The hybrid organising model is formed from the DNA of its two parents – the structure and momentum traditions – which will ensure the success of its offspring.
… The DNA of successful campaigns Brendan Montague | 19th April 2024 | … a variety of environmental and social justice campaigns in the UK. The same model is … with the DNA are invited to design their own campaigns, or join ‘rival’ organisations …
The Big Gene Gathering took place Herefordshire during 1997 and the following December the UK's anti-GMO movement was born. DR DAVID KING has been an activist in the movement since the beginning. Here, he explores the reasons for the campaign's success - and assesses the threats ahead
… were effectively demonised. Similar campaigns in other European countries …
An overwhelmingly male cast involved in whipping up support for the Leave includes ministers, political activists, businessmen and strategists.
Brexit: The uncivil war Chloe Farand Mat Hope | 11th January 2019 Comment Brexit Brexit: The Uncivil War James Graham Vote Leave Dominic Cummings Matthew Elliott Boris Johnson Michael Gove Nigel …
A mass movement for climate action can be deployed though a cycle of momentum, organisational theorists explain.
… in his online series on building effective campaigns. The hybrid model of social … that out of “300 nonviolent and violent campaigns worldwide from 1900 to 2006, none of … people do not realise that we are running campaigns and we are picking demands because …
Active travel activists should take the lead of climate activists and adopt direct action tactics to win their demands.
… combining efforts from walking and cycling campaigns into umbrella campaigns like Better Streets, so you would expect solidarity from cycling campaigns for the immediate provision of …
Workers and environmentalists are joining forces to fight climate change.
… (BFAWU) are extremely active in anti-fracking campaigns. Social protections At the TUC … added a new and important dimension to these campaigns. And these demands are gaining …
a group of six women campaigners defending their right to protest against a fossil fuel company which sought a wide-ranging injunction to restrict direct action at drilling sites. CHLOE FARAND reports
People have been frightened into silence’ — campaigners warn of threat to rights from oil drilling injunction Chloe Farand | 4th September 2018 Comment UK Oil And Gas …
Greenpeace is being attacked for 'crimes against humanity' by 100 Nobel laureates for blocking GMO 'golden' rice, reports Claire Robinson. But the low-yielding crop is years away from going on sale, and there is no proof of any nutritional benefit to the malnourished children it's meant to benefit. Could the distinguished prize-winners have fallen for slick pro-GMO PR and spin?
Pro-GMO campaign exploits Nobel laureates in 'Golden Rice' Greenpeace attack Claire Robinson | 4th July 2016 Comment GMOs Campaigning Science Health Food golden_rice-cut.jpg Greenpeace is being …
The UK Youth Climate Coalition has stepped up its campaign to engage with the government on fracking.
Youth activists ramp up fracking campaign Katie Hodgetts | 30th November 2018 Comment Fracking doyouevencareclaire.jpg The UK Youth Climate Coalition has stepped up its campaign to engage with the …
Banks like Barclays won't drop their investments in fracking and other fossil fuels if we ask nicely.
… to follow suit. Institutional boycott campaigns sit alongside creative actions at … of successful university divestment campaigns, Divest Barclays’ next step can be … Saltmarsh is co-director: climate change campaigns at People & Planet where he manages …
The long summer drought in the UK gives as a glimpse of what climate change could deliver. Yet the country seems utterly distracted by Brexit. And people have little faith in the UK government or the European Union to deliver on the Paris Accord. Perhaps it's time we took matters into our own hands, argues TIM ROOT
… pace that is necessary.” There are vigorous campaigns against new fossil fuel … despite any apparent victories on our modest campaigns, feedbacks due to temperature rise … of the Earth Director Craig Bennett said, our campaigns must “really scale up the ambition …
Tatyana Novikova has been fighting an unsafe nuclear power plant right on the country's border with Lithuania. She spoke to Chris Garrard about her campaign, the official persecution of anti-nuclear activists, and her invocation of the Aarhus Convention to the anti-nuclear cause.
Belarus - fighting nuclear power in the shadow of Chernobyl Chris Garrard | 28th July 2014 Comment Nuclear Power Belarus Russia EU Human Rights Lithuania tatiana-aarhus-cut.jpg Tatyana Novikova has …
Vocal school food campaigner Jackie Schneider on parent power, the importance of cooking from scratch and why free school meals would be the most cost-effective solution
… day a week. You can follow her school food campaigns on her blog . Laura Sevier is the …
In a radical departure from it's 'pro free speech' rhetoric, Australia's 'Liberal' government wants to ban environmental boycotts. But as Bill Laurance writes, eco-boycotts are not only an effective tool for reining in corporate excesses - they are also a key democratic right.
… its old-growth wood products . Environmental campaigns such as this one have become an … people trying to make a living off the land. Campaigns and boycotts get the attention of … said the move would be aimed at "dishonest campaigns" , singling out the campaign …
The rise of corporate eco-activism makes a refreshing change from the usual 'campaigners versus corporation' dynamic, write Steffen Böhm & Annika Skoglund. And for companies that embark on this path - like Lush, Ecotricity and Interface - it can work out well for them and the environment. But heed the disastrous consequences for those, like BP, who said one thing, and did another.
… company's core culture. Lush's head of global campaigns, Tamsin Omond, coordinates Lush's … competitive advantage. So, when Ecotricity campaigns against fracking , then it also campaigns against its competitor, British Gas, …
The hybrid model of mass organising is based on both the structure and momentum traditions. So what is the history of successful protest, and how can it inform our work today?
… experience from the history of previous mass campaigns in the United States and from around … a variety of environmental and social justice campaigns in the UK. The same model is … a model that can do many cycles of momentum campaigns. This is outlined in my first …
American agrochemical giant Monsanto paid a public-affairs consultancy up to €200,000 to set up a ‘grassroots farmers’ operation across Europe.
… these secrets are exposed.” Red Flag ran the campaigns with assistance from Lincoln … A Lincoln spokesperson said all of the firm’s campaigns – including its work in support of …
When a Victorian tea party took over Heathrow's Terminal 1 earlier this year, it was a clear sign that environmental campaigning had taken a large step away from time-worn methods of protesting.
… direct action is the frontline of many big campaigns. Marina Pepper of Climate Rush, …
It is 30 years since global warming became front-page news. Both Republicans and Democrats took it seriously. But today, the US has pulled out of the Paris Agreement. Extreme weather fuelled by an increase in CO2 has left a trail of destruction across the globe. ROBERT BRULLE examines what went wrong
… interests behind scientific misinformation campaigns that continue to delay our efforts …
Ellie Harrison explains how her concerns about climate change led to her founding two dynamic campaigns to make Britain's vital national infrastructure publicly owned and accountable once more.
… change led to her founding two dynamic campaigns to make Britain's vital national …
Friends of the Earth opposes new nuclear power stations in the UK. And that's great, writes Jonathon Porritt, except for their complete failure to campaign about it - even though the government's nuclear obsession is a huge obstruction to the renewable energy future FoE says it wants. Please can we have some action now?
… letter-writing, and support for a few sign-up campaigns. It's left all the rest of it to …
2017 began with bang for Friends of the Earth, writes Tony Juniper, with a hostile media blitz orchestrated by the fracking industry and abetted by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). But the storm, over alleged errors in an FoE leaflet about the hazards of fracking, reveals nothing so clearly as the disgraceful conflict of interest at the top of the ASA itself.
… the ASA itself. Having run many environmental campaigns over many years I know very well the …
LOUISA ADJOA PARKER reports on the decolonisation movement and its significance to those who feel their history is underrepresented
… sites named after slave traders, to student campaigns to decolonise universities, the … mainstream media attention has been given to campaigns at universities – most recently in … "Rhodes Must Fall" Other university campaigns include the Rhodes Must Fall …
Sheffield Town Hall has provided the impetus for a new, inspiring activist campaign. It echoes past successes including the Kinder Trespass movement and even the Suffrage Society. But with the groundswell to stop the cutting down of city trees, the Labour council has found itself on the wrong side of history, writes NATALIE BENNETT
Sheffield tree protectors have changed the nation’s view of street trees Natalie Bennett | 10th July 2018 Comment Sheffield Tree Protectors 3105004_sheffield-streets-ahead-cropped.jpg Sheffield Town …