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Democracy is disruptive. Around the world, peaceful protesters are being demonised for this, but there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption. Protesters ideally should read Gandhi and King and dedicate themselves to disciplined, long-term, non-violent disruption of business as usual - especially disruption of traffic.

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Naomi Wolf
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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Naomi R. Wolf
Naomi Rebekah Wolf
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