It is true Charles has an 'in your face' attitude, but he's become more antagonistic as the House becomes more and more restrictive. If you look at the blogs just before the arrest at Atlantica, and compare them with his earliest ones, you can see why the politicians were getting antsy. That's because he was turning into a real lobbyist for the poor and was keeping his temper in check and writing much better.
However, he has every reason in the world not to disrespect those in power at the legislature. His list of grievances goes on and on.
And to address roomers rights, that is completely wrong that it was the by election. Well, not completely wrong, it was the byelection but it was because Charles had the blog AND was active in the byelection. There have been dozens of by elections and elections in this province, but none have addressed roomers rights until now. And its not like there was no poverty before now.
That's when the powers that be got really nervous, and realized that Charles IS a 'menace'-to them and the people they represent. And thats something that just can't be tolerated so we've seen the persecution increase.
And there's no such thing as 'professional protestor', theres just people who give a shit about their society and are willing to do something about it. To the guy above griping about Charles methods, how about joining the fight instead of month after month talking about how Charles is 'hurting his cause'. That's garbage.