Protest management lessons from London
Here’s an odd paragraph from a Financial Times story on the London protests (which now seem to be getting out of hand): Authorities hope to avoid a repeat of the June 1999 anti-capitalist demonstrations when some City workers sprayed protesters with champagne and threw photocopied £50 notes at them. That protest ended in a riot ...
Here’s an odd paragraph from a Financial Times story on the London protests (which now seem to be getting out of hand):
Authorities hope to avoid a repeat of the June 1999 anti-capitalist demonstrations when some City workers sprayed protesters with champagne and threw photocopied £50 notes at them. That protest ended in a riot and caused up to £2m of damage.
Hmmm… let’s see here. Wouldn’t the first step be to not spray protesters with champage or throw fake money at them?
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