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Has the protest bubble burst? Nitrous Oxide in Parliament Square

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 02:58

On arrival at the Psychoactive Substances Bill protest last Saturday 1stAugust, it felt less a protest, more a sparsely-populated picnic. Of the 1500 + people who were down as attending on Facebook, less than 100 actually showed up. Consider how little success much larger protests have been met with in recent years. The protest against the Iraq War in February 2003 drew up to two million people in London alone and was the largest ever coordinated protest world-wide. Yet, it had no effect. The war machine trundled on regardless. A similar silence has met other London-based protests, ranging from anti-austerity mass gatherings to marching against climate change.

I don’t doubt for a minute the intention of protestors or the organisers, The Psychedelic Society but wonder if there are more effective ways of pushing for change. Parliament Square in London is now notorious for its pretty much weekly protests, but...

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