On Saturday 25th March Sheffield Extinction Rebellion joined forces with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign for an action at Barclays Bank. Here is a quick summary of events Here is a much more detailed video of the action including some of the speeches in full. (30 minutes) If you made a speech at the protest pleaseContinue reading “Die in at Barclays”
Category Archives: Barclays
Mayhem at Barclays. But Sheffield Council continue to bank with them.
There was mayhem at the Barclays Sheffield branch last Monday (14th November). Dressed as cleaners, many in drag, complete with mops, buckets sponges and brushes the “Dirty Scrubbers” from Extinction Rebellion arrived to give the bank a spring clean. As tunes such as “Carwash” by Rose Royce, “Stayin Alive” by the Bee Gees and “IContinue reading “Mayhem at Barclays. But Sheffield Council continue to bank with them.”
Barclays action day in Sheffield
Extinction Rebellion targeted branches of Barclays all over the country today to draw attention to the fact that they are the biggest funders of fossil fuels in Europe. Act Now performed this sketch several times around the city. WARNING! Contains frightening graphs and language some may find offensive. A team of “dirty scrubbers” then arrivedContinue reading “Barclays action day in Sheffield”
A tour of London Docklands
In a week where temperature records were smashed, I spent some time visiting family in London. On Friday I toured London Docklands with my brother. The first point of note was the travel cost. An all-day off-peak travel card cost me £9.50, not much more than two return trips by bus from my home toContinue reading “A tour of London Docklands”
LIAR, LIAR, THE EARTH IS ON FIRE
A guest blog by Karine Nohr I was looking recently at paying my Council Tax and to my shock and horror, I found that the Sheffield City Council still banks with Barclays Bank! Why does this matter, you may ask? Barclays claim that they can make a real contribution to tackling climate change. But theyContinue reading “LIAR, LIAR, THE EARTH IS ON FIRE”
Banking Brandalism
Back in my student days I supported the campaign to end the racist Apartheid regime in South Africa. A big part of that campaign was to persuade the banks, notably Barclays, to stop investing in the country, to speed the fall of the regime. Roll on nearly half a century and today we find BarclaysContinue reading “Banking Brandalism”
Tell the Truth Sheffield 