Tag: protest
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To BP or Not BP
On Sunday I was on the People’s Climate March with Queer Bloc (pictures here) and earlier that day British Museum was targeted by activists from ‘BP or not BP’, the Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE), and the London Quakers for a performance called ‘Gross Negligence’. (from John Hoggett) I’d heard of some of…
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Not Today Satan! Christian Protesters get burned by drag queen
One of the sad things to increasingly happen in the last decade of Pride parades is the Christian fundamentalists who come and protest (yes, they’re all against a day of love, respect and acceptance. How, err, Christian of them :-/). I love that at Seattle Pride, faced with such hate, Mama Tits showed them the…
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Riding in the bike lane and Critical Mass
I like this guy’s style. Gets ticketed for not riding in the bike lane – which isn’t apparently illegal – so he then goes and crashes into all the obstructions in the bike lanes…including cop cars 😀 (via Doug Jardine) On a related note I see Critical Mass got to it’s 20th anniversary in London.…
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Don’t worry your pretty head
This image from Vox Political sums up my disquiet over the gagging law, and the silly idea that water cannons might’ve been good for putting out fires in the London Riots (not actually good for rioters though, as ACPO has admitted – but still, good reason to cut 10 Fire Stations then, eh?). Yes you’ve…
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Welcome to London 2012: Brand Exclusion Zone
I’ve been blogging and talking about my unhappiness of what’s going down in London 2012, and will talk about this more in the next podcast, up shortly. But this blog post talks about the Brand Exclusion zone where not only advertising by non-sponsors isn’t allowed but: This will be supported by preventing spectators from wearing…
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Wall Street Spirit
And still on the Wall St protests here’s Dan Bull’s support for the campaign (via b3ta). Wonderful.