Guildford Crown Court has found eight Just Stop Oil supporters not guilty of public nuisance. The trial concerned an August 2022 action in which the group peacefully disrupted the UK’s largest petrol station to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects. Just Stop Oil M25: activists not gui...
To turn up the heat and give Meatopia attendees something to chew on, PETA supporters pitched up outside the barbecue festival and ‘grilled’ a lifelike ‘dog’. A banner reading “If You Wouldn’t Eat a Dog, Why Eat a Pig?” pointed out that pups and pigs are the same in all the ways that matte...
The Labour Party government has now confirmed that it has decided to bar Israel’s official delegation from taking part in the UK’s largest arms fair. Israel had been planning to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) in London this September. While campaigners have ...
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) is demanding that the government take action to stop Israeli companies and delegates attending one of the world’s largest arms fairs, DSEI, taking place in London this September. DSEI: Israeli companies and delegates to schmooze at UK’s largest arms fair ...
On Wednesday 27 August, activists from Shut Elbit Down Bristol took direct action against the headquarters of Elbit Systems UK, Israel’s number one weapons manufacturer. Elbit Systems: bike blockade to genocide HQ Two people cycled up to the entrance of the building and used lock-on device...
Hourglass is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to ending the abuse, harm, exploitation, and neglect of older people. The organisation has responded to comments by the safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, who admitted the main risk assessment tool for domestic abuse “doesn’t work”. Its cal...
A coalition of trade unionists, climate justice groups, and grassroots organisers have issued an open letter urging the labour movement to confront the rising threat of climate misinformation and the resurgence of the far right in communities and workplaces across the UK. The coalition is ...
A group of anti-poverty, disability, and carer charities have sent an open letter to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) minister Stephen Timms, ahead of his review into Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The letter urges for Timms to commit to genuine co-production with disabled peop...
A coalition of over 100 grassroots organisations and activist groups will converge on the ExCeL Centre on September 9 for ‘The Big One‘. The mass protest action is taking place on the first day of the returning Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair. The coalition in...
On Monday 25 August, Israel killed twenty Palestinian people, including at least five journalists in a ‘double tap strike’ on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis. The event follows a pattern of behaviour by Israel, targeting hospitals, healthcare workers, and journalists. It has only been fiftee...