Tag: protest

Homelessness Activists Occupy Tunnel, After MPs Ask for Gate to Stop Rough Sleepers
Over 320,000 people are homeless in Britain - up 169% since the Conservatives came to power. Yet 'hostile architecture' that keeps rough sleepers out of public spaces is on the rise. As the weather turns cold, a gate has just been installed in a Westminster underpass to lock homeless people out at night - allegedly after MPs complained about having to walk past them.
Is This a Coup? We Asked Protesters What the Prorogation of Parliament Means for Democracy
Thousands of people descended on Whitehall on Saturday, in response to news that Boris Johnson had asked the Queen to prorogue parliament for five weeks. We asked protesters what this means for democracy.  
Why We Need a New Response to the LGBT Sex Education Row
With the row in Birmingham over LGBT sex education for primary school moving into its fourth month, Sita Balani argues that this conflict needs to be understood in the context of the Prevent duty in UK schools.
In Pictures: Thousands of Children Skipped School for Another Youth Climate Strike
Photostory: Trexit wasn't the only good thing to happen yesterday. Tens of thousands of Young people took to the streets to demand action on climate breakdown.
Economist Frédéric Lordon’s Letter to Emmanuel Macron: “Hand Over the Keys”
On 18 March, president Macron hosted a hand-picked group of 64 intellectuals at the presidential palace to discuss the challenges the country faced. One invitee who refused to attend was economist and philosopher Frédéric Lordon. Gabriel Bristow translates his response.
5 Reasons I’m Not Joining the ‘Extinction Rebellion’
New environmental group Extinction Rebellion are gaining significant media attention for staging mass acts of non-violent 'civil disobedience’ in opposition to climate change. Climate justice activist Chris Saltmarsh explains why he won't be joining the movement.
#NopeToArms

What do you do when your protest art becomes the backdrop to an arms industry party? These artists withdrew their work and set up their own exhibition to hold the Design Museum to account.
Resisting the Far Right

On the 13th of October the Democratic Football Lads Alliance tried to march through central London. They were prevented from marching their intended route by an anti-fascist demonstration led by women and non-binary people.
Stop Trump: Wasteman-in-Chief

On the 13th of July we marched with thousands of other people to tell the wasteman-in-chief that he is not welcome in this country.

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Stop Trump?
Ahead of Trump's visit to the UK – and the protests to accompany it – James Butler is joined by Ash Sarkar and Richard Seymour to discuss the first 18 months of the Trump regime, transatlantic politics post-Brexit, and the uses of political protest.
Anti-Politics: State, Authority, Ideology
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Eliane Glaser to discuss her new book 'Anti-Politics', and the attitude of the contemporary left to the key questions of political power and the state.
4 Ways ’68 Was About So Much More Than the French May
This month marks the 50th anniversary of a mass uprising of students and workers in France. But as seismic as those events were, it’s important to view the French May as part of something much larger: a two-decade-long global upheaval which shook capitalism the world over.
Hunger For Freedom: Campaigning Against Detention From Inside and Outside Yarl’s Wood
The success of the last Yarl's Wood hunger strike shows that listening to and collaborating with people in detention is an imperative part of building a successful anti-detention movement. What else can the protest teach us about organising against detention and showing solidarity with those inside?
“It’s strikes that win”: UCU, Students and the Fight Against Outsourcing
Over the last two days, more than 100 outsourced staff have stopped work at UoL in what will likely be the largest outsourced workers’ strike in higher education history.
The Land Day Killings Show Palestinians Have Never Had the Right to Protest
Last Friday Israeli forces launched brutal attacks on protesters in Gaza which killed 18 people. This disproportionate response is part of a pattern of excessively punishing Palestinian protest, argues Alia Al Ghussain.
Elephant and Castle: Students Protest University’s Role in Gentrification
Students at the University of the Arts London occupied their Southwark campus to protest the part it has to play in the creeping gentrification of Elephant and Castle.
I’m a Social Work Student Who Went on Fee Strike. Here’s What I Learned
Social work students at Goldsmiths university went on strike last year, when they discovered at the last minute that their NHS bursaries would not be enough to cover their increased course fees. One participant reflects on what he hoped to achieve and what he learned from taking part in the UK's first student fee strike.
Interview With Matt Myers

Matt Myers is a doctoral student at the University of Oxford. He was a participant in the 2010 student movement and is the author of Student Revolt (Pluto, 2017).