The original direct-action environmental group. Based in Amsterdam with offices in more than 40 countries.

www.greenpeace.orghomepage

Friends of the Earth

Another major green pressure group which offers people the chance to get involved on the local and international stage.

www.foe.co.uk

Protest.net

US activists’ collective. News and calender of events, plus links to Activists’ Handbook. Sometimes accused of “being a bunch of pinko tree-hugging bleeding heart commie nationalist fundamentalist anarchist anti-capitalist long hairs” - their words.

www.protest.net

SchNEWS

Weekly newsletter from Justice?, Brighton’s direct-action collective.

Lively and authoritative with news and details of UK protests.

www.schnews.org.uk

Newbury bypass factfile

The definitive history of Britain’s biggest anti-roads protest - from the protesters’ point of view.

www.geocities.comnewburybypass

Urban75 magazine

UK non-profit-making online “e-zine”. News, events, actions, protest photos, activists’ rights, media contacts and links.

www.urban75.org

The Bleeding Heart Conservative

US website that gives an insight into protest politics and issues across the Atlantic.

www.seminolerabbit.com

Charter 88

London-based independent organisation committed to democratic reform and to the belief that people should take active part in politics. Includes Citizen21, proposals for citizenship education.

www.charter88.net

Insitute for Citizenship

London-based organisation keen to tackle apathy and stimulate debate. Advice for teachers on interpreting the citizenship curriculum in “exciting and innovative ways”.

www.citizen.org.uk

BBC History

Short but informative and well-written essays on key moments in British protest history - in the “protest and reform” section.

www.bbc.co.ukhistory

Reading

No Logo

By Naomi Klein

HarperCollins

This best-selling book has been called a manifesto for the radical anti-corporate movement.

Captive State: the corporate takeover of Britain By George Monbiot

Macmillan

“The struggle between people and corporations will be the defining battle of the 21st century,” says George Monbiot. His targets include: the private finance initiative, supermarkets, planners, drugs companies and the corporate sponsorship of universities.

DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties’ Britain

Editor Professor George McKay

Maps the radical culture and direct-action politics of contemporary society, with contributions by leading figures in DIY Culture - subjects covered include Earth First!, Reclaim the Streets, Lancashire free parties, Exodus dance collective. Professor McKay is also author of Senseless Acts of Beauty: Cultures of Resistance since the Sixties.