Supporters protest detention and deportation outside Communications House

A major march in Glasgow formed part of the worldwide mobilization against the impending invasion of Iraq. Scottish anti-war organizing connected opposition to British foreign policy with local...

As the invasion began, students and school pupils walked out, held teach-ins and staged sit-ins in cities across Britain. Their actions made war a question for young people whose futures were being...

British Tamil organizers mobilized in central London as civilian deaths escalated in Sri Lanka’s final phase of war. The demonstration brought diaspora demands for protection, recognition and...

Climate and anti-capitalist activists staged a street protest around the Bank of England during the G20 summit. The action criticized a financial system whose gains were privatized and whose social...

Families held at Yarl’s Wood occupied corridors with mattresses and demanded that immigration authorities meet them. A later court judgment records the action and the forceful state response. Their...

More than 80 women held in Yarl’s Wood began a hunger strike over detention length, treatment and the asylum process. Their statement set out demands in their own words. The protest challenged the...

Migrant solidarity groups organized vigils and public actions in response to the hunger strike and reports of reprisals against detainees. By relaying women’s demands beyond the centre’s walls,...

Disabled people led a protest at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham against austerity, benefit cuts and reassessment policies. The action helped launch DPAC, a movement insisting that...

Around 70 people occupied a flagship Vodafone store after a new austerity programme was announced, highlighting alleged tax avoidance and cuts to public services. UK Uncut built a decentralized...

Students from across Britain marched in London against plans to raise tuition fees and reduce public funding. Protesters challenged the marketization of education and the burden of debt, while local...