Campaigners at the MBR Acres beagle breeding facility near Huntingdon, England, called for a public day of action on 22 July. And more than 200 animal rights protesters turned out to support the call. Energetic […]
Author: Glen Black
The campaign to shut down a ‘factory farm’ supplying dogs for animal testing is snowballing
About 200 people came together outside MBR Acres on 9 July to protest the company’s breeding of beagles. Marshall BioResources, which owns the MBR Acres facility in Huntingdon, breeds dogs for medical research. And protesters […]
Yiddish anarchist cafe ‘intimidated’ by police for its window display
Police in Glasgow are charging a cafe owner with breach of the peace. It comes after an attack on the building following an article in Scottish Sun. And the ‘anarchist cafe’ hasn’t even opened its […]
The Solstice gathering at Stonehenge wasn’t about ignoring Covid guidelines
A crowd gathered at Stonehenge on the morning of 21 June against the advice of site manager English Heritage. Many media outlets framed it as an ignorance of Covid-19 guidelines. But those on the ground […]
A brief history of international resistance to the G7
The G7 summit has attracted protests for decades. In 1991, for example, activist Bruno Manser used the event to highlight rainforest destruction in Sarawak, Borneo. But the rise of the anti-globalisation movement during the late […]
A woman is campaigning to kick hunts out of residential areas after hounds killed her cat
A Cornish hunt attacked and killed a domestic cat in March 2021. While police continue investigating the incident, owner Carly Jose is leading a campaign for legal change to stop such attacks from happening again. […]
Disruption of the McDonald’s supply chain shows animal rights direct action works
On 22 May, animal rights network Animal Rebellion went up against McDonald’s. Groups of activists shut down all four of the fast food chain’s UK distribution centres. And it was one of the most significant […]
An artist speaks about her new film on the crime bill’s trespass laws
The government’s new Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSCB) entered its latest stage on 18 May. Despite widespread opposition to the bill, including protests that have faced aggressive policing, the government is pushing onwards. […]
A UK store selling fur was shut down by just one person
Clothes store Flannels in Leicester was hit by an animal rights protest on 16 May 2021. The chain is no stranger to protests thanks to its ongoing sales of real fur. But this one was […]
A new campaign to stop the over-policing of mental health crises has launched
StopSIM Coalition is running a petition to “halt the development and rollout” of an NHS scheme that puts police at the heart of mental health-related decisions. The coalition says the scheme “has the effect of […]
A weekend of trespass kept resistance against the new crime bill alive
Following a national call-out to “go for a walk, a swim or a paddle in a local area” on 24 April, people across England engaged in acts of trespass. It was part of a wider […]
People are planning to commit ‘blatant anarchy’ in England’s countryside this weekend
Groups across the country are planning to trespass into England’s countryside as part of a new land justice movement. And the call-out is timed to coincide with the anniversary of one of the country’s most famous […]
Social media is now more important than ever to hold police accountable
On 9 April, UK police news website Police Oracle reported that a senior Metropolitan Police officer is calling for an end to “trial by social media”. To achieve this, he is calling for “government and […]
Current violence in Belfast is an example of the State dividing the working class, say anarchists
More than a week of conflict has occurred on the streets of Belfast. Headlines have described it as ‘loyalist violence’. But anarchists in the north of Ireland told Phoenix Media Co-op that the violence isn’t […]
London police drew batons to protect a McDonald’s lorry, #KillTheBill eyewitnesses claim
Protests against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSCB) took place across England and Wales on 3 April 2021. Most demonstrations passed by uneventfully. But as one participant told Phoenix Media Co-op, the Metropolitan […]