On Friday 28th August around 100 campers descended on Canary Wharf to protest at Barclays for their funding of coal industries, as well as their support of the military-industrial complex. We were joined by Charlie 'Everything is OK' Veitch who took the megaphone outside Barclays for this short clip

A group of Climate Campers decided to go and clean up the Commons!

No, not that one, the Blackheath Commons (as in common land). They may get around to the House of Commons later.

Update: The last structures were taken down on Blackheath on the morning of Friday 4th September after a full day of tatting down on Thursday -  the site was left clear. Planning continues for the Mass Action to shut Ratcliffe power station on 17th/18th October and direct action in Copenhagen for the COP15 Climate Change Conference in December.

Wednesday 3rd updates:  This morning climate activi…

Fourth day of Climate Camp at Blackheath, London, Saturday 29th August.

A one hour "treasure hunt" exercise to practice all direct action skills.

Climate Campers go to Barclays at Canary 

Wharf in London

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Climate Camp demo at Barclays in Canary Wharf

A fine write up comparing climate camp to the Newbury campaign, by someone who lived the Newbury campaign, is at Climate Camp and has been involved throughout the intervening time. Great article.

Climate Camp at Blackheath after the Swoop. Wednesday 26th.

Climate Camp at Blackheath Thursday 27th and the setting-up begins in earnest.

Climate Camp at Blackheath, London. The third day, Friday 28th August 2009.

Climate campers returning to site after the demonstration outside Barclays Bank, Canary Wharf.

Climate campers demonstrating outside Barclays Bank, Canary Wharf. Thanks to the significantly reduced police presence the demonstration and accompanying march proved entirely peaceful.

A few snaps of life on the London climate camp, on day three.

Here's the Whitechapel Anarchist Group's account of the police visit to the Climate Camp legal team. Bad timing and a mistake on the part of the Camp structure? Nefarious conferencing with the cops? You be the judge!

Each day the Camp for Climate Action in London is holding mass action training sessions, teaching people skills for engaging in direct action and civil disobedience.

Friday was the first full day of workshops at the camp [pics] after two days of set up - concentrating on it's main purpose, direct action training, education around climate change, and skillshare. Around 35 sessions ran throughout the day on a wide variety of topics including the first of five daily mass direct action trainings [Pics 1|2|3].



In the afternoon a group of over 150 people left the cam…

Activists from the climate camp in London, visited the headquarters of Balclays Bank to protest about their investment in coal based energy, as well as the arms trade. Pictures follow.

5 minute video of a speech at Bank during the "Swoop" to take the site of the Camp for Climate Action (Wed 26th August) about Carbon Trading

Climate Camp Radio streamed live each night from the Camp for Climate Action UK 2009 and was brought to you by Dissident Island Radio. 

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Tuesday 1st September - Download 6th + final show

- Ollie on why we squatted Blackheath, land related struggles, the commons and more;

- Derek Wall on anti-capitalism;

- Richard from the camp Media Team on all the actions of the day;

- Paul Morrozzo on t…

A short video showing some arrivals at camp and people setting up infrastructure

FIT's answer to lenses being blocked?

Meet 2:30pm at main gates of climate camp

Thursday started with an action outside the European Carbon Exchange in Bishopsgate (where the G20 camp was) - Activists set up a Carbon Casino inviting people to gamble on the future of the planet to highlight the issues around carbon trading [report+video][climate camp pics]

At the camp much of the day was spent finishing the set of up infrastructure around the site [photo report | 2 | 3]. …

It was a particularly early start for around 20 Climate Campers this morning. Bleary eyed but refreshed from our first night on Blackheath we dressed for our day. But whilst wellies and t-shirts might be the usual get-up for a campsite, today called for feather boas, glitzy dresses and tuxedos. We were off back to the European Climate Exchange on Bishopsgate and we were keen to show up this buildi…

It was decided not to allow them in the Camp so a meeting took place outside the entrance to the Camp instead. Wind noise drowned out a lot of the conversation unfortunately.

Blue Group swooped on the Climate Camp from Stockwell Station, where Jean Charles de Menezes was shot by police. Photographs are Copyright (C) 2009, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved. Licences to use them available at no cost to suitable unfunded non-profit groups.

A second quiet day at the Climate camp in London

The police sent two officers on camp to meet with the legal team.