Well if your occupying a building against the wishes of the owner then you are breaking the law.
What you have to ask yourself is if you believe in the cause enough to take the punishment.
Also you site the example of the F&M "occupation". That was miles away from the violent protests
the these two were convicted of trying to provoke. The police would probably use the law to
get the FB page taken down though not likely to earn you a 4 year span.
I don't get this generation with their attitude to direct action. The Animal Liberation Front never expected
to be let off if they were caught. The hunger strikers never expected last minute medical intervention.
You believe in a cause enough you decide to act outside of the law then bear in mind two things.
1) Be prepared to get caught and do the time knowing that it is worth it.
2) Hope that the public sympathise with you and vote along those lines encourage by your example.
Do not hijack someone else's protest march that they bothered to organise and set out an agreed route.
Do not break the law expecting daddies lawyer to sort everything out as it's just jolly japes.
And remember just because it's a left wing protest don't expect to be treated any lighter than if it were a rightwing one. To give a mirror image of your F&M occupation. What if the EDL started occupying mosques?
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