Activism

Extinction Rebellion urges insurers to stop covering fossil fuel projects.

'Anyone looking to change the world in 2025 could learn a lot from Extinction Rebellion’s rise.'

State oppression will not stop climate activism, but will instead ensure climate breakdown leads to revolution.

Extinction Rebellion won't happen again. But the movement built a foundation that a new revolutionary movement can usefully deploy.

Greenpeace block access to Unilever HQ in single-use plastics protest.

Leading playwrights and actors urge the Old Vic Theatre to cut Royal Bank of Canada ties.

Outrage as police silence peaceful climate protest instead of focussing resources on protecting communities from violent racist attacks.

Extinction Rebellion had a secret sauce: and we should all be using it now.

Can Climate Camp Scotland’s ‘non accountable’ direct action be the future as our rights to protest are taken away.

Introducing a new series exploring a hybrid model of activism and campaigning from The Ecologist online.

Satish Kumar visits Brazil to mark the publication of this book Radical Love and the launch of a feature length documentary about his life from director Julio Hey.

The 'movement power' method promises to deliver active popular support for sweeping social change. Here's how it works.

We can learn from systems theory and the 'shock doctrine' to formulate an effective and ethical response to climate crises.

A life-affirming and truly collaborative street art project in New Delhi.

Lord Walney, whose report recommends restrictions on activism targeting fossil fuels, is a paid lobbyist for ... fossil fuel companies.

A sine qua non of our collective survival.

The movement power model of civil resistance can only succeed when its strategy informs and magnifies its tactics - its front line actions.

A mass movement can mobilise around strategic campaigns with instrumental demands - and around prefigurative campaigns with symbolic demands.

Students call on Imperial College London to end all fossil fuels investments from its £542 million endowment - as university finance becomes a global flashpoint.

A successful campaign needs unity in its aims and actions, but plurality and autonomy for its activists.

Significant work is needed to involve Black and Asian communities in environmental demonstrations, a new study says.

The movement power approach to building mass movements has many benefits - but also some problems. So how to proceed?

The accusation that a retired social worker was guilty of contempt of court for holding a sign is ruled 'fanciful' by High Court judge.

The hybrid model of mass organising is based on both the structure and momentum traditions. So what is the history of successful protest, and how can it inform our work today?