Extinction Rebellion
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They probably told them.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
They read the internet
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I had missed that, but, yeah, dumping manure outside the Daily Mail's building is amusing, shame they got stopped from doing the same outside the Telegraph's building.
23 arrests at Extinction Rebellion 'free the press' protest which saw manure dumped outside Daily Mail
Some 23 people were arrested after an Extinction Rebellion “free the press” protest in London saw manure dumped outside the offices of the Daily Mail.
www.pressgazette.co.uk
andysays
Love and solidarity
Not really fair, mate. I agree he does post a lot of nonsense, but there's the occasional worthwhile comment in there too.
Oh wait, you said "stupid stunts", I thought you said...
...well, nevermind...
Why don't you....
Argonia
Happy go licky
As Edward Snowden told us, they have a particular fascination for dick pics
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
One of the oldest challenges. If you are open then you will have the law stretched to the fullest extent in order to stop your activities. If you are closed then you quickly become engaged in elitist actions that lose public support. The onion + cell model can work in terms of keeping relevance and evading detection but even that puts immense pressures on those involved. Lone wolf actions quickly lead to parody. There is much to learn from HK resistance although they ultimately appear to have been unsuccessful.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Closed didn’t work for RTS as they let an undercover cop into the controlling group.
There was more than one. But I wouldn't say we "let" them in, more that we failed to keep them out.
And being open doesn't mean they won't still get in either.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
And also despite them being centrally involved they were unable to stop most large events going ahead as they had mass participation and popular support.
Groups using very high security, and where the risk of informers and undercovers being caught, tortured, and then executed still get infiltrated would suggest it's quite difficult to 'keep them out' of anywhere.
Groups using very high security, and where the risk of informers and undercovers being caught, tortured, and then executed still get infiltrated would suggest it's quite difficult to 'keep them out' of anywhere.
I think the idea is that it won't matter if they get in.
Came across a similar approach amongst Israeli anarchists. Taking into account the fact that they were 100% guaranteed to be infiltrated they organized openly an publically.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
I think XR, the school student climate walkout stuff, BLM and Kill the Bill would be a decent set of recent case studies to compare with this stuff - don't think it'd be fair to describe any of them as completely law-abiding and pacified, but I think most of them have largely managed to avoid XR's pre-emptive arrests problem.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
and at least some of the planning meetings for j18 were open anyway
Depends what you mean. The other three have primarily been about A toB marches. Where it's kicked off there's been arrests. XR is about civil disobedience and direct action. It's a more radical project so it attracts more reaction from the state.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Just off the top of my head though, haven't the BLM and Kill the Bill stuff mostly have been demos (that then sometimes mutated into other stuff) rather than the civil disobedience and direct action that XR has more been about? I do think the planned disruption of infrastructure is something that the State is much more bothered about and will often try and stop before it happens. I think RTS in '90s London and XR is a better talking point.
None.
Argonia
Happy go licky
And still Anthony Charles Lynton Blair hasn't been arrested by Plod and packed off to the Hague.
Argonia
Happy go licky
Come on. Plod are arresting democracy and climate emergency activists rather than war criminals. Not rocket science.
teqniq
DisMembered
Whilst i am 100% with you on Blair being held accountable, you seem to have a need to shoehorn you particular hobby horses into other threads /derail.
Argonia
Happy go licky
Glad you're 100% with me on Blair, that's heartening news.
