The outing of an undercover cop who spied on environmental groups in the last seven years bulldozed the UK police surveillance tactics. Mark Kennedy, a Metropolitan police officer, was more than just a spy: he was one of the main organizers of many direct action campaigns. Worse still (for the police), the evidence that he [...]
Archive for the ‘direct action’ Category
How the UK police screwed up big time
Posted in direct action on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Climate activists convicted for standing up against coal
Posted in direct action on December 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In April 2009, the UK police invaded a school where a meeting of climate activists was happening and arrested 114 people. Of these, 20 activists were charged and convicted with conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass and might face jail time. Their crime? Planning on stopping the Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power plant, one of the biggest sources of [...]
Crude Awakening
Posted in direct action on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This video gives a nice picture of the great “Crude Awakening” action, in 16 October, when 500 activists shut down the largest oil refinery in the UK to protest against oil dependence. The action was part of the Global Week of Action for Climate Justice and other videos and photos are available on their website [...]
Direct action against fossil fuels
Posted in direct action on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
More direct action for putting the coal in the hole and the oil in the soil! In Scotland, activists occupied a new site for opencast coal mining and set up the The Happendon Wood Action Camp (Coal Action Scotland). The action was taken to expose the destruction of ancient forests to open up new coal mines. In [...]
Oil Painting Protest over BP sponsorship in Tate Modern
Posted in direct action, tagged videos on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A great initiative from Liberate Tate, a group that is demanding that the art gallery ceases its collaboration with BP.
Taking the power back
Posted in direct action on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The ascent of climate justice movements, using non-violent direct action tactics to expose the corporate criminals that are trashing our environment, has led to an increase in the repressive aparatus in many countries. The last climate summit, in Copenhagen, was a good example of this, with several demonstrations stopped by the police before they even [...]
The climate camp targets the Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted in direct action on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is one of the main financial supporters of dirty energyu projects, namely the tar sands extraction in Canada. Given that about 80% of its shares are in the hands of the UK government, following the bailout, the Climate Camp is demanding that the government uses its power to stop [...]
If climate camp made Avatar
Posted in direct action on August 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Coming to the UK soon.
Get off your arse and change the world!
Posted in direct action on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Just do it” is a docummentary on climate activism. Directed by Emily James, the producer of “The age of stupid”, the film follows the activities of Climate Camp, Climate Rush, Plane Stupid and other social movements. This is a non-commercial production, meaning that the movie will be funded by donators. In the official website (link) [...]
Greenwash spill from BP
Posted in direct action on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A great action from Rising Tide UK at the National Gallery.
