Demonstrations are being held across the UK in protest against welfare cuts for disabled people. Events will be held across the country as part of ...
St Paul's Cathedral has asked the Occupy London Stock Exchange protestors camping outside to move on after it was forced to close its restaurant and g...
The global Occupy protests are an organic democratic procedure that has been born out of pure frustration for the current political, media and economic climate. It's more than possible that we are in uncharted territory with history giving us no lessons on how this global movement will conclude.
The Occupy London Stock Exchange protests are underway and progressing peacefully, however, numbers are far lower than organisers anticipated, and the...
More than 2,000 people staged a sit-down protest on Westminster Bridge from 1pm on Sunday to highlight the health and social care bill, which is due to go before the Lords this week.
Occupy Wall Street is heading for its third week of protests. The movement was hesitant in its first steps, but it's now picking up momentum and spre...
Welcome to Manchester where the rain is falling and an estimated 30,000 people took to the streets today to protest against the Government's proposed cuts to public services and pensions.
Thousands of demonstrators have set off on a march through Manchester as the Conservative Party conference opens in the city. Police ...
Protesters are holding a sit-in at a university over plans to charge future students from across the UK £27,000 in tuition fees. O...
Dressed as butchers and businessmen, feminist groups are protesting outside a porn trade summit in London, trading have fake female body parts in the...
The trouble in the east end of London at the weekend is evidence of English Defence League's intolerance but also the intolerance of the UAF and their unwilling to hold a political discourse with members of the far-right.
PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Travellers and supporters fighting eviction from the UK's largest illegal site have refuted claims they have been infiltrated by ...
It's unlikely the constitutional reforms announced in both Jordan and Morocco will be sufficient in the medium to long term but it is a significant step as the region's monarchs begin to grapple with challenge to their authority.
Why London is not Tahrir Square, how Ealing became a little scary and the practicalities of making new friends in a riot.
Video footage posted to the Internet on Friday, the first Muslim sabbath during the holy month of Ramadan, is said to show security forces wielding we...
As the Libyan and Syrian uprisings dominate the headlines it is fairly easy to miss the increasingly determined protests across Israel.
More than 100,000 people took to the streets in Israel on Saturday as discontent over spiralling living costs reaches a boiling point.
There was a time when institutions such as the police and the armed forces enjoyed a certain level of respect and admiration. The sound of a siren or ...
There has been lots of euphoric language concerning the last 6 months of unrest in the Middle East. We hear of rolling revolutions, in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya, and of impending genocide in Libya. Are these descriptions accurate? Have we really seen even one revolution? Is genocide a remotely satisfactory term to describe Gaddafi's reprisals?
While Charlie Gilmour's flamboyant foolishness may have provided the iconic image of the student protests, the depoliticised, directionless, angst-filled nature of his 'protest' was commonplace throughout the demonstrations.
Many of these people had never taken to the street before. So why did they do it now? "We are people who have come here freely; after the rallies of M...
