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Simon Pegg Speaks Out On Protest Rights And Corporate Power At Glastonbury


Simon Pegg dropped a serious truth about protesting and corporate power in that slapstick episode during Glastonbury when Greenpeace UK had...

Pegg is invited to reminisce about his first protesting era back in Bristol University days concerning student loans, when he felt the conscious realization of collective power. There were general debates about what counts as effective protest (with a good roasting of Occupy Wall Street included) and random calls for a Shaun of the Dead sequel (because seriously, why not?). That “fiery” exchange also questioned whether protests achieve anything else, leading to an interjection with some historical reminders about women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement, which were basically a masterclass in Why You Should Pay Attention in History Class.

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