Climate change protest: a single radical gets more media coverage than thousands of marchers: Gil Scott Heron argued that the Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Yet recently in the UK that statement is being challenged by disruptive environmental protesters unexpectedly gatecrashing live sporting broadcasts. At the end of April, live on ITV the animal rights …
South Africa in the news: Hundreds of thousands of marchers trek through Washington in a passionate display for women’s rights: Similar marches were held throughout the world in 673 “sister” cities — a total of up to 2.5 million protesters, organizers said — all over Europe and in Canada, Mexico, Kenya, South Africa and Australia. …
Jarrow crusade: 80 years on the marchers’ message about unemployment and anonymity still resonates: On October 5 1936, 200 unemployed men from Jarrow in north-east England set out for London carrying a petition asking for work to be brought to their town. Their march, which took just under a month, has become a historic landmark …