Following the fantastic national demonstration yesterday of up to 2000 people, Sussex University management have taken out a high court injunction against the occupation to ban all protest on the campus till September. This is a tactic that has been tried before, and failed. Help make sure it does. Protest outside the Royal Courts […]
~ read more ~Monthly archives for March, 2013
Solidarity with Sussex Occupation against protest ban Weds 27 March, 9.30am, Royal Courts of Justice
Solidarity with No Dash for Gas 21
No Dash for Gas 21 will be joining us at DtRtP’s public meeting on Monday night (see https://www.facebook.com/events/224046411070193/?ref=22) Last year they abseiled into the flues of the West Burton gas-fired plant and lived inside the chimneys, blocking the plant’s scheduled opening the following day and stopping 20,000 tonnes of CO2 over the course of their week-long […]
~ read more ~Solidarity Donation from UC Student Workers union -UAW 2865!
We have just received a solidarity donation from University of California student workers union to defend the right to protests financial appeal. The Union covers the Davis campus where students were brutally pepper sprayed in 2011 during occupations against fees hikes and against the backdrop of nationwide OCCUPY movement. 12 protesters are now facing serious […]
~ read more ~“I will continue to say Cameron has blood on his hands”…the case of Bethan Jones
by Bethan Jones: https://www.facebook.com/notes/bethan-jones/please-sharereblogwhatever-in-part-or-whole-i-know-its-a-bit-rambling/10151802069235884 Today I was found guilty in the Oxford Magistrates’ Court of causing “harassment, alarm and distress” following a peaceful and legal political protest in Witney in December. The judge said “I can think of nothing more alarming than the statement that ‘Cameron has blood on his hands.’” I will continue to […]
~ read more ~A Costly Creation of Criminals – the Critical Mass trials.
Very useful article taken from NETPOL: http://netpol.org/2013/03/18/a-costly-creation-of-criminals-the-critical-mass-trials/#more-886 Last week five of the nine people prosecuted for breaching public order act conditions while on a Critical Mass bike ride in July were convicted. In this article some of the defendants give their views on the arrests, prosecutions and the police attitude towards the Critical Mass.
~ read more ~PUBLIC MEETING: No Ifs, No Buts “NOT GUILTY!”: How we fought and won
DtRtP Public Meeting: Monday 25th March, 7pm, SOAS, Main Building, Thornhaugh St (Near Russell Square) Alfie Meadows acquitted student protester Zak King acquitted protester Matt Foot campaigning lawyer who represented many student protesters Max Watson UNISON trade unionist who fought victimisation at London Met Sussex Uni Occupier (tbc) plus estimonies from other defendants, protesters and victims […]
~ read more ~Press - Alfie & Zak’s case and verdict
Here’s some of the recent coverage of Alfie and Zak’s victory, the broader implications and other related comment pieces we would like to share…
~ read more ~ALFIE MEADOWS & ZAK KING FOUND NOT GUILTY!
DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST PRESS RELEASE “The struggle for justice for my son has finally begun” (Susan Matthews, mother of Alfie Meadows).
~ read more ~Stop the Witch Hunt at Londonmet!
Three members of staff at Londonmet’s Working Lives Research Institute (WLRI) have been suspended from work in an attack on human rights, trade unions and academic freedom.
~ read more ~South Africa suspends taxi driver arrest ‘drag’ police
South African police officers implicated in the death of a Mozambican taxi driver dragged down a street tied to a back of a van have been suspended.
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