Just Stop Oil: how mediation between climate activists and police could help with escalating protests

Mike Makin-Waite reflects on how civic mediation practices may help to de-escalate protest scenarios.
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Mike Makin-Waite reflects on how civic mediation practices may help to de-escalate protest scenarios.
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Military lawyers told me how they must make split-second decisions that weigh military variables against real human lives.
Colonial police organisations used similar arguments to uphold their power as were heard in the trial of George Floyd’s murderer.
A missing girl, a sensational trial, and the troubled history of anti-trafficking.
The children argue failure to tackle climate change constitutes youth discrimination.
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Dead cities are enduring images in post-apocalyptic literature and cinema.
Is a second wave of coronavirus the price of freedom?