The A to Z of Activism
A list of activist and campaigning groups active in the British Isles, organised alphabetically by campaign focus.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
The List
Abortion Rights
Abortion Rights http://www.abortionrights.org.uk/
Bloomsbury Pro-Choice Alliance http://bloomsburypca.wordpress.com/
Brighton Pro-Choice http://brightonprochoice.wordpress.com/
Women on Waves http://www.womenonwaves.org/
Addiction
Anarchism
All London Anarchist Revolutionary Movement www.soundthealarm.org.uk
Anarchist Black Cross Brighton http://www.brightonabc.org.uk/
Wessex Solidarity http://wessexsolidarity.wordpress.com/
Whitechapel Anarchist Group http://whitechapelanarchistgroup.wordpress.com/
Animal Rights/Welfare
Animal Aid http://www.animalaid.org.uk
Animal Equality http://animalequality.net/
Compassion in World Farming http://www.ciwf.org.uk/
London Vegan Campaigns http://www.vegancampaigns.org.uk/
PETA http://www.peta.org.uk
South Downs Hunt Sabs http://southdownhuntsabs.wordpress.com/
Vegan Society http://www.vegansociety.com/
Viva! http://www.viva.org.uk/
Arms Trade
Campaign Against Arms Trade http://www.caat.org.uk/
Smash EDO http://smashedo.org.uk/
Stop the Arms Fair http://www.stopthearmsfair.org.uk/
Arts
For Books' Sake http://forbookssake.net/
Platform http://platformlondon.org/
Asylum Seekers/Refugees
No Borders Network http://noborders.org.uk/
Women for Refugee Women http://www.refugeewomen.co.uk/
Austerity/Welfare
Black Triangle Campaign http://blacktrianglecampaign.org/
Brighton Benefits Campaign http://brightonbenefitscampaign.wordpress.com/
Coalition of Resistance http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/
Disabled People Against Cuts http://www.dpac.uk.net/
False Economy http://falseeconomy.org.uk/
Mental Health Resistance http://mentalhealthresistance.org/
Social Welfare Union http://socialwelfareunion.org/
UK Uncut http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/
Banking
Move Your Money http://www.moveyourmoney.org.uk/
Children
Kids Company http://www.kidsco.org.uk/
ECPAT UK http://www.ecpat.org.uk/
Civil Liberties
Big Brother Watch http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/
Defend the Right to Protest http://www.defendtherighttoprotest.org/
Liberty http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk
Corporate Monitoring
Corporate Watch http://www.corporatewatch.org/
Cycling
Bicycology http://www.bicycology.org.uk/
London Cycling Campaign http://lcc.org.uk/
Disability Rights
Black Triangle Campaign http://blacktrianglecampaign.org/
Disability Rights UK http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org
Disabled People Against Cuts http://www.dpac.uk.net/
Education
Anti Academies Alliance http://antiacademies.org.uk/
National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts http://anticuts.com/
Electoral Reform
Electoral Reform Society http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/
Take Back Parliament http://www.takebackparliament.com/
Unlock Democracy http://action.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/
Environment
BP or not BP http://bp-or-not-bp.org/
Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.co.uk
Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/
Rising Tide http://risingtide.org.uk/
UK Tar Sands Network http://www.no-tar-sands.org/
Fascism
Anti Fascist Network http://antifascistnetwork.wordpress.com/
Brighton Anti Fascists http://brightonantifascists.wordpress.com/
Hope Not Hate http://www.hopenothate.org.uk
Liverpool Anti Fascists http://liveraf.wordpress.com/
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Daughters of Eve http://www.dofeve.org
Feminism – General
Angry Women of Liverpool http://angrywomen.wordpress.com/
The Astell Project http://www.astellproject.org.uk/
Black Feminists http://blackfeminists.org/
Bristol Fawcett http://www.bristolfawcett.org.uk/
Bristol Feminist Network http://www.bristolfeministnetwork.com/
Counting Women In http://countingwomenin.org/
Durham Feminist Forum https://www.facebook.com/groups/durhamfeministforum/
European Women's Lobby http://www.womenlobby.org/
Fawcett Society http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/
Platform 51 http://www.platform51.org/
Soroptimist International http://www.soroptimistinternational.org/
Southall Black Sisters http://www.southallblacksisters.org.uk/
Swindon Feminist Network http://www.swindonfeministnetwork.co.uk/
UK Feminista http://ukfeminista.org.uk/
Women's Fightback http://womensfightback.wordpress.com/
Food Waste
Fare Share http://www.fareshare.org.uk/
Love Food Hate Waste http://england.lovefoodhatewaste.com/
Homelessness/Housing
People Before Profit http://www.peoplebeforeprofit.org.uk/
Human Rights
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/
Justice http://www.justice.org.uk
Liberty http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk
Human Trafficking - Children
ECPAT UK http://www.ecpat.org.uk/
Human Trafficking - General/Slavery
Anti Slavery http://www.antislavery.org/english/
Anti Trafficking Alliance http://www.atalliance.org.uk/
La Strada International http://lastradainternational.org/
Not For Sale http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/
Unseen http://www.unseenuk.org/
Human Trafficking - Women/Prostitution
Coalition Against Trafficking of Women http://www.catwinternational.org/
Global Alliance Against Trafficking In Women http://www.gaatw.org/
Purple Teardrop Campaign http://www.purpleteardrop.org.uk/
Land Rights/Food Sovereignty
Reclaim the Fields http://www.reclaimthefields.org.uk/
Law Reform
Justice http://www.justice.org.uk
LGBTQ rights
Peter Tatchell http://petertatchell.net/
Stonewall http://www.stonewall.org.uk/
Maternity
Maternity Action http://www.maternityaction.org.uk/
Valuing Maternity http://valuingmaternity.org/
Marriage Equality
Equal Love http://equallove.org.uk/
Media
Subverteyes ("A feminist gaze on advertising") Lauren_SubvertEyes@hotmail.com
Mental Health
Mental Health Resistance http://mentalhealthresistance.org/
Time to Change http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/
Women in Special Hospitals http://www.womenatwish.org.uk/
Miscellaneous/Short term
Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (Anti-Terror Laws) http://www.campacc.org.uk/
Counter Olympics Network (Olympics) http://counterolympicsnetwork.wordpress.com/
No to G4S http://notog4s.blogspot.co.uk/
Monarchy
Republic http://www.republic.org.uk/
NHS
NHS Support Federation http://www.nhscampaign.org/
Nuclear Power/Weapons
CND http://www.cnduk.org/
Objectification of Women
Object http://www.object.org.uk/
Turn Your Back On Page Three http://turnyourbackonpage3.wordpress.com/
Police Monitoring
Defend the Right to Protest http://www.defendtherighttoprotest.org/
FITwatch http://www.fitwatch.org.uk/
Netpol http://netpol.org/
Newham Monitoring Project http://www.nmp.org.uk/
Pornography
ECPAT UK http://www.ecpat.org.uk/
Stop Porn Culture http://stoppornculture.org/
Poverty
London Coalition Against Poverty http://www.lcap.org.uk/
Prison Reform
Howard League for Penal Reform www.howardleague.org
Prison Reform Trust http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/
Women in Prison http://www.womeninprison.org.uk
Prostitution/Sex Industry
Demand Change! http://www.demandchange.org.uk/
Ruhama http://www.ruhama.ie/
UK Network of Sex Work Projects https://www.uknswp.org/
X:Talk http://www.xtalkproject.net/
Racism
Anti Racist Alliance http://antiracistalliance.org.uk/
Hope Not Hate http://www.hopenothate.org.uk
National Assembly Against Racism http://www.naar.org.uk/
Newham Monitoring Project http://www.nmp.org.uk/
Working Against Racism http://www.workingagainstracism.org
Rape
Men Can Stop Rape http://www.mencanstoprape.org/
Rape Crisis London http://www.rapecrisislondon.org/
Women Against Rape http://www.womenagainstrape.net/homepage
Social Centres
The 1 in 12 Club http://www.1in12.com
56A Infoshop http://www.56a.org.uk/
The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh http://www.autonomous.org.uk/
Cornerstone Resource Centre http://www.cornerstonehousing.org.uk/crc/
The Cowley Club http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk/
Kebele Community Co-op http://www.kebelecoop.org/
London Action Resource Centre (LARC) http://www.londonarc.org/
rampART http://therampart.wordpress.com/
The SUMAC Centre http://www.veggies.org.uk/sumac/index.php
Socialism
Counterfire http://www.counterfire.org/
Stereotyping of Women and Girls
Pink Stinks http://www.pinkstinks.co.uk/
Sexual Harassment
Ash Campaign http://ash-campaign.org/
Hollaback http://ldn.ihollaback.org/
Squatting
Advisory Service for Squatters http://www.squatter.org.uk/
North East London Squatters Network http://nelsn.wordpress.com/
Squash Campaign http://www.squashcampaign.org/
Squatters Network of Brighton https://network23.org/snob/
Tax
Tax Justice Network http://www.taxjustice.net/cms/front_content.php?idcat=2
Trade Unions
Industrial Workers of the World http://iww.org.uk/
TUC http://www.tuc.org.uk
Unison http://www.unison.org.uk/
Unite http://www.unitetheunion.org/
Violence against Women
Eaves http://www.eavesforwomen.org.uk/
End Violence Against Women Coalition http://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/
Million Women Rise http://www.millionwomenrise.com/
Refuge http://refuge.org.uk/
Respect http://www.respect.uk.net/
UNiTE http://saynotoviolence.org/
White Ribbon Campaign http://www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk/
Women's Aid http://www.womensaid.org.uk/
Workers' Rights
Boycott Workfare http://www.boycottworkfare.org/
No Sweat http://www.nosweat.org.uk/
Solidarity Federation http://www.solfed.org.uk/
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