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Ron Fassbender
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Photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK.

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Other jobs are available...... 👇
A climate activist stands in front of a row of police officers in London, UK, 1/9/21, holding a placard which says "Police - Other Jobs Are Available" during an Extinction Rebellion protest outside the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
August 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Interested to see what, if any, impact the new Age Verification checks implemented by @bsky.app in the UK - to comply with the Online Safety Act from 25/7/25 - will have on its apparently terminal decline ....
Screenshot taken 24/7/25 showing 'Bluesky User Growth and Active Users' sourced via > https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth
July 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Bob Vylan, performing at Glastonbury chants: "Death, death to the IDF" ... UK press, media & politicians shriek in horror and the sky falls in.

Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America correspondent tweets (since deleted): "Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" ... total silence.
Screenshot of a tweet on X (since deleted) by Anthony Zurcher, BBC's North America correspondent, calling for the US to "Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran".
June 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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A member of the Red Rebel activist mime group passes the National Covid Memorial Wall in London, UK, where painted hearts represent victims of the pandemic, during a "Red Line for Palestine" protest surrounding Parliament to call for sanctions on Israel today.
A member of the Red Rebel activist mime troupe in red costume and white makeup walks past the National Covid Memorial Wall in London, UK, where painted hearts represent victims of the pandemic, during a "Red Line for Palestine" protest 4/6/25. Image © Ron Fassbender
June 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Palestine supporters protest outside Downing St, demanding an end to arms sales to Israel. Meanwhile UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Israel's war is "intensifying with atrocious levels of death & destruction" & that Israel had only allowed a "teaspoon of aid when a flood of assistance is required".
Palestine supporters protest outside the Downing Street residence of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, demanding an end to arms sales to Israel and a lifting of the siege. Image © Ron Fassbender Palestine supporters protest outside the Downing Street residence of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, demanding an end to arms sales to Israel and a lifting of the siege. Image © Ron Fassbender Palestine supporters protest outside the Downing Street residence of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, demanding an end to arms sales to Israel and a lifting of the siege. Image © Ron Fassbender Palestine supporters protest outside the Downing Street residence of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, demanding an end to arms sales to Israel and a lifting of the siege. Image © Ron Fassbender
May 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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'Stop Arming Israel' protest at the Foreign Office in London, UK last night. It followed a report co-authored by @progintl.bsky.social into weapon sales & accusations that Foreign Secretary David Lammy has misled Parliament.
A placard and smoke flare at a 'Stop Arming Israel' protest at the Foreign Office in London, UK, 9th May 2025. Image © Ron Fassbender A woman leads chants and musicians play in smoke from a flare during a 'Stop Arming Israel' protest at the Foreign Office in London, UK, 9th May 2025. Image © Ron Fassbender A woman with a loudhailer leads the chants at a 'Stop Arming Israel' protest at the Foreign Office in London, UK, 9th May 2025. Image © Ron Fassbender A giant Palestinian flag is displayed during a 'Stop Arming Israel' protest at the Foreign Office in London, UK, 9th May 2025. Image © Ron Fassbender
May 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Protest against proposed Chinese 'mega-embassy' at Royal Mint Court, London, UK, 3rd May 2025.
A protester holds a placard saying "Mega Embassy Watching You" as Hong Kong diaspora and others stage a rally against a proposed new Chinese embassy, the largest in Europe, at the former Royal Mint in London's financial district, raising fears over security and spying. The historic site, purchased by China in 2018, includes freehold to around 100 residential properties. Tower Hamlets Council twice rejected planning applications for what would be China's largest embassy in Europe, but the application was called in by the government and the final decision rests with minister Angela Rayner.
May 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Gaza's Call - US Embassy, London, UK.

Palestine supporters hold a mock funeral procession, symbolizing victims of Israel's US-backed war on Gaza. The event called for an end to arms sales to Israel and the severing of ties with a regime accused of conducting a "textbook genocide". #GazaGenocide
A sole Poppy flower - a Palestinian national symbol - blooms in the grounds of the US Embassy in Nine Elms, London as a coalition of pro-Palestine groups stage a mock funeral procession, symbolizing victims of Israel's US-backed war on Gaza, and stage a rally outside the embassy The event was one of several around the world calling for accountability and justice, an end to weapons sales to Israel and the severing of ties with a regime whose Prime Minister is wanted on charges of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Image © Ron Fassbender A woman carries a symbolic blood-covered shroud during a rally by Palestine supporters outside the US Embassy in London, calling on Washington to stop supporting a regime whose leader is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Image © Ron Fassbender Palestine supporters stage a mock funeral outside the US Embassy in London, UK symbolizing victims of Israel's war on Gaza, calling on Washington to stop supporting a regime whose leader is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Image © Ron Fassbender Palestine supporters stage a mock funeral outside the US Embassy in London, UK symbolizing victims of Israel's war on Gaza, calling on Washington to stop supporting a regime whose leader is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Image © Ron Fassbender
April 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Tesla Takedown, Park Royal, London. 12/4/25.

The Martians don't like him either.
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A woman wears a green alien mask while holding a placard depicting Elon Musk and saying "No Thanks, Keep Him" as opponents of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, protest outside a Tesla car showroom in London UK, 12/4/25 calling for a boycott due to Mr Musk's vocal support for the extreme right wing in the UK and Europe and his financing and support of U.S. President Donald Trump. The protesters hope a boycott will force a fall in the Tesla stock price and encourage current and potential owners of electric vehicles to choose a different brand. IMAGE © Ron Fassbender Opponents of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, protest outside a Tesla car showroom in London, UK, 12/4/25 calling for a boycott due to Mr Musk's vocal support for the extreme right wing in the UK and Europe and his financing and support of U.S. President Donald Trump. The protesters hope a boycott will force a fall in the Tesla stock price and encourage current and potential owners of electric vehicles to choose a different brand. IMAGE © Ron Fassbender
April 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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The Red Rebels mime troupe glide past the new blood red 'water feature' created last week by @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social at the US Embassy in London, UK during a protest against US support for the #GazaGenocide.
A member of the Red Rebels activist mime troupe passes the US Embassy in London, UK, 12/4/25, where the waterfall and pond had been dyed red in a separate action by Greenpeace last week. © Ron Fassbender A member of the Red Rebels activist mime troupe passes the US Embassy in London, UK, 12/4/25, where the waterfall and pond had been dyed red in a separate action by Greenpeace last week. © Ron Fassbender
April 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Meanwhile, Frau Genocide Ursula von der Leyen says precisely nothing about the Israeli regime bombing a hospital run by the Episcopal Church in Gaza for the fifth time - www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/...
Screenshot of a post by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and ardent supporter of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
April 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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The pond surrounding the US Embassy in London, UK, is dyed blood red today, 10/4/25 in a protest against Washington's support of Israel's #GazaGenocide.
The pond at the US Embassy in London, UK, is dyed blood red by Greenpeace activists 10/4/25 in protest at Washington's support of Israel's war on Gaza, for which Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The pond at the US Embassy in London, UK, is dyed blood red by Greenpeace activists 10/4/25 in protest at Washington's support of Israel's war on Gaza, for which Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. A Mallard duck paddles in the pond at the US Embassy in London, UK, after it was dyed blood red by Greenpeace activists 10/4/25 in protest at Washington's support of Israel's war on Gaza, for which Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The pond at the US Embassy in London, UK, is dyed blood red by Greenpeace activists 10/4/25 in protest at Washington's support of Israel's war on Gaza, for which Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
April 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Climate activists from @extinctionrebellion.uk occupy the portico and street outside the London offices of management consultants #McKinsey, calling on them to stop working with the fossil fuel companies causing the #climatecrisis.
Members of the Oil Slickers activist mime troupe are seen as climate activists from Extinction Rebellion protest outside and occupy the entrance roof to McKinsey & Company's London office, calling on the management consultants to "Cut The Ties" to the fossil fuel industry responsible for global heating. Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion protest the entrance portico to McKinsey & Company's London office today, calling on the management consultants to "Cut The Ties" to the fossil fuel industry responsible for global heating. Police prepare to remove climate activists from Extinction Rebellion occupying the entrance portico to McKinsey & Company's London office, during a protest calling on the management consultants to "Cut The Ties" to the fossil fuel industry responsible for global heating. A climate activist from Extinction Rebellion looks out of a police van window following her arrest at a protest on the entrance portico of the London offices of McKinsey & Company, calling on the management consultants to "Cut The Ties" to the fossil fuel industry responsible for global heating.
February 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Tractors blockade Whitehall, in London today as 'Save British Farming' stage their 3rd protest against removal of landowners exemption from inheritance tax.

Police allowing a cherry picker (to which the organisers kindly gave access) was a protest first. In fact, I hardly saw any police at all.
Tractors blockade Whitehall, London, where Parliament and government buildings are located, during a protest by farmers against the removal of their exemption from inheritance tax. A self-propelled gun joins tractors blockading Whitehall, London, where Parliament and government buildings are located, during a protest by farmers against the removal of their exemption from inheritance tax. Tractors blockade Whitehall, London, where Parliament and government buildings are located, during a protest by farmers against the removal of their exemption from inheritance tax. A banner reading "We Can't Afford to Feed You Anymore" is displayed in Whitehall, London during a protest by farmers against the removal of their exemption from inheritance tax.
February 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Thousands protest a proposed Chinese 'super embassy' in the former Royal Mint, London. Apparently Chinese Premier Xi Jinping hates being compared to Winnie-the-Pooh, the lovable cartoon bear, so needless to say there were hundreds of placards depicting the bear today. #WinnieThePooh #RoyalMintCour
Placards are wedged into a fence, with the Tower of London in the background, as human rights activists, including many Hong Kong diaspora, protest at the proposed site of a Chinese embassy in the former Royal Mint in London's financial district, raising fears over security and spying. Tower Hamlets Council twice rejected planning applications for what would be China's largest embassy in Europe, but the application was called in by the government and the final decision now rests with minister Angela Rayner. Thousands of human rights activists, including many Hong Kong diaspora protest at the proposed site of a Chinese embassy in the former Royal Mint in London's financial district, raising fears over security and spying. The historic site, purchased by China in 2018, includes freehold to around 100 residential properties. Tower Hamlets Council twice rejected planning applications for what would be China's largest embassy in Europe, but the application was called in by the government and the final decision rests with minister Angela Rayner. Thousands of human rights activists, including many Hong Kong diaspora protest at the proposed site of a Chinese embassy in the former Royal Mint in London's financial district, raising fears over security and spying. The historic site, purchased by China in 2018, includes freehold to around 100 residential properties. Tower Hamlets Council twice rejected planning applications for what would be China's largest embassy in Europe, but the application was called in by the government and the final decision rests with minister Angela Rayner. Thousands of human rights activists, including many Hong Kong diaspora protest at the proposed site of a Chinese embassy in the former Royal Mint in London's financial district, raising fears over security and spying. The historic site, purchased by China in 2018, includes freehold to around 100 residential properties. Tower Hamlets Council twice rejected planning applications for what would be China's largest embassy in Europe, but the application was called in by the government and the final decision rests with minister Angela Rayner.
February 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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After the Boaty McBoatface incident I'm thinking this may not go as planned 😆 👇
Screenshot of a tweet by BBC News (UK) with the headline "Public invited to suggest names for next Archbishop of Canterbury" who is head of the Church of England.
February 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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"There is no more important challenge than climate change. That is why I voted against #Heathrow expansion".
Keir Starmer, 27/2/2020

Keir Starmer's Cayman Island funded "Labour" party announce expansion of Heathrow airport.
29/1/2025
Screenshot of a Tweet by Keir Starmer, 27/2/2020, expressing congratulations to climate campaigners following a court ruling against Heathrow airport 3rd runway over climate change. Mr Starmer says "There is no more important challenge than climate change. That is why I voted against Heathrow expansion". Starmer is now UK Prime MInister and his minister has today, 29/1/2025, announced expansion of the airport
January 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Round of applause for Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the RMT - who announced his retirement today - for representing rail workers, the wider union movement and other progressive causes so eloquently while in office. I'll miss his straight talking, take-no-guff interview style with the media.
Mick Lynch, leader of RMT transport union, joins opponents of train station ticket office closures outside the Department for Transport in London. Mick Lynch, Secretary-General of the RMT rail union, addressing striking NHS consultant doctors at a rally at the British Medical Association in London. Mick Lynch, Secretary-General of the RMT rail union applauds workers at King's Cross Station, London during a strike rally calling for better pay and conditions.
January 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) women shafted again as Labour reject calls by the parliamentary ombudsman to compensate them for changes to the state pension age. More pix at > www.instagram.com/p/DDtzKHpIRO8/
A woman gives the finger to politicians as WASPI - Women Against State Pension Inequality - rally outside Parliament, London, in 2017 protesting changes to the state pension.
December 18, 2024 at 10:09 AM
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'We Own It' campaign rally against a proposed government £3bn bailout of privately owned, heavily indebted and constantly polluting Thames Water.

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Activists pose in masks depicting UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Steve Reed, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as campaigners from 'We Own It' protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice calling for a block on the proposed financial bailout of privately owned Thames Water. The company, the most heavily indebted water company in England and Wales, has been repeatedly fined for polluting waterways and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Campaigners believe this is further evidence water should be brought back into public ownership.
December 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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London, UK. 14 December, 2024. Housing activists march down Oxford Street during a protest organised by London Renters Union against the increasing cost of housing and calling for rent control to reduce accommodation costs and for the building of more affordable social housing.
A placard saying "Rent Controls Now" is seen in a crowd in Oxford Street during a protest organised by the London Renters Union calling for curbs on extortionate housing costs and the building of more affordable housing.
December 17, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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Outside Downing Street, London, poet and children's author Michael Rosen reads his poem "Don't Mention the Children" - written in response to Israel's 2014 ban on a radio advert by human rights group B'Tselem which named child victims of Israeli bombing of #Gaza.
Profile view of poet and children's author Michael Rosen reading one of his poems at a rally in solidarity with Palestine
December 17, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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Richard Tice MP, deputy leader of Reform UK, supporting yesterday's Tractor Rally in Whitehall, London demanding farmers remain exempt from inheritance tax. The tractors were later accused of delaying ambulances travelling to/from nearby St Thomas' Hospital.
Richard Tice, a Member of Parliament and deputy leader of the right-wing populist Reform UK party gives the thumbs up while posing with tractors during a farmers' rally opposing recent changes to inheritance tax.
December 12, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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Whitehall, London today filled with tractors as farmers stage their 2nd protest against changes to inheritance tax announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in October and demand they keep their exemption from the tax.
A placard depicting UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as Dr Seuss' character The Grinch is attached to a tractor as farmers stage a second protest in Westminster against changes to agricultural inheritance tax announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves in October’s budget. The protest, organised by 'Save British Farming' and 'Fairness for Farmers', filled much of Whitehall with tractors before driving past the Houses of Parliament. A line of tractors fill Whitehall, in London, as farmers stage a second protest against changes to agricultural inheritance tax announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves in October’s budget. A woman holds a placard saying "With Our Farmers #Together", with Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster in the background as farmers stage a second protest against changes to agricultural inheritance tax announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves in October’s budget. The protest, organised by 'Save British Farming' and 'Fairness for Farmers', filled much of Whitehall with tractors before driving past the Houses of Parliament. A police officer in Parliament Square, London talks with the driver of a Landrover covered in a Union Jack flag with "Save Family Farms" written on it, during a protest by farmers against changes to agricultural inheritance tax announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves in October’s budget. The protest, organised by 'Save British Farming' and 'Fairness for Farmers', filled much of Whitehall with tractors before driving past the Houses of Parliament.
December 11, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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According to the NASA Earth Observatory sea ice at the top of the planet continued to shrink and thin in 2024, consistent with an ongoing 46-year downward trend. CO2 emissions, on the other hand, continue to increase. Not good news for Santa, or for the rest of us.
A climate activist dressed in a Santa Claus costume sits by the road looking sad, with a placard that says "Home-less R.I.P North Pole" in reference to declining ice coverage due to global warming.
December 10, 2024 at 11:43 AM