UK Uncut begins with a sit-in at Vodafone’s Oxford Street store

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...

No Borders activists and former detainees gathered outside a London immigration reporting centre in solidarity with Yarl’s Wood hunger strikers. A detainee addressed the crowd by phone. The action...

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...

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...

Students gathered in central London as MPs voted to treble the cap on tuition fees. The demonstration followed weeks of occupations and marches, exposing divisions over who should pay for higher...

The Trades Union Congress organized a mass demonstration against public spending cuts. Disabled people, public-sector workers, students and community groups brought distinct experiences of austerity...

Thousands of disabled people and allies marched against cuts to disability benefits, services and equality protections. Organizers described it as the largest gathering of disabled people in...

Occupy London joined a global day of action against corporate power and political exclusion. After police blocked access to the Stock Exchange, protesters established an assembly and camp near St...