The Parliament Square Peace Campaign was a peace camp outside the Palace of Westminster in Parliament Square, London, from 2001 to 2013.[1] Activist Brian Haw launched the campaign at the site on 2 June 2001, initially as an around-the-clock protest in response to the United Nations economic sanctions imposed on Iraq.[2] His protest grew broader following the war in Afghanistan and 2003 invasion of Iraq.[3] He was joined by Barbara Tucker in December 2005, and stayed at the site day and night for nearly a decade.
Tucker carried on the campaign following Haw's death in June 2011. The London Evening Standard reported in January 2013 that Tucker had started a hunger strike after protesting in the square for a total of eight years.[4] The permanent protest camp was removed later in 2013.[5]
See also[edit]
- Anti-war movement
- Criticism of the war on terror
- Peace movement
- Stop the War Coalition
- White House Peace Vigil
- List of peace activists
- Thomas
- Concepcion Picciotto
- Ellen Thomas
- Barbara Grace Tucker
- Opposition to the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Opposition to the Iraq War
Documentaries[edit]
- Brian & Co. Parliament Square SW1 by Yumiko Hayakawa
- Letters from Parliament Square by Carlos Serrano Azcona
References[edit]
- ^ "Parliament Square peace campaigner Brian Haw dies". BBC Online. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ Dennis Hevesi (21 June 2011). "Brian Haw, 62, Dies; Camped in Front of Parliament to Protest War". The New York Times.
- ^ "Parliament protest rules upheld". BBC Online. 27 April 2012.
- ^ "Parliament Square peace protester stages hunger strike". www.standard.co.uk. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Peace at last! Final anti-war protesters leave Parliament Square after". 9 May 2013.