luka
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Mass civil disobedience and protest? It would bring down the government.
What's the alternative when faced with a kleptocratic coup attempt?
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Mass civil disobedience and protest? It would bring down the government.
What's the alternative when faced with a kleptocratic coup attempt?
The purpose if not to overthrow the government in violent revolution (unfortunately). The purpose is to show the political opposition that they have mass popular support.
Poll tax riots are one thing but half the country was not rabidly committed to paying poll tax as far as I can remember.
It's evident even if you live in London. How many of you lived and worked in London who moved here? Every middle class kid with a pulse moves here for a few years (then fucks off again, usually)
It certainly would not, not at this stage. As I say there is a 50/50 split you are being hopelessly naive. It would lead to street fighting on a crazed scale and make the miniscule chance of a tolerable compromise yet more remote. may well come to that anyway but for the time being, no. Which is why none of us are throwing molotov cocktails this afternoon.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has admitted that it has a written agreement to share information about disabled people and other activists who take part in protests with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Disabled activists have expressed alarm at the confirmation, which came despite previous denials by the force and DWP that any such agreement existed.
They said the existence of the agreement was a clear blow to the right to protest of disabled people who claim benefits.
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) said it was “extremely concerned” that its local police force was “spying on disabled protesters and passing on their details onto the DWP”.
GMCDP said the agreement was “yet another example of the punitive and unwarranted targeting of disabled people”.
Concerns about links between DWP and police forces such as GMP – and the impact on disabled people’s right to protest – first emerged last December after Disability News Service (DNS) reported that forces had been targeting disabled protesters taking part in peaceful anti-fracking protests across England.
Police force admits agreement to share information about protesters with DWP - https://www.disabilitynewsservice.c...-share-information-about-protesters-with-dwp/