Criminalising Climate Defenders

When: Friday, March 31, 2023, 9:30 AM - 4:45 PM
Where: The Octagon, Queens Building, Queen Mary University of London, 327 Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

Exceptional police powers being used more frequently against climate protesters. The UK government is expanding those powers to arrest, detail and convict climate protesters. How should academics and activists respond?

This conference will discuss and debate the following topics: peoples’ experiences of policing and incarceration; campaigns of resistance to criminalisation; histories of struggles for justice; and the task of building movements for social justice.

Speakers include:

Tina Rothery, Nanas Against Fracking

• Clare Farrell and Sophie Cowen, Extinction Rebellion
• Damien Short, School of Advanced Study
• lowkey, rapper and activist
• Andrea Brock, University of Sussex
• Ewa Jasiewicz, Healing Justice London
• Connor Woodman, Independent researcher
• Adam Elliot Cooper, QMUL
• Steven Speed, Journalist
• Asad Rehman, War on Want
• Sasha Josette, Breathe Community Organising for Climate Justice

More speakers to be confirmed soon.