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. Around fifteen people dressed in pink overalls, holding placards saying “stop the raids” and “stop kidnapping our neighbours” are taking part. The action, designed to
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Lock-ons and crane occupations as hundreds confront gas power
More than 600 people attending Reclaim The Power’s summer festival of resistance just outside Harlow, along with many more around the country, have been taking action over the last few days to directly shut down polluting firms. The most notable action as of last night has been at Keadby 2 in Lincolnshire, which saw climate
Radical summer gatherings get underway
Kicking off with the Fast Forward Festival, people hoping to get involved with different politics, build up alternative ways of living and fight for the climate with direct action have a full two months of political festivals ahead. Fast Forward organised by Plan CJuly 19th-21stThornbridge Estate, DerbyshireDetails With just a couple of days to go
Reclaim the Power announce action camp for climate & migrant justice
This July, Reclaim the Power plans to set up the Power Beyond Borders camp to take direct action against the gas infrastructure fuelling the climate crisis and the UK’s ‘hostile environment” policy targeting migrants. The camp is scheduled to take place between 26th and 31st July, and its location will be announced shortly. Reclaim the
Anti-fracking next up in new wave of climate action
Following on from today’s school walkouts, next weekend will see the start of this year’s spring offensive against the unpopular gas extraction method, with Bristol being the latest to confirm an action. The Youth Strike 4 Climate movement walkouts, part of a global series of youth strikes, have drawn tens of thousands of young people
Climate protectors gather as frack runs into trouble
Green and anti-fracking groups are getting themselves in gear for a renewed Spring of activity over the next few weeks, with Reclaim the Power mobilising for its next round of anti-frack action and anarcho-greens Earth First! organising their Winter Moot. Reclaim The Power is optimistic for the year, as leading frack firms Cuadrilla and Igas
Reclaim the Power stand with the Stansted 15
Fifteen people are currently standing trial for stopping a deportation flight from London Stansted Airport to Nigeria in March 2017. The group from End Deportations, Plane Stupid and Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants surrounded the plane and prevented it from taking off. As a result 11 people remain the UK whilst their cases for
Reclaim the Power calls for national emergency meeting
As the government gives a green light to the first frack in the UK in seven years, an anti-fracking network Reclaim the Power calls for the national emergency meeting to discuss the next steps of resistance to fracking in Lancashire, and how we can all continue to support the locals in protecting their community. Latest
Block Around The Clock opens anti-fracking festivities
The first day of a major protector action against gas fracking near Blackpool kicked off yesterday with ska-robics, speeches and activities from a wide range of green campaigning groups. The celebration/blockade, rounding off of a three-month campaign schedule under the banner United Resistance, kept up a high-energy approach through sweltering 30 degree temperatures as hundreds of
Block Around the Clock: days of direct action against the fracking industry
Three major developments in the fight against fracking happened recently. First of all, oil and gas exploration and production company Cuadrilla have applied for final consent to frack at Preston New Road site. Secondly, the Conservative government are proposing to take planning consent out of local council’s hands so that shale gas exploration will be