my london diary

jun 1999

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J18 - Carnival Against Capitalism

City of London. 18th June 1999

In Liverpool St station

Music and painted faces give the Carnival Against Capitalism a true carnival air

and people were drinking and dancing

The station balcony is full of people watching

The carnival moves off, lead by a very loud samba band

A protester carrying a 'No Old Bill' roadsign shakes hands with a police officer -

The carnival goes past the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange

Cousin Lane

Upper Thames St - and a woman in the protest holds a small baby

People build a wall to block the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange - where there
suspiciously just happened to be a skip full of bricks.

And someone opens up a fire hydrant and water sprays into the street and people play in it - the sign says 'TURN LEFT'

The band plays and the singer wears a 'Brigade Rosse' t-shirt

The samba crew are still around

and a large game of monopoly is in process

water floods the street and people dance in it

THe wall grows higher - but there was a distinct lack of bricklaying skills. LIFFE along with the Bank of England,
the Stock Exchange and Lloyds was one of the 'four pillars' of the city. It later moved and became ICE Futures Europe.

It was hot in the sun and some people stripped off

I also photographed the event in colour (colour negative film) and the link below

goes to a page of colour pictures