Belgium cracks down on radical climate activists
Several activists were taken into custody for questioning, with at least some remaining in detention.
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‘Green’ activists torch 17 lorries at French slaughterhouse
A group identifying as radical "anti-speciesist" activists has claimed responsibility for setting fire to 17 vehicles at the Paris Terroirs pig slaughterhouse in…
First time: German court allows prosecution of ‘climate activists’ as criminal group
A German court has allowed an indictment of a group of people who committed crimes in the supposed interest of the global climate as a criminal organisation.
Spotify says piracy activists hacked its music catalogue
Music streaming service Spotify said yesterday it had disabled accounts from a piracy activist hacker group that claimed to have "backed up" millions of Spotify's…
French ecologist website calls for movement to become ‘less white’
Reporterre, an independent French online media outlet dedicated to ecology and environmental journalism, has published an in-depth exploration of the enduring “whiteness”…
German climate activists to pay hefty damages for airport blockade
In a landmark ruling, the Hamburg Regional Court has ordered 10 members of the climate activist group Last Generation to pay more than €403,000 in damages to the…
Flotilla activists welcomed home as heroes upon return
Activists from several international flotillas aiming to deliver aid to Gaza have been arriving home after being detained by Israeli forces.
Left-wing radicals attack Belgian company that ‘delivers to Israel’
Activists with the climate collective Code Rood (Code Red) and others have targeted a steel factory in the Belgian city of Charleroi because it delivered steel to…
Not all in the same boat: Gaza flotilla leadership turns on itself over ‘woke’ agenda
Internal conflicts have hit the board of directors of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), a multinational convoy of several dozen vessels aiming to breach Israel’s…
Judge sides with XR activist-vandals against Schiphol Airport over demonstrations
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport was not allowed to ban radical climate-change activists with Extinction Rebellion (XR), a Dutch judge ruled, which allowed them to target…
‘People could have died’, Belgian report warns for radicalisation of climate movement
Climate activists are radicalising and getting increasingly dangerous, a confidential Belgian government report has warned.
‘Stop the Rich’: Activists plan march in Brussels’ wealthiest district
A group of activists said they planned to march through one of Brussels' most affluent districts, the Prince d’Orange neighbourhood in Uccle, under the banner:…
Antifascists claim egg attack in bid to thwart MCC think tank conference
'Antifascist' activists have claimed responsibility for an egg attack on Brussel’s Stanhope Hotel on May 12 in protest at a scheduled seminar hosted by Conservative…
German ‘Last Generation’ activists to rename and end blockades
The German Last Generation (LG) climate activists' group said it would change its name to adapt to what it called changes in the world climate.
French Trotskyist party leader brands alleged US CEO killer Mangione a ‘vigilante’
Nathalie Arthaud, leader of the French Trotskyist party Lutte Ouvrière (LO), has branded Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson,…
French feminists cancel event in Brussels amid death threats from trans activists
French journalist and author Dora Moutot and feminist activist Marguerite Stern have had to cancel a scheduled conference at Café Laïque in Brussels following…
Greta Thunberg has bad day in Brussels as police round-up climate radicals
The climate protestor Greta Thunberg had a weekend outing in Brussels which ended poorly, with an attempt by her and her allies to block a major roadway in the city…
German police raid Last Generation members’ homes
German police have searched the homes of Last Generation members after the group's protests at several German Airports.
Austria’s Last Generation to dissolve over ‘fossil ignorance’
The Austrian climate activists organisation Last Generation has announced it will disband over a lack of success.
Pro-Palestinian protesters block NATO general from speaking at Dutch university
Hard-left activists prevented the chair of NATO's military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, from speaking at an event at the University of Amsterdam March 26.
Hard-left eco-arsonists set fire to Tesla’s Berlin gigafactory
Hard-left environmentalists set fire to a high-voltage transformer in Tesla's Berlin-Brandenburg factory, resulting in a major power outage and a forced halt in…
Just Stop Oil switches to hammers to attack London art
Radical environmentalists of Just Stop Oil have begun attacking famous artworks with hammers.
Not our job to deal with road-blocking climate radicals, Commission says
The European Commission has refused to comment on the activities of road-blocking climate radicals in Germany, saying that it is not their job to take action against…
Amsterdam sex workers protest against planned relocation of red-light district
Sex workers in Amsterdam are protesting against the planned relocation of the city's famous red-light district to an out-of-town "erotic centre".
Climate extremists likely to start ‘blowing up’ oil refineries, BBC presenter claims
A nature-loving BBC presenter has suggested that a radical wing of climate activists will likely start bombing oil refineries in the future.
Dutch police arrest record 2,400 Extinction Rebellion activists
Thousands of Extinction Rebellion climate activists blocked the A12 motorway near The Hague, Netherlands, at midday on September 9.
Anger towards others is a ‘major driver of climate activism’, study finds
Feelings of anger towards others over climate change seems to be one of the main drivers of climate activism, argues a new study.
Climate activism ‘makes me orgasm’, presenter says on German state TV
A state-funded television show in Germany has featured a segment during which a presenter stated climate activism makes her "orgasm".
Over 140 ongoing inquiries into attacks on climate protesters in Germany
There are more than 140 active investigations into alleged attacks on radical climate protesters in Germany, authorities there have said.
Just Stop Oil activists get taste of their own medicine
The radical activists behind UK-based Just Stop Oil are renowned for their disruptive methods and often draw public criticism.