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17 Apr 2013

My new book on activism has now been published

My new book, Digital Revolutions: Activism in the internet age, has now been published by New Internationalist.
4 Sep 2012

Guilty verdict for three Catholic peace activists

Three Catholic peace activists were found guilty of criminal damage yesterday (Monday) at Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court.
29 Jan 2012

Disabled people lead London blockade in Welfare Reform Bill protest

Disabled people chained wheelchairs together and led hundreds of others in forming barriers across Oxford Street on Saturday to protest against welfare cuts.
28 Jan 2012

Disabled, sick and elderly people resist government welfare cuts

Groups of disabled, sick and elderly people will take to the streets in central London today to protest loudly against government welfare cuts.
1 Dec 2011

Occupying Royal Holloway

This evening I have had the privilege of speaking with students at Royal Holloway College in the University of London. They today began an occupation of their college, camping outside the Principal's office and calling on him to oppose the government's agenda for higher education.
28 Oct 2011

British Christian groups back 'Occupy London' movement

Several Christian organisations, including Ekklesia and the Student Christian Movement, have signed a statement declaring their support for 'Occupy London'.
25 Aug 2011

Peace Zone to promote active nonviolence at Greenbelt

The Greenbelt Christian festival this weekend will feature a Peace Zone run by a network of twenty-two Christian organisations committed to active nonviolence.
9 Aug 2011

London at a crossroads

Home Secretary Theresa May made an almost throwaway comment on Radio 4’s Today Programme this morning - that we have a tra
22 Jun 2011

Peace activists convicted for nuclear protest at AWE Aldermaston

Three Christian peace protesters were convicted yesterday at Newbury Magistrates Court under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act
14 Apr 2011

Court rules that police broke law by kettling G20 activists

Judges have ruled that the Metropolitan Police acted unlawfully by kettling clmate campaigners at a protest near a G20 meeting two years ago.

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