Feb 1, 2022 | Domestic Extremism, Don't Be On A Database, Protest
Protesters at a Swansea demonstration (photo credit: BLM Swansea) My name is Lowri Davies, and I’m an organiser with Black Lives Matter Swansea. My role is purely organisational; I plan protests, speakers, and sound systems, do the graphics for them, and then get the...
Dec 16, 2021 | Protest, Reports
© Jess Hurd 02/11/2021 Glasgow, UK. Extinction Rebellion block the Clyde Arc close to the COP26 UN Climate Conference, Glasgow, Scotland. Photo credit: Jess Hurd In November 2021, the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) arrived in Glasgow. Through...
Nov 9, 2021 | Kettling Police Powers, Protest
Photo credit: @YCLBritain Police Scotland have come under heavy criticism after kettling a group of young people at the main COP26 climate march in Glasgow on Saturday, bringing tens of thousands of people marching behind them to a standstill. ‘Kettling’...
Oct 26, 2021 | Domestic Extremism, Protest
Photo credit Dimitris Legakis/The Guardian South Wales Police have been exposed while unsuccessfully attempting to recruit Lowri Davies, one of the co-founders of the Swansea Black Lives Matter group, as a police informant. This is the first publicly recorded instance...