Disruptive, non-violent direct action works. Petitions and marches don’t. New research. Nearly seven in 10 of academics surveyed rated disruptive protest tactics as “at least quite important” to success of a movement, ranking it as more important than gaining media coverage or even strictly avoiding violent tactics. #NVDA #ExtinctionRebellion #JustStopOil #AnimalRising #Orcas #Suffragettes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/07/disruptive-protest-helps-not-hinders-activists-cause-experts-say

News correspondent reporting on animal rights #protests at the #EpsomDerby while dressed for a day at the races. BBC impartiality at its best.

#AnimalRising #Protest #UKPolitics

Grand National disrupted: Animal Rising occupy track
Animal Rising climbed perimeter fences and occupied the track, alongside others who had been posing as spectators, bringing the race day to a halt just before the 175th Grand National race was due to run.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/04/16/grand-national-disrupted-animal-rising-occupy-track/
#Activism #Aintree #Animalcruelty #animalrebellion #AnimalRising #DirectAction #GrandNational #HillSixteen #horseracing

Here’s Animal Rising on twitter talking about Aintree Racecourse:
"Some of those horses have better odds to die than they do to win" - Alex Lockwood on
@talkSPORT yesterday, shedding light on our broken relationship with animals.

Please SIGN and SHARE our petition to cancel the Grand National 💔
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-the-grand-national/
#grandnational #animalrising #animalliberation

https://twitter.com/i/status/1646862552834375688

100 Supporters of Animal Rising Demonstrate Outside Aintree Racecourse
https://www.animalrising.org/post/we-say-neigh-100-supporters-of-animal-rising-demonstrate-outside-aintree-racecourse
#aintree #animalrising #animalrights #horses #horseracing #uk

#GrandNational protests: #AnimalRising campaigners reveal how exploiting animals harms us too http://theconversation.com/grand-national-protests-animal-rising-campaigners-reveal-how-exploiting-animals-harms-us-too-203455