Just Stop Oil bridge-climbers found guilty Basildon Crown Court found Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker guilty of causing a public nuisance on 4 April. The pair had brought the Dartford Crossing to a standstill between […]
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Action Against Landlords and Planet Killers (Direct Action News, 27 March to 2 April 2023)
Acorn Bristol defeat one letting agent’s disgusting ‘rental bidding’ practice Acorn Bristol reported success on 27 March in stopping a local estate agent from using rental bidding. This disgusting practice sees letting agents asking applicants […]
TimeToRise #1
TimeToRise is Phoenix Media Co-op’s regular newsletter about what’s new in the struggle for a better world, from the UK and beyond. Climate Crisis The first edition of TimeToRise comes in the same week as […]
Direct action seeks to ‘break the murderous supply chain’ of Israeli arms company Elbit
On 9 June, direct-action network Palestine Action targeted LaSalle Investment Management’s headquarters. This organisation is the landlord of Elbit Systems’ London HQ. Elbit is Israel’s biggest private arms company. Campaigners have previously called on LaSalle to […]
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 […]
Palestine Action shutdown of Israel-linked arms factory moves into its third day
Protesters have now managed to shut down an arms factory with links to the Israeli apartheid state for three days running. On 19 May, direct-action network Palestine Action occupied an arms factory in Leicester for the […]