Graeme Hayes

Graeme Hayes is Reader in Political Sociology at Aston University. His most recent book is Resisting Austerity: Collective Action in Europe in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis.

The ‘new’ climate politics of Extinction Rebellion?

Creating a movement that can have the impact XR aims for will require confronting the political as well as the moral challenges posed by climate change.

By Graeme Hayes, Joost de Moor and Brian Doherty

/ 27 Nov 2018

Deportation and direct action in Britain: the ‘terrorist trial’ of the Stansted 15

The severity of the charge faced by the Stansted 15 should be seen as an important moment in defining the scope for non-violent protest in the UK.

By Graeme Hayes, Steven Cammiss and Brian Doherty

/ 16 Mar 2018

London 2012's Boycott Moment

What the Dow wrap tells us about the London Olympic Games’s approach to sustainable development

By Graeme Hayes

/ 16 Dec 2011

Trainstopping

French anti-nuclear activists explore whether targeted direct action, including the deliberate use of the court system to launch political challenges, can open up a space for democratic participation

By Graeme Hayes

/ 4 Jan 2011