#direct-action

[ follow ]
Social justice
fromABC7 San Francisco
4 days ago

Animal welfare activists protest outside Oakland Safeway ahead of Thanksgiving: Here's why

Animal welfare activists protested mass poultry slaughter and supported a convicted activist facing possible prison after removing chickens from a Perdue slaughterhouse.
fromTruthout
1 week ago

The Real Models for Sustainability in Brazil Are to Be Found Outside COP30

A cabruca in Terra Vista during the chocolate harvest.Teia dos Povos A crowd of protesters - largely Indigenous Amazonian people - marched into a restricted area of the 30 th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) this month in Belém, Brazil, declaring that their forests are not for sale. "We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers," one Tupinamba community leader proclaimed. Global carbon emissions continue to rise, and deforestation is moving full speed ahead across Brazil.
Environment
#palestine-action
fromTruthout
1 month ago
UK politics

UK Gears Up for Mass Protest Against Banning of Palestine Action

A UK ban on Palestine Action has led to mass arrests and a planned October 4 London protest, with hundreds willing to risk arrest.
from24/7 Wall St.
3 months ago
US politics

A Look at the Guns Used in the Global War on Terrorism, as British Terrorism Legislation Called into Question

Palestine Action is a direct-action network aiming to end Israeli apartheid through demonstrations in Britain.
from24/7 Wall St.
3 months ago
US politics

A Look at the Guns Used in the Global War on Terrorism, as British Terrorism Legislation Called into Question

fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

I'm proud to have made this stand': over-60s arrested at Palestine Action ban protest explain their decision

The government is looking [like] such idiots...when people say, 'What's your status?', and then I say, 'Well, I'm on bail for terrorism', they look at me as if the situation is farcical.
UK politics
Social justice
fromIndependent
4 months ago

'People can campaign, but nothing changes - that's why I did what I did,' says Irish great-grandmother deported from West Bank

Direct action is necessary to protect Palestinians, as expressed by Irish great-grandmother Máire ní Mhurchú after her arrest and deportation.
[ Load more ]