Brian William Haw ( 7 January 1949 – 18 June 2011 ) was an English protester and peace campaigner who lived for almost ten years in a peace camp in London 's Parliament Square from 2001 , in a protest against UK and US foreign policy . He began the Parliament Square Peace Campaign before the 2001 United States attacks , and became a symbol of the anti-war movement over the policies of both the United Kingdom and the United States in Afghanistan and later Iraq . At the 2007 Channel 4 Political Awards he was voted Most Inspiring Political Figure . Haw died of cancer in Berlin , where he had been receiving medical treatment
2001 United States attacks
September 11 attacks
Brian Haw