School students stage the first major 2019 climate strike across Britain

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...

Black-led feminist organizers brought women together in central London to remember victims of male violence and demand safer lives, services and accountability. The march connected local violence to...

Young people walked out of lessons in towns and cities, demanding urgent action on climate change. The strike framed climate breakdown as an intergenerational justice issue and challenged an education...

Activists occupied central sites and blocked roads to demand climate action, resulting in more than a thousand arrests. The rebellion made disruption a tactic to challenge political inaction and...

Movement for Justice and supporters used a street action to demand that the Windrush Scheme include descendants and family members excluded by its narrow rules. The protest linked individual...

Rebels occupied sites around Westminster and bridges, seeking a citizens’ assembly and urgent emissions cuts. Activists described civil disobedience as necessary because conventional politics had...