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Moore's War: Protesting the Olympics Simon Moore ambles up to the police officers to tell them he is about to commit an offence. “I just want to let you know that I have an ASBO, and I am going to be breaking it,” he informs the two men in a strikingly cordial tone. They look on, bemused, as he outlines the conditions of his Anti Social Behaviour Order. Simon is a professional activist. Goldsmiths University-educated, the boyish-looking 29 year old has the hint of a mockney accent and hair bleached blond from years living outdoors. He has been called England’s politest ASBO recipient, and his story has recieved national media attention in Britain. He also the subject of a so-called Olympics ASBO, which effectively bans him from large parts of southern England... Read the rest of the essay at The Racket Magazine. Click here for the article
Olympic Park, Stratford, July 2012
The 2012 Olympic Games - Europe’s largest construction project.
Leyton Marsh, 2012
Caroline Day with 'Nelson', 2012
Day is a member of Save the Marshes, a group opposed to the basketball training courts (background) on the Leyton Marsh site (foreground)
Reg Hawkins, 2012
Hawkins is a member of the Manor Garden Society, which was relocated to Waltham Forest at a cost of £1.8 million
Mambo, riverboat owner, 2012
Deemed a security risk, all riverboats in the area are being relocated for the duration of Games
Brian Whelan, journalist, 2012
Whelan broke the story that missiles had been installed on the top of his apartment block in Bow Quarter. He has since been evicted from the block.
Julian Cheyne, evicted from Clays Lane housing co-op, 2012
Cheyne has been vocal in his eviction from Clays Lane housing co-operative.
Mike Wells, photographer, 2012
Wells is a photographer who contributes to Games Monitor, a website that is often critical of the Olympic Games. After an altercation at Leyton Marsh he was incarcerated in HMS Thamesmead (background) for 4 days. His trial is due to take place after the end of the Para
Simon Moore, activist, 2012
Moore was given what has been termed an 'Olympics ASBO' to prevent him from protesting at London 2012.
Simon Moore with police at Holloway University, 2012
Anti-missiles March, Greenwich, 2012
Concerned residents march in Greenwich to object to the placing of surface-to-air missiles being placed in a number of locations around London.
Simon Moore with supporters, 2012
Moore stands outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court during his Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) hearing. The judge found in favour of the Met and granted the ASBO on Moore.