G20 and climate camp update #1

A man has died behind the police cordon set up to hem thousands of G20 protestors inside central London.  
Police yesterday used the familiar tactic of “kettling”, with chains of police surrounding the streets outside the Bank of England to prevent the protest spreading into a wider area. 
The man, who apparently died of natural causes, collapsed [...]

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Shock tactics: do direct action protests work?

Ever since suffragette Emily Davison threw herself in front of King George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby of 1913, direct action protests have become a way of expressing discontent when all other democratic avenues have been exhausted. Of course, Davison is an extreme example. But all over the world, campaigners for various causes are [...]

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