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Immigration Enforcement vans stopped in Portishead
October 24th: Activists from the environmental and social justice group Reclaim the Power are occupying the roofs of Immigration Enforcement vehicles and stopping them from leaving the Home Office building in Portishead.![](https://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/btf1.jpg)
Activists face trial following two-day action at Kent-based arms factory
October 22nd: Seven anti-militarist activists are due to attend Folkestone Magistrates Court tomorrow to enter their pleas in an aggravated trespass case relating to an action at Elbit-Instro arms factory.
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On Class and Climate Struggle: Decolonising XR
October 19th: In the last week, two widely-shared images have summed up deep-rooted problems at the heart of the Extinction Rebellion movement.
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EGX: Major gaming event features army recruitment stall
October 19th: Over this weekend, gamers from across the country are flooding into London to attend EGX 2019: the UK’s largest games industry event.
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Sodexo offices occupied following infant death in HMP Bronzefield
October 18th: This morning members of Community Action on Prison Expansion occupied the London office of Sodexo, the company which runs HMP Bronzefield, where a new-born baby tragically died after their mother was left to give birth alone in her cell on 27th September.
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Report back on the protest against Yorkshire Patriots march in Dewsbury
October 15th: Last Saturday, the Kirklees Anti-Fascist Assembly organised a successful protest in response to the Yorkshire Patriots march in Dewsbury.
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BREAKING: Protesters against Turkish invasion blockade arms companies in Filton
October 10th: Activists have staged a lock-on outside BAE Filton (South Gloucestershire) this morning.
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Chester Shows Solidarity for the Homeless in Hamilton House
October 8th: UPDATE 9th October Before the court hearing even finished, the folk occupying Hamilton House got bailiffs and cops outside.
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Dewsbury: Kirklees Anti-Fascist Assembly calls for demo to oppose Yorkshire Patriots march
October 7th: The Kirklees Anti-Fascist Assembly has called for a demo to oppose the upcoming Yorkshire Patriots march, taking place next Saturday 12th October.
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A PSA to XR activists: If you want to keep protesting the climate crisis, you need to smarten the fuck up
October 6th: In case you missed it: on Saturday, the Met’s Territorial Support Group (aka the riot squad) raided an XR warehouse in South London, confiscating a load of ‘infrastructure’ destined for the streets of London and arresting at least 8 people for conspiracy to commit public nuisance (the same charge for which Roger Hallam is currently