Direct Action

Bid to Arrest Mugabe in Brussels

Peter Tatchell was beaten up and briefly knocked unconscious as he attempted to stage a citizen’s arrest of the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Brussels on Monday 5 March 2001

Direct Action – Take Power

Peter Tatchell says direct action protests are about people taking power for themselves, instead of leaving politics to professional politicians.

The Art of Activism

Peter Tatchell outlines the unique style of ‘protest as performance’ pioneered by the queer rights group OutRage! ‘