Freedom News

London Wet’suwet’en solidarity protest condemns colonial violence

March 3rd: An energetic crowd of more than one hundred gathered in front of the High Commission of Canada in London to oppose the ongoing genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada, and specifically the recent violent police attack on Wet’suwet’en land-defenders in British Columbia.

London: Paddington Green police station squat evicted

February 28th: The Paddington Green police station squat was evicted.

London demo callout: solidarity with jailed Russian anti-fascists

February 24th: A new group intending to provide solidarity with persecuted Russian antifascists and anarchists was formed in London last week.

Communique from the EastEndQueerPunx

February 21st: On Tuesday 11th February, 4 anarchists and a dog from the militant trans collective EastEndQueerPunx staged a symbolic eviction resistance in solidarity with sex workers everywhere.

Indigenous sovereignty supporters stage sit-in at KKR & Co. in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation

February 20th: Early this morning, dozens of indigenous sovereignity supporters occupied the London offices of investment firm KKR, in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation who are facing violent, militarized attacks at the hands of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Coastal GasLink (CGL), and the Canadian state.

London: father accused of terrorism for sending money to his son fighting Daesh to appear in court

February 13th: The father of Briton who went to north-eastern Syria to fight Daesh alongside the YPG is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, Friday 14th February, charged under the Terrorist Act 2000 AKA sending £150 to his son in Syria.

Loughborough University reported for ‘systematic crackdown on peaceful protest’

February 10th: “The senior management are determined to ensure the campus doesn’t become a political space”.

London: activists occupy Paddington Green police station

February 9th: On the night of February 7th a group of activists from the Green Anti-Capitalist Front (GAF), alongside squatters and other activists, occupied the abandoned high security police station at Paddington Green in London.

Protests as Saudi arms ship docks in Essex

February 5th: Activists from Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) staged a banner drop today to protest the arrival of the Saudi Arabian arms ship the Bahri Yanbu at Tilbury docks in Essex.

Language teachers win redundancy fight after two-month campaign

February 4th: After the Delfin English School in London sacked all of its staff just before Christmas, subsequently declaring itself bankrupt, Tefl teachers with the syndicalist IWW union organised a picketing and social media campaign which has now won its fight for proper redundancy terms.