Activism

Tyre Nichols’s mother urges to ‘protest in peace’ as US cities brace for response
Local officials have cancelled events and declared emergency status ahead of the release of police video of the fatal beating
Victoria Bekiempis
27, Jan, 2023 @10:02 PM

‘Founding spirit’ of Notting Hill carnival to be honoured with blue plaque
Journalist and activist Claudia Jones among five women whose life and legacy will be marked by English Heritage
Harriet Sherwood
26, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

The Guardian view on Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: protect people, protect the planet | Editorial
Editorial: Journalists and environmental defenders are at greatest risk in Latin America. All those who put them in danger must be held accountable
Editorial
25, Jan, 2023 @6:25 PM

Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields
Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance add their voices to Richard Curtis’s Make My Money Matter campaign
Rupert Jones
25, Jan, 2023 @6:01 AM

Women’s March draws thousands across US after Roe v Wade overturned
Protesters mark 50 years since landmark decision that protected abortion rights nationwide
Poppy Noor in Washington
22, Jan, 2023 @9:43 PM

Climate activists vow to take to streets to stop fossil fuel extraction
‘Cease and desist’ letter signed by over 650,000 people sent to oil and gas CEOs follows removal of Greta Thunberg from coal protest
Damian Carrington and Damien Gayle
16, Jan, 2023 @6:05 PM

Extreme swimmer Lewis Pugh: ‘The polar regions are the ground zero of the climate crisis’
By braving some of the most forbidding waters on the planet, Lewis Pugh uses his unique brand of ‘Speedo diplomacy’ to draw the attention of the world’s leaders to the devastating effects of global warming
Tim Lewis
15, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM

Australia’s credibility on human rights blighted by laws targeting climate protesters and jailing children, report says
Human Rights Watch calls on government to address its own ‘alarming deficiencies’, including detention of children under 14 and treatment of asylum seekers
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent
12, Jan, 2023 @3:15 AM

Joanna Hicks obituary
Other lives: Co-founder of International Animal Rescue and the Primate Trust in Goa with expertise in caring for monkeys
Diana E Forrest
09, Jan, 2023 @5:12 PM

‘I’ve heard it all: she’s a fraud, a liar, a thief’: Jack Monroe on alcohol, addiction and answering her critics
She’s the anti-poverty campaigner and food writer who shot to fame by teaching us how to make the most of our pennies. But behind the scenes her world was unravelling
Simon Hattenstone
07, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

Tuesday briefing: Why Extinction Rebellion is giving up on disruption
In today’s newsletter: Extinction Rebellion marked a sea change in climate protest in the UK, but what does the group’s shift from public disruption mean for the movement’s future?
Archie Bland
03, Jan, 2023 @6:55 AM

‘We will never stop trying’: what we’ve learned from a lifetime of activism
Six campaigners who have dedicated decades fighting for what they believe in, or started later in life, tell Michael Segalov their remarkable stories of courage and perseverance
Michael Segalov
31, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM
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