If we are to confront the true nature of the climate threat, says Katrina Forrester the government must first scrap its airport expansion plans

Schnews reports on a march against the world’s second largest seller of small-arms, Heckler and Koch.

Following their occupation of a Raytheon plant and arrest under terrorism laws, Stop the War Coalition describes how a defence campaign for the Raytheon 9 is now being established across Ireland.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, the catastrophe which saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians forced from their homes and turned into refugees.

On 10 May the Palestine Solidarity Campaign have called a demonstration to commemorate the Nakba and calling for an end to the siege of Gaza and the right to return.

Dawn raids are being used by the Borders and Immigration Agency to take failed asylum seekers into custody, prior to deportation. SchNews reports on attempts by activists to intercept the raids.

Music as a form of political protest has catalysed anti-racist and progressive forces in the UK into action since the first Carnival Against the Nazis, writes Alexander Billet .

Tuna, once the ‘chicken of the sea’, is now at grave risk from overfishing. Unless you prefer plankton stew to sushi, says John Sauven – it’s time to act

Stop the War Coalition reports on the proposed ‘school of death’, a military super-academy to be built at St Athan in Wales.

The ubiquitous peace symbol turns 50 years old this year. In this excerpt from the new, lavishly illustrated book Peace: 50 Years of Protest, Barry Miles describes the origin of the symbol in the anti-nuclear politics in England in the 1950s.

The World Development Movement reports on a successful campaign to stop the Asian Development Bank from financing an open-cast mine in Bangladesh.

How was Campaign Against Arms Trade infiltrated by arms company spies and what lessons can activists learn from this experience? Eveline Lubbers investigates.

SchNEWS remembers Simon Jones, who was killed 10 years ago at a Shoreham dock on his first day at work unloading a ship.

Since late summer 2007, an employee of a corporate espionage agency has been trying to infiltrate the anti-aviation action group Plane Stupid, the organisation have revealed.

For once, Tony Blair told the truth – says Stop the War Coalition

A group of protesters occupied and halted work at the Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine in Wales yesterday morning, barricading the main entrance to the site, climbing on the roof of the coal washery and chaining themselves to machinery.

The National Union of Students is preparing to transform itself into a think-tank, effectively abandoning its role as a campaigning organisation and significantly reducing the influence of students on union policy, writes Yuri Prasad.

Rachel Cohen has been surveying anti-war protesters on recent demonstrations – and uncovering a few surprises in the process.

Milan Rai explains how close the anti-war movement came to derailing Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war. Next time, he says, we will win.

In 1968, fury at the Vietnam war sparked protests and uprisings across the world: from Paris and Prague to Mexico. Tariq Ali considers the legacy 40 years on.