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, […]
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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 […]
TimeToRise #4
As certain news items dominate mainstream headlines, other struggles continue with less attention. NATO’s second-largest army, for example, has managed to avoid widespread coverage of its ongoing attacks against one of the most effective groups […]
TimeToRise #3
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. This week, Afghanistan continued to dominate headlines as Daesh affiliates killed dozens of civilians at Kabul airport. […]
TimeToRise #2
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. Afghanistan This week, the chauvinist Taliban retaking control of Afghanistan is the main story. As Phoenix […]
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 […]
‘Good stories don’t come from the top down,’ says worker-led media project in the US
The Appeal was a media organisation covering mass incarceration, policing, housing and homelessness in the US. But after its owners shut it down at the end of June, its workers began a campaign to restart it […]