Have You Ever Taken Part In A Protest March?

[naomi24]

If so, what were you protesting about and was your experience positive or negative?

 

If not, given a cause you felt strongly about, would you?

[10ClarionSt]

Nope. And neither do I sign petitions, regardless of how worthy they are.

However, I am taking part in a march tomorrow. In Whitehall, past The Cenotaph. 

[Countrylover]

No, but my mother took part in several!

[douglas9401]

These days it's all I can do to stroll never mind march.

[-SharonA-]

Yes I have many many years ago. I marched for the freedom of a black activist, Angela Davis. She was imprisoned in 🇺🇸

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis

[andy-hughes]

No, I believe they are more about showing solidarity and feeling effective, than actually making any actual difference. 

[ToraToraTora]

Nope, they are usually just a vehicle for attention seeking idiots who usually have no idea about the subject they are protesting about.

[ichkeria]

Against the war in Iraq in 2003.

Part of it anyway.

Experience was neutral. I never supported that war although the nonsense since about "Bliar" annoys me.

And yes, I would 

[Deskdiary]

^^^I can't find the video clip, but there was a daft woman at one of the London Palestinian bandwagonathons, and when a reporter asked her about October 7th, she didn't have a clue what the reporter was talking about.

[Hopkirk]

I would only go on a protest march if the government tried to ban cauliflower cheese.

[10ClarionSt]

Righto, Hopkirk! I'd join you on that one! Surely there's gotta be a Cauliflower Cheese Preservation Society somewhere, hasn't there? 😊

[Peter Pedant]

sharon - I am wiv you on dat

2nd Vietnam march - not the first which turned into a riot 1970 I think. 

and one against the SECOND shooting gallery in a village ( one was too much)

[Peter Pedant]

 she didn't have a clue what the reporter was talking about.

is NOT a reason not to go on a protest marrch ( yes I know double negative) but hey this is AB on a saturday !

[jackthehat]

Yes, several.

In the 1980's - Clause 28, etc. 

I didn't hold out any great hope that we would change anything but felt that I had to at least try to do something rather than sit idly by and let the pernicious piece of legislation pass without challenge.

[Canary42]

Please let me know if the Cauliflower Cheese one gets off the ground, I'd want to be there 🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶

[Peter Pedant]

does running for the world count - 250 000 in Brum alone

[Maydup]

More than 40 years ago as employees we protested against cuts to Arts Council grants which would close our theatre. Didn't work, it closed. 

[Maydup]

I can't think of anything I'd protest about now - except the cauliflower cheese of course. Goes without saying. 

[jourdain2]

Only in a very small one outside the Town Hall in Halifax.  The council were trying to close our small inner-city Sec-Mod school.  It was a very good, mainly Muslim, school; we got the best CSE results in Calderdale and the majority of our kids were happy there.   Our employment record was good too; e.g. every year at least one pupil was employed by Parks & Gardens thanks to 1 teacher who had an allotment and trained a handful.

The council wanted 4 huge comps out of town N,S,E & W. Most of our kids never went beyond where they could  walk.  So the staff and some pupils & parents held a protest to speak to councillors as they went in on  the crucial night.  It made no difference.  First they took a Terrapin Hut away (excuse was that a Primary school needed more space) thiscut our entry to 2 forms and so we were then  not economically viable.

I'm glad I was a part of those who protested though.

[jourdain2]

PS  Cauliflower cheese would get me out in a snowstorm!

 

[-SharonA-]

Macaroni cheese for me!!