In August 2009, several thousand climate change activists set up camp in central London. Under the banner ‘capitalism is crisis’, they pitched their tents on Blackheath overlooking the city’s financial district.
The event was organized by the Camp for Climate Action (CCA): a rapidly growing grassroots movement taking direct action to prevent climate change. Previous camps had hit the national and international headlines by targeting Heathrow Airport and Kingsnorth coal-fired power station. But this year the ambitious target was the economic system itself – specifically, economic growth.
