1 February – Multiple unions hold co-ordinated nationwide strikes Scotland tightens laws on hunting with hounds UK strike at Amazon Dartmoor National Park Authority to challenge High Court decision on wild camping Protests across the […]
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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 […]
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 […]
‘El estallido social’ – 18 months of Chile’s social insurrection in words and pictures
The people of Chile have been rising up in protest at their country’s inequality and right-wing leadership for 18 months. Phoenix Media Co-op is proud to feature a selection of images by photographer Daniel Espinoza […]
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 […]
Protests sparked after police neck-kneeling kills refugee in Mexico
Trigger Warning: this article discusses police brutality and gender-based violence. Neck-kneeling is a dangerous and controversial technique that police officers use around the world. In May 2020, George Floyd died in the US after […]