Arctic Meltdown - Public Meeting
September 26, 2012 07:00
7.00 pm at the Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Street, W1T 6AQ (Warren Street tube)
http://www.campaigncc.org/meltdown
7.00 pm at the Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Street, W1T 6AQ (Warren Street tube)
http://www.campaigncc.org/meltdown
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Meet 11am at St Paul’s to assemble before joining the march.
Around 300 people took part in the Big Six Energy Bash climate and cuts protest targeting the UK Energy Summit in London [pics].
Setting off in four blocks from different locations people converged on the summit and there were several attempts to get inside the hotel venue.
By 12.30 there had been at least two arrests with one person reported to be unconscious (unconfirmed). At 1.30pm the protes…
Friday 16 March 2012 marked the 100th episode of Dissident Island Radio - our centenary! And with that in mind we decided to make it a bit special. Alongside the usual mix of music, banter, and special guests on the mic we be heard an extended piece on the consolidation of neoliberal capitalism in Europe post 'crisis'. The discussion focuses primarily on the situation in Ireland, Spain, and Gre…
finnish climate activists brought a block of genuine arctic ice to the steps of st paul's this evening to bring attention to the continuing alarming rate at which the ice cap is disappearing. climate activists staged a mock exhibition from a future world looking back at the early 21st century when the last ice was seen at the north pole. they are highlighting the fact that the ice cap appears to…
U.S. Embassy, 24 Grosvenor Square London, W1A 2LQ
Campaigners from London Mining Network, Kick Nuclear, Colombia Solidarity Campaign, London Rising Tide, Occupy London and other groups gathered outside and inside Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton's central London AGM to protest the company's record of environmental damage and forced displacement of indigenous communities in Colombia, Australia, Indonesian Borneo and elsewhere, due to its…
As different actions continue across London, campaigners from across the country joined forces outside the offices of DECC yesterday to denounce the government's latest plans to carry on subsidising destructive biomass and biofuels despite the fact that their use leads to human suffering across the globe, and increased carbon emissions.
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 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.
Protesters breached the gates of excel during BP's AGM. A teary eyed Diane Wilson from Texas covered her face and hands with oil and was arrested for breach of the peace whilst Axel Kohler-Schnura demandined entry as a shareholder.
Metamorphosis: A statement from the Camp for Climate Action
The near-collapse of the financial system; droughts in the Amazon, floods in Pakistan; a new government in the UK; a violent programme of unprecedented cuts; food prices rising and real incomes eroding; revolutions across the Middle East… This is all very different from 2005 when the Camp for Climate Action first met to spark radical act…
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Tar Sands protest at the Canadian High Commission marks Minister’s visit
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Meet at 11.00am by the Christmas fun fair at Hyde Park Corner (to the right of the entrance arch by the fake Christmas trees) - 1 minute walk from Exit 1 of HYDE PARK CORNER tube Station.
Please be on time so that we are together as a bloc for the special "aerial" photos that will be taken before the march moves off.
On the day contact number will be 07858 177178
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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.
Audio interview with one of the 2010 Ecotopia Bike Tour participants, at the start of the London Critical Mass and the beginning of their ten week ride through Europe.
Last night at 6.07 PM the London brigade of the Greenwash Guerrillas got a call from a panicked pedestrian outside the National Portrait Gallery. It seemed that the prizegiving ceremony for BP Portrait Award was about to start, and toxic greenwash had begun to gush uncontrollably from the gallery's front doors.
Read on for the full story ... and watch video of the action.
Related links: Rising Tid…
Activists against BP gathered outside Oxford Circus tube station at 1pm to be taken to a secret location in order to demonstrate against the Tar Sands industry and the Sunrise Project. London, United Kingdom, 10/04/2010.
Ethiopians gathered opposite Downing Street to protest against the visit of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Today he met with Gordon Brown concerning the UN climate change finance group. London, England, 31/03/2010.