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Analysis: People Want Action on Climate Change But Also Want Climate Protesters Locked Up

Ell Folan

Two-thirds of Britons fear climate breakdown. They also want to make it harder for activists to do something about it. Ell Folan unpicks some contradictory opinions.

Image shows David Lloyd, police and crime commissioner of Hertfordshire Constabulary, appearing on Nick Ferrari's LBC radio show.

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

After Hertfordshire police detained journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests this week, the force’s commissioner has suggested the media should ‘reflect’ on giving activists ‘publicity’.

Members of animal rebellion are surrounded by police at a protest in London.

Report: Animal Rebellion Activists on Why They’re Emptying Supermarkets of Milk to Save the Climate

Sophie K Rosa

Animal Rebellion is mid-way through a two-week direct action campaign that claims to have emptied supermarket shelves of milk, in a bid to force the government to support a just transition away from animal agriculture. Sophie K Rosa reports.

A police officer wielding a baton on Whitehall

Novara FM: Truncheons at Dawn

When a filmmaker and a solicitor investigated the policing of protest, they found secret manuals, imperial legacies and dirty tricks.

Opinion: Direct Action is Just What the Doctor Ordered

Moya Lothian-McLean

From anti-raids blockades to arms factory occupations, direct action is on the rise. That can only be a good thing, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.

Analysis: Sri Lanka is Being Held Hostage By Its President

Amita Arudpragasam

As protesters mark more than 50 days of demonstrations, their key demand remains unmet: Gotabaya Rajapaksa has not resigned.

A line of police officers block the entrance to Ashwin Street in Dalston, north London

Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone

Rivkah Brown

Saturday night’s immigration raid in Dalston, north London is part of a years-long effort to cleanse the area of its brown and Black couriers. Rivkah Brown reports.

Henry Chango Lopez, general secretary of the, Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain, holds a metaphone. In front of him a sign that reads: LSHTM: End Structural Racism.

Report: A Prestigious London University Has Suspended Four Latinx Cleaners for Protesting Racist Pay, Falsely Accusing Them of Violence

Polly Smythe

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is embroiled in another race scandal. Polly Smythe reports.

A protester stands in front of police officers, who stand guard on a street after Windsor Police said that they are starting to enforce a court order to clear truckers and supporters who have been protesting against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates by blocking access to the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit and Windsor, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada February 12, 2022.

Opinion: Anti-Vax Canadian Truckers Deserve Our Solidarity

Shanice McBean

Justin Trudeau is freezing the bank accounts of Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates. The left should be up in arms, argues Shanice McBean, whatever we think of the protesters’ politics.

Protesters holding burning flare with smoke march through the city during the Kill The Bill demonstration. May Day sees protests across the country due to the proposed Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill that, if passed, would introduce new legislation around protests.

Opinion: It’s Time to Kill This Bill Once and for All

Shanice McBean

On Monday, the Lords voted against 14 of the worst parts of the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. Small wins like these can sustain the Kill The Bill movement, writes Shanice McBean, but we can’t let them distract us from the final victory.

Analysis: When Will the ‘Great Resignation’ Turn Into the Great Strike?

James Meadway

Nearly a million people in Britain switched jobs over the summer as part of a global wave of resignations. But if we really want to transform the way we live and work, individual acts of refusal aren't enough, writes James Meadway.

Opinion: England’s Footballers Are Changing the Conversation. It’s Time the Left Caught Up

Chardine Taylor-Stone

The left can't let its anxieties about nationalism stop it from joining, and shaping, the conversation around football, writes Chardine Taylor-Stone.

A man in a hat at London's save our scene rave protest

Feature: Dance Music Took to the Streets This Weekend, But for What?

Ed Gillett

When’s a protest not a protest? Arguably, when it’s just a party - but the boundaries between the two aren’t always distinct, writes Ed Gillett.

Novara FM: NO ONE WAY WORKS: Political Organisation for the 21st Century

Rodrigo Nunes joins James Butler to throw light on left melancholia and the future of political organisation.

Opinion: Unite’s Leadership Race is About More Than Just the Labour Party

If the right win control of Unite the Union, there will no doubt be a huge impact on the Labour party. But there’s arguably an even more important question to consider: what happens to the radical potential of workers if trade unions refuse to provide an outlet for it?

Novara FM: Afterburn

Kate Aronoff explores climate denialism, oil companies' predictions of the future, and the fate of the Green New Deal.

Report: We Are Occupying an Israeli-Owned Arms Factory to Protest Zionist Settler Colonialism

An activist occupying an arms factory in Leicester

An activist occupying an Israeli-owned arms factory in Leicester speaks to Sophie K Rosa about the importance of direct action in opposing Zionist settler colonialism.

Report: I Live in Sheikh Jarrah. We Will Not Yield to the Vicious Israeli State

a protester in Sheikh Jarrah

A Palestinian facing forced displacement in East Jerusalem speaks to Sophie K Rosa about the ongoing battle against Zionist settler colonialism.

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Analysis: People Want Action on Climate Change But Also Want Climate Protesters Locked Up

Ell Folan

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

Analysis: Sri Lanka is Being Held Hostage By Its President

Amita Arudpragasam

Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone

Rivkah Brown

Report: A Prestigious London University Has Suspended Four Latinx Cleaners for Protesting Racist Pay, Falsely Accusing Them of Violence

Polly Smythe

Opinion: Anti-Vax Canadian Truckers Deserve Our Solidarity

Shanice McBean

Opinion: It’s Time to Kill This Bill Once and for All

Shanice McBean

Analysis: When Will the ‘Great Resignation’ Turn Into the Great Strike?

James Meadway

Opinion: England’s Footballers Are Changing the Conversation. It’s Time the Left Caught Up

Chardine Taylor-Stone

Feature: Dance Music Took to the Streets This Weekend, But for What?

Ed Gillett

Novara FM: NO ONE WAY WORKS: Political Organisation for the 21st Century

Opinion: Unite’s Leadership Race is About More Than Just the Labour Party

Karl Lieberman

Novara FM: Afterburn

Report: We Are Occupying an Israeli-Owned Arms Factory to Protest Zionist Settler Colonialism

An activist occupying an arms factory in Leicester

Report: I Live in Sheikh Jarrah. We Will Not Yield to the Vicious Israeli State

a protester in Sheikh Jarrah

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Analysis: People Want Action on Climate Change But Also Want Climate Protesters Locked Up

Ell Folan

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: Animal Rebellion Activists on Why They’re Emptying Supermarkets of Milk to Save the Climate

Sophie K Rosa

Novara FM: Truncheons at Dawn

Opinion: Direct Action is Just What the Doctor Ordered

Moya Lothian-McLean

Analysis: Sri Lanka is Being Held Hostage By Its President

Amita Arudpragasam

Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone

Rivkah Brown

Report: A Prestigious London University Has Suspended Four Latinx Cleaners for Protesting Racist Pay, Falsely Accusing Them of Violence

Polly Smythe

Opinion: Anti-Vax Canadian Truckers Deserve Our Solidarity

Shanice McBean

Opinion: It’s Time to Kill This Bill Once and for All

Shanice McBean

Analysis: When Will the ‘Great Resignation’ Turn Into the Great Strike?

James Meadway

Opinion: England’s Footballers Are Changing the Conversation. It’s Time the Left Caught Up

Chardine Taylor-Stone

Feature: Dance Music Took to the Streets This Weekend, But for What?

Ed Gillett

Novara FM: NO ONE WAY WORKS: Political Organisation for the 21st Century

Opinion: Unite’s Leadership Race is About More Than Just the Labour Party

Karl Lieberman

Novara FM: Afterburn

Report: We Are Occupying an Israeli-Owned Arms Factory to Protest Zionist Settler Colonialism

An activist occupying an arms factory in Leicester

Report: I Live in Sheikh Jarrah. We Will Not Yield to the Vicious Israeli State

a protester in Sheikh Jarrah

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