What does democracy mean, under governments like this?
Category: protest
The Art of Life
Why is life treated as less valuable than the depiction of life?
Fight to Survive Another Day
A government that cannot tolerate protest is a government that cannot tolerate democracy.
Angry Men
There’s no solidarity in the ‘sovereign citizen’ protests now taking off around the world, only incoherent rage.
This is the Moment
At extraordinary speed, the government is shutting down crucial political freedoms. We must resist while we still can.
A Tyrant’s Power
If the government’s amendments to the Police Bill are passed, we are on the path to authoritarianism.
Extremophiles
Anyone seeking to defend life on Earth is now labelled an extremist. Yet the real extremists are those in power.
Arresting Destruction
This is my rationale for getting arrested with Extinction Rebellion
Oil Strike
The oil companies have successfully transferred blame for their actions to us. It is time to fight back.
Grounded
History will be kind to the protesters who plan to stop flights at Heathrow airport. They are climate heroes.
No More Excuses
No one is coming to save us. Only rebellion will prevent an environmental apocalypse
First Strike
Drawing on the successes and failures of the past, we must help young climate strikers to win their existential struggle
Re: generation
Why older people must stand in solidarity with the youth climate strikes.
Bring It On
Did an undercover policeman help to instigate a major riot?
The Wrong State
The police spy scandal shows that mass surveillance will be used against us.
A Great Corporate Cock-up
Take a ringside seat as a giant company beats the living daylights out of itself.
Corporate Blowback
Companies like EDF, seeking to terrify protesters with lawsuits, are likely to become victims of their own aggression.
The Promised Land
This is the fate of young people today: excluded, but forbidden to opt out.
The Freedom Swindle
The government promised us the right to peaceful protest. It is delivering nothing of the kind.
What We Are For
The movements opposing the British government need a set of aims: here’s my attempt at a first draft.