ABSTRACT

What very few citizens predicted was that, by time the ‘carnival’ was over, there would be many arrests, 150 injuries, considerable damage and the fiercest riots for nearly a decade.

June 18 was said to represent a new form of protest, consisting of carefully planned and co-ordinated direct action by hundreds of protest groups who, through the use of internet websites, bulletin boards and discussion groups, were able to deliver the ‘stealth protest’.