Sven and Natasha sentenced for fighting animal torture
Natasha Simpkins and husband Sven Van Hasselt were sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday 24 January. Both decided to plead guilty to a charge […]
Animal liberation
Debbie Vincent wins payout from Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Former animal rights prisoner Debbie Vincent has just been awarded £3500 from Avon and Somerset Constabulary. It admitted liability for unlawful arrest, imprisonment and assault […]
Animal Justice Project Blog: “Joining up our struggles” by Tom Anderson
Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), the world’s largest arms fair, will be held at the ExCel Centre in London’s Docklands from 4-11 September. There […]
9-14 August: Animal Liberation Strand at the Earth First! Summer Gathering
The very first Animal Rights Gathering took place at Earthworm Cooperative in 1997. Gatherings then took place sporadically until 2003 when they began happening every […]
9-11 June: Liberation Gathering in Bristol
Liberation! An introduction A gathering aimed at rebuilding and progressing the animal liberation movement. It will be coming from an anarchist perspective and will especially […]
Flashback: 1 May 2007: Operation Achilles – SHAC under attack
On this day in 2007 a massive police operation codenamed Operation Achilles was launched at dawn against campaigners trying to close down Huntingdon Life Sciences, […]
AR prisoner Debbie Vincent due for release next month
Infiltration of political and protest groups is sometimes spoken about as an historical phenomenon. The Pitchford Inquiry covers spycops from 1968 to 2010 but that […]
Free Sven and Natasha – campaign update
For most of us, the campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences is a piece of history. After trying for 15 years to close down this notorious […]
Flashback: 30 November 1989 – journalist in fur coat receives “torrent of abuse”
27 years ago today Daily Express journalist Annie Leask decided to wear a full length fur coat on the streets of London to test what the […]
Friday 2 December: protest against cruel and misleading animal experiments at University College London
On Friday 2 December the Animal Justice Project is holding a demonstration against vivisection at University College London. UCL is the third largest user of […]
A new and exciting website: Animal Liberation Currents
A new website has recently been launched called Animal Liberation Currents. It’s first page issues an inspiring call to arms (see below). There are also […]
Whatever happened to the ALF? A look back at 40 years of radical direct action in the UK
This year marks the 40th birthday of the Animal Liberation Front. The ALF is one of the most important direct action organizations of modern times […]
Flashback: 29 September 1983 – Stop the City brings chaos to the financial heart of London
On 29 September 1983 the first Stop The City action took place in the City of London, timed to coincide with the quarterly calculation of […]
Black Flag magazine gives space to animal rights
It is unusual for anarchist publications, especially class struggle ones, to give coverage to animal rights. Black Flag, however, has done just that in its […]
Why Labour can’t be trusted: 2) animal protection
This article was originally written days before the 2015 general election to accompany a similar one on Labour and the working class. Due to technical […]
The EU referendum: should we stay or should we go and does it matter?
What passes for normal bourgeois politics has been put on hold for the past few weeks as the political class gets in a tizzy over […]
Flashback: 9 May 2006 – Operation Tornado: anti-vivisection campaigners under attack
On 9 May 2006 a series of dawn raids which took place at nine homes in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, the West Midlands and Gloucestershire led […]
Matt Rayner and me protesting against Boots: the story behind the photo
Photos of me from the nineties, especially on protests such as this, are as rare as hen’s teeth. Taken 24 years ago on World Lab […]
On the frontline against vivisection: No New Animal Lab at the University of Washington
World Week for Laboratory Animals is upon us. There are a number of protests and events happening – not least the World Day for Animals […]
1993: the year the Grand National was sabotaged – with help from Special Branch
Yesterday about 100 people demonstrated near the entrance of the Grand National against the cruelty of horse racing. Good though this turnout was – and not […]