Is it time more activists broke the law?
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As he releases a new documentary, Is It Time To Break The Law?, activist and presenter Chris Packham talks to Graeme Green about activism, the ‘radical flank’ effect, and spaceships.
By Graeme Green
Despite decades of stark warnings, global leaders have failed to take the necessary action to avoid climate breakdown, with millions of people and animals now suffering the real consequences, and worse yet to come.
In his new documentary Is It Time To Break The Law?, Chris Packham meets activists and scientists to explore whether disruptive, law-breaking protest methods are justified to force governments to take action.
A naturalist, TV presenter, author and wildlife photographer, Packham, 62, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome in his 40s, has campaigned on animal welfare, conservation and environmental issues. Being so outspoken has had a personal cost, including death threats and dead crows hung outside his home in the New Forest, southern England.
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