Jack Lowe | Andy | Activity

Andy posted a new activity comment

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:59:56 +0000

Yup. 🙂

In reply to - Jack posted an update

I’ve made a new page called Community Guidance. Anything to add?

Andy posted an update: Anyone fancy coming along to this?13 Feb at the New […]

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:52:58 +0000

Anyone fancy coming along to this?

13 Feb at the New Bridge Project in Newcastle.

I’m not really aware of Dougald’s work but it does sound interesting:

For years, my work has involved talking to people about climate change: on stages and on Zoom calls, on air and off the record, in essays and articles and conversations. It has brought me…

Andy posted a new activity comment

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:35:34 +0000

Looks good @Jack – I guess the only area we may have to address at some point is “Nor is it a place to promote ourselves or our wares.” Promoting events, ways to involved in an issue or even “products” that are relevant will seem fine to one person and “spammy” to someone else. As you say we may need to see what arises before hard and fast… Read more

In reply to - Jack posted an update

I’ve made a new page called Community Guidance. Anything to add?

Andy posted an update: This protest struck a chord for me. I grew in Manchester […]

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:35:14 +0000

This protest struck a chord for me. I grew in Manchester and my dad was a part-time warden in the Peak Park. He knew Kinder Scout, Bleaklow and Black Hill like the back of his hand. He would often remind me on our walks about the Kinder Scout mass trespass in 1932 and how it had both helped and hindered the “right to roam” movement. As a…

theguardian.com

Thousands march across Dartmoor to demand right to wild camp

More than 3,000 people protest on estate of Alexander Darwall after his court victory ends right to wild camp in England

Andy posted a new activity comment

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:16:53 +0000

There’s going to be dancing… no one mentioned that.

In reply to - Jack to Tom, gavin, Vicki, Andy and Cat

Thank you for being the pioneering early adopters, @broadbentius , @Jesus , @VicTheMac , @AndyR and @Cat — you’re the very first in the door!

This has been bubbling […]

Andy posted a new activity comment

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:15:34 +0000

What is not well understood by those of us on the outside of the legal system, is that UK judges have a huge amount of power on what defences can be run in a particular case, they can even decide what evidence is or is not admissible. I know of activists who have been prevented from running “necessity” or “proportionality” as a defence. In… Read more

In reply to - Jack to Peter and Andy

Thanks to new member @Peter for this article shared in a comment below the Richard Crim / El Nino post a little further down the timeline.

As he says, the legal defence and strategy […]