Category: protest

What We Are For

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.

A British police unit is demonising peaceful protesters to stay in business.

Do you want to save the biosphere or boost your own brand of politics? You can’t do both.

As the evidence accumulates, the Evening Standard’s allegations of terrorist planning have fallen apart.

The climate camp at Heathrow is materially different from protests that have taken place in Britain before.

The press has been publishing a series of crazy scare stories about our intentions at the climate camp

To win an injunction against protests at Heathrow airport, BAA used a law which threatens our democratic rights

Their over-representation in politics is partly responsible for a long sequence of oppressive laws.

The 9/11 conspiracy theories are a coward’s cult.

9/11 conspiracism is dragging activists away from the real issues

Protesters who have damaged military equipment are walking away from the dock

An untold story from Greenham Common

And hardly anyone is contesting the new clampdown

The new crime bill permits the police to stop almost any demonstration.

Undercurrents and Schnews are both ten years old, and still blooming.

Little by little, democracy is being banned

Something very big is stirring among Europe’s young people