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The vigil

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Aug 29
  • 1 min read

Yes, I've got the message that you want me to do it as a solo thing outside the Grounds. Commodifying a protest, largely thanks to the first one being a hit both IRL and online -which genuinely shocked the powers-that-be - that's hardly sporting. That's not going to have any political impact. Further presence at low numbers would suggest that a) we're a growing movement, b) people are willing to risk being spied on to protest the spy network. Solo protests would be vanity, and nothing else.

 
 
 

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