UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Sheffield World Naked Bike Ride - Saturday 19 June

08-06-2010 21:39

A peaceful, imaginative and fun protest against oil dependency and car culture. A celebration of the bicycle and also a celebration of the power and individuality of the human body. A symbol of the vulnerability of the cyclist in traffic. The world's biggest naked protest: 50+ cities and thousands of riders participate worldwide, including more than 1500 in the UK in 2007.

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Stop the Great Nuclear Rip Off! - Demo 15 June, London

08-06-2010 10:07

Join us as we demonstrate outside the Nuclear Industry Forum in central London to send a clear message to the industry and the Government that we don’t buy the greenwash and we reject false solutions like nuclear power.

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Demand resignation of BP Chairman and CEO

06-06-2010 11:31

The BP Chairman and CEO must go now!

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Dissident Island Radio - download the show!

05-06-2010 17:58

Listen to last night's dissident island radio show...

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video madrid-merthyr2mayo caravan solidarity event shells prisoners Castlerae

05-06-2010 15:27

the bike caravan stops by castlerae prison in ireland where 2 protestors, pat and neill serve their time for daring to opose Shell and the government.

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CALL OUT: Actions Against BP

04-06-2010 22:26

Everyone has a local garage, give it some attention

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Solidarity Concert for Shell to Sea Prisoners

02-06-2010 20:37

Report from the walls of Castlerae prison, Roscommon, Ireland

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Plane Stupid condemns Newham mayor for selling-out east Londoners

02-06-2010 17:00

Eco-activists have branded Newham’s mayor a ‘sell-out’ for not protecting East Londoners from increasing noise and pollution as a result of flight increases at London City Airport.

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Coal Train Blockade - Benefit Gig, Bristol, 19th June

02-06-2010 03:51

Keep 19th June free! Make your way to the Plough in Bristol for an evening of open mic, upbeat bands and DJs playing til late. Cheap entry, a well-stocked bar and all sorts of unexpected goodies await.

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Is Humanity Unsustainable?

31-05-2010 05:55

Are we too stupid to survive? Co-inventor of "the ecological footprint" now calls for a planned contraction of the economy, to save the biosphere and promote world fairness. Speech by Canadian biologist Dr. Bill Rees.

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Hollywood cops assault Critical Mass riders.

30-05-2010 06:06

Apparently the theme of this ride was a BP protest, which is understandable and why not?

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Critical Mass London, May 2010

29-05-2010 09:50

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrT1mEcF7h4

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UK arrests & raids, possibly climate action related

27-05-2010 21:23

At lunchtime on Wednesday 26th May two addresses in Belper, Derbyshire, were raided by the North Yorkshire Counter Terrorist Unit.

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CNI Expo

27-05-2010 14:52

The security industry, police and government are having a nice conference about "threats" (which appears to include naughty activists) at the Excel centre in London 2nd-3rd June 2010. www.cniexpo.com for more information the conference is titled "security and resilience for the public and private sector".

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Guardian: Third runway plan for Heathrow scrapped by BAA

24-05-2010 22:26

As anticipated, see BAA bows to third runway opposition?

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/10/439708.html, the Guardian is reporting that "The airports operator BAA today formally dropped plans for new runways at Heathrow and Stansted airports".

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Plane Stupid breach security at Manchester Airport

24-05-2010 11:10

Local activists from the direct action group Plane Stupid broke through the perimeter fence of Manchester Airport just after 7 o’clock this morning. Six people have formed a human ring round one plane using lock-on arm tubes while six others have simultaneously erected tripods to blockade the World Freight Terminal.

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Manchester Plane Stupid Breach Airside Security in Airport Protest

24-05-2010 09:16

As airport expansion is halted at Stansted and Heathrow Manchester activists turn their attention to a regional airport using arm tubes and tripods to shut Manchester Airport down!

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Howard Lyman vs. the pig murder industry's latest Rupert Murdoch funded spokespe

23-05-2010 20:19

Rupert Murdoch's HarperCollins subsidiary William Morrow chooses to
promote the wife of a cattle rancher, a profiteer from the blood of innocents.

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G20 Defence Needed

23-05-2010 14:23

Were you or someone you know at last years G20 protests?? Do you have any footage or can you give a witness account of the brutality I experienced on Threadneedle St between 11am-1pm?? If you can please get in touch.

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International bike ride links communities in resistance: Merthyr to Mayo cyclist

22-05-2010 08:23

Today, a 50-strong international bike ride begins the 400 mile journey from a community resisting Britain’s largest open cast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales to County Mayo, Ireland, where local people have spent the last ten years fighting a Shell-led gas development. We aim to offer direct support to these two local campaigns resisting the fossil fuel industry.