12% of the world owns 84% of its wealth.* The rest of us suffer the devastating effects of the poverty, conflict, and environmental destruction that helped create that wealth. We can’t go on like this. […]
What’s happening: Real Media/Phoenix collaboration #3
Real Media and Phoenix Media Co-op have teamed up to release a regular newsletter. True to our collective aims, we seek to provide bold, accurate, accessible journalism which is unashamedly internationalist and subversive. A key […]
What’s happening: Real Media/Phoenix collaboration #2
Real Media and Phoenix Media Co-op have teamed up to release a regular newsletter. This aims to highlight and amplify the efforts of people struggling for a better world, in the UK and beyond. Afghanistan: […]
Real Media/Phoenix Media Co-op collaboration #1
Real Media and Phoenix Media Co-op are teaming up to release a regular newsletter. This will highlight and amplify the efforts of people struggling for a better world, in the UK and beyond. Solidarity with […]
TimeToRise #7
Grassroots action for change in the UK is inspiringly vibrant right now. And that’s the focus of this week’s TimeToRise. The power of organisation The Insulate Britain campaign group has taken the UK by storm. […]
TimeToRise #6
The Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in London attracted significant resistance this year. And this is again the focus of our weekly newsletter. Resisting the business of death and destruction Those opposing […]
DSEI Protest Days 9, 10 and 11: Resistance inside and outside the fair
Action continued against the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair on Tuesday 14 September, with another big day of action. As delegates began to arrive, they were greeted by protests by Palestinians, Yemenis, […]
DSEI arms fair protesters unfurl two giant banners to disrupt boat display
Stop the Arms Fair (STAF) protesters have dropped two giant banners on a disused building opposite the ExCeL Centre, London. This is in solidarity with Palestine and to oppose all those who profit from death […]
DSEI Protest Days 7 and 8: Resistance against DSEI takes to the streets of Newham, while campaigners scale the fence of ExCeL
Resistance continued against the DSEI arms fair on 12 and 13 September, the 7th and 8th days of protest against the event. On Sunday, a march took place through Newham, calling for an end to […]
TimeToRise #5
The Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair is at the ExCeL Centre in London again this year. And so are opponents of the arms trade. Their struggle is the focus of this week’s […]
DSEI Protest Day 6: Festival of resistance
The sixth day of the Stop the Arms Fair resistance resumed yesterday with a full day of protests and performances by Inter Terrestrials, Boom Boom Racoon, Backyard Bully, Fedzilla, Thunder Tunnel & the Dangle Berry […]
DSEI Protest Day 5: Climate action and police aggression
The fifth day of Stop the Arms Fair coalition’s protests against the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) yesterday was focused around climate action and Greta Thunberg’s Fridays For Future campaign. The crux of the […]
DSEI protest Day 4: Police crackdown intensifies at borders, migration and anti-racism day
The campaign against the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) intensified yesterday, with the police using excessive and violent methods to clamp down on peaceful protesters and infiltrating their campsites. The full day of action […]
DSEI protest Day 3: Military vehicles occupied
Resistance against the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair gathered momentum today, as people tried to block military equipment from being taken into the arms fair. The theme of the day was demilitarising […]
DSEI protest Day 2: Solidarity with Afghanistan
Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) protests continued yesterday with a full day of action at the ExCeL Centre in London in a show of solidarity with Afghanistan. Phoenix Media Co-operative joined activists on the […]
DSEI protest Day 1: #StopArmingIsrael day of action
Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) protests kicked off yesterday with a day of action against the arming of Israel at the ExCeL Centre in London. Phoenix Media Co-operative joined activists on the ground for […]