Climate change activists protested outside the Liberal Democrats HQ and Downing Street during a cabinet meeting this morning to demand the Lib Dem's follow recommendations from the Committee on Climate Change, whom Vince Cable has reportedly opposed. London, UK, 16/05/2011.
Climate Rush activists demonstrated outside the Tate Britain, which is sponsored by BP, to mourn those that lost lives, as well as environmental damage resulting from the Deepwater Horizon disaster which began on this day last year. London, UK, 20/04/2011.
Climate change activists against BP sponsorship of art and the Tate Museums slept on the floor of the Tate Modern after 2pm with banners and BP eye shades, waking up at 2:15 to demonstrate further.
Topshop Oxford Circus was covered with paint and had windows smashed by protesters during anti-cuts actions that went on throughout the capital. London, UK, 26/03/2011.
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Activists staged a one hour dance session outside Bank at 1300 hours to highlight the way the deficit is being used to withdraw funding from the arts sector. London, UK, 14/01/2011
"Trauma work is part of resistance. A lot of people drop out, disappear, stop being active, feel excluded because of their fear or because they are suffering from post traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). Even after obvious incidents like the Diaz school in Genoa, there was no emotional support set up for the victims. A lot them suffered more from the emotional consequences than the physical in…
Around 500 activists from various climate groups descended on the Coryton oil refinery near Stanford-le-Hope to impose a blockade preventing oil tankers from leaving and were successful until the evening. Coryton, United Kingdom, 16/10/2010
Organised by the Campaign Against Climate Change, a few hundred people marched from Chesil car park to Castletown to protest the planned W4B palm oil burning power station to be built on the Isle of Portland. Dorset, UK. 25/09/2010.
A protest was held at the Russian Embassy in London in support of two anti-fascist activists who are in custody in Moscow for their involvement protesting against the proposed Moscow to Saint Petersburg highway. London, United Kingdom, 20/09/2010
Members of the Campaign Against Climate change gathered at City Airport calling for an end to domestic flights whilst also being against airport expansion. London, United Kingdom, 04/09/2010.
Since the festivities of May 1st people have been camping in Parliament square in what has been called a Democracy village. London, United Kingdom, 05/05/2010.
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The G-20 meeting to be held in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is taking place in just under a month (Sept. 24-25, 2009) and it would be nice to receive some advice and/or words of solidarity from London G20 protesters about how to achieve success with this round of protests. Online support via Twitter updates & Blogs would be helpful too! You folks have experience and we need to here from you in the st…