{"id":1152,"date":"2023-06-24T08:40:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T07:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2023-06-24T08:40:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T07:40:03","slug":"defend-the-right-to-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/?p=1152","title":{"rendered":"DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST<br \/>An online meeting on Tues 11 July 7.30 pm with<\/h1>\n<h1>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tom Davies, Amnesty International<\/h1>\n<h1>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mair Bain, local climate activist<\/h1>\n<h1>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matt Foot, socialist lawyer<\/h1>\n<p class=\"Textbody\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Textbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span class=\"StrongEmphasis\">ALL WELCOME BUT REGISTRATION NEEDED <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Textbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"StrongEmphasis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZYvf-urpjgoGtYQaJ_VhffgjE8rwjPWZRsQ\"><span style=\"background-color: #00ff00;\">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Textbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"StrongEmphasis\"><br \/><br \/><br \/>The climate emergency needs immediate action at a governmental level. Governments are usually focussed on short term measures and usually only take action on longer term issues following pressure from outside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Textbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span class=\"StrongEmphasis\">The ability to engage in direct action is a vital component of a functioning democracy, providing a platform for all citizens to demand accountability and change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Textbody\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span class=\"StrongEmphasis\">Irrespective of whether one agrees with every protest by environmental activists, the right to protest is under threat. Recent changes to UK legislation threaten this democratic right and hinder progress on urgent environmental issues.<br \/><br \/>Come and join the online discussion organised by Derbyshire Climate Coalition and Amnesty International .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND THE RIGHT TO PROTESTAn online meeting on Tues 11 July 7.30 pm with \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tom Davies, Amnesty International \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mair Bain, local climate activist \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matt Foot, socialist lawyer \u00a0 ALL WELCOME BUT REGISTRATION NEEDED \u00a0 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER The climate emergency needs immediate action at a governmental level. Governments &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/?p=1152\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}