On May 1st, Toronto saw thousands gather in the streets for May Day, an international day of anti-capitalist protest. In recent years May Day demonstrations have focused on migrant justice in much of North America. This year, a massive daytime march was organised, in response to a global call for […]
In the biggest act of civil disobedience since the poll tax riots, up to a million activists took to the streets yesterday, Sunday June 3rd. Bridges along the length of the Thames were blocked in a co-ordinated operation to split the capital in half, as the red, white and blue […]
On November 30 last year, 21 Occupy activists were arrested for occupying a building where the director of Xstrata mining corporation was based. They made a banner drop from the top of the building in London’s Haymarket, stating ‘All power to the 99%’. No members of the public were hurt […]
Xstrata 01 / Australia Xstrata’s McArthur River mine is at extreme risk of a “tailings” dam bank failing as well as acid draining into one of the river’s tributaries. The open pit zinc mine nearby covers 83 hectares and the tailing pond sprawls over an additional 210 hectares, held by […]
Its PR is the slickest but the Swiss mining giant Xstrata has a grisly track record in Peru. On the charge sheet are poisoning, cheating and political skulduggery. Stephanie Boyd investigates, as the company prepares for a mega-merger with Glencore to increase its clout. A Deformed Sheep, Born Without a […]
Blockupy Frankfurt’s well-timed intervention follows an arc of protest that spans the globe this spring, resisting the stranglehold that big finance and big business have on democracy. More than 25,000 people demonstrated against austerity for four days in mid-May, undeterred by the deployment of over 5000 police and over 400 […]
After more than 100 days of continuous protest, over 200,000 students in Quebec province remain on strike in protest against tuition fee hikes of up to 83 percent. More than twenty universities and vocational colleges have been effectively shut down, and students and supporters have gathered for regular protest marches […]
COP After a brief walk on the wild side, it’s back to work, keeping anyone else who dares to step out of line in check. Some might say you’re a hypocrite, but you’re just doing your job, which is to follow orders and not think for yourself. The mean streets […]
How does one approach the creation of a new world in the face of such confusion, cynicism, ignorance and alienation? The left has failed at offering an effective, unified resistance to rampant neo-liberal capitalism. Weak from the many assaults from the establishment and the constant propaganda of the corporate media, […]
Sitting about three miles apart, on opposite banks of the Thames, Tate Britain and Tate Modern sprang from humble beginnings as Millbank’s Panopticon Prison and Bankside Power Station respectively. Until 1890, Tate Britain’s location facilitated the movement of those destined for transportation to Australia, whilst Tate Modern’s imposing structure was […]