Royal Troubles: Amid Austerity and Inequality, Ire Is Growing Over Britain's 1% Monarchy

Inheritances of vast wealth and power position the British royals and aristocrats within the global 1%. So why do protests for democracy and equality rarely draw attention to them, focusing anger instead merely on bankers, politicians and corporate fat cats?

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Exclusive: Iceland's ALDA Movement Seeks A Roadmap Toward Systemic Change

Kristinn Már Ársælsson, a founder of Iceland's Association of Sustainability and Democracy, advocates measures that enable participatory decision making, democratize the workplace, protect the environment and restructure the financial system.

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EXPOSED: U.K. FRACKERS REPLICATE U.S. FRACKING INDUSTRY'S LIES AND MISINFORMATION

The oil and gas industry, along with stealth PR handlers, touted Britain's fracking future at last week's U.K. Shale Gas Environmental Summit in London — taking a page from American industry's playbook by sowing scientific doubt about the risks of fracking.

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Exposed: Major U.K. Financier and Conservative Donor Guilty of LIBOR Rigging

Financial authorities in Britain have uncovered that a major financial supporter of the U.K. government, ICAP's CEO Michael Spencer, is closely tied to the LIBOR rate rigging scandal affecting some $360 trillion worldwide.

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Reclaiming the Roadblock, UK Uncut Takes Direct Action Against Austerity

Complementing other British anti-austerity movements in recent years, UK Uncut has proved perhaps the most successful at mobilizing activists from across the country to challenge corporate evasion of taxes.

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Britains Remember Their Victims of Austerity

10,000 white flowers were placed on the green before the U.K. Parliament, each flower representing a person with disability who died within three months of assessment by Atos, a private British healthcare assessor.

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How Nordic Europe Is Guarding the Commons

Nordic Everyman Rights give people in most Scandinavian and Baltic countries guaranteed access to nature's bounty, demonstrating a strong model for reclaiming the commons.

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Direct Democracy in Reykjavík: The Wisdom of the Icelandic Crowd-Sourcers

Better Reykjavík is one of the pioneering direct democracy projects originating from Iceland, enabling people to connect directly with — and help shape — political power, and could be applied far beyond Iceland's shores.

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Occupy Action in London Targets U.K.’s Military Industrial Complex

Occupy vs. the Arms Fair brought together supporters of Occupy and anti-arms trade activists in London to organize against what is described as the "world’s leading defense and security event."

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How the Fracking Church of England Could Further Profit From British Gas

The Church of England’s corporate management asserts it is neither for nor against fracking. But despite this, its legal department undertook measures to ensure they can profit if it goes ahead on its land.

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