Jody McIntyre
Pro-democracy activist on trial
Tomorrow, pro-democracy activists involved in the student demonstrations in December last year will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates Court. The demonstrations were followed a media witch-hunt; photographs of so-called “violent thugs”, and appeals for protesters to come forward and give the police information on their fellow students.
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Wednesday, 8 June 2011 at 5:02 pm
After Alexandria, unity is needed in the face of adversity
On January 1st, 2011, Egyptians awoke to a disaster. Twenty-one people had been killed after a bomb exploded outside a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria.
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Thursday, 6 January 2011 at 10:14 am
A real New Year’s resolution
One of the main stories to emerge after the tuition fees demonstrations earlier this month was the attack on Prince Charles and Camilla’s car as it drove down Regent Street. Predictably, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police condemned what he referred to as the “thugs” who carried out the attack. The double-standards should be highlighted; [...]
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Friday, 31 December 2010 at 2:23 pm
Do we need a “democratic right” to protest?
Since the student demonstrations erupted last month, over government plans to slash EMA and increase tuition fees to £9000 per year, there has been a lot of debate over our “democratic right” to protest. But what does the term actually mean?
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 20 December 2010 at 12:00 pm
‘Supervision’ is not enough; the IPCC must handle this investigation themselves
When yesterday’s headlines announced that the police would be ‘probing’ my official complaint to the IPCC, after being dragged out of my wheelchair by an officer at Thursday’s student demonstration, some kind of medical examination was the first thought that popped into my mind.
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Friday, 17 December 2010 at 11:53 am
Jody McIntyre : Who’s apathetic now?
My name is Jody McIntyre and I didn’t begin fighting for equality on the 9th December, the night that I was thrown from my wheelchair and dragged across the road by a riot police officer.
By Jody McIntyre | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Wednesday, 15 December 2010 at 11:08 am
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