Liverpool campaigners say Stop Burning Trees!
Katy Brown reports on the demonstration held at Liverpool port on Wednesday 27th April against wood pellet imports, and in solidarity with campaigns to protect local green spaces and sacked P&O workers.
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Activists continue fight for recognition of Animal Sentience on World Day for Animals in Labs
Katy Brown of Merseyside Animal Rights reports on last week’s World Day for Laboratory Animals march in Cambridge.
Drax in Court
Campaigners protested outside Leeds Crown Court on Thursday as Drax stood in the dock facing criminal prosecution over risking worker’s heath.
Vivisection Exposed: Painful Animal Experiments at Liverpool University
Katy Brown reports on Saturday’s protest at the University of Liverpool, one of over 100 such actions to take place around the world to mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories, as last years’ figures for animal testing at the institution are uncovered.
Forests Are Not Fuel: Axe Drax
Katy Brown reports on yesterday’s protests in Liverpool and around the world against Drax plc, on the day of its AGM, to highlight its role in forest destruction and the massive subsidies it receives for burning trees.
Pedalling into the Future
Katy Brown reports on the progress of the Emergency Active Travel scheme on Merseyside, with help from Don Naylor of Liverpool Friends of the Earth, as the group tries to ensure the changes are brought in ready for the long haul.
End the Train of Destruction: protests staged against biomass
Katy Brown reports on August’s day of action to ‘Axe Drax’ as campaigners in Liverpool and across the North make the reasonable demand that trees be left in the ground.
School strikers must be seen and heard
Katy Brown speaks to Patrick Auth from YouthStrike4Climate Liverpool with photos by Tracey Dunn of YouthStrikers at St. Georges Hall.
Nerve 28 Editorial – The Environmental Crisis Issue
Katy Brown introduces Nerve’s Special Environmental Crisis Issue.
Burning Trees – Green Solution or Greenwash?
Katy Brown uncovers the Orwellian world of ‘sustainable’ biomass ‘renewable’ energy production, and how Liverpool finds itself once again complicit in a harmful transatlantic trade.
Remember the dead. Fight for the living.
28th April is International Workers Memorial Day, when annually around the world those who have lost their lives in the work place are remembered, while safety in the workplace – or lack of it – is highlighted to protect the living.
Figures show animal experiments at Liverpool University highest in six years
Local groups report increase in animal testing at the University of Liverpool and call on the institution to end animal experiments.
The Limerick Soviet – A Forgotten Revolution
This April marked 100 years since the ‘Soviet of Limerick’, a 2 week revolution sparked by the British imposition of martial law. Three members of Liverpool Socialist Singers went over to sing Alun Parry’s song ‘Limerick Soviet’ at the centenary events, and to commemorate this important piece of revolutionary history.
Some anarchist perspectives on Catalan Independence
Katy Brown interviews three people living in Catalonia who identify as anarchists for their thoughts on independence from Spain.
From Sanandaj To Smithdown
Katy Brown talks to a local musician about his long journey from Iran to Liverpool.
Ditch Coal
Feature by Katy Brown on the lack of transparency in the coal supply chain and the sourcing of coal from areas where mining is causing grave problems for local ecosystems and communities.
Food for thought: greedy giants and agricultural angels
You may never have heard of Cargill, but it’s a company that along with four others – Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Glencore International and Louis Dreyfus – controls between 75% and 90% of the world’s grain trade.