| From Guardian UK – by Nina Power
Trenton Oldfield’s sentence for disrupting the Oxford-Cambridge boat race makes it clear which class is being protected What price the preservation of the spectacle? Trenton Oldfield, who disrupted the annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race in April this year to protest against inequality, was sentenced to six months in jail for the offence of “public nuisance”. Although the race was restarted 25 minutes later, Judge Molyneux made it clear that Trenton had disrupted the smooth running of things, and for that he must go to jail: “Thousands of people had lined the banks of the river to enjoy a sporting competition. Many more were watching at home on live television.” The message is blunt: if it’s on TV and aristocrats are involved, then the state can deprive you of your liberty for as long as it likes. |
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The criminalisation of protest is part of the elite’s class war
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