These picketers making their position known (Gaulbert Sutherland photo)

These ladies were singing their hearts out to Dave Martins’ “Not a blade of Grass” . (Photo by Gaulbert Sutherland)

This elderly resident from Riverview travelled to Bartica yesterday to be part of the protest. (Photo by Gaulbert Sutherland)

Part of the crowd which gathered at the Bartica Community Ground yesterday. (Photo by Gaulbert Sutherland)

Inter-linked: A sign at a Bartica home points to the linkage between mining and transportation in the community stating “if gold dead, transportation dead, Wha we gon do?” (Photo by Gaulbert Sutherland)

This vendor did not miss out on an opportunity to do business yesterday but showed his solidarity with the protestors by decking himself and out in yellow. (Mark Mc Gowan photo)

The protest march snakes its way through Third Avenue, Bartica yesterday. (Photo by Gaulbert Sutherland)

Not everything halted as workers pack what appears to be Banks DIH products at the Bartica Wharf yesterday. (Photo by Gaulbert Sutherland)

About livelihood: This sign the marchers were led with says it all. (Photo by Gaulbert Sutherland)

Only a few students were present at the St John the Baptist Primary School yesterday. (Photo by Gaulbert Sutherland)

An empty classroom yesterday in Bartica. (Photo by Gaulbert Sutherland)