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 »
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 violence, protest, g20, climate camp, ian tomlinson, guardian, police 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 [...]
