[ELECTRON] Booking: Tonight (22nd November) Direct Action Workshop

Thomas Coles tomcoles at gmail.com
Mon Nov 22 09:38:23 UTC 2010


Heya folks, I've booked the Club for tonight, I was wondering where they
keys are?

Sorry its such short notice.


Find PR below:

> *Whatever you think of it at the moment, Wednesday the 24th is going to
>> see a lot of "direct action" from students and protesters, at different
>> sites, for different reasons, across the country.
>> *
>>
> **

*"Direct action* is activity undertaken by individuals, groups, or
governments <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government> to achieve political,
economic, or social goals outside of normal social/political channels.
Direct action can include nonviolent and violent activities which target
persons, groups, or property deemed offensive to the direct action
participant. Examples of nonviolent direct action include
strikes<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_action>,
workplace occupations <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_occupation>,
sit-ins <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sit-in>,
sabotage<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage>,
property destruction <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_destruction> and
graffiti <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti>. Violent direct actions
include assault <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault> and
murder<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder>.
By contrast, grassroots
organizing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassroots_organizing>,
electoral <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election>
politics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics>,
diplomacy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy> and
negotiation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negotiation>or
arbitration <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration> does not constitute
direct action. Direct actions are sometimes a form of civil
disobedience<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience>,
but some (such as strikes) do not always violate criminal
law<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law>
."



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