London, UK. 1st August 2017. Rising Up environmental protesters blocking the busy Marylebone Road at Baker St read out a statement explaining their 'Staying Alive' road-block disco protest to raise awareness and call for urgent action over the high pollution levels from traffic on London streets which cause 10,000 premature deaths each year. They walked into the road with banners and umbrellas with the message Stop Killing Londoners and posters telling people the proest would only last a few minutes. They then danced on the street briefly in front of the blocked traffic before leaving the road
London, UK. 1st August 2017. Rising Up environmental protesters blocking the busy Marylebone Road at Baker St read out a statement explaining their 'Staying Alive' road-block disco protest to raise awareness and call for urgent action over the high pollution levels from traffic on London streets which cause 10,000 premature deaths each year. They walked into the road with banners and umbrellas with the message Stop Killing Londoners and posters telling people the proest would only last a few minutes. They then danced on the street briefly in front of the blocked traffic before leaving the road. A few minutes later they repeated the protest a short distance away on the opposite carriageway. A few people argued with the protesters, several motorcyclists road dangerously through the protest and one man driving a white van first attempted to drive through the protesters and then threw water over them, but others voiced support for the need to drastically cut pollution. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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