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#OccupyOil the Sequel

May 22, 2012 16:00

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#OccupyOil the Sequel: The road to SHELL is paved with bad intentions....... BLOODY MONEY, Tar Sands, Rossport, Niger Delta

 

Save Leyton Marsh - update

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The Occupy movement have joined Hackney and Waltham Forest residents in their struggle against the Olympic land grab.

Since planning permission was granted in January by Waltham Forest council for a large indoor basket ball arena for Olympic and paralympic athletes to practice on, local residents and marsh users have been organising and campaigning to save Leyton Marsh.

Leyton Marsh is metropoli…

Protest against Biomass Industry Conference

April 11, 2012 17:30

Outside Marriott Hotel, 147 Cromwell Road, Kensington, London SW5 OTH (between Earls Court and Gloucester Road tube stations)

Haiti Re-Visited Photography Exhibition

April 05, 2012 18:30

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The Autonomy Club at Freedom Bookshop

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anti-fracking protest at gas conference

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a small group of protestors gathered outside the marriott hotel in swiss cottage this evening where the 'unconventional shale gas conference' is taking place today and tomorrow. the protest was called by 'frack off (london)' and 'london rising tide' and had an irish theme complete with leprechaun costume in recognition of st patrick's day, and in solidarity with activists facing the arrival of …

Save Leyton Marsh - Community Picnic

March 17, 2012 11:00

Leyton Marsh, behind the ice rink on Lea Bridge Road

Save Leyton Marsh - update

Work has begun on Leyton Marsh. Basket ball courts for olympic and paraolympic players to practise on, are being built. Leyton Marsh is a well-used and well-loved bit of municipal open land.

Local residents have formed a group, Save Leyton Marsh, have been meeting weekly, are having weekly saturdays demos. the next demo will be this saturday from 11 at the marsh and will take the form of a commun…

BETTER THIS WORLD+debate on counter-terrorism

March 15, 2012 20:30

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Tricycle Cinema, 269 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 7JR 

Teach-in on Rio+20 Earth Summit

March 24, 2012 11:00

https://network23.org/invite

Saturday March 24th, 11am to 5pm

http://feministlibrary.co.uk/visit-us

London Feminist Library

5 Westminster Bridge Rd

London SE1 7XW

 

www.dissidentisland.org: Dissident Island - Episode 99 ready for download

On this show before the party Dissident Island came at you from

every angle, wild and whacky, energetic and up-for-it - featuring a plethora of

politics to make you ponder and tunes that'll have you pumpin' up the volume to

eleven and a half. Look forward to hearing...



- the latest news from the ZAD, an autonomous zone airport expansion protest

and experiment in sustainable living located in France

- fo…

the show before the party - D*I - episode 99

March 02, 2012 21:00

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pumpin out your stereo

Solidarity to the No-TAV Struggle in Susa Valley

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Police repression is business as usual in Europe

Struggles in Italy: #NoTav movement: a valley of resistance

People fight for their right to live and decide on their lives, not just in Maghreb but also inside of Fortress Europe.

Solidarity to people's movements around the world!

Anti Shell Oil Flash Mob

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Anti Shell, Greenwash Flash MOB Anti Shell/Greenwash action tomorrow evening 1st March 5pm

BP’s Olympic branding defaced throughout London

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Today hundreds of BP signs across London were targeted by activists protesting against the company’s role as ‘Sustainability Partner’ of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Around the capital, protesters hit petrol stations, advertising hoardings, and BP-sponsored cultural institutions[1], disfiguring hundreds of the famous BP ‘sunflower’ logo. Advertisements with the company’s Olympic strapline ‘…

'Transforming the Heygate' Exhibition

February 25, 2012 11:00

Saturday 25th February 11am - 6pm

In the Heygate Estate's community garden Area

Heygate Street

Elephant and Castle

EDF Energy attempts to shut down peaceful protest

The Stop New Nuclear alliance [1] has reacted with outrage at EDF Energy’s attempts to restrict peaceful protest against a proposed new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset.

The French firm is seeking an injunction which would limit current and future protests at the controversial site, which has faced fierce local and national opposition. The move comes ahead of major demonstr…

Covered in Oil at Waitrose in Protest over Shell

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A member of eco-activist group Climate Rush has had oil poured over her today at London's largest branch of Waitrose to protest against a new partnership between Waitrose and Shell that has seen two Waitrose stores open on Shell forecourts as well as joint marketing campaigns. Campaigner Anne Schulthess wore an intricate shell-themed white dress as the oil-like concoction was poured over her…

Workshop on Solar Vagabonds at London Hackspace

February 17, 2012 18:30

London hackspace

Activists needed to defend squatted farmhouse

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Urgent call-out for support to stop EDF Energy trashing 400 acres of fragile Somerset coastline for new nuclear power station

Demo to save essential crossing in Shoreditch

February 15, 2012 16:30

junction of Curtain Road and Rivington Street, EC2A

 

#OccupyOil Climate Rush activists target Shell HQ

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Eco-activist group, Climate Rush, has covered the pavement outside Shell’s UK headquarters with anti-oil slogans. Written in molasses, the stencils read: ‘£18bn profits last year, £0 spent on renewables. You can be sure of hell.’

 

Zero Carbon Britain Day 2012

July 21, 2012 08:00

All around the country

#occupyoil upper st shell garage closed tonight

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in the third london action today, the upper street shell garage in islington was closed by activists for over an hour. while a samba band played, loads of leaflets were handed out. many passing motorists hooted support and cyclists often cheered.

#occupyoil noon protest at nigerian commission

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as part of today's #occupyoil actions, a small group of protestors braved the freezing temperatures and held up #occupyoil logos outside the nigerian high commission in northumberland avenue. they leafletted passers-by and protested for about an hour.

#occupyoil pimlico shell garage morning closure

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activists closed down the very busy belgravia shell petrol station in pimlico this morning as the first sortie in a day of actions under the umbrella of #occupyoil, and mainly targetting the oil giant 'shell'.

there will be a publicly announced noise demo for an hour at noon today outside the nigerian house on northumberland avenue (off trafalgar square), with other shell actions planned througho…

Tree protest begins at nuclear power station

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Activists are calling for help to defend trees being trashed for EDF Energy's new nuclear power station in Somerset.

London Fuel Poverty Action Warm-Ups Weekend

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Friday 27th – Monday 30th January saw hundreds of people in London and cities across the country come out of their cold homes to Warm-up together at the buildings and offices that house those responsible for fuel poverty. People warmed-up at the offices of the energy companies raking in record profits from the thousands of people in the UK that die from fuel poverty, and the hundreds of thousa…

Fuel protesters storm British Gas headquarters

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A grioup of activists have barricaded themselves into meeting rooms on two floors of British Gas offices in Staines, Middlesex, as part of the "Winter Warm-Up" weekend called by the campaign group Fuel Poverty Action. British Gas is being targeted as one of the Big Six energy companies making profits out of rising energy bills. It is planned to stream the occupation live on the internet, with…

2012 Dirty Coal Infotour

February 21, 2012 18:00

Location to be confirmed soon.