fotdmike | September 19, 2009
It remains to be seen whether this new-style policing was a one-off occurrence, specific to the Climate Camp and Camp-related protests, or if it will be adopted for other protests too.
Concluding the present series of observations on the 2009 Climate Camp at Blackheath, London, 26th August to 2nd September
“Cops on site!”
Such was the cry that [...]
fotdmike | September 17, 2009
Whatever happened to our cherished Police State dammit? Carry on like this and we won’t have anything to complain about.
Continuing with observations on this year’s Climate Camp at Blackheath, London, 26th August to 2nd September
Actions
Although Tuesday (1st September) was being generally regarded as the principal day of action it wasn’t really a case of there [...]
fotdmike | September 5, 2009
Climate Camp welcomes sincere enquirers. Folk that genuinely want to learn about the issues involved, to understand them, and to play their part in actually doing something positive instead of just disparaging those who care enough to make the effort.
Continuing with observations on this year’s Climate Camp at Blackheath, London, 26th August to 2nd September
Setup
To [...]
fotdmike | September 5, 2009
The feature that made this event unique for me though was the marked absence of police, in distinct contrast to the previous Camps at Drax, Heathrow, and Kingsnorth.
This year’s Climate Camp has to have been a totally unique event in the history of the Camp for Climate Action.
Running from 26th August to 2nd September, it [...]
fotdmike | September 4, 2009
Open letters to the police seem to be the thing to be doing nowadays. Last month there was the “Open letter to the Met” from the Camp for Climate Action.
Now, with the arms trade protests in London literally just a few days away, we have another open letter to the police from Disarm DSEi.
We Will [...]
fotdmike | August 23, 2009
This year’s Climate Camp is to be “somewhere in London”, running from 26th August through to 2nd September.
As for the precise location, well, campers are as much in the dark as anyone else. Unlike previous years when the location of the site had been announced some weeks beforehand on the Climate Camp website.
But this year [...]
admin | April 18, 2009
The Climate Camp legal team have now released a report, “Demonstrating Respect for Rights?”, on the policing of the Climate Camp in the City on 1 April 2009.
The report looks at the “policing of the Camp for Climate Action’s Camp in the City in the context of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights report [...]
fotdmike | April 14, 2009
Found this intriguing image (and accompanying explanatory blurb) on Indymedia…
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