From the Suffragettes to the anti-apartheid movement, people taking disruptive action have been on the right side of history
- Fatima Ibrahim is co-founder of Green New Deal Rising
The home secretary, Priti Patel, announced a string of new measures this week to restrict protests deemed to cause “noise and nuisance”. But such things have long been necessary features in fights for social change. They can stop destructive plans in their tracks or help shift public opinion. Noise and nuisance are among the few ways to actually force politicians to listen.
With the clock ticking on the climate crisis, the defining issue of our lifetime, many would say causing a nuisance is not only necessary, but a rational response to the inaction it is met with by our leaders.
Fatima Ibrahim is the co-founder and co-director of Green New Deal Rising
