Communities on Jeju, South Korea's 'island of peace', are resisting a second airport that's threatening the island's farming, nature, culture and way of life, writes Rose Bridger. Linked mega-projects include an 'Air City' of shopping malls, hotels and offices, plus high-speed transport corridors, luxury resorts, casinos, theme parks and golf courses - all catering to wealthy outsiders.
Jeju Islanders resist airport megaproject Rose Bridger | 10th June 2016 News Korea Transport Tourism Aviation Protest The Land Politics youâre trashing our hometown and …
At the heart of Poland's capital, Warsaw, farmers have founded a flourishing encampment known as the 'Green City', writes Julian Rose. It's a focus of protest against the sell-off of their land to agribusiness, the arrival of GMO crops, and the imposition of a failed 'Western' model of farming that's creating huge corporate profits while debasing food and bankrupting small farmers.
Occupy agriculture! Polish farmers sit in for land and freedom Julian Rose | 19th March 2015 News Poland Farming Food Corporations Politics Protest GMOs Land Grabs occupy-farming-adam_payne-cut.jpg …
Monsanto has a simple purpose, writes Pete Dolack: to control the world's food supply, monopolizing seeds and agrochemicals to extract profit from every bite of food we eat. Caring nothing for the disease, poverty and destruction that it causes, it has suborned politicians, governments and regulators to its will. But millions are determined to stop it.
… hundreds of thousands into the streets of cities around the world on May 23, the third … over the world's food. More than 200 US cities, 47 Canadian cities, 22 French cities and 13 Argentine …
A global, independent youth movement is gaining momentum - with a UK strike planned for February.
… strikes have spread to at least 270 towns and cities in countries across the world, … with another 5000 coming out in other Belgian cities. The following day, there were climate … students from schools and colleges in 15 cities took part, and in Germany, where …
Campaigners up and down the country are trying to stop public access land from going under the hammer as UK councils seek ways to plug the Government funding gap. JAN GOODEY reports
Environmental vandalism? Campaigners regroup to stop the Great Downland Sell-Off Jan Goodey | 15th March 2017 Activism Campaigning Protest Conservation SSSI downs 6.jpg Campaigners up and down the …
Protests of unprecedented scale have been taking place in China against rapid and deadly environmental destruction. A new youth movement is taking to the streets and demanding change. Sam Geall reports
Chinese environmental protesters take to the streets Sam Geall | 7th June 2007 News China Pollution Protests China Industrial Campaigns Protest Fresh Water Climate Change Politics And Economics …
A closer look at the tactics and philosophy behind a global network of vegan activists.
… of vegan activism broke out across global cities from Mauritius to Hyderabad, from Osaka … boasts: “Over 8,493 demonstrations in 806 cities worldwide, we've convinced at least … has since helped establish demos in other UK cities. He assures me that it isn’t time …
This year's Climate Camp protest in London has started on Blackheath
Climate Camp protest starts on Blackheath The Ecologist | 26th August 2009 News Climate Camp Climate Change Protest climatecamplondon.jpg This year's Climate Camp protest in London has started on …
Last week's 'million mask march' is a telling example of the mainstream media's structural hostility to any realisation of a participatory, deliberative or active public, argues Jamie Mackay.
… enabled a simultaneous protest in 450 cities around the world against mass … virtual-simultaneity on Tuesday in over 450 cities, with chains of protesters from Tokyo …
Last week's decision by the Romanian government to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for Rosia Montana, a historic Carpathian mountain village under threat of gold mining, is a massive victory for campaigners after a hard 15-year struggle, writes Alexandru Predoiu - one that has united farmers, city-dwellers and new-age protestors against cultural and ecological destruction.
… for people in Bucharest, Cluj and other major cities throughout the country to take to the … needed to reach people living outside the big cities where the protests had been taking …
Fed up with fudged statistics, Beijing’s increasingly environmentally-aware population has forced its Government to come clean about air pollution in the city.
… and three key industrial regions. Another 113 cities must follow suit next year and all but the smallest cities by 2015. Meanwhile, Beijing’s …
Fed up with fudged statistics Beijing’s increasingly environmentally-aware population has forced it's Government to come clean about air pollution in the city.
… and three key industrial regions. Another 113 cities must follow suit next year and all but the smallest cities by 2015. Meanwhile, Beijing’s …
How a seemingly jovial naked bike ride protest can bring key environmental issues like oil and car dependency to new audiences
… to take place as part of Bike Week 2012 in UK cities including York, London and Manchester, as well as cities around the world. Many participants are …
A decade of protest has seen a war of words between police and campaigners, with allegations of undercover spies and a ground-breaking legal victory for activists after a Brighton arms factory was damaged
Smash EDO: the inside story of activists' battle against arms giant Richard Purssell Brendan Montague | 20th March 2012 News Protest Activists Society Arms Politics And Economics Military …
Jonathan Kent examines the diverse media coverage of last night's Guy Fawkes protests in London. The reports tell us more about media prejudices, than about the event itself.
… 5th protests in London and hundreds of other cities around the world provide an object … updated report did mention protests in other cities but it took the Huffington Post to map …
School climate strikers in Edinburgh demanded unity and action.
Time to grow up Candy Robinson | 29th May 2019 News Edinburgh Climate Strikes Protest Change Makers school-strike-4-climate-4057783_960_720.jpg School climate strikers in Edinburgh demanded unity and …
At 8:30pm on Saturday 28th March the world will be plunged into darkness. But fear not, this is not a cause for alarm but for celebration.
… is not a cause for alarm but for celebration. Cities across the globe, from Las Vegas to … to combat global warming. So far 1180 cities have signed up to switch off for Earth …
A fusion of drone systems and chemical agents is set to transform the landscape of combat for states and non-state actors alike, writes Paul Rogers. These technologies won't just be used for warfare, but for 'public order' ... suppressing riots, protests and political dissent. Forget water cannon - this is the real deal.
War and police? Drones, chemicals and political repression Paul Rogers | 10th January 2015 Comment War Technology Toxins Law UK Protest water-cannon-chile-cut.jpg A fusion of drone systems and …
Protesters have now blocked a Monsanto seed factory in Córdoba, Argentina for over two years, writes Ciara Low. Another eviction attempt is now imminent, and campaigners are calling for a big mobilization this Sunday to fortify the blockade and send out a strong message to Monsanto and its acolytes: 'No Pasaran!' - 'They shall not pass!'
… of the blockade. Others gathered in the cities of Córdoba and Buenos Aires to march in …
Rupert Wolfe Murray writes to Prince Charles about his grave concerns for the Rosia Montana region of Transylvania, under threat from Cyanide mining.......
… in London, Bucharest and 25 other European cities, but the Romanian media have portrayed …
Climate change campaigners are gearing up for action on an international day of protest on 15 April by encouraging activists to hold talks in their homes.
… disobedience against governments in capital cities around the world. This is not a one-off … for as long as we have to, shutting down cities day after day until our demands are …
The Midwest's largest ever anti-tar sands demonstration took place in Minnesota last weekend, writes David Goodner, cementing a new alliance of diverse communities united in resisting the pollution and destruction of tar sands exploitation, processing and transportation.
#NoTarSands resistance march draws thousands in Midwest David Goodner Waging NonViolence | 14th June 2015 News Fossil Fuels Tar Sands Indigenous Peoples Pollution Toxics Society Protest …