Large protest more effective, non-violent ones more potent, unified goals win more support. And police oppression tends to help… The science of protest
As the “HSBC 9” eco-protesters are acquitted of criminality, an eloquent open letter explains their actions
ACTION, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PLANETARIAN, PRACTICE, SOCIO-POLITICS, POLITICAL CULTUREpat kaneExtinction Rebellion, activism, climate activism, green protest, protest
Throwing soup on the glass: some arguments for the Van Gogh protests (with a protestor speaking)
ACTION, PLANETARIAN, POLITICAL CULTURE, YOUTH, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, ARTISTS, BEHAVIOURpat kanecreative activism, activism, protest, just stop oil
Alternative Editorial: What Stops Us Rising?
A BETTER MEDIA, A/UK EDITORIAL, ALTERNATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, PARTY POLITICS, SOCIO-POLITICSpat kaneprotest, agency, new system, politics, policy, connectivity
The teens can’t go back out on the streets much, in order to save the planet. But they are Zooming, phone-banking, and working on their friends like crazy
In the weekdays, you work, socialise, relax. On the weekend, you're a disciplined protestor. Hong Kong's Alter Natives
The protestors in Hong Kong and Moscow are full of brilliant ideas - and may inspire our own democratic activism
“A statement to the court by a first-time lawbreaker”: Anthea Lawson on pleading guilty for Extinction Rebellion
"The 3.5% rule" says this proportion of the population, doing non-violent direct action, generally win their causes. True?
The 'Yellow Jackets' weren't the first leaderless movement, and they won't be the last