On 22 July 2005 an innocent man was brutally shot to death by police at Stockwell tube station in south London. Like millions of Londoners that day, Jean Charles de Menezes, an electrician, was on his way to work. However, he became the target of a ruthless ‘shoot to kill’ Metropolitan Police operation.

On Sunday 13 July, a crowd, which clearly included racist far-right individuals and groupings, gathered outside a hotel being used to accommodate asylum seekers in Epping, following one of the asylum seekers having been charged with sexual harassment and assault.

“Anybody can become disabled” said one protester outside parliament on Wednesday 9 July. Keir Starmer’s plans to cut disability benefits target some of the most vulnerable people in our society.

During rush hour on the morning of 7 July 2005, four suicide bombers attacked three London Underground trains and a bus. 52 people were killed and over 700 injured.

London’s police frequently serve not as they claim to be protectors of all communities, but as enforcers of inequality, especially for Black and other minority residents.

Crowds took the streets in celebration of how far the fight for LGBTQ+ liberation has come throughout history. However, there are attacks on LGBTQ+ people worldwide. In the US, with Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders dismantling healthcare, legal recognition, and protection from discrimination.