Reuben’s article made some very valid points, not least that Andrew Mitchell’s comments show just how radically out of touch the Tory elites running this country are from the vast majority of us. Should Mitchell be hung out to dry for his comments? Undoubtedly so. Is it a good thing that he has brought fresh shame [...]
This story is really, seriously worrying: (CNN) — French authorities said Wednesday that they will not authorize weekend demonstrations in Paris as protests over an anti-Muslim video [The Innocence of Muslims, the youtube clip which sparked the anti-American protests in Cairo and Benghazi last week] started to fade worldwide. Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told radio [...]
Wonderful to be greeted with a May Day rose from the Occupy people at Liverpool Street this morning. Caught them later on in Paternoster square waving banners and shouting down capitalism. It was a small and lively demonstration, but glad to see that after six months, they finally made it to the London Stock Exchange! May [...]
This is a guest post by Anton Grinevsky and Alesia Grinevskaya “There is no crisis in Belarus”. This is the official position, but it’s a long way from the truth. Everything started last autumn during the presidential race, leading up to the December elections. Every day, the state media showed all kinds of positive coverage [...]
Last week’s seminar at the Frontline Club asked a very pertinent question of the Occupy London movement pitched outside St. Paul’s. What do you want? I was surprised to see from the show of journalistic hands that the majority in the room did not know exactly what the protesters are camped out for, though, given [...]
Yesterday’s news that the Met is giving its officers access to plastic bullets for tomorrow’s student demonstration is, obviously, pretty disturbing. I’d guess it’s pretty unlikely they’ll actually be used – making a big announcement to the press two days before the event looks a lot more like an attempt to warn off any would-be [...]
It’s not always easy juggling a full time job as a tax journalist with the life of an ardent activist. Sometimes it’s difficult finding the time to duck out to save the world on your lunch break. But when there are several hundred people camped a few feet from your office by St. Paul’s preparing [...]
I have to first apologise about the vague title of this post, but I found it somewhat resembling the confusion on which direction these occupations might take. While I disagree with some of what Jacob has written previous to this post on here, I will say that we must remain thinking, all the time, about [...]
Question: When far left groups talk about “confronting” the EDL, as the AWL do in their analysis of the protests in East London on Saturday, what exactly do they mean? I ask this because I’m increasingly getting the unpleasant impression that far too much discussion of how to deal with the EDL and their ilk [...]
On Saturday one of my fellow Third Estaters (I’m assuming Reuben) tweeted: Definitely don’t think the left should be calling for a state van [sic] on the EDL march While compelling, I think this view is seriously mistaken. Granted, it’s always a good idea to be wary of calling on the State to do anything [...]
