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Disabled people and pensioners in direct action against Welfare Reform

Disabled people and pensioners chained their wheelchairs together and blocked traffic at Oxford Circus in protest at the Governments Welfare Reform...

by Ray Sparra Everingham in United Kingdom on 28/01/2012

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'Bikes Alive' direct action at King's Cross highlights Cycling Deaths

A newly formed direct action group dubbed 'Bikes Alive' cycled around King's Cross to highlight cycling deaths and what they see as...

by Alex Milan Tracy in United Kingdom on 09/01/2012

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UK Uncut protest HSBC, Top Shop and Tescos

UK Uncut activists visit a series of shops in Liverpool city centre. Protest against cuts to public services; they argued cuts would be unnecessary...

by David Colbran in United Kingdom on 07/01/2012

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Occupy Exeter's Direct Action of Topshop & HSBC in Exeter City Centre
Occupy Exeter's direct action against the Exeter branches of Topshop, HSBC Bank and Vodafone. Their main focus was against the Topshop group where protesters drop a banner across t...
Disabled people and pensioners in direct action against Welfare Reform
Disabled people and pensioners chained their wheelchairs together and blocked traffic at Oxford Circus in protest at the Governments Welfare Reform Bill. London, UK. 28th January 2012
Disabled People Against Cuts Drop The Welfare Bill
Disabled People Against Cuts, Supported by UK Uncut and Occupy London, Regent St North at Oxford Circus was blocked by Disabled People chained together calling for the Welfare Reform Bi...
Disabled protest Welfare Reform Bill at Oxford Circus
Disabled people protested at Oxford Circus, chaining wheelchairs together and calling for the dropping of Welfare Reform Bill, urging savings cutting tax evasion by the rich rather than...
Westminster Motorcyclists in Burns Night Protest - London
Westminster motorcyclists, incensed by the so-called experimental parking charges for powered two wheelers, held another of their regular Wednesday protests around Trafalgar Square as t...
EDL march in Barking
Around 200 EDL supporters marched from Barking Station to a rally outside the town hall, calling for an end to Islamic influence in England. Their protest was opposed by a smaller group...
Kosovo Albanian protestors dispersed on Serbian border
Anti-riot police used batons and pepper spray to push back several hundred Kosovo Albanian protestors from a checkpoint as they tried to blockade the northeastern border with Serbia. Dh...
Nigerians protest in lead up to Nationwide Industrial Action
Nigerian youths in their hundreds took to the streets in a lead up to nationwide industrial action to be undertaken by Labour Unions and civil society over the government's removal...
Bikes Alive Call For End to Killing of Cyclists
Around 150 cyclists and a smaller number of pedestrians demonstrated at Kings Cross in the evening rush hour calling for an end to the killing of cyclists on city roads. London, UK. 9th...
'Bikes Alive Direct Action' group protest at Kings Cross Junction
Cyclists and road safety supporters gathered at Kings Cross to protest against what they feel is a biased stance from TFL on the use of roads by motor vehicles. London, UK. 9th January ...
'Bikes Alive' direct action at King's Cross highlights Cycling Deaths
A newly formed direct action group dubbed 'Bikes Alive' cycled around King's Cross to highlight cycling deaths and what they see as Transport for London's (TFL) alle...
UK Uncut protest HSBC, Top Shop and Tescos
UK Uncut activists visit a series of shops in Liverpool city centre. Protest against cuts to public services; they argued cuts would be unnecessary if corporations did not employ massiv...
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Demonstration in Madrid against Spain's electoral law
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Lee Radford Claims Rugby League Superleague Prize Fighter Title
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UK Uncut target tax turkeys on Oxford Street - London
UK Uncut, the anti-austerity direct action group, took their protest back to Oxford Street today to visit their 'Christmas turkeys', Vodaphone and Topshop. The two companies t...