Two massive victories for the student divestment movement
Image credit: Creative Commons - Kate Ausburn In the past 48 hours, the student divestment movement took another leap forward. Two more institutions joined the more than 1,000 worldwide that…
Building hegemony for climate justice – tales from Sheffield
Image via Chris Saltmarsh Climate change is happening now. It requires urgent action. Increasingly, it is apparent that only socialists have the ideas and the organisation to lead us out…
The fossil fuel industry is terrified of students
Cambridge Zero Carbon The Guardian's report that fossil fuel companies BP and BHP interfered with the University of Cambridge's decision to reject divestment in June 2018 underlines two things we…
Even with Stormont in crisis, we can still fight climate change
Photo credit: Fossil Free Northern Ireland Northern Ireland’s climate activists have suffered a lost decade. After the passing of the UK Climate Change Act in 2008, the other devolved…
Outing the UK Government: Corporate financing at #COP23
Government hypocrisy and corporate interest are very well acquainted, and they were last spotted at COP23 (the annual climate conference to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) nuzzling…
Queen’s University Belfast set to divest from fossil fuels
Photo credit: flickr user Gerry Machen Creative Commons license: Queen's University Belfast last week announced their intent to end all investments in fossil fuels by 2025. The announcement on…
Queen’s University Belfast students occupy for fossil fuel divestment
Queen’s University student activist group Fossil Free QUB are currently occupying the finance office at Queens University Belfast, stating that they will not leave until the university publicly commit to…
How we’re winning: Divesting from climate chaos at Queens University
As a Bruce Springsteen fanatic, I often find myself turning to the philosophical depths of his lyricism when my own words fail me. You can, therefore, understand why I find…
Divestment, occupation and an unapologetically radical student movement
Photo: Yali Rosa I’m an elected Sabbatical Officer at UEA and I recently participated in an occupation on my campus which was the culmination of a two year campaign calling…
Partial progress as Edinburgh divests from coal and tar sands
Edinburgh students occupied the finance department for 10 days in May. Photo: Ric Lander Nearly a month ago, on Wednesday 27 May, Edinburgh University released a statement signalling its…