Public protest footage
A catalog of independently published videos of UK protesters — anti-fascist, Palestine solidarity, and related street actions — wearing balaclavas, keffiyehs, or other masks between 2024 and 2026.
Officers arrest a protester dressed as the Grim Reaper after asking him to remove a mask. The Met later said Nakba Day arrests included refusal to remove a face covering and alleged support for a proscribed organisation.
South Kensington, LondonMiddle East Eye
Street interviews at the Nakba Day march held the same day as Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally. The Met had a section 60AA order in force requiring removal of face coverings used to conceal identity.
LondonVoxPopuli
Livestream from a Manchester hotel protest. The camera operator describes a group in balaclavas charging in, grabbing cameras, and a scuffle that ends with a photographer arrested.
ManchesterStreet stream
Studio package built around the 25 October 2025 Whitechapel footage: columns of young men in black, many in balaclavas, marching through east London after the UKIP event was banned.
Tower Hamlets, LondonNews24
After police banned a UKIP march through Whitechapel, young men in black clothing and balaclavas took to the streets waving Palestine and Bangladesh flags, saying they were ready to “defend our community.”
Tower Hamlets, LondonTalkTV
Not hosted on YouTube. A community figure filmed selling balaclavas to “Muslim brothers” ahead of the Whitechapel counter-protest, using the line “no face, no case.” Palestine and Bangladesh flags were carried on the day.
Tower Hamlets, LondonDaily Mail
Not hosted on YouTube. Daily Mail street video of the 25 October 2025 counter-demonstration: dozens of young men in black, hoods up, faces covered, after the Met barred UKIP from Tower Hamlets.
Whitechapel, LondonDaily Mail
Andy Ngo films anti-fascist demonstrators in military-style balaclavas at a migrant-hotel counter-protest. He notes police did not enforce a face-covering order, unlike the Epping hotel protest the previous weekend.
Barbican, LondonAndy Ngo
A masked Palestine Action activist confronts a GB News crew at a London protest. Palestine Action was later proscribed as a terrorist organisation in July 2025.
LondonGB News
Compilation from the Stand Up To Racism rally. Multiple protesters wear black balaclavas or face masks and decline to explain why they are covering their identity.
LondonNews compilation
Short GB News cut of the same October 2024 exchange: Brooks describes being threatened by balaclava-wearing anti-fascist protesters while the street clip plays.
LondonGB News
Adam Brooks films the Stand Up To Racism counter-protest to Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally. Black-clad demonstrators in balaclavas refuse to say why they are masked; one barges the camera.
Central LondonGB News
Independent street footage from the same 26 October 2024 counter-demonstration, showing hooded and masked anti-fascist protesters behind police lines.
LondonActual Coverage
Street recording from a national Palestine march. One activist wears a combat-style helmet and carries a riot shield reading “Resistance is justified when your land is occupied.”
LondonThe Telegraph
Every entry is a public recording of a public event, published on YouTube or a news desk. Titles are the publisher’s. Summaries describe what is on screen — not a verdict on the cause.
“Anti-fascist” covers Stand Up To Racism, black-bloc, and footage labelled Antifa. UK Antifa is a tactic, not a membership roll. Palestine entries include solidarity marches, Palestine Action (proscribed July 2025), and the October 2025 Tower Hamlets counter-protest.
Section 60AA of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 lets a constable require removal of an item worn wholly or mainly to conceal identity, in a designated locality. Refusal is an offence. The Crime and Policing Bill added designated mask-free protest zones. The Met used a 60AA order at the May 2026 Nakba Day march.