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Published in: Home: FeatureHow spying on campaigners became mainstream in the UK
Many of the UK’s most prominent institutions are using private intelligence firms to snoop on activists
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Published in: Home: News‘Don’t use me as an excuse’: Paramedics slam anti-protest bill
The Tories justify the Public Order Bill by saying protests ‘block emergency services’. Ambulance workers don’t agree
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: Police may be assessing climate protesters for terrorism
Counter-terror police are being sent intelligence on activists who threaten businesses amid crackdown on protests
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Published in: Home: NewsJust Stop Oil didn't delay us getting to M20 crash, says ambulance service
Exclusive: Ambulance service says claims in The Sun and the Daily Mail that protesters slowed paramedics were wrong
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Published in: Home: OpinionTomato soup, a famous painting and a viral clip. What makes a protest work?
Climate activists Just Stop Oil certainly got the media talking with their latest action. But is that enough?
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Published in: Home: FeatureIs breaking things the best way forward for climate activists?
From SUVs to gas pipelines, sabotage is on the rise as the climate crisis deepens – but does it work?
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealed: Policing bill was dreamed up by secretive oil-funded think tank
Controversial anti-protest law may have originated in briefing from Policy Exchange, our investigation reveals
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionI didn’t understand finance until I quit the City and joined XR
At the age of 56, I know more about money and wealth than I ever did as a banker. Here’s what I’ve learned
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Published in: Home: Opinion‘I was called a national security threat because I organised a protest’
Police banned Sam Knights from the Labour Party conference because of his climate campaign work. He argues we must...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionUK activists keep being acquitted by juries. What does that mean for protest?
Much to the anger of the government and the right-wing media, juries simply aren't buying that any disruptions must...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAs a former officer, I'm horrified by England and Wales’s Police Bill
The bill could spell the end of policing by consent – and force police leaders to decide whether to use draconian...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionInsulate Britain: ‘Stand with us against UK government or face end of civilisation’
My talkRADIO interview exposed the absurdity of those who doubt the urgency of the climate crisis. Now it’s time for...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionPreparing for the end of the world as we know it
For many Indigenous people, the collapse of our current system is not necessarily bad news.
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Published in: Home: InvestigationExclusive: Police chief urged Priti Patel to use Extinction Rebellion ‘opportunity’ to curb protest rights
Boris Johnson says protest ‘a key part of democracy’. But new documents show Met Police boss urging government to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion2025 no more? The Tory victory, XR, and the coming storms
There’s no chance of Boris Johnson’s government implementing any of Extinction Rebellion’s “three demands” to save...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionXR UK: Telling the truth through targeted disruption
XR should focus its pressure on disrupting the government, and on polluting companies and the banks that fund them.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionSystem change, not climate change! What 'The Good Place' can teach us about climate action
It’s pointless to blame Extinction Rebellion activists for eating McDonalds. Like in the TV show The Good Place,...
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Published in: HomeHistoric protests and today’s politics give hope for Extinction Rebellion
The Greenham Common peace camp and other 1980s anti-nuclear activists made a real difference – now a stronger tide...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJust where does this rage against climate activists come from?
As Extinction Rebellion launch the next phase of their rebellion on Monday (7th), it’s timely to ask just why the...
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