military action against Iraq in 2003. There were also anti-war gatherings in Glasgow and Belfast – all part of a worldwide weekend of protest with hundreds of rallies and marches in up to 60 countries.The demonstration ended in Hyde Park where demonstrators listened to speakers from around the world. Women speakers included former minister Mo Mowlem, Vanessa Redgrave and Bianca Jagger. Playwright Harold Pinter made a rare public speech, saying America was “a country run by a bunch of criminal lunatics with Tony Blair as a hired Christian thug”.

March against the war 2003

Demonstration against the war in Trafalgar Square 2003

Protest against the war 2003

Demonstrator against the war 2003

Photomontage 2010

Brick Lane 2013

Demonstrator 2013

Demonstrators 2013

Demonstration on Brick Lane 2013

‘Jobs not bombs’, Liverpool 1980s