Comments on: Free street camping in Central London https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/free-street-camping-in-central-london/ Gardenvisit.com Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:52:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/free-street-camping-in-central-london/#comment-4487 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:52:11 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=7694#comment-4487 Yes. Unfortuneately it is difficult to distinguish how much of the protests are democracy at work and how much is social media activism (ie. Hijacking of spontaneous protest movements).

“The anarchists in the circle made what seemed, at the time, an insanely ambitious proposal. Why not let them operate exactly like this committee: by consensus.”
[ http://occupywallst.org/ ]

Hopefully, the useful will prevail.

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/free-street-camping-in-central-london/#comment-4486 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:17:20 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=7694#comment-4486 It reminds me of our earlier discussion of Parliament Square and the idea that cities need places for political demonstrations. I got the idea from a friend who wanted Brussels to have a designated square, in front of the EU Parliament, for ‘revolutions’. Syntagma Square in Athens is taking on this role http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/19/athens-protests-syntagma-austerity-protests and I was delighted to hear, yesterday, that Greece is going to hold a referendum. The only pity is that they did not do it when the crisis first broke. Democracy needs to come back onto the streets and into the foreground of urban living.

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/free-street-camping-in-central-london/#comment-4485 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:21:14 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=7694#comment-4485 It seems now is a good time to travel if you are happy to camp out, although in some cities you may need to be prepared to change locations frequently. [ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/police-move-in-on-remaining-occupy-brisbane-protesters/story-e6frg6nf-1226183254534 ]

Although some aspects of the political agenda of the protesters seems to be being taken more seriously in NYC?[ http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=610327 ] I suppose this is the difference between making general rather than specific demands?

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