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	<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 08:08:23 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>The Soul of the LGBTQ Movement is not Sponsored by Barclays, this Rotting Corpse Is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-seven years ago, Barbara Smith asked “Where’s the Revolution?”. We’re still waiting. Pride season 2020 has finished now and we desperately need some reflection on how to build an uncompromising movement capable of disrupting conservative social control and joining up struggles in increasingly anxious times.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/soul-lgbtq-movement-not-sponsored-barclays-rotting-corpse</link>
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		<title>Press release: Barclays - institutional boycotts begin over climate inaction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***For immediate release*** Barclays - institutional boycotts begin over climate inaction Calls for institutional boycotts of Barclays bank have grown louder after shareholders failed to support the climate resolution coordinated by Market Forces at yesterday’s AGM. The UK’s largest higher education campaigning organisation, People &amp; Planet, has announced that 10 student]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2021-07-21/press-release-barclays-institutional-boycotts-begin-over-climate-inaction</link>
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		<title>Open letter: VCs, refuse Barclays branches return to campus on climate grounds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 26th February, as part of the day of action concluding People &amp; Planet’s 2021 Go Green Week, under the banner ‘Solidarity Across Borders’ students across the country took action in demand of climate justice and in solidarity with global struggles against resource extraction and forced displacement. As part of the Divest Barclays campaign, People &amp; Planet sent the following]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2021-02-25/open-letter-vcs-refuse-barclays-branches-return-campus-climate-grounds</link>
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		<title>People &#x00026; Planet Leeds and the Quest For Fossil Free Finance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our biggest achievement this year was at Leeds University Union’s May Forum, where we put forward a motion asking the union to lobby the University of Leeds to cut ties with Barclays until it stops funding the climate breakdown. Having achieved a huge victory at the start of the academic year, with the University divesting £3.6 million of its shares in Shell, BP and Total, we]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-06-22/people-planet-leeds-and-quest-fossil-free-finance</link>
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		<title>FOSSIL FREE DEMOCRACY YEAR: DECIDING THE FUTURE OF OUR CLIMATE CAMPAIGNS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! Today, it’s the staff team writing this blog post… We’re excited to bring you some details on a very important thing that’s currently happening at People &amp; Planet: the democracy process for our climate campaigns. As some of you might know, our campaigns are decided by our student network at Power Shift, and they run on a 6 years cycle. Every 3 years, students]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-28/fossil-free-democracy-year-deciding-future-our-climate-campaigns</link>
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		<title>Webinar Report: Banking on our future: Fossil Finance &#x00026; Climate Justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Monday the 4th of May, People &amp; Planet’s Divest Barclays campaign held a webinar ahead of the Barclays’ AGM. At the AGM, which took place on the 7th of May, 24% of Barclays shareholders voted in favour of a ShareAction motion to phase out finance for fossil fuels and utility companies, in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, against the bank’s formal recommendation to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-13/webinar-report-banking-our-future-fossil-finance-climate-justice</link>
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		<title>Barclays AGM 2020 Response</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Barclays Condemned for ‘Fuelling the Next Crisis’ After Rejecting Climate Motion Barclays AGM rejects motion calling for end to fossil fuel financing Climate campaigners and economists criticise bank for ‘greenwashing’ image and failing to align with consensus behind green recovery New report finds Barclays to be biggest fossil fuel financier in Europe,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-07/barclays-agm-2020-response</link>
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		<title>New Year&#x00027;s Revolutions for a Fossil Free 2018</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2017 was an incredible year for the global fossil free movement! In 2018, together we’re going to take it to the next level. How about some New Years Revolutions* for transforming the face of global finance by taking the fossil free fight to the banking industry this year? 1. Start a Divest Barclays campaign on campus Join People &amp; Planet students in organising for Students&#039;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/new-years-revolutions-fossil-free-2018</link>
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		<title>5 THINGS WE LEARNT ABOUT CLIMATE JUSTICE ORGANISING IN VIETNAM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 13th February, as part of a series of ongoing activities this Go Green Week, People &amp; Planet and NUS co-hosted a webinar platforming the voices of climate justice organisers in Vietnam. Here are 5 things we learnt: Vietnam is one of the most impacted countries by climate change Vietnam is a low-lying country meaning it is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/5-things-we-learnt-about-climate-justice-organising-vietnam</link>
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		<title>DANCE continue monthly meditation vigil outside Barclays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE) London continue their monthly meditation vigil outside Barclays in Piccadilly Circus London. We walk in meditation from Golden Square nearby and then take our place outside the bank with banners calling on Barclays to “Listen to the Earth!’ . To hear and respond to the clear messages our planet is sending that we must]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/dance-continue-monthly-meditation-vigil-outside-barclays</link>
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		<title>Motion SC112 - Divest Barclays #NUSConference 2018</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fossil Free University of Bristol have submitted a motion to NUS NAtional Conference 2018 #NUSNC18 calling for a boycott of Barclays and to support the divest barclays campaign Motion: SC112 Title: Divest Barclays Submitted by: Bristol SU Conference believes Burning fossil fuels is the primary contributor to climate injustice. However, projected fossil fuel investment in new]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/motion-sc112-divest-barclays-nusconference-2018</link>
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		<title>Update on Kinder Morgan pipeline for People &#x00026; Planet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, People &amp; Plant friends! My name is Ocean Hyland, I am from Tsleil-waututh Nation which is a community located near Vancouver, BC, Canada. A community which would be heavily affected if the proposed pipeline expansion is built through our traditional, unceded territory. During my stay in London I met many activists and locals who held shared views of environmental]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/update-kinder-morgan-pipeline-people-planet</link>
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		<title>Barclays new energy policy disappoints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barclays have just released their much anticipated updated energy policy. Surprise, surprise… Its disappointing to say the least. Here are the headlines: No more project finance for coal mining and power. This was an expected move. They follow Standard Chartered (another British bank) in ditching finance for new coal projects. It is an increasingly mainstream position. Most]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/barclays-new-energy-policy-disappoints</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: International justice and the Paris Agreement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Discussions of climate change go hand in hand with issues of justice and distributive fairness, this is because the burdens of climate change disproportionately affect the poorest areas of the world where its inhabitant are the least equipped to deal with its impact, due to geographic vulnerability and poverty. Therefore, it seems logical that the international response to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-international-justice-and-paris-agreement</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: Getting staff on your side- Student Staff solidarity!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found that your university management are sometimes uncooperative or even belligerent? It’s likely that staff are just as tired of them as you are. The forces that students are fighting against are the same ones that led to pay cuts for staff and increased workloads and zero-hour contracts. We have far more in common with our lecturers than we might initially think. For this]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-getting-staff-your-side-student-staff-solidarity</link>
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		<title>Oxford Students Join #MazaskaTalks Demanding Barclays Divest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning (October 24), we held a peaceful demonstration in Barclay’s bank on Cornmarket Street. Our group of students from the University of Oxford and members of the city joined an international effort to demand banks to stop funding fossil fuel expansion projects, “before it is too late”. Barclays, specifically has invested £48 million in Kinder Morgan, the largest]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-24/oxford-students-join-mazaskatalks-demanding-barclays-divest</link>
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		<title>Young Labour Supports Divestment and Boycotts Barclays!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend (14-15 October) Young Labour – the youth wing of the UK Labour Party – passed a policy motion that included supporting fossil fuel divestment and joining the #DivestBarclays campaign to boycott the bank until they ditch fossil fuel finance. The motion was heard at the National Youth Policy Conference 2017 and its success means that it is now the official position]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-16/young-labour-supports-divestment-and-boycotts-barclays</link>
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		<title>DANCE take action at Barclays to divest from fossil fuels?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE)? DANCE are a network of meditation practitioners from the Buddhist tradition who are deeply concerned about the climate crisis. DANCE grew out of a discussion between Dharma teachers at Gaia House, a meditation retreat centre in Devon. They recognised that one of the results of sustained mindfulness meditation is to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-16/dance-take-action-barclays-divest-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Barclays Must Cease and Desist: From Economic Crisis to Environmental Collapse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the financial crash happened in 2007, I was a 17-year-old college student who watched on as the jobs fell away, people lost their homes, and saving the economy seemingly became more important than all the lives that had been destroyed. Being born and raised in the old cotton milling town of Bolton, I was used to seeing people struggling, but this took that struggle to a]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-05/barclays-must-cease-and-desist-economic-crisis-environmental-collapse</link>
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		<title>More black marks for coal-hungry UK banks in latest Report Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK’s top banks are still failing to stamp out their financing for coal projects, trailing some way behind many European and US banks which have introduced policies aimed at cutting ties to the most climate destructive energy sector.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-08-21/more-black-marks-coal-hungry-uk-banks-latest-report-card</link>
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		<title>Barclays Ditch Frackers Third Energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week at the Barclays Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Chairman John McFarlane told shareholders that the bank would be withdrawing their financing of fracking company Third Energy - licensed to frack in Ryedale, North Yorkshire. Barclays owns 97% controlling stakes in Third Energy. This could be a huge victory for the anti-fracking and climate justice movement in the UK,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-05-15/barclays-ditch-frackers-third-energy</link>
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