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Wales Online
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Wales Online
London Marathon gatecrashed as protestors wrestled off Tower Bridge by police
London Marathon gatecrashed as protestors wrestled off Tower Bridge by police The London Marathon was disrupted on Sunday morning as police were forced to wrestle paint throwers to the ground on Tower Bridge during the elite men's race Photo issued by Youth Demand of their protest during the TCS London Marathon on Tower Bridge, London. (Image: Youth Demand/PA Wire ) The London Marathon faced unexpected disruption on Sunday morning when protesters took to Tower Bridge, leading to police intervention. As the elite men's race leaders approached, two individuals vaulted the barriers onto the course, prompting swift action from the authorities. One protester managed to splatter red paint over the lead van ahead of the marathon frontrunners. A motorbike escorting the runners halted, with the rider quickly dismounting to tackle the demonstrators to the pavement. Article continues below While this unfolded, the elite athletes navigated past the disturbance without interruption, as the second motorbike continued to guide them. Police swiftly arrived at the scene to detain the pair, much to the astonishment of onlookers. Youth Demand, the activist group behind the protest, uploaded footage of the event to their X (formerly known as Twitter) account, claiming responsibility. "RACE AGAINST TIME TO SAVE GAZA: YOUTH DEMAND SUPPORTERS DISRUPT LONDON MARATHON," reports the Express. "At 10:30am, Willow and Cristy jumped the barriers at Tower Bridge and sat down in front of the men's elite race at the London Marathon, wearing 'Stop Arming Israel' t-shirts. Article continues below "Gaza is running out of food. Arming genocide crosses the line. We won't be bystanders: join us in resistance." Around eight police officers detained the pair, jumping over the crowd barrier and surrounding them as they continued to throw the powder in the air.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Chaos at London Marathon as protesters deface Tower Bridge with red paint
Youth Demand demonstrators have thrown red powder paint on Tower Bridge during the London Marathon. The group, which is calling for a trade embargo on Israel, said two of its supporters jumped over the barriers and threw the substance in front of the men's elite race at around 10.35am. An image shared by Youth Demand shows two people standing in the middle of the road wearing t-shirts that said 'Youth Demand: Stop Arming Israel'. It added: 'City of London police quickly moved to arrest the pair.' RACE AGAINST TIME TO SAVE GAZA: YOUTH DEMAND SUPPORTERS DISRUPT LONDON MARATHONAt 10:30am, Willow and Cristy jumped the barriers at Tower Bridge and sat down in front of the men's elite race at the London Marathon, wearing 'Stop Arming Israel' is running out of… — Youth Demand (@youth_demand) April 27, 2025 Youth Demand named the two activists as Willow Holland, 18, from Bristol, and Cristy North, a live-in carer from Nottingham. Miss Holland was quoted by the group as saying: 'I am taking action with Youth Demand because I have run out of other options: thousands are being killed in Gaza, our Government is making no effort to stop it and no other course of action, marches or rallies, has worked. I refuse to be complicit in a genocide funded by our politicians.' Ms North was quoted as saying: 'I'm taking action today at the London marathon because the people in Palestine are running out of time. We have tried all other avenues to get the Government to stop arming Israel and yet our Government is still enabling a genocide. They are making the UK people complicit in breaking UK domestic law by using our taxes to arm a genocidal state, breaking humanitarian international law.' The BBC TV feed cut to the elite men's race moments after the leaders had crossed Tower Bridge and there appeared to be no impact on the race.
Bloomberg
14-02-2025
- Bloomberg
The Undocumented Workers Who Helped Build Elon Musk's Texas Gigafactory
Cristy was in her early 50s when she took a job with a cleaning subcontractor on a construction project, reporting for 12-hour shifts vacuuming, mopping floors and scrubbing toilets. Despite her exposure to dust and other debris, most days she wasn't provided with gloves, face masks or other personal protective gear, and she had only limited access to water. The shifts included two 15-minute breaks and a half-hour lunch, with managers keeping strict watch on the time. Workers who were tempted to complain had to mind the threat of deportation. Conditions such as these are commonplace for the nation's vast undocumented workforce, which underpins pillars of the American economy —construction, agriculture, manufacturing, meatpacking. What made Cristy's stint as a cleaner remarkable was the figure atop the operation where she worked: the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, who over the past year has stoked and harnessed anti-immigrant sentiment to vault himself to political power alongside President Donald Trump.
