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Standing up for our rights to protest This landmark book tells the story of Joe Boyd, a working-class, recovering addict from Liverpool who joins the frontlines of environmental anti-fracking protests across Northern England. With suspicions rising about police infiltration in the movement and gaslighting from those positioning themselves as leaders, Joe questions everything and researches endlessly in a bid to make sense of what he – and others – experience. What he starts to witness is a war on rights to protest. Joe then turns to defending our human rights, which eventually leads him to taking on the fight and defeating the years; he goes from near death to the Court of Appeal, London. However, Joe knows that’s not the end of the regressive road to protest denial. He continues to monitor the actions of a new group Extinction Rebellion and sees a similar pattern. The Road to Kill the Bill will make you question everything you thought was true and face the rising fascism we now witness where our rights to protest are hanging by a thread. A real and present story with lasting implications of one man taking on the state. |
Publication date: 10th June UK Only £9.99 (+ £3 P&P UK only) Number of copies: For non-UK orders please use Amazon Available from Amazon | ||||||||
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Joseph Boyd is a recently graduated Public Health (addictions) masters graduate from Liverpool John Moores University.
For many years he has been involved in all aspects of environmental activism, learning about protest movements, energy policy and protest law.
This knowledge and experience led him to the Royal Courts of Justice in London to defend rights to protest in a landmark ruling.
He also has an International Studies degree from the Open University and received the Healthy Living Award at the Liverpool Echo Environment Awards.
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Reviews... 28.6.2019 - ★★★★★ Compelling read A well written account of Joe's experiences as an environmental activist with the anti fracking movement, how those experiences and intelligence collected by the police and intelligence services have led to the recent implementation of the Police and Crime Bill. |