Category: protest

Angry Men

There’s no solidarity in the ‘sovereign citizen’ protests now taking off around the world, only incoherent rage.

At extraordinary speed, the government is shutting down crucial political freedoms. We must resist while we still can.

If the government’s amendments to the Police Bill are passed, we are on the path to authoritarianism.

Anyone seeking to defend life on Earth is now labelled an extremist. Yet the real extremists are those in power.

This is my rationale for getting arrested with Extinction Rebellion

The oil companies have successfully transferred blame for their actions to us. It is time to fight back.

History will be kind to the protesters who plan to stop flights at Heathrow airport. They are climate heroes.

No one is coming to save us. Only rebellion will prevent an environmental apocalypse

Drawing on the successes and failures of the past, we must help young climate strikers to win their existential struggle

Why older people must stand in solidarity with the youth climate strikes.

Did an undercover policeman help to instigate a major riot?

The police spy scandal shows that mass surveillance will be used against us.

Take a ringside seat as a giant company beats the living daylights out of itself.

Companies like EDF, seeking to terrify protesters with lawsuits, are likely to become victims of their own aggression.

This is the fate of young people today: excluded, but forbidden to opt out.

The government promised us the right to peaceful protest. It is delivering nothing of the kind.

The movements opposing the British government need a set of aims: here’s my attempt at a first draft.

Why has policing in Britain gone so mad?

The rightwing press has briefly turned against the police, but normal service will soon resume.

A new mobilisation could revitalise politics in the UK – but only if you get involved.