protest
Occupy LA evicted as America clamps down on protest
Alex Hern covers the latest news from the occupy movement in the USA.
Telegraph just can’t let the tent-flap go
Alex Hern covers the latest smear-job by the Telegraph against peaceful protest; the message is clear: If you aren’t in bed by midnight, you can’t protest.
Notes from the New Age of Dissent: Committed, literary and stylish journalism
Carl Packman reviews Laurie Penny’s new book, and finds it to be a strong argument for the politics of passion over emotionless journalism of fact.
Seek solutions to protests, not problems
Mike Morgan-Giles shows how the reaction to Occupy London is emblematic of the response to protest in the UK today.
The privatisation of public space is harming our ability to protest
Alex Hern argues that the creeping privatisation of areas which used to be private is leading to more and more difficulties in protesting peacefully and legally.
Occupy London needs to catalyse a new Left
Ben Mitchell argues that the Occupy protests can only succeed in London if they build a broader left and enter electoral politics.