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The poster shows the happy couple, George Bush and Condoleeza Rice, holding a baby called “The New Middle East”. I think this guy was actually selling posters in High Street Kensington, and this is one of them. The picture is not clear because I took it with my mobile phone and I was moving at the time. I wondered what the money for the posters was going towards. Nearby there were stalls selling badges, books, and other struggle memorabilia. See here for a clearer photo that someone else took of the image.
This had reminded me of one of the first events of the demonstration, on the other end of the march. On arriving at Hyde Park me and Teenage Marching Companion stopped to buy whistles. In the end we barely used them (neither of us particularly likes loud noises, and didn’t think the people around us would either!). However the crowds making their s way through Hyde Park to speakers corner were all in good mood and the whistle vendor remonstrated with us:
Come on, this is not a jolly, you are going to demonstrate!
A girl of about 6 or 7 left her family some distance away and came up to ask him how much the whistles cost.
“Only £1.00”
She went back to tell mum and dad, and then returned almost immediately to ask:
“Where’s the money going to?”
There were so many different groups at the demonstration. The rally had so many different parents. The little girl could decide whether she wanted to buy a Judean Peoples’ Front whistle or a Peoples’ Front for Judea whistle. It was even more the case with the placards. Some people made their own, but obviously quite a few of the well organised groups were dishing them out: The aforementioned groups, plus the Judean Peoples’ Socialist Front, the Muslim Peoples’ Judean Front, the Islamic Front of Judea, the Pacifists for Judea, ...
Going back to the Middle East baby, there are also worrying indications the US and Israel may be planning a broader Middle East war.
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