The future of protest is in danger
Gearty, C.
(26 April 2024)
The future of protest is in danger.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
(26 April 2024)
The future of protest is in danger.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
The freedom to protest is one of the fundamental rights in a liberal democracy. But a series of public order laws passed by Parliament in recent years have made the right to protest increasingly hard to exercise. With a Labour government unlikely to overturn these laws, Conor Gearty argues that the future of protest depends on smarter and new ways of mass action against state power.