A new UK civil resistance group has called for ‘mass shoplifting’ to focus attention on inequality, but recent stunts have led to arrestsEve Middleton was sitting on a picnic blanket in a park, sharing out vegan biscu...
See moreA new UK civil resistance group has called for ‘mass shoplifting’ to focus attention on inequality, but recent stunts have led to arrests
Eve Middleton was sitting on a picnic blanket in a park, sharing out vegan biscuits with six fellow activists, when she saw a squad of police bearing down on them. About 30 officers, she said, surrounded the seven young people, and one officer told them: “Don’t run or you’ll be cuffed.”
Another officer focused on gathering evidence. “Whose Oreos are these?” they asked, seizing the biscuits.
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A new UK civil resistance group has called for ‘mass shoplifting’ to focus attention on inequality, but recent stunts have led to arrestsEve Middleton was sitting on a picnic blanket in a park, sharing out vegan biscu...
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