My journey from direct action to Green Party leadership candidate
When I left university in 2007, no-one was talking about the climate and ecological emergency. The Labour government were proposing a third runway at Heathrow Airport and there was very…
The green movement should support the HS2 protestors
Three weeks after contractors discovered a network of tunnels beneath the HS2 works in Euston, the evictions of the remaining protestors have begun. HS2 and high-speed rail in general have…
Twitter suspends UK environmental justice group with no explanation
Reclaim the Power activists protesting at a mine. Image credit via Break Free From Fossil Fuels, Creative Commons. Reclaim the Power, a UK based environmental group, has found itself unceremoniously…
‘Social housing, not social cleansing’ – the case of the Focus E15 Mums
This article was reposted with permission from the Green European Journal, where it first appeared on 22 May 2015. The UK faces a housing crisis. It is this crisis, and…
What could NUS do to back student direct action?
Aaron Porter visited the UCL occupation this morning to finally pledge his support, and that of NUS, to the occupations across the country, and to Tuesday's day of action. So,…