Freedom News

Threat of strike action secures pay rise for cleaners at Mercedes Benz

May 26th: Low-paid, outsourced, migrant workers at Mercedes Showroom in Colindale, London, have won a 25% pay increase after returning a strike mandate

Two imprisoned for dismantling Runcorn weapons factory

May 25th: Two people who took direct action to dismantle and occupy a weapons company, were sentenced to prison on Tuesday 16th May, after pleading guilty to charges of criminal damage.

A chair with a sign reading DON'T TALK TO THE POLICE is the the foreground with people in the background

Siege day 21: Palestine Action target firms linked to weapons factory

May 23rd: On the 21st day of the siege against Elbit's Leicester factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), Palestine Action targeted two companies linked to the Israeli weapons company.

People stand with with fists in the air behind a banner that reads UNITED VOICES OF THE WORLD

Amazon cleaners to lead coordinated strike action

May 23rd: “We are all frustrated and we are overworked, our demands are just and fair.

Moscow, Matrosskaya Tishina prison

Russian military enlistment office arsonist gets 13 years

May 22nd: Kirill Butylin carried out the first known arson attack on a military enlistment office following the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Local demo planned against prison ship

May 20th: On Sunday 21st May, at 3pm, over 20 groups will unite for a mass protest in Falmouth against the Bibby Stockholm.

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Boaters bash back

May 19th: Hundreds of people turned out to attend the Boaters Spring Fayre in a show of support and solidarity against the Canal and River Trust’s attacks on the itinerant boater community.

People stand in front of a building with placards that read 'Affordable Homes' and 'scum landlord'

End to ‘no-fault’ evictions won’t bring security

May 17th: Recent data from Shelter also reveals that tenants who report disrepair are twice as likely to be evicted in retaliation.

Palestine Action retaliate on Nakba Day

May 15th: Palestine Action spray the Foreign Office red on Nakba Day

Palestine Action smash into logistics giant and arms traffickers

May 13th: The activists smashed their way into the building, and covered the premises in spray paint, while taking apart office equipment including phones and computers.