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Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law - by frog
A jury in the UK decided that campaigners were justified in breaking the law because global warming is such a big threat. I can see the lawyers and the police rolling their eyes with such a precedent setting decision. The Independent reports: The defence of “lawful excuse” under the Criminal Damage Act 1971 allows damage [...] read moreSeptember 13, 2008 2:38 pm - 22 Comments -
You must be the change you want to see in the world - by frog
Yesterday’s action by the Ploughshares Christian activists brings civil disobedience to the public consciousness again. Civil disobedience and non violent resistance are important strands of the broader Green movement. Greens have often had a close affinity both for the causes and the methods of many civil disobedience movements from Bastion Point, the anti Springbok tour [...] read moreMay 1, 2008 9:33 am - 107 Comments
