So I have some time in between, and decided to stop by at the Westminster area (for non Londoners, it is the area where the Big Ben, House of Parliament and London eye are located). It is a nice place esp in the evening where the lighting effect multiply the artistic nature of the building and its surrounding. In front of the Parliament House there is an open area called Parliament Square (where the statue of Churchill stand) and also there is a small camping site from the anti war group, i admire their determination, as it is a 24-7 campaign.
And yesterday was Friday, there is a weekly protest against the War including other things like the oppressive Guantanamo Bay, and the Palestine Conflict.
I am somehow lucky to turn up that evening, it is a special event. I saw Yvonne Ridley live giving a speech!(she was a British journalist, famous for her Taliban Capture story. Wiki her if u cant remember).
Part of her speech, the last bytes at the end.
also there was a rendition of the famous Cuban Guantanamera song, altered to include the Anti Guantanamo msg, by an artist (sorry i dont know him, but he looks very familiar)
Here is the story of the campaign, it is organised by the Green Party.
For Londoners, u can help by being at the field every Friday evening 6 till 7, shouting anti war slogan towards House of Parliament. It is cool! and hopefully beneficial.
Close Guantanamo
Guantanamo, a place with no soul,
where laws don’t apply,
It’s a legal black hole.
In orange jumpsuits and cages they remain,
for fours years and more they have suffered this pain.
No charges, no trial, no due process,
innocent or guilty they couldn’t care less.
Brought to Cuba from far and wide,
tortured so bad they would rather have died.
Guantanamo, a place with no soul,
where laws don’t apply,
it’s a legal black hole.
Captured and sold to the US by their own,
how have they ended up so far from home?
Families and lives torn apart,
this is the beginning - only the start.
Children labelled as terrorists,
a symbol of injustice is what it is.
Guantanamo, a place with no soul,
where laws don’t apply,
it’s a legal black hole.
Respect for human rights is what they preach,
what a shame its not what they teach.
For every Guantanamo there are many more,
this is what they have in store.
This is America's war on human rights,
without boundaries it reaches new heights.
Guantanamo, a place with no soul,
where laws don’t apply,
it’s a legal black hole.
Who are these people, what was their crime?
Have they not served their time?
America's war comes at a price,
just ask Dr. Condaleeza Rice,
The time has come for us to make a stand,
the time has come for us to demand...
CLOSE GUANTANAMO!!!
Shazia Parveen
p.s. please pardon the vdo quality
