[Devongone]

The trap is that peaceful protest is usually disregarded by the government it targets and features low on the media agenda. Only when its begins to disrupt does protest become newsworthy, and only when it becomes violent do governments tend to react.

I went on huge stop the war marches in London prior to the gulf debacles but sometimes they hardly made TV, but the Poll Tax riots ......... we're still getting highlights.

Everyone's lives were changed in America by one brave black woman who would not give up her seat on the bus BUT I saw Baton Rouge on TV last night and it looked segregated to me.

By the way, anyone wanting a good read should get The Sell Out by Paul Beatty, black in every way and funny.