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Insulate Britain defends protests and says ‘conventional activism’ has failed

Insulate Britain’s “disruptive” methods of protest are being questioned. But with weeks until global climate event COP26, the group says the time for polite activism is over.

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Activism

How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul’s

Big Issue seller Jimmy McMahon became an icon of the 2011 Occupy London protests. This is his story.

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Activism

It’s been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?

A decade on from the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy London protests, we look at what they achieved and how they laid the groundwork for Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain.

Art

Exclusive: David Lloyd’s unseen drafts of iconic V for Vendetta mask

Employment

Striking Uber drivers demand end to ‘racist’ facial recognition software

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Housing

Leaseholders take cladding fight to parliament to demand action over unsafe homes

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Activism

How Priti Patel’s new policing bill threatens your right to protest

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Environment

Extinction Rebellion protesters glue themselves to Oxford Street Selfridges

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Activism

What are the Kill the Bill protests?

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Environment

Extinction Rebellion’s fortnight of direct action: All you need to know

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Activism

Kill the Bill activists vow to make new police powers ‘unenforceable’

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Politics

Policing bill: MPs vote for ‘draconian’ protest laws after Commons clash

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Activism

Sarah Everard vigil organisers to take Met Police to court

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