Category: Protest and repression

The Friendly Face of Capitalism? Performative Activism, Climate Change and Black Lives Matter

The Friendly Face of Capitalism? Performative Activism, Climate Change and Black Lives Matter

Image: https://unsplash.com/@jays_vers   By Esme Hadfield The multinational oil company, Shell, is notorious for playing a prominent role in producing the current climate emergency crisis.  However, on November 2nd 2020, Shell caused outrage after posting a twitter...

Are they radicals?

Are they radicals?

post by Valeria RodríguezIdentifying someone or a group as a radical is something complicated to do since the definitions are many and the profile of a radical is subjective, which cannot be predefined because in each situation it could change. As stated in the Oxford...

The ins and outs of online protest

The ins and outs of online protest

post by Georgia KeningtonGlobally, many different types and forms of protest are cropping up – from university strikes throughout the UK (which I’m sure we are well acquainted with), global organisations like the Global Justice Movement and Occupy!, to e-petitions and...