Lesley J. Wood is Professor of Sociology at York University in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of Crisis and Control: The Militarization of Protest Policing (2014) and Direct Action, Deliberation and Diffusion (2012) and co-author of the third edition of Social Movements 1768-2012. She is an activist in the global justice and anti-poverty movements.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSocial movements as essential servicesSocial movements are changing with the pandemic and becoming increasingly important in protecting vulnerable people...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaGranadas aturdidoras y Robocops: ¿Cómo podemos confiar en que la policía proteja nuestras protestas?¿Cuál es la lógica detrás de una vigilancia policial de protesta cada vez más militarizada? ¿Cuáles son los costes...
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Published in: HomeRubber ball grenades and Robocops: can we trust the police to protect our protests?What is the logic behind increasingly militarised protest policing? What are the costs of this strategy? And in what...