Posts Tagged ‘protest’

Protest: Why We Support The Student Occupations

What's that I hear you cry? No If's, No But's, No Education Cuts!

Josie Long and Darren Hayman support the occupations. All Photographs courtesy of UCLOccupation.
Since the first protest over two weeks ago, there has been something palatable in the …

Copping Out: The latest from Trafalgar Square

What's happening down at the COP OUT Camp out

Illustration by Verity Smith
Waking on Friday morning I can tell by the sunlight streaming into my room that for a change it’s a bright and clear day, good news for …

The 2009 Freedom To Create Prize Awards at the V&A

Artists activists earn major exposure with top creative expression awards

Illustration by Naif Al-Mutawa courtesy of PagetBaker Associates
What do you do when your freedom of expression has been seriously hampered? What happens when an artist has to muster all the …

Protest against RBS’s investment into Tar Sands

Role-playing, shouting and mass dying to protest against Tar Sands destroying areas of ancient forest larger than England.

Yesterday a group of activists joined representatives from Canada’s First Nation communities to protest against RBS’s continued funding into Tar Sands.

 
Tar sands is a particularly oily soil which is extracted …

Reclaiming power at Copenhagen!

Creating Social change at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit

COP15 is the next major convening of international governments to reconcile international protocol on climate change.
That’s a lot of long words, what it boils down to is that we are …

Shutting down Didcot Power Station

The post-protest reaction

Last week a group of 21 activists from around the country stormed Didcot Power Station in an awe inspiring action that managed to force the power company to switch from …

350 International Day of Climate Action!

A massive global spectacle, but is that all it amounts to?

Last Saturday was the 350 International Day of Climate Action, tens of thousands of people gathered around the world in hundreds of countries to raise awareness about the risk of …

The Great Climate Swoop 2009: A retrospective

Laying a power station to siege; fences, dogs, police and direct action

Last weekend a thousand protestors descended on Ratcliffe-On-Soar power station to protest against the continued use of coal power, which is one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions.

The weeks …

Agrofuels Don’t Roc(K) – Rally against Biofuels

Out on the streets just make sure we don't block the pavement...

On Monday evening as the sun set and the lights from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) blared onto the street, over a hundred protesters gathered to call …

The Great Climate Swoop – the mass action of the year!

An active day out in the Nottinghamshire countryside...

We have been gathering, preparing, joining with hundreds of others and almost ready to swoop for the most exciting mass action of the year.

Illustrations by Michael Maitland
Coal power is the …

Gagging the Guardian – The truth is out, or is it?

The Trafigura twitter trend...

Today’s published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week in Parliament. However the London solicitors Carter-Ruck, who specialise in suing the …

Earth Listings: 12 – 18 October

The week kicks off with demo against agrofuels and ends with the Great Climate Swoop, we are riding on a wave with the cancellation of Heathrow’s 3rd runway and the …

Bloom In Bloomsbury – A student focused day of outreach and action.

The alternative freshers fair...

Yesterday Bloom In Bloomsbury was held in Torrington Square in SOAS. The gathering was held to get people involved and engaged with the Climate Change problem. Luckily it was held …

Protest against more flights at London City Airport

Celebrating more noise pollution, more flights and more deaths!

Today a group of activists went to London City airport to protest against the the expansion of flights from the airport. A new London to New York flight that only …

Earth Listings: 28th September-5th October 2009

More Earthly treasures, plenty to sing and shout about. Gigs, protests, fundraisers and more…

All illustrations by Katrina Kopeloff
Protest against more flights at London City Airport
Tuesday September 29th 2009
By 2030, London …

Bristol Co-Mutiny

A ramshackle crew that commandeered a Cathedral, skill shared and caused some bank chaos.

Last week Co-mutiny was held in Bristol where people converged from around the country to attend the week long event. Workshops, skills shares and direct action were on the timetable …

Earth listings 21st – 28th September

What's happening this week...

Explore the mindset of protest movements, learn from previous campaigns and make your own affinity group, this week is all about getting ready for action, wether it be at the Climate Swoop …

Mass action at Hazelwood Coal Power Station

Australia Climate action 2009, An interview with one of the organisers, Louise Morris

Helping to keep the pressure on governments across the world, activists in Australia held a mass action last week against Hazelwood Coal Power Station, one of the dirtiest in the …

Disarm DSEi

Placards, police, paint and pinstripes

Last week a series of actions took place to protest against Europe’s largest Arms fair which was held in the capital at the Excel Centre. At ‘Defence Systems and Equipment …