On the 25th of February 10 people, including Scottish activists, who had blockaded a power station in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, were convicted of Aggravated Trespass. They have been fined a total of £2670, despite arguing the necessity of breaking the law in the face of climate change.

[ Ratcliffe Power Station Court Case: day 1 | day 2 | day 3 | IMC-Nottingham: 'Clean Coal on Trial' | imc-UK: 'Ratcliffe Power station Climate Action, The Verdict' ]

On Sunday 17th of February, around 1000 people gathered at Pollok Park to protest the building of the Go Ape treetop adventure course, which they say is a bad deal for Glasgow and has had a badly flawed consultation.

This is a preliminary interview with the Japanese radicals on the 2008 anti-G8 infotour. It hopes to elucidate why they are coming to Edinburgh and the relationship between the 2005 in Scotland and 2008 G8 protest in Japan.

Info-tour visits Edinburgh 25th Feb

On the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq there will be an anti-war march in Glasgow organised by the Stop the War Coalition, as part of a global week of protest against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

ADDITION: Sources within the StWC say that the police and the council are hostile to the event.

'World Against War' Announcement

Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow is famous for two things. There's an equestrian statue wearing a traffic cone and it's where skaters, goths and emo kids hang around. In recent years this has come into conflict with our new conference-friendly city image.

The hotly contested 'Caltongate' gentrification plan has been approved by city councillors on Wednesday, in meeting that lasted over 10 hours. The two listed buildings will be demolished. Save Our Old Town protesters were present inside the meeting, and there was a demonstration outside the City Chambers all day. Campaigners vow to continue the struggle against this development, and plan to provoke a public enquiry.

[ full report | photos of demonstration | Save Our Old Town website ]

Plane Stupid is a well-known and very successful anti-aviation campaigning organisation which regularly catches headlines, and promotes direct action targeting the fastest growing cause of climate change: aviation. The group came together in 2005, when a group of activists disrupted an international aviation conference using rape alarms attached to helium balloons during the key note speech. A group has formed in Scotland, which in January breached the security of Edinburgh airport and blockaded a private jet company that fuels the conspicuous consumption of the very rich. The following is an interview conducted via email with Robbie Gillett, one of the founding members of Plane Stupid.

Over twenty environmental protesters from Plane Stupid Scotland have this morning breached security at Edinburgh Airport and blockaded the entrance to the private jet company, Greer Aviation. All entrances to the building were blocked for over 4 hours before ten were arrested.

[ Plane Stupid ]