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#OccupyDemocracy: It’s our right to protest. That’s democracy!

Author
Clare Solomon
Date
22 October 2014
Type
Video
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Matt Bonner reports from the #OccupyDemocracy protest in Parliament Square

Clare Solomon

As President of the University of London Union 2010-2011, Clare was a key organiser of the 2010 student rebellion. ‘Springtime: The New Student Rebellions’, her book on the student and youth revolts worldwide, co-edited with Tania Palmieri, is published by Verso. She is a leading member of the People's Assembly and Counterfire.

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