“It is never OK to coerce people’s participation; that is just bullying.” So wrote Lauren Victor last week. Victor is a US Black Lives Matter supporter who has participated in many BLM protests. “I wholeheartedly support the Black Lives Matter movement,” Victor wrote. Take last week’s action by Extinction Rebellion activists, blockading access to three printing presses owned by Rupert Murdoch. “If you want my support,” as Victor put it, “ask it of me freely.”• Kenan Malik is an Observer columnist

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2020 05:37 UTC