Rhodes Must Fall activists confront colonial imagery at Oxford Union

After young mothers at an East London hostel received eviction notices, residents organized for social housing and against relocation away from family and support networks. Their campaign reframed...

Mothers and supporters marched through East London demanding “social housing, not social cleansing.” The campaign connected eviction notices to a borough-wide housing crisis and the displacement of...

On its first anniversary, the campaign occupied vacant flats on the Carpenters Estate and opened them for workshops, meetings and cultural events. The action exposed the contradiction of empty...

Housing campaigners marched from East London to City Hall, opposing demolitions, evictions and displacement. Focus E15 mothers and other tenant groups insisted that secure housing was a right rather...

Students gathered beneath the Cecil Rhodes statue at Oriel College in solidarity with the South African Rhodes Must Fall movement. Their banner called to decolonize education. The action raised...

Students occupied university buildings in London and elsewhere, protesting fees, debt, marketization and institutional racism. The actions revived direct student organizing and opened debates about...

A public debate at the University of Bristol examined the legacy of the merchant and slave trader Edward Colston. Community activists had long questioned the celebration of Colston in a city shaped by...

A Manchester march brought global Black Lives Matter language into conversation with UK issues including police violence and the deaths of young Black men. Black organizers foregrounded local...

Bereaved families, survivors and local residents launched a community-led justice campaign after the Grenfell Tower fire. The silent walk connected mourning to demands for accountability and safe...

Caribbean elders and supporters marched in London after people with the right to live in Britain were detained, denied services or threatened with deportation. Their public testimony challenged a...