Climate Rush protest at RBS Bishopsgate. Marina Pepper speaks in red 'No New Coal' sash & holds 'Storm the Banks' poster
The UK banks would have gone bankrupt but the government stepped in and paid off the former bosses - including Sir Fred Goodwin of RBS - with double gold plated platinum pension pots as a reward for their greed, incompetence and dodgy investments. But even under the new management the banks continue to bankroll the trashing of the planet, backing schemes such as a coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth. So the Climate Rush, a women-led protest movement basing itself on the Suffragettes, came to the HQ of the RBS in Bishopsgate to protest (and party), drawing media attention to the bank's crimes against the planet. Around a couple of hundred protesters, some in various costumes, a cycled hauled sound system for speeches and music and some lively dancers made it an enjoyable protest for those taking part and those passing by - and a little more to remember and talk about than a simple static protest. The 'Storm the Banks' poster, based on an image from the French Revolution apparently led the popular press and police to assume that the demonstration would be a popular insurrection rather than - as the organisers always intended - a theatrical protest.
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Location: Bishopsgate, London, England, UK
Photo credit: © Peter Marshall / Alamy / Afripics
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