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On 21 April 2019, I was on Waterloo Bridge in London with my younger siblings. Around us were planters full of flowers where there were once cars, and people singing. This was the spring iteration of Extinction Rebellion, when four bridges in London were held by protesters. My siblings, then 14, had been going out on school strike inspired by Greta Thunberg, and wanted to see her speak.

Le protestantisme est souvent présenté comme la matrice de l’économie libérale. C’est pourtant en Italie, territoire catholique, que les historiens situent les prémices du capitalisme moderne. A l’occasion de la Fête du travail, « Le Monde des religions » fait le point sur ce débat.

The faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.

Greenpeace is veroordeeld tot het betalen van 667 miljoen dollar aan het bedrijf achter de Dakota Access Pipeline. Dit vonnis vormt een gevaarlijk precedent dat het recht op protest en vrije meningsuiting bedreigt.

Tougher laws said to be inspiring clandestine attacks on the ‘property and machinery’ of the fossil fuel economy

Afgelopen weekend trokken meer dan 500 klimaatactivisten van Code Rood naar de Gentse haven, recht naar de terreinen van Cargill, ‘s werelds grootste graanhandelaar. Niet zomaar een protest, maar een belangrijke boodschap: de agro-industrie vernietigt niet alleen de planeet, maar ook de mensen die haar voeden.

n the UK, when climate activists want to block a road, they sit down on it. When their fellow activists in France want to do the same, they build a wall across one side, and set the other side on fire. As Extinction Rebellion drew tens of thousands to their peaceful “Big One” protests in London last month, in the south of France 8,500 environmental protesters occupied the road from Toulouse to the town of Castres.

The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests

Amid President Donald Trump’s attacks on government scientists and science funding, researchers are arranging rallies to “Stand Up for Science” in Washington, D.C., and nationwide on March 7

As of February 22, over twenty Stand Up for Science protests are scheduled for March 7 throughout the United States. The protests are being organized by fellow scientists who are concerned about the Trump administration’s feelings and actions towards science (see Robles-Gil, 2025 in Science), includ