Category - direct action

Airport runway objectors take protest to parliament's roof

staff writers — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:25:40 +0000

Protesters from the campaigning group Plane Stupid have today mounted a hight profile protest against the proposed Heathrow third runway by waving banners from the roof the the parliament building, in a major breach of security.

Desmond Tutu hails Aung San Suu Kyi as Burma troops react

staff writers — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:41:53 +0100

South Africa's Nobel peace winner and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has hailed the courage and inspiration of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi - as he expressed support for nonviolent direct action against the dictatorship.

Direct action may be needed to address climate change

Press Office — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:26:26 +0100

Nonviolent direct action - often criticised for bypassing representative democracy - can have both political and moral legitimacy in the face of inertia over major issues like social injustice and

We need more peaceful troublemakers

Jonathan Bartley — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:02:16 +0100

The sixtieth anniversary of India's independence reminds us, says Jonathan Bartley, that the nonviolent activism of Gandhi and the the peaceful and environmental 'awkward squads' point to a more hopeful form of politics and social change.

Resisting and Hope: Casting Fire

Jordan Tchilingirian — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:18:27 +0000

RESISTANCE AND HOPE: CASTING FIRE was used at the "Just Trade Agreements? Churches in North America Discuss Globalization" consultation held in Stony Point, New York, 11-14 January 2004.

Right to protest legally upheld for UK anti-war demonstrators

staff writers — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Peace and civil liberties campaigners have welcomed a legal victory by a group of UK anti-war demonstrators who have established that their rights to public protest were violated when police stopped them from attending a non-violent action against the Iraq war at an airbase.