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December 31, 2014

Soup kitchen for homeless people forcibly dismantled in London

In a gesture of seasonal ill-will, a group of social justice activists have been prevented from running a soup kitchen for homeless people in Westminster.
February 4, 2014

Christians' arms fair protest acquittal raises questions of biased policing

Christians acquitted of aggravated trespass say their trial has raised issues about the way that police are deployed at the London arms fair.
November 6, 2013

Million Mask March spreads grassroots protest across the globe

Grassroots protest against "the corruption of the political class" showed its global face again on Guy Fawkes Night.
September 28, 2013

Dean of St Paul's leads prayers for victims of government cuts

The Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, David Ison, has lead prayers at a multifaith act of remembrance for people who have died or suffered as a result of UK cuts.
August 11, 2013

Making sense of the new unrest

From anti-neoliberal protests around globalisation through to the Occupy movement, environmental direct action and mass anti-austerity demonstrations, there has been an explosion of grassroots activism that has moved in tandem with the wave of crises facing western-driven free market capitalism since 2008.
June 16, 2013

Not the G8 - digital activism in Leeds

I am on a train that’s just pulled out of Leeds, following a great day at ‘Not the G8', a conference run by the World Development Movement (WDM).
April 17, 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.
November 29, 2012

Live from the Occupy the Issues conference

Look out for live tweets from the 'Occupy the Issues' conference and seminar in Edinburgh today, beginning at 100.00am. These can be followed @simonbarrow on Twitter, using hashtags #occupy and #occupyissues.
November 16, 2012

Occupy 'people's bailout' aims to cancel millions of dollars of debt

Occupy Wall Street has launched a ‘Rolling Jubilee’ of debt cancellations, in a “people’s bailout” campaign to wipe out millions of dollars of toxic debt.
November 13, 2012

Edinburgh conference seeks inspiration from Occupy movement

'Occupy the Issues: Alternatives in Politics, Economics and the Media' is the title of a conference and seminar being held at Edinburgh University on 29 November.