20 Riot Cops to Nick 2 Chickens
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20 RIOT COPS TO NICK 2 CHICKENS
Climate activists reveal the true inside stories of direct action and protest.
Bravery, ingenuity and humour combine as the campaigners struggle to get their message of existential threat heard amid the noise of the modern world.
Featuring:
Anthony facing the prospect of 15 years in a Russian prison
Janet confronted by an angry MP, finds herself the centre of a media storm.
Dirty power stations on trial
Six women scale the tallest building in the UK
Leanne stops a 27,000 tonne oil platform
Endurance on the roof of Parliament
Plus many more tales.
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Pete has been a volunteer Greenpeace activist since 2009, taking part in campaigns and direct actions for the environment. He has now drawn on these remarkable experiences and those of close colleagues to form a compilation of true stories published by Dixi Books called, 20 Riot Cops To Nick 2 Chickens.
Writing credits include blogs for Greenpeace and Plane Stupid, winner of a Flash 500 competition, published in Aftermath Magazine, highly commended for The Visitor Centre, in the New Welsh Writing Awards 2023: Rheidol Prize and a novel, System Error - Invitation to revolution.
He now lives off grid in a straw bale house he designed and built with his wife, in rural mid Wales.
