Category: Direct Action News
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Pro-genocide thugs and police attack US campus protesters
Student-led protests against genocide in Gaza have spread across US universities and around the world. Sick of their institutions’ support for the Israeli apartheid state amid its war crimes in Gaza, protesters have pushed academics to take a stand – to support their right to protest or to side with…
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US campus resistance for Palestine, in the face of police brutality & establishment smears
Students and allies on university campuses across the USA (and increasingly on other campuses around the world) have been peacefully calling for action against the state of Israel over its genocidal actions in Gaza. In doing so, they have faced smears from establishment voices, egged on by war criminal Benjamin…
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Podcast summary of Direct Action News newsletters (February-March)
Transcript: There are very murky parts of our society – people who see no problem in attacking or demonising others who are just trying to survive and live a dignified life. And unfortunately, they have some powerful, high-profile cheerleaders who help normalise their behaviour – not least in the ruling…
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Flares inside the BlackRock (Direct Action News, 3 to 9 April 2023)
[ez-toc] Just Stop Oil bridge-climbers found guilty Basildon Crown Court found Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker guilty of causing a public nuisance on 4 April. The pair had brought the Dartford Crossing to a standstill between 4am on 17 October and 9pm on 18 October 2022, as part of a…
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Action Against Landlords and Planet Killers (Direct Action News, 27 March to 2 April 2023)
[ez-toc] Acorn Bristol defeat one letting agent’s disgusting ‘rental bidding’ practice Acorn Bristol reported success on 27 March in stopping a local estate agent from using rental bidding. This disgusting practice sees letting agents asking applicants to bid on what they’re willing to pay to live in a property. This…
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Souped! (Direct Action News, 20 to 26 March 2023)
Protests erupt across Africa Bailiffs evict University of Manchester occupiers British transphobe gets souped by New Zealanders Anti-fascism in the UK Paris burns Protests erupt across Africa Protests erupted almost simultaneously in several countries across Africa. The most high-profile of these took place in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, where police used…
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Smashed windows and flaming barricades (Direct Action News, 13 to 19 March 2023)
Judge jails Insulate Britain protester Junior doctors engage in three-day strike People still fighting France’s pension reform UK strikes continue across multiple sectors This Is Not A Drill have a smashing time in Cambridge Judge jails Insulate Britain protester A judge sentenced Stephen Pritchard to a five-week custodial sentence on…
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Anti-fascist and anti-State street action across Europe and the Middle East (Direct Action News, 6 to 12 March 2023)
Firefighters win! Protesters try to break into Georgian parliament in protest of ‘foreign agents’ law Women in Afghanistan risk their lives to protest against Taliban patriarchy Tens of thousands demand the Greek government takes rail safety more seriously Anti-fascists and anti-racists confront Patriotic Alternative in Cannock Protests continue in France…
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Fighting government corruption, from root to branch (Direct Action News, 27 February to 5 March 2023)
Tree-sitters stop felling work in Wellingborough Tens of thousands take to the streets of Tel Aviv against increasing government autocracy Anti-fascism in the UK! Hunt sabs protest Wiltshire Police corruption Tree-sitters stop felling work in Wellingborough On 28 February, human rights lawyer and ecological activist Paul Powlesland climbed a tree…
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Bash back! (Direct Action News, 20 to 26 February 2023)
University union members bring the fight to union bosses Protests erupt as State-backed gunmen assassinate Mexican land defender High school and sixth form students take action against bullshit toilet rules Junior doctors announce 72-hour strike Kill the Bill defendants sentenced to more than a decade in prison Anti-fascists outnumber Patriotic…