Activism

Oliver Munnion from Biofuelwatch explains why the group is holding a protest at the Drax AGM against the company’s coal conversions.

Filed in: Activism Climate Change Energy Environment United Kingdom

Miriam Ross speaks to campaigner Tatiana Roa Avendaño about the Cerrejón mine, displacing people and destroying forest in her home country.

Filed in: Activism Colombia Environment Forests Indigenous Peoples Mining United Kingdom

The fallout the property bubble is mass homelessness. Melissa García Lamarca records how public anger has galvanized the movement for housing justice.

Filed in: Activism Housing Spain

Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod meet some of the activists hoping that a better world is possible.

Filed in: Activism Tunisia

Freedom for dissent is threatened in the few public spaces where free thought is encouraged. Adam McGibbon is concerned.

Filed in: Activism Education Ireland United Kingdom

Taking action against tar sands in North America and the EU and why Obama must say not to the Keystone XL pipeline.

Filed in: Activism Canada Climate Change Europe European Union First Nations Reservations (Canada) Oil United States

Alan Hughes laments the imminent death of a great British institution and calls for action rather than indifference to its fate.

Filed in: Activism Health United Kingdom

Beth Tichborne has been shocked at the reaction, by the courts and police, to her protest that Prime Minister, David Cameron, ‘has blood on his hands.’

Filed in: Activism Disability Politics United Kingdom

The Edge Fund aims to eliminate the barriers to financial backing faced by marginalized and radical groups. Michael Pooler reports.

Filed in: Activism NGOs Society United Kingdom

Rin Simpson says the success of the #imapiece hunger campaign rekindled her drive for activism.

Filed in: Activism Art Hunger United Kingdom

A year after the eviction of the tented Occupy protest at St Paul’s, Tim Gee asks what might be next.  

Filed in: Activism Equality