So it seems that after a flurry of activity for the climate swoop last week where climate activists met at six strategic locations before converging on Blackheath to set up this year’s Climate Camp the mainstream media have largely lost interest in events.
On the Guardian website today we have bibi van der Zee claiming that [...]
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Climate Camp: Mainstream Media Yearn for Riot Porn
Posted in activism, climate change, media, tagged activism, blackheath, climate camp, climatecamp, grassroots, guardian, london, media, protest on August 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Thoughts on ‘Should we Seek to Save Industial Civiliasation’
Posted in Ecophilosophy, activism, climate change, cultural criticism, environmentalism, tagged activism, climate change, grassroots, Kingsnorth, mon, Monbiot on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently George Monbiot has been in the blogosphere for his exchange with Iam Plimer in which he joined the bastion of scientists, bloggers and journalists condemning Plimer’s recent book. Personally I found his debate with Paul Kingsnorth far more interesting,
Kingsnorth criticises Monbiot for seeking to create ‘Liberal Democracy 2.0′ arguing that
‘What we face is what [...]
Operation Bentham
Posted in activism, climate change, tagged activism, Bentham, climate, climate camp, climatecamp, police on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having mounted a public relations campaign in an attampt to restore the image of the met after the G20 debacle, the police have decided to codename their operation for this year’s Climate Camp Operation Bentham.
The operation’s moniker is a reference to the English social theorist and philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Bentham’s most frequently used concept is [...]
Postmortem reveals G20 death was not a Heart Attack
Posted in activism, cultural criticism, media, tagged citizen journalism, g20, g20 death, ian tomlinson on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Breaking News right now on the BBC…
A new post mortem says Ian Tomlinson died from an abdominal haemorrhage not a heart attack after contact with police during the G20 protests.
The statement from the City of London Coroners Court overturns the initial assessment that the newspaper seller died of natural causes.
This stunning news now appears to [...]
Plymouth 5 Released Without Charges
Posted in activism, media, media activism on April 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This story was found on BBC Devon and came to my attention via the Bristle blog
All five members of a group arrested in connection with an alleged terror plot have been released without charge.
Police say the final member of the five, a 25-year-old man, was freed on Tuesday night.
The man was arrested in Plymouth on [...]
G20 Death: Witness Statements
Posted in activism, tagged g20, g20 death, ian tomlinson, police on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The guardian now has a fairly substantial list of eyewitness reports surrounding the Police attacking Ian Tomlinson shortly before his death on April 1st
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/08/g20-ian-tomlinson-death-witnesses
The main protests of the day had ebbed away but hundreds of people were still penned inside a police cordon near the Bank of England around 7pm last Wednesday when newspaper seller [...]
G20 Death: Video and Analysis of Police Statement
Posted in activism, cultural criticism, media, tagged climate camp, g20, g20 meltdown, ian tomlinson, police brutality on April 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The guardian has now released this footage showing Police attacking Ian Tomlinson
Their behaviour here, attacking a man with his back turned, and hands in his pockets is entirely in keeping with the rest of their violent and unprovoked behaviour on 1st April 2009.
The Lib Dems justice spokesperson David Howarth has come [...]
G20 Death: Eyewitness Statements and Police Distortion
Posted in activism, media, tagged bbc, death, g20, guardian, ian tomlinson, media, police, propaganda on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Guardian has posted the statements of three eyewitnesses who all claim to have seen first hand the Police violently attacking Ian Tomlinson minutes before he collapsed.
A riot officer came up behind him and grabbed him. It wasn’t just pushing him – he’d rushed him. He went to the floor and he did actually roll. [...]
G20 Death: Police Story in Tatters
Posted in activism, climate change, media, media activism, tagged climate camp, g20, guardian, ian tomlinson, police, protest, violence on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This from the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/05/g20-protest-ian-tomlinson
The man who died during last week’s G20 protests was “assaulted” by riot police shortly before he suffered a heart attack, according to witness statements received by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Investigators are examining a series of corroborative accounts that allege Ian Tomlinson, 47, was a victim of police violence in the [...]
G20 Eyewitness Statements and Video about Fatality during London Protests
Posted in activism, media, media activism on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Various participants in the City of London demonstrations on April 1st have come forward as witnesses to the collapse of a man later identified by authorities as Ian Tomlinson. Four different university students witnessed the collapse of Mr. Tomlinson. “He stumbled towards us from the direction of police and protestors and collapsed,” said [...]
