Colin Davis, University of Bristol Protest plays a role in agenda seeding. It doesn’t necessarily tell people what to think, but influences what they think about. Members of the protest group Just Stop Oil recently threw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the National Gallery in London. The action once again triggered debate about what… Continue reading Just Stop Oil: do radical protests turn the public away from a cause? Here’s the evidence
Tag: protests
Climate the central agenda of German Elections, boosted by Friday Klima Streik
Greta Thunberg joined 100,000 plus protestors, mostly, youth, teenagers and children for Global Fridays for Future Strike, two days before the German elections
Chile opens the door for an ‘ecological’ constitution
Francisco Parra Galaz Chile will have a new constitution that could address long-standing concerns, from water management to a complete territorial reorganisation Freirina is a town of only 7,000 inhabitants located in the north of Chile where the imposing Atacama Desert begins, or ends, depending on where you’re coming from. In 2012, half a million live pigs… Continue reading Chile opens the door for an ‘ecological’ constitution
Changing culture in a changing climate
Ned Pennant-Rea With the breaking wave of climate consciousness, more than a thousand “arrestables” have put their bodies directly on the line. But with its punk pink boats, garden bridges, skate ramps, museum die-ins and funeral processions, Extinction Rebellion’s success in disturbing the general complacency has been as much about theatre as civil disobedience Climate activism in the… Continue reading Changing culture in a changing climate
Activists to merge in Delhi to defend ‘progressive pro-people’ laws
On the 2nd of December 2014, various activist groups from across India will be gathering in Delhi during the winter session of parliament. These pan Indian activists will be in the capital to protest the current amendments initiated on various laws by the government of India. The rally’s Facebook page According to an email from,… Continue reading Activists to merge in Delhi to defend ‘progressive pro-people’ laws