April Fuel’s Day
While strikes and protests over the cost of living have forced the government to keep the Energy Price Cap at £2,500, the average monthly bill will still rise by £66 from April.
Campaigns
‘STRIKE’ march and rally in Liverpool
Teachers, rail workers, museum and gallery workers, communication workers, creative workers, trade unions and many others came out for a march through Liverpool yesterday.
RMT train strike picket at Lime Street railway station
RMT train strike picket at Lime Street railway station (or How Avanti West Coast literally make me ill!)
Don’t Pay – Strike 1 December!
Millions of us won’t be able to afford our energy bills this winter so Don’t Pay, a grassroots campaign opposing the rise in energy bills, are organising for a strike on 1st December.
Energy Bill Strike on 1st December
Liverpool Don’t Pay, a grassroots campaign opposing the rise in energy bills. is organising for a strike on 1st December.
Enough Is Enough March in Liverpool
Photos and video by Tracey Dunn of the Enough Is Enough march in Liverpool on 20th August 2022.
The Great British Bus Rip-off
Chrissy Ashby, a local Arriva bus driver on why he is striking.
Protest against Flannels sale of real fur on the day its huge new department store opens
Protestors gathered outside Flannels’ new store in Clayton Square last Thursday to highlight their selling real animal fur from a range of species including foxes, minks, rabbits and coyotes.
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.
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.
Arms Fair demonstration
Liverpool Against the Arms Fair is organising a rally against arms sales on Friday 1st April outside the Law Courts in Derby Square when two local activists face trial for a spray paint protest against the controversial Arms Fair last October.
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.
G7 Leaders Not Welcome in Liverpool!
Following in the footsteps of the international slave economy G7 ministers meet in our iconic port city to discuss international collaborations to line the pockets of the rich.
Save Rimrose Valley Protest Rally
There is to be a demonstration and march as part of the campaign to save Rimrose Valley Country Park on Friday 20th August, meeting at 10am at Chaffers Field Running Track at the end of Glenwyllin Road, L22 4RN.
Stop the Electronic War Fair
Ritchie Hunter writes about Liverpool City Council and the electronic arms fair due to take place in Liverpool in October.
One Stop Shops to stay shut!
The campaign to keep All One Stop Shops continues, even though the service is ended, jobs are lost and the buildings go up for sale.
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.
Blood on the Tracks
Sarah Austin of Merseyside Animal Rights asks why public money is supporting the Grand National, the country’s most deadly steeplechase?
Plans to take your breath away
While we’ve all been preoccupied with Covid, councils and companies have used this time to intensify developments that won’t help our air quality.
‘Pop-up’ plans to shut One Stop Shops
Ritchie Hunter on Liverpool City Council’s plans to shut the remaining four One Stop Shops and replace them with ‘pop-up’ shops.
Road through the sublime is ridiculous
What would Stan Ambrose, that veteran campaigner and folk hero, have made of what has happened to his beloved Festival Gardens?
Safe Places – Does Liverpool Care?
Liverpool City Council say they can’t afford to run two care homes. But can they afford not to?
Zippy Joe has a plan!
Joe Anderson finally stopped plans for a zip-wire to the Central Library, but has left plenty of questions unanswered.
“How much is the life of our elderly worth?”
£8m care homes will close because Liverpool City Council can’t afford to pay the workers!
Bike Ride Against Ecocide
Last Friday Liverpool cyclists enjoyed a Bike Ride Against Ecocide as part of the Earth First! Summer Dispersal, in lieu of the Earth First! Summer Gathering which usually takes place at this time of year.
Home Care
Two council-built care homes in Liverpool have gone bust, leaving 83 families scrambling to find homes for their loved ones. But why did the council allow a private company to run these homes, and what should they do now?
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.
One Rebel’s Perspective
Ros Rice of Extinction Rebellion Liverpool writes about her experience of becoming part of the ‘XR’ movement.
Liverpool’s Last Remaining Countryside: Destroyed For Airport Expansion
Jane Hammett appeals for the protection of rural gem Oglet Shore and surrounding Greenbelt land from rapacious development.
Rimrose Valley Country Park, the A5036 Port of Liverpool Access Scheme and why this matters to ALL of Liverpool
Stuart Bennett explains why Rimrose Valley Country Park, the biggest park in the city region, is under threat from the proposed link between the Port of Liverpool and the nearby motorway network.
People want change
Saturday’s BLM march through Liverpool was a morale booster to those who want to see an end to racism and injustice. When you link this with protests world-wide it shows a rising confidence that a real shift in society is about to occur.
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.
Demonstration to Save Rimrose Valley
Report from the demonstration which took place on February 4th to Save Rimrose Valley from a new bypass road which will connect the Port of Liverpool with Switch Island and the motorway network.
Anti-Consumerism Zine
Last year we collaborated with Merseyside Animal Rights, Liverpool Food Not Bombs and Next To Nowhere to produce a “Christmass Consumer(ism) Guide” an anti-consumerist compassionate tonic to the festive spending frenzy
The True Working Conditions of Deliveroo Couriers in Liverpool
Roovolt: Deliveroo couriers in Liverpool taking solidarity action.
Bus Route Chaos
A public meeting has been called for Tuesday 1 October in the St Michael’s area to form an 82 Bus Action Group to oppose the re-direction of bus routes planned for January 2020.
Stop The Coup
Nerve contributor Lisa Worth has written a feature about the ‘Stop The Coup’ protest which took place on Saturday 31 August.
Extinction Rebellion Protest
John Owen joined the Extinction Rebellion Protest held on Friday 24th May in Liverpool City Centre.
Lifespan of Plastics vs Animals
Phylicia Leak writes about the threat from plastics and how to dispose of them to avoid the plastic pollution that is taking over the oceans around the world and posing a risk to public health.
UniversalLY DISCreditED – Winning a better future for Social Security
John Owen writes about UniversalLY DISCreditED, the meeting looking at alternatives to Universal Credit held by Knowsley for Corbyn.
Save Bixteth Street Gardens!
Local residents of Old Hall Street were shocked and distressed yesterday to find that work on Bixteth Street Gardens has already begun.
Bixteth Gardens Campaign Group Fight On!
Campaigners were dealt a blow on Tuesday when Liverpool City Council’s Planning Committee voted to demolish a much loved community space in the business district.
“We Love Bixteth Gardens!”
A video produced by Lisa Worth interviewing local residents about the importance of Bixteth Gardens in Liverpool.
Attention: No rubbish, No plastic, in our seas and beaches!
Kitty Spathia writes about the impact of plastic on the world’s oceans and what we can do about it.
Save Bixteth Gardens
Lisa Worth writes about the threat to Bixteth Gardens, one of only two green spaces in the commercial district of Liverpool city centre.
A Little City Centre Haven
A feature on Bixteth Gardens and its therapeutic values by Nerve contributor Lisa Worth.
Saving Calderstones – Trees Under Threat
Tom Bottle reviews the exhibition of photographs by John Davies, Saving Calderstones – Trees Under Threat, which was at the Output Gallery on Seel Street.
People’s Vote March
Lisa Worth writes about the People’s Vote March, which took place in Liverpool on Sunday 23rd September.