We must prepare for an extreme right surge after the polls, no matter how few MPs the Tories and Reform end up with
A transformative election—but in which direction?
Tag: UK
Five horrors from the Tory and Labour manifestos
At times it looks like they are trying to outdo each other in being nasty Facing a crash at the polls on July 4, for a while now the Tories have been trying to look as tough as they can on a range of socially conservative issues, in the hope of overturning their polling fortunes.
Freedom pre-election panel: Live on YouTube, 13th June, 7pm
Join us for a discussion of the snap spectacle, and the threats contained in both main party manifestos
UK local elections: Time to take Starmerism seriously
Results point towards a massive Labour victory, but describing Starmer’s position as Blairite is too simplistic
Palestine Action scale trees & occupy the ground beneath to uproot Israel’s arms factory in Shenstone
Yesterday morning, Palestine Actionists set up a ground camp and scaled the adjacent trees, erecting unreachable hammocks overlooking UAV Engines Ltd — the Israeli drones factory that has rightly been a prime target for extensive action as part of the #ShutElbitDown campaign. Activists have confirmed they plan to hold their positions, and will not leave
Palestine Action forces Elbit landlord to abandon Birmingham offices
Inside sources, as well as activists monitoring the site, have confirmed to Palestine Action that real estate giant Fisher German, an accomplice in Elbit war crimes, have been forced to abandon their Harborne office ‘Vine Property Management‘.
Immigration raids blocked in Leeds and Manchester
In the year and a bit since the iconic resistance that stopped an immigration raid in Glasgow’s Kenmure Street, mass resistance to raids seems to have spread, with Edinburgh, Dalston and Peckham being three recent examples.
UK: Coordinated wildcat action hits oil refineries and power stations
As anger at the cost of living crisis heats up, strike action, including unofficial wildcat walkouts, is becoming an increasingly popular response.
This Is Not A Drill: activists target fossil fuels research facilities in Cambridge
Activists operating under the banner of “This Is Not A Drill” have begun a direct action campaign against Cambridge-based research facilities with lucrative connections to the fossil fuel industry.
Sex workers union launches appeal to fund legal fight against strip club bans
United Sex Workers (USW) is trying to raise £20,000 to fund a judicial review of Edinburgh City Council’s strip club ban.
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Nantes: 4,000 on the streets for Bloquons Tout
French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.
Facing down the flagshaggers
To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
London arms fair disruption: A stark contrast to mass arrests for Palestine
Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, at around 7.30 in the morning, an advance bloc of about 150 protesters, their faces covered, suddenly appeared by London City Hall in east London, near to where Britain’s largest arms fair,
Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
