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Blog Entries by Tom Stevenson from 10/2011

Policing Occupy London is About Intimidation

| Posted 10.16.2011 | UK
Read More: Goldman Sachs, Occupy London, Kettling, Policing, Paternoster Square, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, St. Paul's, Kettle, Occupylsx, UK News

Standing on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral, a young man addressed the 'Occupy London Stock Exchange' protest yesterday. "There is a police line to my left", he said as the crowd repeated his words in unison to create an 'echo microphone' that allowed everyone to hear, "and we must be careful not to let it move forward." His warning proved prescient.

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The Dark Shadow of Tyranny

| Posted 10.24.2011 | UK
Read More: Obama, Libya, Cameron, UNSCR 1973, Saif Al-Islam, LIBERAL INTERVENTION, Sarkozi, Ntc, Gaddafi, Arms Trade, Qaddafi, Philip Hammond, Gaddafi Dead, UK News

Tyranny, tyranny, tyranny. It seems to echo from every direction like old church bells. Newspapers headline it, broadcasters auto-cue it, and party-goers celebrate the end of it - and they are right to. In his statement on Muammar al-Gaddafi's killing, Barack Obama said "the dark shadow of tyranny has been lifted". Now there's a sound-bite.

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