Law-breakers or law-makers? ‘Barclays 7’ lauded for suffragette lineage

More than a century on from Emmeline Pankhurst’s speech from the dock at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, great-granddaughter Helen Pankhurst echoed its words at a protest marking the sentencing of the ‘Barclays 7’ modern-day activists: “They’re not there to be law-breakers, but to be law-makers.” Alo [...]

February 2023
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Don’t Bank On It – Barclays slammed in high-profile campaign

A damning open letter condemning Barclays and four other banks funnelling billions into fossil fuels greeted  readers of the Financial Times this week, while celebrity-led coverage of the Make My Money Matter (MMMM) campaign behind it invited the wider public to add their names alongside signatories [...]

January 2023

Biggest ever day of protests hits Barclays

On November 14th, Barclays branches all over the UK were subject to protests and demonstrations against the bank’s ongoing role in accelerating the climate crisis. At well over 100 locations, campaigners from Extinction Rebellion and other groups staged interventions ranging from placards and banner [...]

November 2022
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Banking embarrassment for National Trust, Bloom & Wild

The unusually large vote against Barclays’ management-backed advisory resolution approving its climate plans (albeit still passing) underlined that far from being the concern only of fringe groups, the bank’s environmental policies still fall far short of what many of its own shareholders are demand [...]

September 2022

Law-breakers or law-makers? ‘Barclays 7’ lauded for suffragette lineage

More than a century on from Emmeline Pankhurst’s speech from the dock at Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, great-granddaughter Helen Pankhurst echoed its words at a protest marking the sentencing of the ‘Barclays 7’ modern-day activists: “They’re not there to be law-breakers, but to be law-makers.” Alo [...]

February 2023
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Don’t Bank On It – Barclays slammed in high-profile campaign

A damning open letter condemning Barclays and four other banks funnelling billions into fossil fuels greeted  readers of the Financial Times this week, while celebrity-led coverage of the Make My Money Matter (MMMM) campaign behind it invited the wider public to add their names alongside signatories [...]

January 2023
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Biggest ever day of protests hits Barclays

On November 14th, Barclays branches all over the UK were subject to protests and demonstrations against the bank’s ongoing role in accelerating the climate crisis. At well over 100 locations, campaigners from Extinction Rebellion and other groups staged interventions ranging from placards and banner [...]

November 2022
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Banking embarrassment for National Trust, Bloom & Wild

The unusually large vote against Barclays’ management-backed advisory resolution approving its climate plans (albeit still passing) underlined that far from being the concern only of fringe groups, the bank’s environmental policies still fall far short of what many of its own shareholders are demand [...]

September 2022
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