Bristol’s public debate on Edward Colston challenges civic memory

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...

Oxford students protested at a debate on colonial reparations after discovering a “colonial comeback” cocktail poster depicting shackled Black hands. The action connected symbolic racism to the...

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 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...

Climate activists gathered outside Parliament to demand a climate emergency declaration and rapid action to reduce emissions. The movement’s civil-disobedience strategy challenged political delay...

Activists occupied bridges and roads in central London as part of a growing campaign for climate action. The action combined nonviolent civil disobedience with public assemblies and direct...