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Poem: Raise You
I generally veer away from letting my poetry get too explicitly political, just because I’ve seen it done really badly, but.. this one escaped. I’ve performed this a few times and it’s always gone down a storm, but I’m not … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Poetry
Tagged arrest, court case, defend the right to protest, FEAR ME AND MY PACIFIST WAYS, I just want hot socialists to think I'm cool, occupy, poem, poetry, police, precrime, protest, protesting, rabblerousing, raise you, Rik the People's Poet, the Young Ones, this is what happens when you piss off a leftie poet, uk uncut
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Pageantry & pre-crime: Royal Wedding arrests Judicial Review begins Monday at the High Court
This Monday 28 May, sees a landmark Judicial Review begin at the High Court examining policing tactics – including the use of ‘pre-crime’ arrests – employed around last year’s Royal Wedding, which will likely impact future policing of upcoming events … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, court case, Rabid Enthusiasm
Tagged bridesmaid, court case, defend the right to protest, Green and Black Cross, jubilee, kate middleton, Netpol, no justice no peace, occupy, olympics, precrime, protest, queer resistance, republicans, royal wedding, see you in court, the network for police monitoring, unreasonable force, we are all Alfie Meadows, what the tap-dancing crap were the Met thinking?, william windsor, zombie
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Judicial Review of Pre-emptive Royal Wedding Arrests
For anyone wanting to know what happened next about the Royal Wedding/Starbucks Zombie arrests, here it is: we got organised; we found more people who’d suffered the same treatment; we found some brilliant lawyers and we’re going to have a … Continue reading
Royal Zombie Flashmob Arrests
I was one of five people dressed as zombies who were arrested for ‘potential breach of the peace’ in London on the 29th of April, 2011 – the day of the royal wedding. This is my account. My friend Chris … Continue reading
