Oligarchs are getting nervous

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/oct/02/squatting-law-student-sitins


Students fear plans to reform law on squatting may outlaw sit-ins

NUS warns of campaign against government if justice ministry's proposals lead to criminalisation of protest tactics


Government proposals to criminalise squatting may also outlaw occupation-style protests and sit-ins, student leaders, trades unionists and lawyers have said.

Plans to make trespass a criminal offence appear in a recently published justice ministry consultation paper that seeks to make it easier to evict squatters from unoccupied commercial and residential property. Currently, trespass is a civil offence and property owners must take squatters through the civil courts.

Lawyers fear that outlawing trespass, the ministry's strongest proposal, will also have the effect of banning peaceful sit-ins, a protest tactic that is favoured by students and workers.

More at the link --

[mercuryblues]

1. You know

this was my thought earlier when I read the post about gas prices dropping. I might be a wee bit premature in thinking that, the next few weeks will tell.

Keep it going OWS!

[lbrtbell]

2. These people are asking for trouble

Isn't it better to let them protest peacefully, than goad them into violence?

[PETRUS]

3. Makes our job easier

When you are facing an obvious injustice and are punished for your efforts to bring attention to it while doing nothing whatsoever to harm any person or property, observers tend to sympathize.