 Photography: 55factory Thousands of people gathered to protest in the name of Black Lives Matter, anti Tory government and the aftermath of a vitriolic referendum campaign, in which sections of both sides used dehumanising language about refugees and migrants. The march went through central London from the BBC HQ to the Houses of Parliament, with marchers heard shout "Hands up, don't shoot, Tory's OUT Corbyn IN" as they carried banners through the capital. Recently the BBC has had a huge backlash to its 'propaganda' and bias reporting towards Jeremy Corbyn. Many of the protesters attending to show solidarity for Corbyn and his election campaign. The was also in response to the fatal shootings of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana, as well as the shooting in Liverpool of 18-year-old Mazee Mohammed. But this like many of the recent protests were also directly aimed against the Tory government and the Labour coup against Jeremy Corbyn.  The march, titled: “No More Austerity, No To Racism, Tories Must Go” was organized by various protest groups including the People’s Assembly Against Austerity. Steve Sweeney one of the organizers, “The message is very clear, that people are rejecting the Tories’ austerity policies. Communities are suffering as a result of them and the one way to end that is to get rid of the Tories,” The anti-austerity demonstration comes three weeks after the UK voted in a referendum and chose to leave the EU. 
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