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Campaigners disrupt event showcase demanding venues stop hosting fossil fuel firms

Post author:The Canary
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:16 July 2026

Amidst the third heat storm of this year, campaigners demanded an end to London venues hosting events for fossil fuel companies. Fossil Free London campaigners disrupted inside the QEII Centre in Westminster while the venue hosted its annual Summer Showcase. This is an invitation-only event marketed to the events industry where companies can find suitable locations for their corporate events. In protest over London venues hosting oil and gas events, five campaigners entered the 40th birthday party event at the QEII Centre and disrupted the event. They requested to give a birthday speech within the DJ booth when they said: Did…

Heroes disrupt Dublin conference hosted by genocide-backing Microsoft

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:24 June 2026
Post last modified:24 June 2026

The absolute legends from pro-Palestine campaign group Your Tech Their Deaths (YTTD) have disrupted a Dublin conference hosted by the disgraced Microsoft, a company that has operated as the tech backbone of so-called ‘Israel’s’ holocaust in Gaza. The conference in question was Big Data Dublin 2026, held at the vomit-inducing address ‘One Microsoft Place’. In Ireland, we don’t just enable genocidaires, we now name streets after them. The blurb for the event says: Join Microsoft and Analytics Engine for Big Data Dublin 2026, a flagship event bringing together Ireland’s leading organisations to explore how AI and data are being applied to…