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A compilation of terrorists, by Blake Morrison

A compilation of terrorists, by Blake Morrison

The Guardian6 days ago
If Laura Murton is guilty of terrorism for holding a Palestine flag (Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester, 17 July), she's in good company.
The Greenpeace ship crew arrested for piracy.
The Commies on a blacklist for McCarthy.
An 80-year-old who caused a 'public nuisance'.
The Tiananmen Square guy standing up to tanks.
Five eco-freaks blocking a motorway.
Two Swedish women glued to a Monet.
Women campaigning to close a Migrant Removal Centre.
Bostonians throwing tea-chests in the harbour.
Wheelchair-users fighting cuts against Medicaid.
Nelson Mandela battling apartheid.
Anti-Putinites spoiling papers at the ballot.
A mass of trespassers on Kinder Scout.
John Lennon returning his gong to the Queen.
Martin Luther King and I have a dream.
The gay man removed from an LGBT parade.
Crowds in Minneapolis when George Floyd died.
The anti-oil lobby with its slogan Just Stop.
Weevils on trial for ruining a barley crop.
Gandhi on his salt march, Rosa Parks in her bus.
Emily Davison below the King's horse.
Jamal Khashoggi, Martin Luther, Wat Tyler, Ned Ludd,
Alexei Navalny, Alan Turing, Joan of Arc, Robin Hood.
The naked woman sharing an apple with her mate.
The deity who put it out there to eat.
The tree surgeon who scaled Big Ben.
Three men spraying paint at Brize Norton.
Hundreds of Gazans at a food station.Blake MorrisonLondon
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