Young Reporter - Full Streets But Empty Stomachs - Shayan Ayaz
15 February 2003. Britain’s largest ever protest - protesting against the Iraq war. As the organisers told us that we - protesting for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict - were the second-largest protest in British history, I thought of it. 20 years ago men, women and children had gathered to protest against the British invasion of Iraq. Perhaps they were dressed differently or held different coloured flags, but they had all gathered to defend a key human belief - peace. And now here I stood wrapped up warm, an hour from my home to protest for those who lay cold with no home, to defend the same belief - but why? When those men, women and children protested this belief all those years ago, did they wonder if in 20 years anything would be different? Kahlil Gibran once said, “History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.” Unfortunately, it appears that our politicians have skipped a history lesson or two.
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15 February 2003. Britain’s largest ever protest - protesting against the Iraq war. As the organisers told us that we - protesting for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict - were the second-largest protest in British history, I thought of it. 20 years ago men, women and children had gathered to protest against the British invasion of Iraq. Perhaps they were dressed differently or held different coloured flags, but they had all gathered to defend a key human belief - peace. And now here I stood wrapped up warm, an hour from my home to protest for those who lay cold with no home, to defend the same belief - but why? When those men, women and children protested this belief all those years ago, did they wonder if in 20 years anything would be different? Kahlil Gibran once said, “History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.” Unfortunately, it appears that our politicians have skipped a history lesson or two.
