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OXFAM PROTEST: The activist organization staged another theatrical protest in Huntsville Friday at Blackburn Landing. Below, a group of Huntsville residents staged a peaceful march demanding that water be seen as a human right, not a commodity. (Photos by Matthew Sitler)

Activists with the International Confederation of OXFAM staged another theatrical G8 protest on Blackburn’s Landing outside the Cottage Waterfront Grill in Huntsville on Friday. OXFAM’s G8 ‘Big Head’s’ illustrated the choice the organization feels G8 leaders face: turning one way requires investing in the future now – turning the other way condemns a billion of the world’s poorest people to chronic hunger. Their stunt was disrupted by a peaceful march of protesters – a group of Huntsville residents who said water is a human right, not a commodity. The two events were the only protests happening in downtown Huntsville so far today. Humorously, four young people from Ottawa protested the protesters, with chants like "water is free - turn on the tap". They were warned by police for being too loud.

PROTESTING THE PROTESTERS: Ottawa residents protested protesters in downtown Huntsville Friday. They were cautioned by police for being too loud.