Peter Bradwell
Researcher
Peter Bradwell is a researcher at Demos. He is interested in digital identity, technology and the ways that information and knowledge is shared...
at 12:24pm
on Wednesday, 23rd August 2006
Got any spare time next Thursday evening? Have anything you want to get off your chest?
Then you could do worse than involving yourself in this heartwarming and ingenious plan to play around with the ridiculous SOCPA legislation over the next week. That way you can express yourself right in front of the big cheeses in Parliament.
As the Rachel From North London blog highlights, the scheme - which I think is led by Mark Thomas - is to get as many individual protests happening in Parliament Square at the same time a week on Thursday. I'm no expert, but it seems to be entirely legal.
To sort out your own individual protest, all you need to do is apply (using this form) at least six days in advance - and the fun part is the plan to get eveyone handing in their applications at the same time tomorrow evening (Thursday, 24th August at 6pm) to Charing Cross police station. You can protest about anything - war, peace, wallpaper problems in your council offices. Anything you're feeling angsty about.
I'd recomend getting involved. The more people that do, the better. It's a silly bit of legislation.
See you there. (Just try not to agree with whatever I'm saying and 'join' my protest - we might inadvertantly be partaking in some seriously organised crime and get ourselves arrested.)
Then you could do worse than involving yourself in this heartwarming and ingenious plan to play around with the ridiculous SOCPA legislation over the next week. That way you can express yourself right in front of the big cheeses in Parliament.
As the Rachel From North London blog highlights, the scheme - which I think is led by Mark Thomas - is to get as many individual protests happening in Parliament Square at the same time a week on Thursday. I'm no expert, but it seems to be entirely legal.
To sort out your own individual protest, all you need to do is apply (using this form) at least six days in advance - and the fun part is the plan to get eveyone handing in their applications at the same time tomorrow evening (Thursday, 24th August at 6pm) to Charing Cross police station. You can protest about anything - war, peace, wallpaper problems in your council offices. Anything you're feeling angsty about.
I'd recomend getting involved. The more people that do, the better. It's a silly bit of legislation.
See you there. (Just try not to agree with whatever I'm saying and 'join' my protest - we might inadvertantly be partaking in some seriously organised crime and get ourselves arrested.)
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