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 »
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 [...]