List of protests in the United Kingdom
Protesting against George W. Bush in 2008
This is a list of protests and protest movements in the United Kingdom. Protest in the UK has concerned issues such as suffrage in the 19th and early 20th centuries, parliamentary reform from the Chartists to the present day, poverty, wages and working conditions, fuel prices, war, human rights, immigration (both for and against), fathers' rights, LGBTQ rights and climate change. In Northern Ireland, protest marches have been particularly contentious, including Bloody Sunday.
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Suffrage and democracy[]
A British suffragette
Poverty[]
Make Poverty History marchers in Edinburgh in 2005
- 1920 blind march
- Merthyr Rising 1831
- Hunger marches, National Hunger March, 1932
- Jarrow March
- Make Poverty History
Labour disputes[]
Miners' strike rally in London, 1984
Picket outside BBC Bristol in 2006
- See Category:Labour disputes in the United Kingdom
- 1842 General Strike
- Welsh coal strike of 1898
- Tonypandy Riot
- British police strikes in 1918 and 1919
- Battle of George Square
- 1926 United Kingdom general strike
- Invergordon Mutiny
- Three-Day Week
- Grunwick dispute
- Winter of Discontent
- UK miners' strike (1984–1985)
- Battle of Orgreave
- Wapping dispute
- Liverpool dockers' strike (1995–98)
- UK firefighter dispute 2002–2003
- Gate Gourmet#Disputes and strike action.
- 2009 Lindsey Oil Refinery strikes
Rights[]
- 1994 Criminal Justice Bill protests
- Fathers 4 Justice
- Gay Liberation Front
- OutRage!
- Feminist history in the United Kingdom
- 1990 Strangeways Prison riot
- Gurkha Justice Campaign
- 2010 UK student protests
- George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom
- COVID-19 anti-lockdown protests in the United Kingdom
Race and immigration[]
March against the National Front in Brick Lane, 1978
- See also Category:Race riots in the United Kingdom
- Battle of Cable Street
- Bristol Bus Boycott, 1963
- Battle of Lewisham
- Anti-Nazi League
- Rock Against Racism
- Unite Against Fascism
- Anti-Fascist Action
- Blair Peach
- Kevin Gately
- George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom
Taxation[]
Anti-Poll Tax graffiti
- Poll Tax Riots
- UK fuel protests
- Rebecca Riots
- Poplar Rates Rebellion
- UK Uncut
Environment[]
- Campaign against Climate Change
- Road protest in the United Kingdom
- List of road protests in the UK and Ireland
- Twyford Down
- Newbury bypass
- Camp for Climate Action
- Reclaim The Streets
- Swampy
- Plane Stupid
- Stop Esso campaign
- Frack Off
- Extinction Rebellion
- Insulate Britain
Animal rights[]
- Hunt sabotage
- Countryside Alliance's Liberty & Livelihood March in September 2002, with 400,000 marchers.
- 2004 invasion of Parliament by pro-hunting protesters
- Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
- Pro-Test
War[]
Protesters against the war on Iraq
- Anti-Vietnam War Grosvenor Square riot
- Protests of 1968
- Conscientious objectors
- Stop the War Coalition
- Brian Haw
- Protest against the Iraq War in London, 15 February 2003
- Protests against the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Nuclear[]
- Committee of 100 (United Kingdom)
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp
- Faslane Peace Camp
Religion[]
Protest by Anonymous in London in 2008 against Scientology
- Islamist demonstration outside Danish Embassy in London in 2006
- Jenny Geddes
- Prayer Book Rebellion
- Pilgrimage of Grace
- Protests against Jerry Springer: The Opera
- The Satanic Verses controversy
Art and culture[]
Stuckist demonstration outside the White Cube gallery
- Stuckist demonstrations
- State Britain
- British protest songs
- Mark McGowan
- K Foundation
Foreign policy[]
Pro-Tibet protesters at Olympic torch relay in London in 2008
- Israel lobby in the United Kingdom
- 2009 Tamil diaspora protests
- 2008 Olympic torch relay protests
- 2008 Pro-Tibetan protests
- 2008-2009 Gaza War protests
- Global Day of Action for Burma
Anti-capitalist/anti-globalisation[]
Black bloc at the 2009 G20 protests
- 2009 G-20 London summit protests
- Carnival Against Capitalism
- 2005 G8 protests in Gleneagles
- Stop the City
- May Day protests since 2000
- Occupy movement in the United Kingdom
Troubles in Northern Ireland[]
Memorial march in 2007 for Bloody Sunday
- Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
- 1969 Northern Ireland Riots
- Battle of the Bogside
- Parades in Northern Ireland
- Drumcree conflict
- Bloody Sunday
- Blanket protest
- Dirty protest
- 1981 Irish hunger strike
- Ulster Says No
Other[]
- Bedroom Tax protests (2013-?)
- Red Clydeside
- Luddites
- Swing Riots
- Radical War
- Tolpuddle Martyrs
- Temperance movement
- Skeleton Army
- "Put It To The People" anti-Brexit march (2019)
Laws governing protest[]
Forward Intelligence Team at a Lebanon war protest in London in 2006
- Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, or SOCPA
- Public Order Act 1936
- Public Order Act 1963
- Public Order Act 1986
- Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
- Blasphemy law in the United Kingdom
- Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006
- Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 - Wide-ranging stop and search[1]
- Terrorism Act 2006
- Section 76 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 - prohibiting photography of the police at certain times.[1]
- Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
- Sedition#United Kingdom
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - proposed legislation
Policing[]
Riot police at the 2009 G20 protest in London
- Police stop, search, detention and arrest powers in the United Kingdom
- Territorial Support Group
- Special Patrol Group
- Forward Intelligence Team
- Kettling
- National Public Order Intelligence Unit
- National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit
Protest organisations[]
- London Action Resource Centre
- SchNEWS
- People's Assembly Against Austerity
- Extinction Rebellion
- Black Lives Matter
Protest websites[]
- Urban75
- Indymedia and Bristol Indymedia
See also[]
- Civil liberties in the United Kingdom
- History of radicalism in the United Kingdom
- Lobbying in the United Kingdom
- Category:Political advocacy groups in the United Kingdom
- Speakers' Corner
- Category:Riots and civil disorder in the United Kingdom
- Renouncing a British honour
- Student activism in the UK
- Category:Rebellions in the United Kingdom and Ireland
- Category:British activists
References[]
- ^ a b "The fight for the right to object". 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
Further reading[]
- McKay, George (1998). DiY culture: party & protest in Nineties Britain. Verso. p. 310. ISBN 1-85984-260-7.
- Randall, Adrian; Andrew Charlesworth (1996). Markets, market culture and popular protest in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland. Liverpool University Press. p. 199. ISBN 0-85323-700-X.
External links[]
- "Your Right To Peaceful Protest". Your Rights: The Liberty Guide to Human Rights. Liberty. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- "Adapting to protest". Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 7 July 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- "Policing and Protest". Joint Committee on Human Rights. United Kingdom Parliament. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- "Right to protest". Directgov. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- "Free speech & Protest". Liberty. Archived from the original on 2006-09-29. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- Scottish Parliament e-petitions
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